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Morrissey (Singer)

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Flashback Friday: The Smiths, A Soundtrack to Awkward '80s Dance Moves

    Where we're going, we don't need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. Los Angeles-based rockers Ozomatli reminded me of a cold hard fact at last month's McDowell Mountain Music Festival; if you're a Latino, particularly a Chicano like myself, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Brad Steinke, What Are You Listening To?

    Brad Steinke​Steinke is a host and reporter for FOX Sports Arizona. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Sirius XMU. It features great new indie artists -- I've heard Lykke Li, Neon Indian, Chapel Club and Lana Del Rey on this station. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Year in Review, Kickstarter, Top 15 Local Releases in This Week's Issue

    ​In this week's issue of New Times, I join our friends in café, art, and stage in a look back on 2011, observing trends and noting the good, the bad, and the ugly of the year in the review. I focused on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. We featured a couple Kickstarter projects this year, (my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Top Cover Songs of 2011

    Charles Bradley​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011's best videos. Enjoy! The idea of The Beatles, The Pixies, Tom Waits, and Elton John sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Fishbone, The Lesser Saints, WTFunk Fridays, Leo Kottke, and Willy Tea Taylor This Weekend

    ​It's another packed weekend in the Valley. Tonight, Sound Striker-Immortal Technique performs a benefit show at the Puente Office, and Mr. Meeble brings its crazy-as-hell laser show to Crescent Ballroom. On Saturday, you've got folk from Loudon Wainwright III and John Prine, and funky pop cou ... More >>

  • Music

    November 17, 2011

    We Love Morrissey, But Does He Love Us?

    ​It's another packed weekend in the Valley. Tonight, Sound Striker-Immortal Technique performs a benefit show at the Puente Office, and Mr. Meeble brings its crazy-as-hell laser show to Crescent Ballroom. On Saturday, you've got folk from Loudon Wainwright III and John Prine, and funky pop cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    September 6 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Splash Pool Party, Morrissey, Texaz Grill, and Elliot Campbell

    ​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Is Morrissey Coming to Phoenix?

    ​It was only yesterday that I was sharing the news of Smiths-related activity in Phoenix, including former-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke's DJ set at Bar Smith this Friday, and the upcoming performance by Los Esmiths, Calexico, California's premier Smiths tribute band, at Rips Ales and Cocktails. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Decemberists Bassist Nate Query Talks Influences, The Smiths, and a Love of Americana

    Nate Query, second from right​ Everyone, it seems, loves The Smiths. Morrissey and co. hasn't played together for nearly 25 years, yet the hyper-literature jangle rockers have had an enduring influence on bands across the spectrum. Good luck finding an indie scenester who doesn't know every morbid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Phoenix Artist Makes Smiths Comic, And You Can Help

    Jason Pedersen​You know, when you think about it, Morrissey is kind of like a comic book character already. Call him "Super Sad Man," or "Captain Sexually Ambiguous." Don't expect Shawn Demumbrum's Unite and Take Over: Comic Book Stories Inspired by The Smiths to be as stupid as those ideas, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Cee Lo to Become a Talk Show Host on Fuse

    ​Rapper, proucer, and The Voice vocal coach Cee Lo Green will kick off his own talk show on Fuse on June 22, according to Paste.The upcoming show, entitled Talking to Strangers, is a performance and interview series that's all about Cee Lo sitting down to interview indie, rap and R&B arti ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    The Smoking Popes @ The Sail Inn

    ​Rapper, proucer, and The Voice vocal coach Cee Lo Green will kick off his own talk show on Fuse on June 22, according to Paste.The upcoming show, entitled Talking to Strangers, is a performance and interview series that's all about Cee Lo sitting down to interview indie, rap and R&B arti ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: On Being a Mutt and Not Knowing How to Dance

    ​Rapper, proucer, and The Voice vocal coach Cee Lo Green will kick off his own talk show on Fuse on June 22, according to Paste.The upcoming show, entitled Talking to Strangers, is a performance and interview series that's all about Cee Lo sitting down to interview indie, rap and R&B arti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    DJ Manchester Talks Britpop, Shadowplay, Anderson's, The Smiths, Interpol, and More

    DJ Manchester​Eddie Lebario (a.k.a. DJ Manchester) is old school, just like his favorite musical genre.As you'll read in this week's version of DJ Dossier, the cat has been spinning up the hits inside local clubs since the mid '90s. And more often than not, said hits have typically been from the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    The Parlotones on Dancing, Politics and Making it in America

    ​Chances are few in the crowd at Arizona Fall Frenzy will have heard of The Parlotones but, believe it or not, they've sold more records than The Killers, U2, and Coldplay.In their native South Africa, at least.Like X-Japan, this band who's huge on the other side of the world -- as in, they sell t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Chromeo: Business Casual

