Nine Inch Nails

Kurt Cobain Died 19 Years Ago; Watch This Incredible Nirvana Show Recorded in Phoenix

It's hard to imagine that once upon a time, Kurt Cobain wasn't the voice of a generation, or grunge's foremost martyr. A long time ago, he was simply the guy who fronted a great band called Nirvana, and brought thick, fuzzy metal/punk distortion to great pop songs. He had already established himself ... More >>

James Mabry, What Are You Listening To?

James Mabry Mabry is a comic with Duck in Cover Comedy. Learn more about the troupe here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 97.3-FM, 24/7 comedy radio. What's the first album you bought? Weird Al Yankovic, Alapalooza. ... More >>

Bark Bark Bark @ Yucca Tap Room

Wes Borland of Black Light Burns/Limp Bizkit: Influenced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Signed to Cash Money Records

In the late '90s and early '00s, Limp Bizkit was a juggernaut, and guitarist Wes Borland was the chugging soul of the band. The observant, cryptic counterpart to outspoken rap-rocker Fred Durst, he was responsible for much of the band's success, with his experimental, heavy riffs and outlandish look ... More >>

Amy Donohue, What Are You Listening To?

Amy Donohue The stand-up comedian presents as part of Ignite Phoenix After Hours Friday, July 27 at Radius in Scottsdale. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 101.1-FM. I love old school hip-hop! What's the ... More >>

Is Dubstep the New Nü-Metal?

Love it or hate it, it's looking inevitable: dubstep isn't going anywhere for awhile, and a lot of ambitious metalheads are pairing their riffs up with wobble wobble sounds in a bid for commercial success. It reminds me of a coked-out Paris Hilton making a sex tape with Slayer's Kerry King. It wou ... More >>

Joey Bradfisch, What Are You Listening To?

Joey Bradfisch (center) with musical group Karmin ​Joey BradfischBradfisch is a producer for the Johnjay and Rich radio morning show on 104.7 KISS-FM. His segment, What'cha Doin At The Courthouse?, airs on the station every Friday at 7:40 a.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the ... More >>

Rich Berra, What Are You Listening To?

Rich Berra​Rich Berra Berra is one of the hosts of the Johnjay and Rich radio show heard on 104.7 KISS-FM here in Phoenix. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play? It sounds like a scam, but I listen to KISS to hear what our station sounds like af ... More >>

Michele Bachmann to Appear at The Mint in Scottsdale: Five Dance Tracks For Her Visit

Gotta holla when you up in da club.Despite the fact he's gotten heavy-duty shit for doing so, Questlove's now-infamous serenading of whackadoodle presidential candidate Michele Bachmann with Fishbone's "Lyin' Ass Bitch" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon recently was inspired snarkiness (albeit a bit s ... More >>

Peter Murphy at Marquee Theatre, 11/3/11

Photos by Melissa Fossum​ Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge Marquee Theatre Thursday, November 3 Peter Murphy is a weird dude. Known as the "Godfather of Goth" for his work fronting Bauhaus, one of the pioneers of the genre. Murphy has released eight solo albums since Bauhaus broke up in 19 ... More >>

Adrian Belew Concert Moves from Foundry to Crescent Ballroom

​Adrian Belew has an extensive résumé. The art-rocker has played with the avant-garde vanguard, clocking in time with King Crimson, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, The Talking Heads, Frank Zappa, Brian Eno, as well as playing straight up power pop with his band The Bears. Lately Belew has been t ... More >>

Sound Struck Benefit Show April 31: Taboo's Solo Debut, Chris Rock Beatboxing, Michael Moore Covers Kenny Rogers

Shawn Anderson This week's Flier Of The Week is for a Sound Struck benefit show in Nevada. The Sound Struck strikes again. The group is leading a boycott of Arizona and features a handful of passionate musicians along with a bunch of people who have nothing to do with mus ... More >>

New Girl Talk Album All Day Available for Free Download

​According to conventional wisdom, Mondays often suck. Today is not one of those Mondays, thanks to a goofy white dude from Pittsburgh named Gregg.Seemingly out of nowhere, Gregg Gillis has made his fourth Girl Talk album, All Day, freely available via illegal-art.net.Do you like Jay-Z r ... More >>

Autolux @ The Clubhouse

Autolux

Nine Inch Nails is Boycotting Arizona? Wait, a Minute: Didn't They Just Have a "Farewell Tour" with Their "Final Ever Show?"

​I have to admit the announcement that Nine Inch Nails is "boycotting" Arizona kinda slid by me yesterday.After all, like most right thinking people I sorta assumed Trent Reznor was off doing the soundtrack for some children's television program I've never heard of, or civilly married to Marilyn M ... More >>

Best Depressed

Xiu Xiu and anthems of self-loathing

Xiu Xiu and the Top Anthems of Self-Loathing

Dookie and the Peak of Profitable Cheap Plastic, Not Music or Culture

One of the things I like most about New Times Music Editor Martin Cizmar is disagreeing with him. We've had some fun arguments and discussions on music, culture, the role of the press and even Eazy E. Which is why I felt compelled to write this post completely and unequivocally disagreeing with his ... More >>

Tom Morello's Street Sweeper Social Club to Play FM 103.9's Third Thursday This Month

​Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave's Tom Morello will bring his new band, Street Sweeper Social Club, to downtown Scottsdale Thursday, Aug. 20. The band will perform during FM 103.9's monthly 3rd Thursday Block Party on Craftsman Court, across from Dos Gringos. The group, w ... More >>

Phoenix’s Emperors of Japan to Release Ice Queen

Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

The Top 10 Concept Records of All-Time

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Industrial Strength

Bauhaus Party

Goth icon haunts the Valley

No-Holds Bard

P.O.’d poet has some stuff he wants to get off his chest

Occult of Personality

Swede and lowdown

Shooter Jennings

Still putting the "o" back

8mm

Songs to Love and Die By
(Curb Appeal Records)

Off on a Bender

Playing the circuit circuit

Die Kranken Katzchen

Transude
(self-released)

The D.I.Y. Guy

Big analog

Pass It On

Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift

Dance Disaster Movement

The name says it all

Opiate for the Masses

The Spore
(American Voodoo)

Chronic Future

Lines in My Face
(Interscope)

Skinny Puppy

The Greater Wrong of the Right
(SPV)

Bass Ackwards

Irréversible desperately attempts to turn the world upside down

40 Bands 1 Night 7 Bucks

Music Showcase, Sunday, April 13 - Mill Ave.

Life or Art?

Two local bands put divergent spins on their metal theater

It Ain't Good -- So What?

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

Nine Inch Nails

And All That Could Have Been (Nothing)

Make Mine Swine

Pigface celebrates a decade of detritus from the industrial underground

Devo

Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Recordings

Sweet Dreamers

The Thrash, the Techno and the Metal

A three-band bill at the Mason Jar tries to define the parameters of "industrial" (good luck)

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