Pink Floyd

Pantera Tribute Act Cowboys N Hell On The Best Cover Bands in Phoenix

People either love or hate cover bands. Some think they are fantastic tributes, while others think they are blatant rip-offs. Personally, I love tribute bands. They give music fans a chance to hear songs live and celebrate a favorite band--and often it's a band that's disbanded, one you'll never b ... More >>

Albums Redesigned as Vintage Book Covers by Christophe Gowans

If the recent death of Storm Thorgerson was any indication, music is often married to its album art. All the more reason to take something incredibly iconic in the age of Pirate Bay and iPods and turn it on its head, like the graphic reinventions of Christophe Gowans. The former Esquire art director ... More >>

How This New Music Will Make You Smarter (Thanks, Science)

A good 90 percent of my job as a music journalist is keeping my finger on new music, continuously discovering the vast spectrum of sound that human beings can create. Another 9 percent is attending concerts, where I destroy my liver and my hearing for shits and gigs. That final 1 percent is being a ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows 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.

Australian Pink Floyd's "Roger Waters" on the Future of Musician Holograms

A Saucerful of Secrets, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, -- Pink Floyd and its albums are so world-renowned and integrated into pop culture that even if you don't like their music you can't help but have a level of respect for it. And if you don't for some reason [ta ... More >>

Alice Cooper's Ode to Teenage Rebellion Hits Middle Age

Take Cover: Future Loves Past Covers Pink Floyd

See also: Fate of the Galaxies Cover The Cure One of the greatest advantages of living in Arizona is the state's proximity to other cool places: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Mexico are all an afternoon's drive away. Spend two days on the road (or one if you have multiple drivers and a decent ride) a ... More >>

Total Lunar Eclipse of the Heart

Melissa FossumTotal eclipse...of the moon.​This weekend's lunar eclipses was exciting, especially if you were able to catch that elusive red moon. If you were among those who got up early or stayed up late (it was a nice break after writing my X review) to check out the lunar eclipse early S ... More >>

Another Brick in the Road

National Record Store Day's "Back To Black" Friday: 10 Releases Worth Leaving The House For

Black Friday. One of those days when people like me hole up for one more day of food-coma bliss, fearing the heightened level of commercialism that turns consumers into zombified shopping maniacs, out for blood over $30 plasma televisions. But the upside to Black Friday is when the words Record S ... More >>

As the Stop Online Piracy Act Hits Capitol Hill, Here Are Five Major Artists That Support Online Music Piracy

​No matter your stance on piracy, you have to admit it's pretty freakin' sweet that, at any given time, you can hop on the web and get free art. Even if it is illegal. Of course, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is out to change all of that. Introduced to the House of Representatives in late ... More >>

Ian Hunter on Mott the Hoople, Ringo Starr, and Mick Ronson

​Calling that Mott the Hoople a band's band makes it sound like humans didn't like them. Oh, but they did. In fact they loved them, back in the days when they sold out halls all over England but no one bought their records and then again later when everyone did. If the only blip they ever regi ... More >>

Symphony X @ Marquee Theatre

RAC (Remix Artist Collective) to Play Bar Smith on May 6

​RAC (Remix Artist Collective) are playing Bar Smith on May 6. Not familiar with RAC? Well you're certainly familiar with the artists they've remixed -- U2, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, John Lennon, The Shins, and Pink Floyd, among a ton of others.The Collective is pretty populist, tackling indie a ... More >>

The Pink Floyd Experience at Comerica Theatre Last Night

Courtesy of PFX​The Pink Floyd ExperienceComerica TheatreMarch 26, 2011 It used to be that tribute acts were typically seen in casino showrooms. Lately, it seems that if you're a good enough tribute act, you can bring in good audiences at  concert halls. Already this year we've seen a orche ... More >>

Lady Gaga, The Baseball Project, The Pink Floyd Experience, Tempe Festival of the Arts, and Insight Over the Weekend

​The Pink Floyd Experience at Comerica Theatre Last Night It used to be that tribute acts were typically seen in casino showrooms. Lately, it seems that if you're a good enough tribute act, you can bring in good audiences at concert halls. Already this year we've seen a orchestral version of ... More >>

March 28 In Blogs: Jeff Flake, Lady Gaga, Game, Ina Garten, and Rachel Brock

​​​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:

Pink Floyd Experience @ Comerica Theatre

Meat Puppets at SXSW, Great White, Baseball Project, Lady Gaga and More in This Week's Print Edition

​This week's main music feature is a column I wrote in Austin, Texas after a week of South By Southwest craziness. It was a rough week for Arizona -- the most attention anything related to our state got was a panel hosted by boycotters -- but Meat Puppets frontman Curt Kirkwood managed to put ever ... More >>

