Robert Plant

The Sword's J.D. Cronise: "All Rock Is Stoner Rock"

Austin metal quartet The Sword has gone through some significant changes since the release of 2010's Warp Riders, a high-concept album taking place on the halves of a fictional planet each locked in eternal day and nighttime. They replaced their drummer, signed to a new label, and toned their earl ... More >>

Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day: You Weren't There, But You'll Be Able to Watch

Led Zeppelin was, is, and always will be a driving force in the evolution of heavy metal. Their heavy, guitar-driven blues rock opened the world to an intriguing new sound, influencing generations of bands. Now, more than 40 years after they first came together, they are still one of the most popula ... More >>

What's Nirvana's Best Album? Hint: It's Not Nevermind

See also: The Nectronauts Cover Nirvana See also: Led Zeppelin 2's Bruce Lamont on Playing Robert Plant, Groupies, and Nirvana's Nevermind See also: It Came From YouTube: Nirvana at the Old Mason Jar BY KC LIBMAN If you aren't familiar with Nirvana's sophomore release, 1991's Nevermind, you were p ... More >>

People Who Hate Radiohead; And One Person Who Loves Them (But Still Thinks the Band Is Going to Hell)

See also: Radiohead: What's the Big Deal? We found out last week that a lot of people like Radiohead. I mean, really like Radiohead. Just kidding. We knew, because most of us really like Radiohead, but some of our readers had a field day admonishing my colleague when she casually admitted that s ... More >>

More on the Music of Tucson's Rainer

Led Zeppelin 2's Bruce Lamont on Playing Robert Plant, Groupies, and Nirvana's Nevermind

In a "Tangerine" mood.​Given the nature of the tribute band game, acts usually wow or disgust. There's not much room for gray area. When it comes to the real legends and the emotional attachments fans have to their records, bands like Led Zeppelin, it's go big or go home. For example, "Achil ... More >>

The Dude to Make an Album

​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys Headlining Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival​ Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, and The Black Keys will be headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for its 10th year, according to the Bonnaroo website.The good people who run Bonnaroo have put together a bomb-ass lineup. Other artists confir ... More >>

Air Supply and the Other Greatest Dude Duets of All Time

'Whip My Hair' Songwriter Lashes Back at Soulja Boy With Diss Track

​What's the real deal: did Soulja Boy actually write Willow Smith's smash hit "Whip My Hair"? Hell no, but he did receive a bit of songwriting credit for a line that came from his own song, "Turn My Swag On."Ronald "Jukebox" Jackson is less than thrilled by the songwriting claim made by Soulja Boy ... More >>

Best of 2010 Lists from Other Phoenix Music Writers

​This week's issue of New Times has Best of 2010 lists from a slew of contributors to our music section as well as Nothing Not New columnist Jay Bennett and a few other staffers. We compiled 13 writers' lists of the top 25 albums of the year into our own little Pazz & Jop-style top 25 list wh ... More >>

The Son Also Rises

Jason Bonham pays homage to daddy dearest

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 >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Music and Movies

​Bring in Le Noise, bring in da funk.Neil Young stole the top spot on the chart this week at Hoodlums Music and Movies.Guitar king Eric Clapton also made the list with his latest album, as did classic rocker Robert Plant with his most recent release. English indie pop band Mumford & Sons slipp ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 7/29 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. Are Tokio Hotel fans more crazy than the band is lame, or vice-versa? How did last week's music feature inspire ... More >>

Wyclef Jean to Run for President of Haiti?

Could you be looking at the next president of Haiti?​When Arnold Schwarzenegger became the governator in California, and Jesse Ventura was elected to the same post in Minnesota, it became publicly apparent that the lines would be forever blurred between entertainers and should-be serious politicia ... More >>

Robert Plant at the Dodge Theatre on 7/20

Luke HolwerdaSorry, Robert Plant would not let us get any closer than this to take photos. Wrinkle lines?​I've always made it a policy to not get down on old folks, particularly when it comes to not having the same energy or disposition as youngsters. I reminded myself that if I lived through ... More >>

Robert Plant

Led Zeppelin to Reunite Sans Robert Plant? Just Kidding...

Robert Plant: Who says Led Zeppelin needs him anyway?​According to NME, Jason Bonham, former drummer for Led Zeppelin and son of John Bonham, the band's original drummer, said that Zep came close to reuniting and playing new material -- without lead singer Robert Plant, that is. Apparent ... More >>

July 13 In Blogs: Rio Rico Shooting, Old Spice Man, Led Zepplin, Amarone Ristorante Italiano, and Medical Marijuana

​​​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:

Leon Russell: The Legendary Sideman Is an Imposing Presence

Leon Russell

The Legendary Sideman Is an Imposing Presence

Revival Tour

Maybe the Grammys Aren't So Bad: Independent Artists Win Over 50 Percent of Awards

From The Daily Swarm:Independent artists and labels had a banner year at the 2009 Grammy Awards winning 56 of the 110 awards given or just over 50% of the total prizes.Most of this is simply major artists releasing music independently of the big four major labels. But Album of the Year and Record o ... More >>

Rising Sand collaborators Plant and Krauss inspire a game of musical pairs

Red Alert

Red Sparowes

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Raising Sand
(Rounder Records)

Classical Graffiti

Led Nuts

When you just have to keep a rock legend from swallowing his own tongue

Plant Medley

Chia DVD

The Songs Are Not the Same

Followed or Led

Wolfmother

Hairitage

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Alice in Revolver Land

METAL - Balls to the Wall

Grab an athletic supporter and clear the kids from the room as we count down the year's best hard rock and metal albums

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin DVD (Atlantic)

Primal Scream

Evil Heat (Epic)

Gogogo Airheart

Quirky quartet keeps listeners guessing

We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews

Daniel Sinker, editor (Akashic Books, $16.95)

Chainsaw Men

Electric Juju
(Smokin' Troll/NKVD/Corrosion)

Molten Wax

Recordings

Various artists American Pie (Universal Records)

Lost in Spice

Trashman takes a fateful trip to the cinema

Copy Cats

In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

Inner Flame

New tribute album illuminates the art of Rainer Ptacek

LIVE SHOTS

WHO'S THE FIFTH LED ZEPPELIN?

Sucking In The Seventies

The Cult worships at a temple of the familiar