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Ryan Gaumont, What Are You Listening To?

Ryan Gaumont Gaumont is a member of local sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth and is a stand-up comedian. See him perform at Stand Up Scottsdale! in Scottsdale this Friday, August 31 at 9 p.m. For more details, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Neil Diamond, Social Distortion, Handsome Furs

​"So good, so good, so good!" That's what you'll be chanting after Neil Diamond plays hits like "Sweet Caroline," "Cherry Cherry" and "Cracklin' Rosie" at the US Airways Center in August.The '70s stunna is going to help you get your adult contemporary groove on when he comes to Phoenix.Neil Diamon ... More >>

Chompie's Lou & Lovey Videos Are Like Napoleon Dynamite, But With a Wolf Room, Senior Bling, and a Rockin' 'Stache

Sometimes the internet takes a break from its usual offering of ridiculous celebrity gossip, people attempting to dance, and angry cats to bring us something truly wonderful. This week, Chompie's, the New York-style deli chain operating in the Valley since 1979, released two videos of its founder ... More >>

The Serene Dominic Show with Make My Baby

​Some vidcasts you just have to make a leap of faith that everything will work out all right. Like when singer songwriter Lonna Kelly tells you she's just formed a girl group called Make My Baby, you book them on the show and ask questions later which is what we did. Lonna writes great songs on ... More >>

Z-Trip Talks Phoenix DJs, Mash-ups, Serrato, Neil Diamond, Kool Herc, and More

Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip) Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip) is arguably the biggest DJ ever to come outta Phoenix.Enjoying a level of superstardom that many local turntablists and mix masters can only dream about, the 38-year-old Valley native has spent the past decade and a half using his ... More >>

Eli Kluger, What Are You Listening To?

Eli Kluger​Eli Kluger The film director is currently shooting a thiller about Furries. Clips can be viewed on www.youtube.com/furrymovie.When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 103.9-FM. I alternate between three or four rock&nbs ... More >>

D-JR Talks Pussycat Lounge, Requests, Blockhead, Z-Trip, Swingers, and More

D-JR​Name: J.R. Philips. AKA: D-JR Current club gigs: I'm at Dirty Pretty on Tuesdays, Airia at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler on Thursdays, Pussycat Lounge and Dirty Pretty on Friday and Saturday (kinda like a rotation, I'm either at one or the other). I'm also doing PCL on Sundays several times t ... More >>

Henry Rollins Reveals He Produced an Album For Killer Charles Manson

​At a benefit event he recently hosted for Los Angeles radio station KCRW, former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins revealed that he produced an album for serial murderer and cult leader Charles Manson, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Rollins produced a handful of Charles Manson's acoustic "p ... More >>

Alice Cooper Headed to Rock Hall of Fame

Alice Cooper will be inducted to Rock's hall of fame.​Congratulations, Alice, you're headed to Cleveland.Alice Cooper, the shock rocker raised and residing in Phoenix (Detroit is also trying to claim him today) has been selected for enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on the ... More >>

Alice Cooper Nominated to Join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

​Local boy Alice Cooper is up for induction into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Better news yet, this year's field is so weak he appears to be a shoo-in.Actually, this year's list of 15 nominees is probably no weaker than last year when, somehow, ABBA was inducted into the rock and roll h ... More >>

Glee at Dodge Theatre

Luke HolwerdaThe Glee: Live Tour opens in Phoenix.​Lady Gaga is a free bitch, baby.Bitch. Bitch. Bitchhhhhhhh.You would not know that from last night's world premiere of the hit Fox musadramedy Glee's touring stageshow at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, where a cadre of stars from the show reprised "Bad ... More >>

Sade and Other New Releases

​Sade has long been on the hook-up playlists of many, since the group debuted back in 1983. You know, light some candles, throw your stuffed animals off the bed and put on some smooth R&B stylings from the classic British group. Now the band is releasing their first album in 10 years, So ... More >>

Why You Have To Pay So Much for Good Seats

On March 11, the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled "Concert Tickets Get Set Aside, Marked Up by Artists, Managers" written by Ethan Smith. In it, Smith explains the practice of large promoters, Ticketmaster, and artists teaming up to take the best seats at concerts and then not selling them ... More >>

Two Sunday Fun Day Options With Live Music, Half-Off Wine

Looking for something different to do on Sunday fun day? Check out Furio's new Sunday option, which combines half-price bottles of wine and live music, similar to Phoenix's The Vig. But where as The Vig gets their party started around three with a cover act featuring Gin Blossoms guitarist Scotty ... More >>

Concert Schedule for This Weekend: Fear Before, High Places, The Bakerton Group, and Jonas Brothers

Forgotten Neil Diamond Covers

"Red Red Wine" revisited: The UB40/Phoenix connection

Americans recording Mexican songs: the bueno, the bad and the muy ugly

Rising Sand collaborators Plant and Krauss inspire a game of musical pairs

Future Shock: Stone Temple Pilots, Neil Diamond, Rusted Root, and more

Light My Menorah

Imagining a rock star Hanukkah

Traveler

Phoenicia
(self-released)

Ed Petterson

The New Punk Blues of Ed Petterson
(Split Rock Records)

Billy Joel

It's a matter of trust

They Did What?

2005's top WTF? moments

AM or Bust

Hot bods, a superstar DJ, and a Tommy Lee sighting: Not bad for a Thursday night at Axis/Radius

Rock the Joint

Kneebody gets funky at Modified

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

BEST ICE CREAM

Mary Coyle Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Covering baby-boomers' classics with a punk twist

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

As Heard on KCDX

The Coral

Magic & Medicine (Sony/Deltasonic)

Reinventing the Neil

Good times never seemed so good

40 Bands 1 Night 7 Bucks

Music Showcase, Sunday, April 13 - Mill Ave.

Neil Diamond

Jazz Singer is comin' to America West

The Band

The Last Waltz (WB/Rhino)

Ouch!

E.T. returns to heal our cynical hearts

Famous and Tired

Pop stars complain about their jobs like everyone else. Here's what's happened when some of their gripes have actually made it to tape.

Let It D

With its HBO show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Last Tour Bus to Clarksville

Hey, hey, it's the Monkees

Not Worth Saving

Trying to pass off gross-out gags as fantasy, Saving Silverman is a stink bomb

Britneymania!

What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?

The Artist Formerly Known As Print

Our quarterly roundup of the latest in music books

Wayne's World

Septuagenarian groupies, Clinton bashing, deep-fried cheese

Industrial Hazard

After a year of delays, N17 prepares to defy everything with a much anticipated new album

At Long Lost Live?

In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?

Impersonation Nation

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

BEND TO NEIL!EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DIAMOND, AND DIDN'T CARE TO ASK