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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.

Camp Lo @ Stray Cat Bar & Grill

Four Artists Who Would Have Paired Well With The Game

Favorite Spring Break Music Performances

It's Spring Break 2012 time, suckahs! A time for all that overrated hanging out on a boat stuff, drinking until you're blackout drunk and hooking up with pasty-wearing hard-bodied strangers. Even though MTV dropped their "music television" moniker, they are still synonymous with the college-aged ho ... More >>

STRFKR and Painted Palms at Crescent Ballroom, 1/10/12

Over the years, it's been hard to peg Portland solo project turned electro-pop trio Starfucker as any one thing. Known for wearing women's clothing during live performances, having song titles like "Biggie Smalls" and "Queen Latifah," and changing their band name more times than they've changed thei ... More >>

Happy Birthday, MTV: 30 Videos to Celebrate 30 Years

I want my MTV back​Music Television turns 30 today, but the network doesn't look a day over 16 and Pregnant. Well before MTV started exploiting the incredibly difficult lives of irresponsible teens expecting a first child and balancing high school algebra, the Viacom-network played music vid ... More >>

The Ten Best Posthumous Albums

​Today, Universal Music Enterprises will re-release a handful of albums by the late Tupac Shakur, including the posthumous album R U still Down? (Remember Me). Originally released in 1997 (a year after Shakur's murder), R U Still Down? was one of the rapper's best-selling albums, going quadruple ... More >>

Inmate Divulges Details About the Identity of the Notorious B.I.G.'s Murderer

​A Chicago inmate has come forward with information about a man who might have been Biggie's murderer, according to the Fab Life.Clayton Hill, the inmate, has said that Nation of Islam member Dawoud Muhammad was the hit man who shot and killed the Notorious B.I.G.Muhammad "stated to me that he was ... More >>

July 6 In Blogs: Gary Kelley, Haboob, Notorious B.I.G., Rice Balls, and Nancy Grace

​​​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:

Aaron May, What Are You Listening To?

Aaron May​Aaron MayThe chef owns Over Easy (additional location here), The Lodge, Mabel's on Main, Iruna and Vitamin T, as well as May's Counter in Tucson. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The Grateful Dead channel on Sirius. The cla ... More >>

The Top Ten Lamest, Most Overplayed Hip Hop Songs from the Late 90's

Can't stop, won't stop​​Inspiration comes from many different places, the radio being one of them. While carousing around town in my hooptie the other day, the Notorious B.I.G./Puff Daddy/Mase 1997 classic "Mo Money, Mo Problems" came on over my speakers, much to my odd delight. After I was done ... More >>

Everything Must Go: Will Ferrell Is Down and Out, and His Life Is for SaleLife for Sale

Top 40 Songs with Arizona in the Lyrics: Songs 40 through 21

Wikimedia CommonsArizona: Land of sun and song.​There have been more than 140 songs with lyrics about Arizona in them. Seriously. Some of them have been big hits by huge acts, too ("Get Back" by The Beatles, "Take It Easy" by The Eagles). The lyrics to these songs capture various snapshots of the ... More >>

Titus Andronicus Thought Time Touring With the Pogues Sucked

​Highly hyped New Jersey band Titus Andronicus' tour with the Pogues infuriated Titus' lead singer, Patrick Stickles, according to Paste.The Pogues, who the members of Titus Andronicus consider to be musical heroes, didn't give their opening band the time of day. They never once watched Titus open ... More >>

Blunt-Wrap Bill Would Stiffen Penalties for Minors Using Fake IDs to Purchase Tobacco

www.elementpower.comBlunt wraps even come in the Biggie Smalls variety. Thug lyfe​If you're under 18 and use a fake ID to buy cigarettes, chaw, or even blunt wraps, you should stop -- if an Arizona lawmaker has her way, doing so could be punishable by up to 30 days in the slammer.Republican state ... More >>

Russell Pearce Shakes Down Scores of Lobbyists, Legally

Pearce's big money-grab, and it's all legalTo cop a line from the Notorious B.I.G., "Gimme the loot! Gimme the loot!"That's what Republican state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce might as well be saying with a recent e-mail announcing a fundraiser on January 7, 2011, just three days before Ariz ... More >>

Nas and Damian Marley's Reggae-Rap Project Explores Their Roots

Bad Laugh Tracks: The Most Annoying Recorded Laughter in Pop Music

​When I heard Ke$ha's "Your Love is My Drug" on the radio the other day, aside from making remarks about how sloppy she is, I couldn't help but mention to my friend that I thought the song was terrible.I was thrilled that the song was nearly over until Ke$ha struck a chord with one of my old pet p ... More >>

What Does The Suburbs Hitting #1 Mean for Indie Rock?

