OutKast

The Used's Bert McCracken Wants You To Steal the Band's Album From Walmart

Post-hardcore rockers The Used have been put through the wringer more than a couple times during the 12 years they've spent together as a band. It's hard to imagine that even before the time spent addicted to drugs, label shifts, and the on-stage injuries, the members had already experienced homeles ... More >>

Ricky Brindley, What Are You Listening To?

Ricky Brindley Brindley performs with sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth tonight at the Tempe Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The station that plays my iPod or 91.5-FM (NPR ... More >>

Who Is Really Playing Coachella This Year?

Historically, the Coachella line up has always been announced in January. That means the official line up should be announced any day now, along with some artists that will hopefully make their way to Phoenix between dates. There have been a number of fake posters circling the net-- some credible a ... More >>

Big K.R.I.T.'s Blowing Up, But the Rapper's Got Underdog Appeal

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.

Phoenix's Jae E Teams with E40 to "Go Get It"

Southern rap is a ubiquitous force in hip-hop, a dominating sound that influences the rest of the nation. Phoenix-based rapper hails from New Orleans, where the sounds he heard profoundly influenced the sound displayed on "Go Get It," his collaboration with revenue retrievin' star E40 and Thaddeou ... More >>

El-P and Killer Mike, Crescent Ballroom, 6/25/12

El-P and Killer Mike Crescent Ballroom Monday, June 25 Brooklyn indie rap lynchpin El-P and Atlanta journeyman Killer Mike are kind of on top of the world right now. There's nothing like seeing two dudes with critically-acclaimed new albums on the same bill, popping in on each other's tracks and sm ... More >>

Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Saturday, May 12: Right to Marry to Stage Benefit Show @ Trunk Space It's been a big week for the cause of ... 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 >>

Incoming: CSS, The New Pornographers, Pinback, Titus Andronicus, Slick Rick

Slick Rick The Ruler​This week's just announced shows list is one of the longest in quite some time. There's a higher quotient of indie rock upcoming shows announced this week, with plenty of Coachella scraps.Yes, even if certain music-related boycotts recently gussied up their websites, bands are ... More >>

Girl Talk: The Full New Times Interview

​This week's print edition of Phoenix New Times ran a shortened version of an interview with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk, the mashup mastermind who will tear the Marquee Theatre apart brick by brick on March 23.As promised, here's the full transcript of that interview -- all 4,200 words of it.

The Gay Blades May Want to Look at These Duos for Further Inspiration

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 >>

Cee-Lo Green: The Lady Killer

​Unless the rock you've been living under for the past two months is insanely cozy, you've probably heard the hit single from former Goodie Mob-ster Cee-Lo Green. That's "Fuck You."The vindictive little ditty made a big splash when it hit the Internet in the middle of August, celebrating all ... More >>

O.A.R. at the Celebrity Theatre Last Night

​O.A.R. The Celebrity Theatre September 28, 2010The Celebrity Theatre's layout and rotating stage made for a warm performance by veteran jamband O.A.R. that accommodated every seat in the house last night.The design of the venue made the band's entrance particularly special since fans got to slap ... More >>

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 >>

The Maine at the Nile Theater Last Night

The MaineAugust 27, 2010Nile TheaterIt was teenage girl heaven at the Nile Theater last night, when local pop rock band The Maine played the last night of their current headlining tour and made a young lady-filled crowd go wild. Singer John O'Callaghan told the crowd the band got to choose their sch ... More >>

Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma

​Let's cut the bullshit: May is going to be a huge month for new music. People are rightly circling the entire month on their calendars, frothing at the mouth in expectation of all of the quality releases due in the next 30 or so days.Los Angeles' DJ/producer/electronic music impresario Steven Ell ... More >>

B.o.B: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

​By now you've most likely heard the song "Nothin' On You" by Atlanta-based MC B.o.B.If you haven't, then get out from under the rock you've been calling home the past two months. The track has been all over the airwaves and on Youtube, actually prompting B.o.B's label to bump up the release date ... More >>

Funky fun with Black Carl

T.I. Proves Why He's the King

Luke HolwerdaIt's been an interesting career for Bankhead/Atlanta-based rapper T.I. He's currently weathering the brunt of charges brought against him for illegally owning three unregistered firearms, a part of his life he was not shy to mention while onstage at the Celebrity Theatre on Sunday night ... More >>

If You Haven’t Heard of Tech N9ne, He Hasn’t Been Doing His Job

In their appeal to red-staters, Southern hip-hop and Fox News walk together

Future Shock: Projekt Revolution, Hank III, Otep, and more

Noise Boy: funky fun with Black Carl

Semi-Pro is only half bad. Will Ferrell's half.

Letters from the issue of Thursday, January 24, 2008

Snap To It

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

Get Inside!

Your three-month forecast of the summer's top movies

AM or Bust

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

Street Regal

Louis XIV kicks it with Kreme at the Marquee, then parties at Shake! with William Fucking Reed

Keep It in Play

The humble iPod strikes a chord with Matt Kata and his D-Backs brethren

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

You So Lazy

Martin Lawrence in a crappy kid movie? Whassup with that?

Get Lost

A bad case of sequel fever can never Be Cool

All Keyed Up

Jett and His Royal Kreminess catch the action at Jackson's on Third's Showcase Sunday

Lounge Addicts

Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.

Roadhouse Rules

Our night stalkers find a pint of the London punk scene at TT's in, of all places, Scottsdale

Loungin' With Lucifer

Our night owls hit the street for some action

Jaylib

Champion Sound (Stones Throw)

Dance This Mess Around

What a bad feeling - and taste - Honey leaves behind

Rocking the Casbah

The hawks and doves of the local music scene

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

Westside Rising

Ice Cube and his Westside Connection pals semi-reunite -- and give hope to gangsta rap fans

Deaf Jam

An accident robbed rapper Bryan Erwin of his hearing, his happiness and - for a few minutes - his life. Now his therapy is his music. But can rap save him?

Hot Stuff

From street graffiti to body rocking, the Arsonists preserve the old-school arts

Illadelphia Freedom

The Roots threaten to make their big move with Things Fall Apart

Critical Mass

A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

S.O.D. Story