Phil Spector

Tabu's Brilliant Look at Colonial Fantasy

The 10 Best Things I Heard in 2012

In His Great Tabu, Miguel Gomes Offers More

Five Songs To Christmas Light Your House To

By this time you should be out of your turkey coma, foraging through your garage for that shabby box labeled: Christmas Lights. All that talk about department stores jumping the gun after Halloween is behind us, because it's time to show your Christmas cheer and light the night skies with those fam ... More >>

Roar Explains "Christmas Kids"

​Roar is a popular band name, but the bewitching vocal-driven pop of Phoenix's Roar makes them stand out from their hard rock contemporaries. Plus, our Roar recorded a Daytrotter session. As much as I'd like to classify Roar as '60s pop, indie pop, beach pop, or vaudeville, frontman Owen Evans su ... More >>

Jack White Makes His Hip-Hop Debut on New Track by Black Milk

​Jack White has thrown down the drum tracks for two new songs by Third Man Records' first hip-hop artist, Black Milk, according to Spin.White has produced and contributed to the songs "Royal Mega" and "Brain.""Brain" is available for streaming here, and Spin has "Royal Mega" available for str ... More >>

Not Guilty?: A List of Five Songs Inspired by the Casey Anthony Trial Verdict

This woman is not a murderer, according to FloridaTuesday was dominated with the news of the not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial, the latest trial to gain such massive media attention. Anthony was acquitted by an Orange County, Florida jury fn the murder of her 2-year-old daughter C ... More >>

Leon Russell

Leon Russell

The Village Voice's J. Hoberman Unveils His Favorite Films of 2010

Top 10 Rock Documentaries: Anvil, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, Wilco, and More (With Video!)

Anvil​This Friday the summer movie blockbuster season kicks into full swing with the release of Iron Man 2. Yes, there will be plenty of explosions, CGI special effects, sequels and remakes to last eager movie goers for the next few months.But just in case you want to skip the long lines, expensi ... More >>

Top Ten Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They're "Legal," From West Coast Sound

Should Lady Gaga carry her birth certificate when she swings through town this summer?​It's a rough time to be an Arizonan. The only thing tougher is being a brown Arizonan. Our moronic, racist legislation, (our sister paper LA Weekly uses a much better, more accurate string of adjective ... More >>

Leon Russell

Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher's Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green Day at the VMAs

Spin:Listen: Scarlett Johansson Duets with Pete Yorn NME: Rejected Britney Spears Song Set for Har Mar Superstar Album NME: Ray Davies: 'The Kray Twins Wanted to Manage The Kinks' NME: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher Cause Boozy Havoc on 11-Hour Flight NME: Charles Manson Asks Phil Spector to Collabor ... More >>

July 30 In Blogs: Lily Allen, Milkshakes, Jason Hill, and Bringit.com

​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: Up on the Sun: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher's Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green Day at ... More >>

British Steel Turns 30, The Sweater Song Turns 15, 50 Cent Turns R. Kelly

Spin: Watch 50 Cent's Sensitive Slow Jam Pitchfork: Buy Billy Corgan Lunch! Rolling Stone: Weezer's "Undone - The Sweater Song" Turns 15: A Look Back Rolling Stone: Rob Halford on Recording at Ringo's, Opening for Led Zeppelin NME: Phil Spector demands iPod for new prison cell Electric Mustache: Vid ... More >>

At The Drive-In Reunion Possible, Jordin Sparks Album Cover Dissed, Scary Phil Spector Pics

Rolling Stone: Mars Volta Frontman Hints At Possible At The Drive-In Reunion Pitchfork: Black Lips' Jared Swilley Attacks Wavves Waved Rumor: Aerosmith - 'Toys in the Attic' in entirety this summer Idolator: Jordin Sparks Still Has A Cold Spin: Sonic Youth Debut New Album in NYC Idolator: Phil ... More >>

Wall of Cred

West Coast rap hero looks backward to push things forward

And the Robbie Award goes to…

Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA

Various Artists

Conquer The World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
(Sony)

Childsplay's A Tale of Two Cities a treat for theater fans, though not necessarily for children

Geekus Musicus Maximus? Not me!

Amy Winehouse

Back to Black
(Universal Republic)

Clinic

Visitations
(Domino)

The Atlantic Divide

Ten bands that weren't singing "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in '06

Hidden Cameras

Awoo
(Arts & Crafts)

Various Artists

One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found
(Rhino)

Various Artists

The Jack Nitzsche Story
(Ace UK)

Mono

Echoes from an instrumental canyon

Ken Stringfellow

Soft Commands (Yep Roc)

Queens of the Damned

Punk rock girl band Hell on Heels teeters on the brink of success

Original Soul

This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

The Beatles

Let It Be . . . Naked (Capitol)

Cher

The woman who wouldn't be back. . . is

Full Spector

Grandaddy take their small-town frustrations and mix it with a splash of Phil on their best record yet

And Then He Killed Me (Allegedly)

Is Phil Spector mad, a genius or a murder suspect with decades of preparation? Read our results!

Crenshaw Chronicles

A look at the work of pop's bespectacled bard

SWAG

Catchall (Yep Roc)

Pot Shots

Who said if you can remember the '60s, you weren't there? Photographer Henry Diltz was, does and has the pictures to prove it.

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

(Capitol Video/DVD)

Illyah Kuryahkin

Thirtycabminute

End of the Century

The Ramones offer one more burst of brilliance with a new anthology

Happy Trails

Legendary record producer Snuff Garrett turned his back on Hollywood for a piece of the Arizona cowboy myth

Eclipse of the Sonny

Sonny Bono's 1967 solo debacle captured the moment when pop music passed him by

The Good Foot

A survey of recent soul, blues, R&B and roots reissues

The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek

A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

FLIP-SIDE STORY

CDS HAVE MADE THE B-SIDE OBSOLETE. FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

SAME AS IT EVER WAS ABOUT TO START THEIR THIRD DECADE TOGETHER, THE RAMONES ARE OLDER AND WISER, BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO CHANGE

JAMS TO THE WORLD

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOYFUL NOISES AND TANNEN-BOMBS