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Carnaval Eléctrico ft. Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, and More, Crescent Ballroom, 3/8/13

Carnaval Eléctrico ft. Cold War Kids, Hanni El Khatib, Mergence, Stan Devereaux & The Funky Suns, Diners, and More @ Crescent Ballroom|3/8/13It's awesome when everything goes right at a show: great lineup, great venue, and great concept. But, as the crowd at Friday night's sold-out Carnaval Eléctr ... More >>

Phoenix R&B Stud Stan Devereaux Says Young Folks Are Getting Hip to Soul Sounds

Singer Stan Devereaux has been playing R&B and soul in Arizona since the 1960s, growing up in Tucson before exploring the Phoenix soul scene after college, then departing for Europe, South America, and Georgia. His journey led him back to Phoenix, and since he's settled into a groove here in town wi ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend in Phoenix

Kelly Clarkson may have slept on his phenomenal Kaleidoscope Dream, but that didn't stop Los Angeles-based crooner Miguel from having one hell of a 2012. He tops our list of must-see shows this weekend in Phoenix, stopping by the historic Celebrity Theatre to showcase sulty jams like "Adorn." We can ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Byron Fenix on Why Phoenix Isn't Ready for Real Jazz Music

Byron Fenix is a bit different than your normal DJ or selector. First off, you normally won't find him performing at some glitzy club, as he generally prefers to spin at far funkier venues and events, such as The Lost Leaf, Djentrification's Civic Space Jam, or at his monthly gig Cosmic along with R ... More >>

Here's The Heavy Metal Soundtrack to Your Sexcapades You've Been Looking For

We might not all agree on musical taste, I mean, metal, indie rock, jazz, hip-hop, none of it is made for everyone, but I think we can all agree that there's really nothing so appealing as all-out sex appeal. Sex might not be the first thing you think of when you think of heavy rock, but it's in the ... More >>

Al Page on Sonic Youth, Marvin Gay, The Hidden House, and More

There are a slew of reasons we dig Al Page. Not only does the cat have one of the most fly Afros in all of P-Town, he's also one of the most laid-back and approachable DJs in this 'berg. Every weekend, Page busts much ass on both the record decks and behind the scenes at the Hidden House, putting ... More >>

Treasure Mammal's Checkognize Is Seriously Funny

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 that el ... More >>

Collie Buddz @ Clubhouse Music Venue

A Perfect Circle at Comerica Theatre, 7-25-11

Maria Vassett​A Perfect Circle Comerica Theatre July 25, 2011 It was just this past November that the members of A Perfect Circle ended their six-year hiatus by performing a trio of shows at Tempe's Marquee Theatre. Each of the three shows had the group focusing on one of their three albums ... More >>

Pete Yorn's Take on the Silliest of Silly Little Love Songs

John Legend and the Roots: Wake Up!

​The joyous craziness that was September 14 has, regretfully, passed us by. Worry not, however, as the albums that were released just a week ago will live forever so as long they are still being listened to somewhere.September 21, then, has a tough act to follow, but that's not to say that it does ... 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 >>

Eazy-E: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is the final installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com caught up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today's post is on Eric "Eazy E" Wright, who passed away 15 years ago today. To read the other installments ... More >>

Dr. Dre: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Dr. Dre the superstar rapper/producer who has had the most success since this photo w ... More >>

Scottsdale's Scott MacIntyre Blindingly Good On 'Idol'

So, it'd be easy to reduce blind singer Scott MacIntyre to a series of puns about his visual impairment (read: the title of his post). Lots of other bloggers refer to him as Blind Guy, and he's actually got a good sense of self-deprication about the whole thing, so we don't think he would really min ... More >>

Chuck D on Barack Obama and "Fight the Power"

Phoenix Athletes' Blogs Bite on Yardbarker.com

Popular sports Web site Yardbarker.com hosts a slew of superstar bloggers from the world of sports -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, tennis pro Rafael Nadal, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban, golf legend Tiger Woods, and NASCAR driver Jeff Gor ... More >>

From Russia With Love

Spektor can melt our pot any time

Remembering Joe Zawinul

Down them stairs, lose them cares

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

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

Quiet Riot

Rockin' the house but shying from the spotlight, DJ Element is the Valley's no-flash grandmaster

It's a Black Thing

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

Transplants

Punk side project raps it up

Battle Hymns

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

What Was Going On

At long last, the spotlight replaces the Shadows that obscured the Funk Brothers

Fly Spy

Murphy and Wilson fool around with formulaic fun

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

Blowing Rufus' Mind

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy Records)

Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento

Gil and Milton (Atlantic)

Marketing Misery

Is Saint Durst the new, limp Bono?

Labyrinthine Soul

Get lost in the music of Maze

Fun, Fun, Fun

Local promoter stages a wild and woolly music festival

Pop Tarts

'N SYNC's Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears live and love at the top of the pops. Or do they?

Pop Whiz

Roscoe Taylor is a star in my book

Hey Anthology

The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

Are You Coming With Us?

The Lo-Fidelity Allstars pose some dizzying musical questions with a riot of sounds and styles

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Pick Up Your Microphones

Blunt talk on the Smokin' Grooves Tour with the Fugees, Spearhead and A Tribe Called Quest

Live Wire

DID ISAAC HAYES GET THE SHAFT?"BLACK MOSES" EMERGES FROM THE BULRUSHES WITH TWO ALBUMS AND A BROKEN HEART

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