The 8 Most Awesome Music Stories of 2010

​ Despite what you may have concluded from yesterday's list of the stupidest music stories of 2010, this year in music wasn't all that bad.In fact, a funny blog of Photoshopped album covers was created, a concert for dogs was proposed, and musicians exchanged some choice words.As promised, here ar ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 12/2 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.What long-forgotten nugget did Jason P. Woodbury unearth for the first installment of his "Obscuro" column?What di ... More >>

Google Translate Turns into a Beatbox

​It turns out that Google Translate can do way more than translate a foreign business documents, help confused travelers, or decode what your mail order bride is saying, according to Gizmodo.In fact, if you go to Google Translate and set both language transition settings to German, you've got a go ... More >>

Roger Waters at US Airways Center Last Night

Luke HolwerdaRoger Waters​Roger Waters November 27, 2010 US Airways Center British rocker Roger Waters performed Pink Floyd's album The Wall with style at the US Airways Center last night. It was, indeed, a "show," as much a theatrical exercise as a musical one.Since it's safe to say that at least ... More >>

Why Nick Mason Rejected Pink Floyd Reunion

Nick Mason turned down the idea of a Pink Floyd reunion this summer due to personal politics, according to Spinner.It's not that Mason, Pink Floyd's drummer, didn't want to support Palestinian refugee children, but rather that he was displeased with the choice of venue that was made for the eve ... More >>

Roger Waters the Grownup Versus Syd Barrett the Kid

Roger Waters the Grownup Versus Syd Barrett the Kid

Is Eric Nally's Theory on Musicians as Mythical Creatures Valid?

​Foxy Shazam front man Eric Nally made a very interesting point about the private lives of rock stars when I spoke to him last week. He brought up the factor of their ambiguity and how they were considered to be characters that all their fans wanted to know everything about even though they were n ... More >>

The Pope Loves Michael Jackson? The Vatican Newspaper Tries Music Criticism

You know you wanna find out what his top 10 list is like...​No. This is not the start of a really bad or tasteless joke. Recently, the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano came out with a list of the ten best rock/pop albums. And the results may be surprising. In no particular order they are: ... More >>

Sex Pistols' John Lydon to Record Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon?

The former Johnny Rotten.​It seems these days lots of folks want a chance to record or perform Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. The Flaming Lips have been known to take on the project on occasion. Now, John Lydon (formerly known as Johnny Rotten) is talking about an unsp ... More >>

Styx Isn’t the Only Band Capable of a Concept Album

Beyonce and Of Montreal Duet, Lily Allen Steps Aside, AC/DC Sneakers

Electric Mustache: Electric Mustaches ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!!!Idolator: Sean Kingston Tweets Song About Tweeting As The Internet ExplodesNME: Lily Allen confirms break from musicNME: Flaming Lips to cover Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of the Moon' at New Year's Eve gigPitchfork: Radiohead's Marching Band ... More >>

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.

What's The Big Announcement?

So we Phoenix media types have been summoned to the U.S. Airways Center Thursday for "a major 2009 concert announcement" at 11:30 a.m. And oh what a press conference it will be, with free lunch and entertainment by The Big Bang as well as the Phoenix Suns dance team and their Gorilla mascot.This mor ... More >>

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Jobing.com Arena on Sunday, November 23

Sometimes, we do things we don't want to do because the people we love want to do them. Such was the case with me attending the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert last night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. I hadn't planned to attend the show, but I couldn't refuse in the face of my girlfriend's unbr ... More >>

George Clinton, The Nadas and Pink Floyd Laser Light Announced

By Martin Cizmar So there's a little big of a letdown this week after last week's bonanza of concert announcements, but still a few good shows coming up. At the top of the list is a huge party coming to Marquee: Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton on Jan. 7. Sadly, Dr. Funkenstein, no long ... More >>

Beverley Hills 902.0 Continues the Show's Indie Rock Tradition

Rivetheads Rejoice: Sadisco* at Homme on Saturday, April 19

Priestbird

In Your Time
(Kemado)

How to Start a Record Collection

Vinyl solution

Ambulance LTD

New English EP
(TVT)

No Sex in the City

Woman seeks man who doesn't suck

Radar Bros.

The Fallen Leaf Pages
(Merge Records)

Black Dice

Creature Comforts
(DFA)

Oz Fest

Wizard conditions blow into Broadway Palm West

Run, Rasta, Run

A clever reggae remake of Dark Side of the Moon lovingly lampoons the album's hazy cult

Abunai!

Round Wound Deep Mu Flux EP (Camera Obscura, Australian import)

DIM BULBIS ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA PART II REALLY ELO WITHOUT FOUNDER JEFF LYNNE?

OASIS--BRITAIN'S SAVING FACE OR THE NEXT BIG NOTHING?

PINK INCARNATIONSSYD AND ROG ARE GONE, BUT THE PROPS REMAIN THE SAME