​Arcade Fire is an indie band. I don't say that just because they sound like an indie band -- though they do -- but because they're actually signed to an indie label.All three Arcade Fire albums came out on Merge, a North Carolina-based company that was started in 1989 so D-I-Yers Superchunk could ... More >>

May 4 In Blogs: J.T. Ready, Barack Obama, National Burger Month, and Beavers

​​​​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: Feathered Bastard: Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Handled with Kid Gloves by ABC 15, and Arizona Militia Decl ... More >>

Pink Floyd's The Wall Turned Into a Musical? The 30th Anniversary Tour Might Not Be the Only New Wall Project

Roger Waters: Writer of musicals and graffiti artist?​So I guess it's officially time for every superstar rock musician who was once edgy and cool to make a fucking musical. As if it wasn't enough for The Who to do it in the '70s or Green Day now, TwentyFourBit reports that Pink Floyd's Roger Wat ... More >>

Get High to Anarbor This 4/20

​Gage Young​Forget the same old music you've always gotten high to this 4/20 holiday. Why don't you consider Anarbor, a Phoenix-based band who's releasing their debut full-length album, The Words You Don't Swallow, today. It's no coincidence the group, signed to Hopeless Records, decided to drop ... More >>

Billy Corgan Starts God Blog, The Blueprint 4, Get Van Halen Game Free

Electric Mustache: Photos: The Thermals, Kinch & Sisterbrother at The Rhythm RoomIdolator: Because You Were Probably Wondering What Sanjaya Thought Of Ellen DeGeneres' "Idol" GigNME: Jay-Z already working on follow up to The Blueprint 3Pitchfork: Billy Corgan Launches Spiritual WebsiteRolling St ... More >>

The Odd Couplets

Notorious B.I.G. meets Emily D in bumpin’ new book

Rotten Tomatoes' Ofay-Centric Critics, and the Biggie Smalls Biopic Notorious

"It was all a dream..."There are very few film critics I can read without getting at least mildly peeved at their gasbaggery. But the critics' pool on the geek-fan site RottenTomatoes.com really ticks me off, particularly in regards to the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, which I caught over the week ... More >>

Jan. 26 In Blogs: Cardinals, TheDirty.com, Rotten Tomatoes and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Arizona Cardinals Send Off In Video Arizona Cardinals Get Big Airport ... More >>

Yo, Stephen Hawking Raps

The world already has its share of ridiculous ring tones, but now, thanks to a company called FunMobility, you can hear the voice of famed physicist Stephen Hawkings rapping "Baby Got Back" whenever that special someone calls your cell phone.

Notorious Makes B.I.G. Just B.L.A.N.D.

Brew Review: Surviving Malt Liquor

Sticker Shock

HoodRide’s latest show adheres to surfaces, not to rules

Rock 'n' revival: resurrecting musical artists to save their genres

Method Man

Rapping up a glorious career

Islands

Return to the Sea
(Equator)

Dream Weaver

Denny Le Nimh, the Yoda of PHX rock DJs, parties with the Kreme posse at Paco Paco for Plus One

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

Critical Fatwa

Give it a rest. In peace

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Dog Park Decadence

The Phantom Surfers and Neil Hamburger run with the big dogs at Phoenix Greyhound Park.

Casket Life

That's one for new Stomping Ground Records

Original Soundtrack

Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack (Bad Boy/Universal)

Hollywood Babble-On

Ron Shelton tries to mock the L.A. cop buddy movie, but the joke's mostly on him

It Ain't Good -- So What?

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

Various Artists

Constant Elevation (Astralwerks)

Faith Evans

Faithfully (Bad Boy)

The Umpire Strikes Back

Yet another baseball movie, Hardball pitches some soft-hearted charm

Best Used Jazz CD Selection

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The Allies

D-Day (Asphodel)

Is It Time To Pull The Thug?

Gang style blasts through popular culture. Can the media be used to fight back?

Who's the Man?

With Suge Knight in prison, onetime receptionist Norris Anderson is now the big man on Death Row

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