Queens of the Stone Age

Ghost B.C. Brings Together Heavy Metal and Dildos (Finally)

It's about time someone finally brought heavy metal and sex toys -- a match made in heaven -- together in one package. And Swedish heavy metallers Ghost (also known as Ghost B.C.) was just the band to do it. Known for their eccentric on-stage presence -- five of the members (known as "Nameless Ghou ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week in Phoenix

The weekend is over, and it's back to the grind. You sit there despondent at your desk, visions of a wild weekend replaying your head, scenes from A Good Day to Die Hard -- which you caught a sick matinee showing of -- bouncing around your cranium. How can you get back to that blissful state? Go see ... More >>

Every Time I Die @ Nile Theater

Top 5 Contemporary Blues Rock Bands That Don't Totally Suck

Our sister blog, West Coast Sound, has caught a lot of shit lately for their disdain for neo-blues rockers The Black Keys. Just remember we're only critics, and opinions are just opinions. Nicholas Pell even offered up some alternative blues bands for you to dig. The problem is, as commenter AlexNic ... More >>

Dead Eyes of London Aim for Loose Grooves

Florence + The Machine @ Comerica Theatre

Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss) One-Ups Mic Todd's Armed Robbery With a Five-Hour SWAT Team Standoff

Former Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Nick OliveriIt's been a rough week for bassists of widely-known rock bands. First was Coheed and Cambria bassist Mic Todd and his Sunday night arrest for armed robbery in Massachusetts. Today comes the news of former Queens of the Stone Age, Dwarves, and c ... More >>

Beyonce, Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in A Star is Born Remake

​Beyonce will star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's upcoming remake of the 1937 Hollywood classic A Star Is Born, according to Consequence of Sound.As if she wasn't busy enough promoting her new album 4, which is doing quite well on the Billboard charts, Beyonce will take the lead f ... More >>

Foo Fighters Bring the Battle to US Airways Center in October

Foo Fighters​Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you? I hope not, but just in case someone is, there's good news on the horizon. Just after 7 a.m. this morning, X 103.9 announced The Foo Fighters are coming to town, on October 16 at US Airways Center. I can't really ... More >>

What's Selling? Top Ten Lists from Valley Record Stores

Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues ​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Looks like Fleet Foxes are doing pretty well this week, with their heady folk album Helples ... More >>

Mini Mansions: Mini Mansions

​Artist: Mini Mansions Title: Mini Mansions Release date: November 2 Label: Ipecac One of the biggest musical curveballs of the year has to be the debut record by the Southern California trio Mini Mansions. I say it's a curveball because I wouldn't have guessed such a Beatles-esque display o ... More >>

Mini Mansions - Thriller Escapade

​Song: Mini Mansions, "Thriller Escapade"Context: Mini Mansions, an LA-based trio featuring Queens of the Stone Age bass player Michael Shumanthat, are playing Nov. 30 @ the Yucca Tap Room The Mini Mansions - Thriller Escapade by Vlady Turner

Glee Britney Spears = More Ways to Piss Off Music Critics

Glee loves Britney. A lot.​While it may be the opinion of the majority of Up on the Sun writers that Glee represents everything that is awful about the world of popular music, and even popular culture, the show's producers seem to have found yet another way to piss off music critics everywhere. Ac ... More >>

Lady Gaga's Telephone as Spoofed by NPR Staffers

Even if you're not a regular listener of NPR's afternoon program All Things Considered, you may want to have a look at this. Found by Fishbowl LA and reprinted by our sister paper, the LA Weekly's music blog West Coast Sound, it seems that some young people on NPR's staff convinced some of the, um ... More >>

Queens of the Stone Age Bassist to Play Ten High Tuesday at Yucca Tap Room

Michael "Mikey Shoes" Shuman.​Michael "Mikey Shoes" Shuman, bassist for hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age is headed to the Yucca Tap Room Tuesday night with his other band, Mini Mansions. The band is on their way back from SXSW, and will be passing through Flagstaff and then Tempe before head ... More >>

March 22 In Blogs: Barack Obama, Queens of the Stone Age, Il Vanaio, and Mike Tyson

​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 Bald-Faced Hypocrisy on Immigration, and the Puente Crew Protests Eric Ho ... More >>

Top 10 Albums of 2009: Mike R. Meyer

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Mike R. Meyer, a New Times contributor, wannabe musician, video game en ... More >>

New Release Tuesday: The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather, featuring Jack White and Alison Mosshart, fuzz out audiences with their debut album HorehoundWhat do you get when you combine The Kills, The White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age and The Greenhornes? A fuzzy, alt-rock supergroup known as The Dead Weather.Like Damn Yankees and The ... More >>

Eagles of Death Metal

The Emperors' New Grooves

Liam Finn

Emperors of Japan

Activator
(Dark Black Records)

The Section Quartet

Warren Miller's Playground

Warren Miller's Playground

Mean Streaker

Mondo crudo

Sir Hank

Take this punk poet home to meet Dad at your own risk

Priestbird

In Your Time
(Kemado)

Overlooked in '05

Ten great discs that were, shall we say, underserved by the media but are more than worthy of your money and close attention

For Those About to Rock

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11

Vaux

Car-dancing alert

Gore Gore Girls

Sweet and rough

Rock's Greatest Slapstick Moments

Art hurts

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 105 West University Drive in Tempe

Chart-toppers for April 4 through 10

Top 10 selling CDs at Eastside Records, 217 West University Drive in Tempe

Chart-toppers for March 21 through 27

Eagles of Death Metal

Garage and classic rock breed

Eagles of Death Metal

Peace Love Death Metal (Ant Acid Audio)

What's Selling

A list of the top sellers

Probot

Probot (Southern Lord)

Storm Troopers

Jane's Addiction soldiers on, even as bad weather delays its return to the stage

Queens of the Stone Age

Rock royality raises the Deaf

Foo Fighters

One by One (RCA)

Queens of the Stone Age

Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)

Long Time, No CD

More than two years after the release of its debut, Gloritone sates fans with a stopgap disc of demo material

Fair to Middlin'

State fair means music -- and the most toothless people you'll ever see

Best Hard Rock Station

KUPD-FM 97.9

Queens of the Stone Age

R (Interscope)

Fu Manchu

King of the Road
(Mammoth)

Molten Wax

Stoner Rock Royalty

Queens of the Stone Age finds tipped-out serenity in its private desert oasis