Kurt Cobain

Top 10 Overproduced Matchbox Twenty Moments I Enjoy in Spite of Myself

Matchbox Twenty tickets go on sale today at noon -- the show's July 26 at Comerica Theatre -- which means that this weekend is a time for you to reflect on whether, why, and how much you love America's most indestructible post-grunge band. For me those answers are yes, because they're so overprodu ... More >>

The Best and Worst Beatles Conspiracies (NSFW)

Conspiracy theories are my comfort food. After all, all a conspiracy is "the action of plotting or conspiring," and not just about tin-foil hats and Reptillians. When Reagan's cronies illegally sold weapons to Iran in the Iran-Contra Scandal, that was a conspiracy. When the CIA sold crack to kids in ... More >>

Gun Outfit and Broken Water, Meat Market Garment Factory, 5/30/12

Gun Outfit and Broken Water Meat Market Garment Factory Wednesday, May 30 I will declare, without the slightest inkling of doubt or hesitance, that Olympia, Washington has the best independent music scene in the country right now. The major hipster metropoli (Brooklyn, San Francisco, Austin) all ha ... More >>

Sundown Showdown IV @ Palo Verde Lounge and Yucca Tap Room

All Misanthropy

"Weird Al" Yankovic @ Wild Horse Pass Casino

Best Coast at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night

Shawn AndersonBest Coast singer Bethany Cosentino on stage at Clubhouse Music Venue on January 22, 2011.​You know what record is severely -- "criminally," one might say if they were given to old timey rock writer sayings -- underrated? Hole's Live Through This. Some (a lot? a bit? -- I'm not exact ... More >>

Concert Review: Meat Puppets and Dead Confederate at Marquee Theatre

​At first blush, The Meat Puppets and Dead Confederate, who joined forces for a show at a half-full Marquee Theatre last night, don't seem to have much in common. Originating two decades and 2,000 miles apart the two twangy alt-rock bands acts do have some small musical similarities, but even m ... More >>

Beyond The Now: You Asked For It

Beyond The NowSubject to Change (Self-released) Grade: CIt's hard to believe, but tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of Woodstock 1999. Though organizers have done everything they can to protect the Woodstock brand since, distancing themselves from the fiery debacle in Rome, New York, if you ask m ... More >>

Vans Warped Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion: The Maine, Dear and the Headlights, and Popsters Aplenty Entertain the Twees

The local heartthrobs of The Maine: Better than NOFX and Bad Religion. Until yesterday, I used to loathe the Warped Tour. Not because of the bands or music, mind you, but rather because of some bad experiences I'd had while attending the annual summertime mega-tour. When the Warped Tour first c ... More >>

Scotland May Be Small, But It's Big On Pop Music

The flag of Scotland What is it about Scotland that makes the country of just more than 5 million people produce far more than its fair share of great pop music artists? Consider the following sample list: Simple Minds, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Altered Images, The Bluebells, The Je ... More >>

The Valley's Top 10 Local Guitarists

Phoenix teems with guitar players, and some of them are actually pretty good. A handful of them are exceptional.

It Came From YouTube: Nirvana at the old Mason Jar

Future Shock: Annuals, Jimmy Eat World, Times New Viking, and more

Five Songs About ... Thanksgiving

Future Shock: Stevie Wonder, Seether, Authority Zero, and more

Ghoul Talk

The paranormal can be even creepier than rehab

Dinosaur Jr.

Beyond
(Fat Possum)

Celtic Frost

Swiss mess

Latest PHX Dish

New discs from local acts

Boxin' the '90s

Collections set it up

No Way Out

The final spiral of a tormented musician

Okkervil River

Indie saviors in waiting

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Cat Power

You Are Free (Matador Records)

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Apt Pupils

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

Top Jimmy

An oddball arena-rock triple bill showcases Mesa's returning heroes

Kitten Caboodle

Josie and the Pussycats isn't a movie; it's a marketing meow mix

Here Comes the Sickness

Surviving the big grunge blowup, Mudhoney takes a final bow before hanging it up for good . . . sort of

Best Alternative Radio Station

KEDJ-FM 106.3/100.3

The Wipers' Clean Slate

Greg Sage's legendary postpunk outfit has been comfortable nonexisting in Phoenix for the past 10 years and has a new CD to prove it

From Mohawks To Mullets

Images from 25 years of Phoenix music

Smells Like Leif Garrett

The Melvins are (still) willing to provoke and confuse

Live From New York

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Desert Sons

Shoeless Joe makes twangy art out of broken dreams

Letters

Fromthe Week of May 13, 1999

Puppet Rulers

Reissue of the Meat Puppets' '80s catalogue reclaims the band's crucial role in the Amerindie revolution

Terminal Condition

Finding Glory at the Phoenix Greyhound bus station

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

Shooting Star

Three years ago, at the pinnacle of their 15-year career, local rock heroes the Meat Puppets vanished from view, after bass player Cris Kirkwood became addicted to cocaine and heroin. The story only gets worse from there.

Recordings

Recordings

Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow

One man's Poison is another band's comeback

LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LARUMORS OF LOLLAPALOOZA'S DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDINGS

RECORDINGS

SWEET AND HIGH BOB MOULD'S SUGAR PROVES THE BEST LISTENING IS NOT ALWAYS EASY

PLAYINT THE SKIN GAME