Liverpool

Andrea Arnold's Adaptation of Brontë Braves Lines of Color

Dark Shadows: Johnny Depp As Vampire Family Man

The Power of Restraint in the Films of The Deep Blue Sea's Terence Davies

The Serene Dominic Show: David Bash of International Pop Overthrow

In 1998, after grunge ground down and MTV flirtedwith electronica before getting completely in bed with reality TV, David Bash founded the International Pop Overthrow Festival to give support to a fractured pop scene that had probably given up all hopes of being signed to a major label since The Pos ... More >>

Man Overboard's Justin Collier on Pop Punk, New Jersey, and New Found Glory

​Man Overboard, a Garden State pop punk group, is enjoying a whirlwind career. After touring with New Found Glory last year, the band just wrapped up a series of shows in the UK, and is gearing up for its first American headlining tour. The group has released 50 or 60 songs since it formed ... More >>

George Strait, Beatles Covers, and Social Distotion This Weekend

George Strait at US Airways Center Wow, I truly underestimated the amount of country fans in Arizona. Rising to their feet for the only and only "King of Country," George Strait walked onto the stage and the crowd went crazy. They whistled so loud that my ears continue to ring and women of all age ... More >>

The Foleys, Field Tripp and Roll Acosta do The Beatles at Rogue Bar

​​Roll Acosta, Field Tripp, and The Foleys Rogue BarFriday, February 3When you first think about modern, professional Beatles cover bands, you'll likely think of a few things. Primarily, middle-aged men will use any excuse to wear a Sgt. Pepper's jacket. They'll also take any opportunity to spea ... More >>

Cover the Crescent @ Crescent Ballroom

To Honor His Life 31 Years After His Death, Five Videos That Prove John Lennon Was Mortal

A young John Lennon holds a puppy​The world has immortalized John Lennon, and for good reason. There's no denying his talent, or how he used said talent to change the world. 41 years ago yesterday, the Liverpudlian (Seriously, that's the actual name for someone from Liverpool) was shot and ki ... More >>

The Dead Eyes of London Explain "In the Middle of the Fog"

Natalie Krishna Das​Most of local band The Dead Eyes of London's music has a distinctive fuzzy rock sound, but surprisingly, the track that seems to be a fan-favorite from their new album is the soulful, almost doo wop-y track, "In the Middle of the Fog". The track is off their current self-r ... More >>

Artists React and Reach Out as London Riots Continue

Sony warehouse fire in London on August 9, 2011 The people of London are taking Bob Marley's song "Burnin and Lootin" to heart with a multiple-day riot that has not yet ended. The riots, which are a response to police shooting and killing 29-year-old Mark Duggan, have affected other citi ... More >>

International Pop Overthrow Back in Phoenix for 2011: David Bash Talks About His Labor of Love

​The International Pop Overthrow mini-fest will be back in Phoenix March 4 and 5.The multi-city festival, which gathers local bands in each city dedicated to the stated mission of overthrowing the Top 40 radiocracy and replacing it with a more nuanced brand of pop-rock, is in its third year in Pho ... More >>

Five Beatles B-Sides That Foreshadow Entire Genres of Rock Music (with Video)

The Beatles: Unquestionably the most influential rock band of all time.​Today The Beatles and the company formerly known as Apple Computer Inc. struck a deal resulting in the release of the band's music on iTunes for the first time.The band's entire output -- 12 studio albums with 193 tracks from ... More >>

The Coral: Butterfly House

​It seems like ages ago when English quintet The Coral released their eponymous debut album. Heralded by many, 2002's The Coral would later be nominated for a Mercury Prize and be named NME's fourth best album of the year. The Coral will always be near and dear to me as my one chance to see the ba ... More >>

Where Do Arctic Monkeys Fit Into Britain's Many Regional Scenes?

Erykah Badu's New Music Video Causes Loads of Controversy: She's Naked and She's Where JFK Was Shot

So in case you haven't yet seen, or heard, about the new Erykah Badu video, it's stirring up quite the controversy. The clip, embedded above, shows Badu walking through Dealey Plaza, in her hometown of Dallas while taking off her clothes one piece at a time.The plaza is infamous as the location whe ... More >>

Calexico, Sharon Jones, Andrew Bird, to Play Newport Folk Festival

Arizona's Calexico.​The Newport Folk Festival is historically significant, not just because of its ever-exciting, often bleeding edge lineup, but because in 1965 Bob Dylan decided to plug in and play electric, much to the dismay of a large portion of the crowd. That set forever changed people's id ... More >>

Will Someone Please Join Dfactor's Band?

Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers In Multimedia

A Polish auteur — and Mike Tyson! — stage comebacks at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival

Clinic

Do It!
(Domino)

Los Straitjackets

Help!

Run for your life if you can, little girl: this musical is a bust

Clinic

Visitations
(Domino)

Xtreme Cuisine

Arizona's cunning culinary wizard Chef Kaz Yamamoto prepares taboo illegal moveable feasts for the elite and über-rich

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Hang the DJ!

'Cuz there's Panic! on the streets of Scottsdale

Bearly Necessary

Jungle fever fails to fully catch hold again in this routine sequel

Wooden Nickleby

Douglas McGrath adapts a classic – almost perfectly

Tickle Me Elmo

Samuel L. Jackson makes light work of a familiar Formula

Gomez

In Our Gun (Virgin)

English Ails

Oppression, poverty and poor timing dog the desperate story of Liam

A.C. Cotton

Half Way Down (A.C. Cotton)

Still Fab After All These Years

A spiffed-up Hard Day's Night continues to dazzle, with its jump cuts, slow motion and sped-up Beatles antics

Pinhead Wizard

Not your average Pinhead

A Glitch in Time Saves None

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

Having His Cake

Archer Prewitt's solo career takes on a life of its own with White Sky

Beatles for Cels

With the resurfacing of Yellow Submarine, can the rerelease of the original Beatles cartoons be far behind?

Recordings

Post Traumatic Skin Games

In Carine Adler's Under the Skin, sex trumps death in Liverpool

Emotional Miscues

Stones, Dylan and McCartney struggle to redefine themselves with new albums

Partners in Crime

I Love a Band in a Uniform

The fashionable dos and duds of pop's greatest costume gimmick bands

Wall to Walternative

Meeting 95 Projections

When Paul Met Gerry

What would have happened to rock'n'roll if Lennon and McCartney had never been properly introduced?

CUT TO THE CHASTE

MEET THE BACKBEATLES

SCREED

ADOLESCENT ANGSTTEENAGE FANCLUB DISCOVERS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS IS NO NIRVANA

CAN'T BEAT THE REAL PEOPLEIN A SEA OF DANCE BANDS, THEY'RE THE RIGHT ONES, BABY, UH-HUH