Moby (Musician)

The Best of Coachella 2013 Week Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, a.k.a. all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the Tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant fluor ... More >>

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Inside the Mind of Charlie Sheen

Stop Hating on the 2013 Coachella Lineup

Each year, like many of you, I impatiently wait for the Coachella lineup to be announced. Sometimes it's disappointing (if Daft Punk says they're not touring, chances are they're not playing the festival), but there's always going be a few redeeming artists. At best the lineup will be amazing, and i ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Official Lineup is Posted

The wait, as they say, is finally over. You can cease all the speculation of who the hell is officially playing this year's Coachella as Goldenvoice unveiled the lineup in grand fashion. See also: -Who Is Really Playing Coachella This Year? -The Rolling Stones Aren't Playing Coachella, but Some ... More >>

The 10 Most WTF Moments of 2012

Election years tend to carry more chaos then normal ones, but there was something else going on in 2012. Maybe it's the aura of apocalypse made people a little stranger this year. We had the Syrian Civil War, the Aurora Shooting, Israel being dicks to Gaza and vice versa, Mitt Romney was treated l ... More >>

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television?

By Dave Good It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she say ... More >>

10 Meatless Songs in Honor of World Vegetarian Day

October is a fun month to start planning Halloween costumes and sip on pumpkin spice lattes or pumpkin flavored beers. The month of the gourd serves another purpose- vegetarianism. Today happens to be World Vegetarian Day, which kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month, so stock up on some hummus. If ... More >>

Gwen Stefani Rules (As a Rude Girl and/or Pop Princess)

I'm glad I grew up in the '90s. I had strong, independent, beautiful women as musical role models, and they ruled the airwaves. The Spice Girls preached girl power, Lilith Fair paraded feminine gusto across the country, and No Doubt , fronted by Gwen Stefani, assured us that being treated like "just ... More >>

The Five Real Reasons R.E.M. Broke Up

​Yesterday, R.E.M. announced the band's breakup on their official website, and they did it in just about the classiest way possible. After 31 years, the Georgia rockers bowed out amicably, without "lawyers squaring off" or "disharmony," they said. But we have a feeling there's more to th ... More >>

Catch the Lee "Scratch" Perry Documentary The Upsetter at Film Bar This Week

​Lee "Scratch" Perry is one of the most important names in reggae, and for damn good reason.In addition to pioneering the dub sound, Perry has cranked out dozens of albums as both artist and producer, collaborating with Bob Marley & the Wailers, Max Romeo, The Heptones, Beastie Boys, Andrew W. ... More >>

DJ Joachim Garraud

Chef Talk: Amol Agarwal of Rita's Kitchen

He may be cooking Southwestern fare now, but Chef Amol Agarwal is bringing wordly sensibilities to Rita's Kitchen at the Camelback Inn in Paradise Valley. The Indian-born Agarwal has really filled up his passport, having lived and worked in Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, California, Jamaica and&nbs ... More >>

New Release Tuesday: Spoon EP Got Nuffin

Austin rockers Spoon release three new tracks today with their Got Nuffin EPIt's a pretty slow new release schedule today, unless your name is Rob Thomas, Jeff Tweedy or Moby (or Mephistopheles, for that matter). What I do have to offer, however, is a new EP from Austin indie rockers Spoon. Got Nuff ... More >>

The Shapeshifters UK Headline Scottsdale's Cream Stereo Lounge Tomorrow

British Invasion: The Shapeshifters UK roll in Scottsdale on Wednesday. The British house duo of Simon Marlin and Max Reich (a.k.a. The Shapeshifters UK) have a busy itinerary planned for the summer. Besides jet-setting to the raucous Dance Island Festival in England and the trendsetting Pacha in I ... More >>

Back Ted N-Ted

Smooth Criminal Fingers

Step away from those chords

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Go: The Very Best of Moby
(V2)

Page the Village Idiot

. . . it's no fun being one dimensional

Moby

Hotel
(V2 Records)

Dance, Dance Revolution

This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past

Year in TV: Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Without Him -- or Them

Internet mashers give new, weird lives to Eminem's "Without Me"

Various Artists

Original Soundtrack Recording:

24 Hour Party People(ffrr/Warner Strategic Marketing)

Play Nicely

Don't ask Moby about his business

RJD2

Dead Ringer (Definitive Jux)

Big Balls

After losing her footing, Jewel is back on the horse

Paul Oakenfold

Bunkka (Maverick)

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Rebel Prince

Eccentric pop auteur Rufus Wainwright is ready for his close-up

Method Men

The Crystal Method's Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland come back from the sticks with a new album. Finally.

Tasty Treat

The Disco Biscuits give fans of electro-jam fusion something to snack on

The Next Movement

The Roots return to the Valley, fresh off an effort helping to bridge the gap between electronica and hip-hop

Beastie Boys DVD Anthology: The Criterion Collection

Beastie Boys (Criterion/Grand Royal/Capitol)

Ecstatic Fall

They threw lavish raves, had endless expense accounts and traveled the world. Then the attorney general crashed the party.

You've Got Alpha Male

Oliver Stone scores big with testosterone-charged Any Given Sunday

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

Clearing Samples

Moby returns to electronic music, and he's ready to Play

Calendar for the week

R.C. Lair: House Keeper

Hot Five

Phonoroyale carries the torch song into the modern world

Recordings

Mind-Bending Chemicals

SXSW.97

Recordings

Tremors

Hope You Die Before We Get Old

The reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Out of the Loop

Underworld has a few words for techno music

Leapin' Lizard

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