    ​She'a a bountiful lady, that Tuesday September 14. With plentiful new music from most every genre, today is a cornucopia of musical offerings, a rare instance where picking one album is actually somewhat difficult -- lord knows that wasn't a problem on July 20. I digress -- today marks the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Iggy and The Stooges Shake Up the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Billie Joe Armstrong savors the moment with Iggy Pop.​Rolling Stone gives everyone the highlights of last night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. You know -- just in case you lost your ticket to the Waldorf and/or cannot afford top-tier cable channels.While each year is unique, peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Lady Gaga Coming to Phoenix

    We're going gaga in anticipation of Gaga.​On July 31, Lady Gaga will hit U.S. Airways Center on her massive summer Monster Ball Tour. Gaga told Rolling Stone that she sees the show as a sort of "pop-electro opera.""The theatrics and story elements are in the style of an opera. Imagine if you could ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    Best Depressed

    Xiu Xiu and anthems of self-loathing

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Xiu Xiu and the Top Anthems of Self-Loathing

    Xiu Xiu and anthems of self-loathing

  • Music

    February 4, 2010

    The 10 Best Tribute Bands of All Time

    Xiu Xiu and anthems of self-loathing

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Club Candids at Los Esmiths' Show at Club Red

    Now, that's some serious commitment.​We're not going to make any bones about it: we effing love The Smiths. And we effing love Morrissey.So when we heard that this cover band from Calexico, California, called Los Esmiths was playing at Club Red, we made it priority number one for our weekend's sch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Can You Guess Which Rolling Stone is Good in Bed?

    Apparently their bed was on fire, with passion and love.​ Well, according to Ronnie Wood's ex-girlfriend, Celebrity Big Brother star Ekaterina Ivanova, it's him! The couple with a 41-year age gap is finito, and Ivanova claims she is totally over it. She also hints that her co-star "Basshunter" m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Obscura Relaunches At CenPho's Rips Ales & Cocktails This Saturday

    Jessica SmithObscura's DJ Roya doing what she does best.​It's been just over a month since the Ruby Room Lounge unexpectedly went teats up, and some of the monthly dance nights that were displaced by the closure are finding new life at various bars around the Valley.DJ Manchester recently launched ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    What's Selling: Zia Records Tempe

    ​College kids and Mill Avenue nutters flock to Zia Tempe for their bountiful, jam-packed selection. They had a big week with Wale topping out their charts, and Nirvana snagging two seats in the top 10. Here's what has their customers are going gaga.1. Wale - Attention Deficit2. Slayer - World Pain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Morrissey Tosses Rowdy Fans, Shakira Sings "Santa Baby," Fall Out Boy Take A Break

    Electric Mustache: Daytrotter iPhone AppIdolator: Shakira Stops Gyrating For One Second to Sing 'Santa Baby'NME: Morrissey has fan thrown out of Hamburg gig - videoNME: Fall Out Boy to go on 'indefinite break'Pitchfork: Decemberists Turn The Hazards of Love Into Animated FilmRolling Stone: Ringo Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Kristeen Young Coming to Ruby Room

    Kristeen Young: Too hot for Morrissey.It seems like the Ruby Room is our homebase for anything Smiths/Morrissey-related -- like that DJ set by Andy Rourke. In this case, it's someone unrelated, by decree of The Pompadour himself.Kristeen Young, who plays with Green Lady Killers and The Pübes on May ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Coachella Artists Start Leaking

    The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Reel Big Fish

    The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Girl in A Coma Show A Little Something At Hollywood Alley on Dec. 3

    Wednesday afternoon, I spent at least a half-hour trying to convince a colleague that I wasn't crazy for getting excited about seeing Girl in a Coma. They're a fairly average band, he said. No, seriously, they've really got something, I said. Then I spent another half-hour trying (unsuccessfully) to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2007

    Life After Morrissey

    Former Smiths drummer is still alive and stickin'

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Eurotrashed

    It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. At least nobody died

  • Music

    May 25, 2006

    Nightmare of You

    In their gloom

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Morrissey

    Ringleader of the Tormentors
    (Sanctuary/Attack)

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Elefant

    Not the Cure, but a fine treatment

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Trend-Spotting

    In a scandal-ridden election year, the top 10 music stories were all about winning the popular vote

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    It Took Some Time

    Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Home Grown (Local)

    Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    What's Selling

    Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Trash! at the Clubhouse

    Why Morrissey is newly hip among bands that sound nothing like him

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Destroyer

    Your Blues (Merge)

  • Music

    December 26, 2002

    It Ain't Good -- So What?

    Sometimes, the best music is the stuff you wouldn't dream of praising in public

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2002

    Still Ill

    Forever Maladjusted, Morrissey hauls his musical baggage out on tour

  • Music

    November 16, 2000

    Paloalto

    Paloalto (American)

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Repackaged Goods

    The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

  • Music

    September 4, 1997

    Recordings

    The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

  • Music

    October 12, 1995

    Recordings

    The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

  • Music

    March 9, 1995

    RECORDINGS

    The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

  • Music

    May 4, 1994

    LISTEN UPMORE CD'S FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE

    The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

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