Marvin Gaye

Recordings

Risky Business

Seventeen years after its advent, sampling remains mired in legal and aesthetic controversy

The Rules

Musical taste reveals more than you think

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

Musical taste reveals more than you think

Tanya Morgan

Moonlighting
(Loud Minority Music)

Wyclef Jean

Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
(Sony)

Various Artists

Conquer The World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
(Sony)

Fair to Midland

Conquer The World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
(Sony)

R&B Is “Rap & Bullshit”

Conquer The World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
(Sony)

At Last...

...Renowned R&B star returns to the Valley

Little Idol Thrill in Jacksonville (Hey, That Rhymed!)

George Ramirez at Gettysburg--Whoops, we mean the Jacksonville American Idol auditions.I've never been able to pinpoint exactly the reason, but I've always had an extreme, visceral dislike of the state of Florida. Maybe it's the alligators, perhaps it's the humidity that turns my hair into a giant p ... More >>

Waiter Confidential: Javelina Nipple Fritters

Before shows like Fear Factor and Bizarre Foods triggered mainstream gag reflexes, I toyed with my own notions of pushing the edible envelope. For much of the '90's, for example, I worked for a guy who allowed me the latitude to turn his specials chalkboards into an outlandish culinary canvas. Co ... More >>

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

Before shows like Fear Factor and Bizarre Foods triggered mainstream gag reflexes, I toyed with my own notions of pushing the edible envelope. For much of the '90's, for example, I worked for a guy who allowed me the latitude to turn his specials chalkboards into an outlandish culinary canvas. Co ... More >>

Web Spinner

Before shows like Fear Factor and Bizarre Foods triggered mainstream gag reflexes, I toyed with my own notions of pushing the edible envelope. For much of the '90's, for example, I worked for a guy who allowed me the latitude to turn his specials chalkboards into an outlandish culinary canvas. Co ... More >>

Odes for V.D.

Musicians muster up their favorite seduction songs

Roll Over, Paul Oakenfold, And Tell DJ Tiesto the News

Top 10 DJ Mixes of 2006

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year's most timeless records

The Shop Keeper

Ten of the year's most timeless records

Various Artists

Bay Area Funk 2
(Luv N'Haight)

Ohmega Watts

The Find
(Ubiquity)

Mos Def

The New Danger
(Geffen)

A Perfect Circle

eMOTIVe
(Virgin)

Can We Kick It?

Old-school hip-hop is ready for a revival

It's a Black Thing

The teacher, not the teaching, makes this School of Rock

Battle Hymns

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Jools Holland

Big Band Rhythm & Blues (Warner Music)

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Standards and Practices

A guided tour of the best releases across the musical spectrum

Labyrinthine Soul

Get lost in the music of Maze

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Catch a Fire: Deluxe Edition (Tuff Gong/Island/Universal)

Alive Again

Universal Music kicks off its 'Deluxe Edition' series with a pair of frightening and flaccid reissues

Erykah Badu

Mama's Gun (Motown)

Hey, Joe!

Gumbo lines up the most wanted in jazz, blues and heritage

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions

New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets

FELIX THE WONDERFUL CAVALIERE

THE YOUNG RASCAL GROWS UP TO ADULT CONTEMPORARY. BUT HIS SOUL REMAINS PURE.

6 Last Minute Valentine's Day Don'ts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/374268661/None of this either. ​ News flash: Valentine's Day is in less than 48 hours. If you don't have plans now, you will be tempted to take dangerous paths towards Valentine's Day merriment. Luckily for you, we have experienced all of the possible p ... More >>

T.A.M.I. Show DVD Release Is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Time Capsule

Shout Factory​For all its merits of recognizing artists' contributions to modern music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by rule, honors musicians for work they created at least a quarter-century earlier. Thus, you have creaky 50- or 60-year-olds performing the music of their youth at the inductio ... More >>

DJ Medik

Shout Factory​For all its merits of recognizing artists' contributions to modern music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by rule, honors musicians for work they created at least a quarter-century earlier. Thus, you have creaky 50- or 60-year-olds performing the music of their youth at the inductio ... More >>

Random, DJ John Blaze Release Free Albums

​The calendar says it's September, but it must feel like Christmas for Valley hip-hop fans thanks to a pair of free, downloadable releases from PHX hip-hop mainstays Random (aka Megaran) and DJ John Blaze. Random recently released a free 10-track album, Heroes, Volume One, as a gesture of thanks t ... More >>

Tucson Rapper Releases "1-8-11" - Song About Giffords Tragedy

​A rapper with Tucson roots has recorded a song about the Giffords shooting tragedy.Li'l Zay, an 18-year-old who previously weighed in on SB 1070, has a new song called "1-8-11," which echoes Marvin Gaye's big question: "What's Going On?""Like most people I just couldn't believe it, I wanted show ... More >>

The 15 Best Songs About U.S. Presidents

We at Up on the Sun, like Clinton himself, feel your pain. Every year Presidents Day rolls around and you're struggling to plant that cherry tree and buy all the stovepipe hats you can, all so that you can have the best damn Presidents Day party possible. (C'mon, we can't be the only ones.)So to ea ... More >>

Faux Show Summer Pre-Party @ Brick

We at Up on the Sun, like Clinton himself, feel your pain. Every year Presidents Day rolls around and you're struggling to plant that cherry tree and buy all the stovepipe hats you can, all so that you can have the best damn Presidents Day party possible. (C'mon, we can't be the only ones.)So to ea ... More >>

The Ten Best Posthumous Albums

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>

Marilyn McLeod of The Nu Page on Motown, MoWest, Alice Coltrane, and Flying Lotus,

Motown's Mowest Story: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love​If you haven't picked up the new Mowest compilation, Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's Mowest Story 1971-1973, you are missing out. The anthology features music from Motown's short lived West Coast venture, MoWest, and the tu ... More >>

Them's the Rules, or Why I Like The New Lenny Kravitz

Kravitz, looking tough as a kiddo.​If you honestly love music, you've got rules about it. Here are a few my mine. 1. Non-jazz artists and bands may feature no more than two saxophone solos during the duration of their career. 2. Bass guitars should be strung with two to four strings, bu ... More >>

Collie Buddz @ Clubhouse Music Venue

Kravitz, looking tough as a kiddo.​If you honestly love music, you've got rules about it. Here are a few my mine. 1. Non-jazz artists and bands may feature no more than two saxophone solos during the duration of their career. 2. Bass guitars should be strung with two to four strings, bu ... More >>

15 Favorite Songs Tonight at Crescent Ballroom

​Stinkweeds dude and bassist-about-town Dario Miranda already illustrated the difficulties surrounding those foolish enough to accept Stateside Presents' invitation to DJ our 15 Favorite Songs tonight at Crescent Ballroom, so I hope you don't mind if I skip the bitching about how hard it is it ... More >>

Christmas Songs That Don't Suck: Part III

​Fa la la la la, and all that jazz. Getting tired of holiday music? We're not. Well, that's not entirely true. We're well tired of the lousy, saccharine, abominable Christmas music that clogs the airwaves. Is it worse when a radio station switches over to all-Xmas-all-the-time, or when a radio sta ... More >>

Dengue Fever at Crescent Ballroom, 1/26/11

​Dengue Fever Crescent Ballroom Thursday, January 26 The setting was the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, but given the atmosphere and exotic sounds emanating from the stage, it may as well have been Cambodia circa mid-1970s. Eyes closed, it hardly mattered, Dengue Fever was in its element, and ... More >>