Jimi Hendrix

Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and 8 Other Metallers Dead Before Their Time

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of cirrhosis on May 2, the same day as the Golden Gods Awards. It was devastating that on a day meant to celebrate the lives of the best musicians in metal, one of those artists was taken from the world of music. It also came as a shock. In fact, by all accounts ... More >>

Gardner Cole, What Are You Listening To?

Gardner Cole Cole, who has written and produced for artists such as Madonna, is the producer for local country pop band Arrowheart, who are schedueld to perform Sunday, May 27 at Hidden Meadow Ranch. For more information, head here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what ... More >>

What's Selling: Rock-It-Man Top Selling Albums

Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. It isn't hard to find an excuse to drive up to the city of Flagstaff. The charming community, green trees and patches of snow offe ... More >>

Sound Off: Audioconfusion's Jalipaz on Brian Chartrand, Gay Kiss, and Brown G.O.D.

Brad Dwyer and Jalipaz at Audioconfusion Studios ​Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, where Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If you would like your songs to be considered ... More >>

Felice Brothers' Christmas on Celebration, Florida

​Released back in May, Celebration, Florida, by New York band The Felice Brothers, is a confusing record. Take the first track, "Fire at the Pageant," with its chorus of screaming children, stomping cadence, and menacing, howling vocals. It's the sound of Americana set loose in the record stor ... More >>

Five Amazing Pieces of Music Memorabilia Up for Online Auction Starting Today

www.gottahaverockandroll.comA 1960s jacket signed by George Harrison​Starting today, you can bid on historic music memorabilia, like the strap from the guitar Jimi Hendrix burned on stage at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967 and a glove Michael Jackson wore at a 1997 concert in London -- provide ... More >>

Living Colour's Doug Wimbish Discusses Band Reunions, Jimi Hendrix, and Embracing Your Fears

Living Colour​A lot has happened to punk-metal pioneers Living Colour in the 23 years since their breakthrough album, Vivid, was released. After having hits with their songs "Cult of Personality" and "Open Letter (To a Landlord)," the band broke up while the members devoted themselves to various ... More >>

Voodoo Children

Kings of Leon: Taking it a Little Too Far For Their Upcoming Music Video?

​Kings of Leon has stooped to a new low by bringing a potentially offensive yet interesting idea to the table, according to NME.The band posted an ad in an effort to recruit "characters with scars, pockmarked skin, physical abnormalities or deformities" for their next music video.In the ad, Kings ... More >>

10 Album Covers That Have Been Banned [NSFW]

​A few weeks ago Kanye West announced on his Twitter page that the original artwork for his upcoming album My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy had been banned here in the US.Technically, the artwork wasn't banned. Instead Kanye's record label, strongly suggested that the album artwork be replaced f ... More >>

Guitar Shorty

What's Selling: Record Store Day Roundup

​This week, looking at What's Selling is a little different. That's because Saturday was the long-anticipated Record Store Day, and hopefully you didn't miss out.Not only did all of our favorite local record stores have live in-store performances, but they sold a ton of exclusive material only ... More >>

What's Selling: Eastside Records (Gorillaz, The Regulations, Pigeon Religion, Hendrix)

Yes, it's still 2010. And a local band's cassette is a top selling album of the week. Hell yeah.​The weekly list of best sellers at Eastside in Tempe never ceases to be eclectic, and contain at least a few surprises. This week, Gorillaz top out the charts, Swedish punk rockers The Regulations make ... More >>

Alice Cooper Joins Obama at ASU Graduation Wednesday

As the press release announcing Alice Cooper's appearance at Arizona State's graduation ceremony Wednesday says, the local shock-rocker has played on some pretty big bills: John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix. Even Pele.All big, but not Barack Obama big.Cooper will perfor ... More >>

Wonderful World

African musician does justice to Jimi

Rockin' on Heaven's Door

Christian rock — devil’s music or manna from above?

On Jimi Hendrix’s Mexican Heritage and the True Meaning of the Word Gringo

Bottoms Up: The Jimi Hendrix Liquid Experience Inspires InSIPid Humor

The John Butler Trio

Dancehall Daze

Believe it or not, there’s more to life than pot

Let freedom rock: Ten musical moments that shaped who we are as a country

Proto-metal gods Blue Cheer are making a racket as if it were 1967 all over again

Photoshoppers Beware

Analog versus digital? We’ll take analog every time.

Guitar Shorty

The Soul of John Black

Just you and them and the music

B.B. King

Finally, the tough questions

Overseas MP3s

For pennies a tune, you can build a primo music library and support free enterprise in Russia

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 13

Aceyalone

Infested with freestyle

Johnny Rivers

Secret oldies man

Black Mountain

Black Mountain
(Jagjaguwar)

Balloon Mindstate

Chandler hosts the 2004 Arizona Balloon Festival

As Heard on KCDX

Brown and Red

These days, his signature guit-steel playing leaves listeners slack-jawed. But it took Junior Brown a long time to get to center stage.

Blowing Rufus' Mind

A roundup of the latest batch of eclectica that fell through the cracks

High and Dry

Tha Liks X.O. Experience (Loud/Columbia)

The Leaves

The Leaves . . . are happening!: The Best of the Leaves The Barbarians, Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl (Sundazed)

Last Days of May

Radiant Black Mind
(Squealer)

Instrumental Asylum

Swingin' Sting? Bluegrass Bruce? Rhapsodic R.E.M.? You'll do a double take now that CMH Records has given your '80s favorites a second look.

Recordings

Miles Ahead

The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions puts Miles Davis' big leap into proper perspective

Sweet 'n' Low

Valley power-pop scene takes a serious hit with the breakup of Sugar High

Something Borrowed

Can the Valley's most spectacular blues guitarist forge his own style?

Recordings

IT CRAWLED FROM THE SOUTHTWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER LEAVING NRBQ, OVERLOOKED GUITAR GOD STEVE FERGUSON PLUGS IN AND TURNS UP

RECORDINGS, 4-27

SUNDAY BORING SUNDAY

FLIP-SIDE STORY

CDS HAVE MADE THE B-SIDE OBSOLETE. FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

STILL LEMMY AFTER ALL THESE YEARSTHE ENGINE BEHIND MOTORHEAD IS RUNNING ON FULL

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