Jim Morrison

Future $hock: The Cult, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, and more

Rockin’ Rides: AZ gets music theme park proposal, we get some baaad ideas

Dust From Ashes

Club Scout

Recordings

John Doe

Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
(Yep Roc)

Critical Fatwa

Pretty in punk

More than mariachi: Yes, Mexicans dig your rock 'n' roll. So why can't you listen to some Café Tacuba?

Pretty in punk

American Idol: entertainment or evil?

Pretty in punk

Funk Shui

Pretty in punk

The Top 10 Concept Records of All-Time

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Geisha A Go Go has Scottsdale hipsters turning Japanese

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Otep, and Hellyeah

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Puscifer

"V" Is for Vagina
(Puscifer Entertainment)

Ghoul Talk

The paranormal can be even creepier than rehab

Mojo Rising Again

Rhino reissues the Doors´ catalogue

Native Son

Keith Secola gives new meaning to Americana

DKT/MC5

The absence of two key members doesn't stop the Detroit legends from touring

The Doors 21st Century

Reunion tour hits potholes aplenty

Garage Chic

The Hypno-Twists put a fresh spin on retro-instrumental voodoo with a wicked new CD

Almost? Not Even.

Penny Lane grows up and looks kind of like her mom

Apt Pupils

Indie supergroup Eyes Adrift offers a dream fusion of Meat Puppets, Nirvana and Sublime

Excess Baggage

Jane's Addiction tries to find relevance in a rock world it helped to shape

Lift to Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

Peak Performance

Towering Himalaya scales new heights in Tibetan cinema

Touch of Evil

History tells us that musicians who turn to the written word are just asking for trouble. Occasionally, though, something special sneaks through.

Poetic Justice

Eschewing lizard-king pretense, Rainer Maria offers highbrow rock for the literate masses

Lizard Thing

From a big-name tribute to some big-beat remixes, the Doors' catalogue bulges with a soft parade of new releases

Y2 Chaos

Looking back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of local music in 2000

Back in the Zone

Retooled version of local music showcase returns to the FM dial

The Superfine Dandelion

The Superfine Dandelion

Beer, Cigarettes and Has-Beens

Stumbling through 48 hours in Hollywood

Misanthrope Through and Through

Nursing a broken heart and bruised ego, Trashman seeks solace and finds . . . Bush

Never Sing Ill of the Dead

Hereafter, tunes extolling departed musicians should assume they might have a chance in hell

JOINED AT THE HEMP

WEEDING BETWEEN THE LINES AT AMERICA'S FIRST-EVER CANNABIS COMMERCE CONVENTION

THE NAKED DESERT

UNDER EVERY ROCK? SCANDAL! A GUIDE TO OUR MOST TORRID TERRAIN.

Matthew McConaughey Is Scary Bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

UNDER EVERY ROCK? SCANDAL! A GUIDE TO OUR MOST TORRID TERRAIN.

Graveyard Shift

Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

The Voodoo Organist

Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

OTEP

Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

On Cheddar Packing and the Oedipus Complex

Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

"POP!" Exhibition Opens Tonight at Heard Museum's NU (Native You)

"POP corn #5," 2010 by Stephen Wood, Cherokee, b. 1980, Acrylic on canvas.​Fridays are glorious.Especially when art by Andy Warhol and Fritz Scholder (one of my all-time faves...check out the review I wrote about him a while back) can be found in the same place.Such is the case tonight at NU (Nati ... More >>

The Love Me Nots in Europe: The Hilarious Google-Translated Version

http://happy-few.tumblr.comA fan photo from the Love Me Nots European tour.​How is The Love Me Nots tour of Europe going? Pretty well, at least according to the foreign language reviews we're reading with the help of Google Translate.Now, honestly, it's sorta hard to tell just how professional the ... More >>

Jack White and Norah Jones Join Danger Mouse for New Project

​Jack White and Norah Jones will be featured on Danger Mouse's long-running project with Daniele Luppi, according to Consequence of Sound.While Norah Jones has only been rumored to be on the album in some capacity, Jack White has been in the loop for a while. After having showed off his work to Ja ... More >>

Aretha Franklin Fighting Pancreatic Cancer

​Aretha Franklin's family has confirmed that the singer has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to Billboard.After being ordered by doctors to cancel six months of appearances and going through a very successful recovery from an unknown surgery last Thursday, we can only hope she'll b ... More >>

This Week in Music History: June 27 through July 3

Wikimedia CommonsSaxophones: First patented this week in music history.​Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we're going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week.This week saw t ... More >>

Top Five Musician Arrests

Rapper DMX, after his arrest in June, 2004​As we reported yesterday,  Mic Todd, the bass player for metal band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested on Sunday at a venue in Massachusetts where the band was scheduled to play. Todd's alleged crime? He reportedly walked into a Walgreens, claimed he h ... More >>

Jace Everett on True Blood, Alison Mosshart, Sex, and Religion

​ BY LAUREN WISE If you've never heard of Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jace Everett, there's little doubt you've heard a song he's best known for--the theme from HBO's massively popular, supernatural-saturated television series True Blood. Everett's music is a fusion of blues, rockabilly and ... More >>

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>