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Dave Grohl On His Film Tribute to the Studio That Gave the World Nevermind

By Whitney Friedlander The lobby of Dave Grohl's Northridge-based 606 Studios has a Joan Jett book on the coffee table and a row of classic arcade games like Donkey Kong Jr. against one wall. On top of a photo booth sits an iconic "Moonman" MTV Video Music Award, festooned with a roll of toilet pap ... More >>

Director Dave Grohl, Rockers Toast L.A.'s Sound City

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.

Incoming: Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, The Walkmen

As usual, we're stoked for lots of upcoming concerts, but this week we're excited about a little extra hard-rockin' estrogen on the list.Nobody puts on a great performance quite like a strong female frontwoman. If you're a heartbreaker who loves rock 'n' roll, then you won't want to miss out on ... More >>

Top Five Rockin' Grannies

Image credit: Photoshop.​Last week we announced the bummer news that Blondie has called off the show scheduled for tomorrow at Foundry on First due to "last minute scheduling conflicts. Promoter Danny Zelisko states that the band may reschedule its date, but until then, you can continue l ... More >>

Blondie's Chris Stein on Panic of Girls, Wild Style, and Modern Pop

Blondie's Chris Stein and Debbie Harry ​Blondie guitarist Chris Stein sounds slightly surprised by my call. "Hello," he asks, with a strange kind of hesitance. But it just takes a second for him to start going, rattling off details about the new Blondie record, Panic of Girls. The record is not ... More >>

Five Totally Rad Things About Katy Perry

​If every discerning music nerd only gets to pick one pop princess to admit to unapologetic digging, I totally pick Katy Perry.Yes, she's good looking-- that's a given, but it's much more than that. Perry has a sort of easygoing charm, a rare thing in the realm of radio dominating queens. Yeah, I ... More >>

Obscura To Present 2nd Annual "Love is a Battlefield" Dance-Off At Rips Ales and Cocktails

​Hope everyone is ready to tease their hair up and rock some leg warmers, because Obscura is back with their 2nd annual "Love is a Battlefield" Dance-Off. DJ Roya and DJ Funkfinger will be spinning their signature mix of dancey New Wave and Britpop all night, but it's your best Pat Benatar impress ... More >>

Incoming: The Black Lips, Danzig, Gene Loves Jezebel, Keith Urban, Al Jarreau

Al Jarreau ca. 1983​There's lots of diversity in this week's just announced shows, with offerings from The Black Lips, Danzig, Keith Urban and KUPD's U-Fest. None of those artists, however, have won a Grammy in three -- count 'em, three -- different categories. Al Jarreau has. Hell, he joins Micha ... More >>

DJ Roya Talks Obscura, Tron Legacy, Daft Punk, Temper Trap, Pussycat Dolls, and More

DJ Roya​Name: Michele Chinichian AKA: DJ Roya Current gigs: Obscura, held at Rips Bar every second Saturday of the month. Genres spun: I play a blend of indie, New Wave, and Britpop at Obscura. I also enjoy spinning '80s pop, old school, electro, and the occasional Top 40 guilty pleasure. How ... More >>

Pat Benatar: Soon-to-Be Hipster Icon?

Project Pat

'80s rock icon lays it all out in memoir

Tittsworth, Pat Benatar Dance-offs, Gay Beast, and Other Cheap Thrills This Weekend

​In case you're not up on all the latest hip-hop news, Mr. Earl Simmons (a.k.a. DMX) got himself sprung from Sheriff Joe Arpaio's tender care earlier this week after spending four months incarcerated in the county hoosegow. "THE DOG IS OUT THE CAGE!!" exclaimed the hardcore rapper's Twitter on Wed ... More >>

July 9 In Blogs: Andy Thomas, Lisa Sette, Glee, Nobuo Fukuda, and Larry Fitzgerald

​​​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:

Pat Benatar Goes Through the Motions, Blondie Rocked and The Donnas Backed Out at Dodge Theatre

Luke HolwerdaPat Benatar​ Picture this: teen girls in too much makeup channeling new wave goddesses with their overbearing, nacho-chowing mothers, wrinkled women in low-cut, studded halters exhibiting chests long past their perky prime, and grooving chicks with hair too long and pants too high ... More >>

July 29 In Blogs: Barack Obama, Pat Benatar, Gazpacho, and Mayor Gordon

​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: Barack Obama's Birth Certificate, and Why J.D. Hayworth Should Read National Review Joe Arpa ... More >>

Just Announced: Toby Keith, George Thorogood, Blondie, Yes

This week's show announcements have a little of everything, including two of the finest purveyors of good ol' boy drinking music you'll find: George Thorogood and the Destroyers are set to play Celebrity at the end of July, Toby Keith comes to town in August. Surprisingly, even considering the despa ... More >>

Idol's Louisville Auditions Provide Viewers With Job Ideas

So, last night, American Idol took its tone-deaf dog-and-pony show to Louisville, Kentucky. But, really, does it matter where we were? Louisville was the same as Phoenix, which was the same as San Francisco, which we all know is going to be just like Tuesday's show in Jacksonville. There's the ho ... More >>

Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" Updated for Sheriff Joe Arpaio by "dude"

See the new lyrics for this song by "dude" below -- after the jump, if you're in the abridged version. Once in a long while, a commenter emerges from this blog who befuddles other blogilla gorillas, an anonymous wing-nutty tard who shakes things up with his (or her)masturbatory use of th ... More >>

Jan. 13 In Blogs: American Idol, Chlamydia, Food Network 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: CPS Took Sick Child From Home Unfairly, Says Mom; Takes Fight to Inter ... More >>

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

Pat Benatar: Soon-to-Be Hipster Icon?

Festival of Frugality

Your dollar goes farther at this weekend's music mega-event

Pink, Damone

I'm Not Dead
(La Face)

Out Here All Night
(Island)

Back From the Attic

Despite losing a member and a contract, Boston's Damone is all charged up

Downward Dog

Time Marches On
(self-released)

Stars

Set Yourself on Fire
(Arts & Crafts)

Z King Is Back

Catching up with DJ Z-Trip

Sahara Hotnights

Kiss & Tell (RCA)

As Heard on KCDX

Slave 4 Britney

The mystery behind Britney Spears' appeal with chicks who should know better

Gone Hollywood

Turntable virtuoso Z-Trip returns to the desert in triumph

W.O.M.B. With a View

With their wildly eclectic, kinetic music, the Warriors of Make Believe will make your paradigms pop

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Our resident trailer-park critic finds out that hell hath no fury like a Parrothead scorned

Night & Day

June 10 - 16, 1999

Haus Work

Local roots-music queen Rena Haus moves back to Minnesota to save her family's farm

The Trashman

Where unit-shifting heroes of rock are exposed as the passionless poseurs they really are

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

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