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Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012

2012 isn't even over yet, and we're already feeling sort of nostalgic for it. We saw a lot of great shows this year, so narrowing it down to the most mind-blowing 20 wasn't easy, but it was a lot of fun. Enjoy, our Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012. See also: Top Five 2012 Heavy Releases In Pho ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jobing.com Arena, 12/6/12

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ Jobing.com Arena|12/6/12Who is Bruce Springsteen anyway? The street rat poet singing about characters straight out of West Side Story? The balladeer casting American youth in B movie glory, Roy Orbison grandeur, and fleets of fast cars? The protest singer, ... More >>

DJ Intel on the Furious Styles Crew's Anniversary and How He Wanted to Be Obama's Mixmaster on Election Night

There are many perks involved with being a DJ: Complimentary booze, free schwag, the adoration of hundreds at gigs, and (depending on the particular selector or promoter) possibly a nice payday. Then there are the more unusual bonuses, like the one that DJ Intel got the other night at The Monarch ... More >>

David Cassidy On Hanging With John Lennon, The Partridge Family, and a Gun-Toting Phil Spector

"You know, I'm no different from everybody else, I start each day and end each night..." So spoke David Cassidy during a break in the Partridge Family's second hit single "Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted." But he is different. Different from you, who's never appeared working alongside Gary Busey ... More >>

Elvis Presley Week Kicks Off at The MIM

​ Growing up, my grandma had a room in her house dedicated to Elvis Presley. We called it "the Elvis Room," and I remember not being allowed to touch anything on display, and boy, there was plenty I wasn't allowed to touch: posters, dolls, records, and commemorative plates. Coinciding with both El ... More >>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan: The Seven Best "New Dylans"

​ Bob Dylan turns 70 today. The man who gave us "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the man who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "With God On Our Side." Over the years, he's influenced and remained busy. He inspired Sam Cook to write "A Change is Gonna Come," and even gave his ... More >>

The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

Danzig Leads the Blackest of the Black Tour Screaming into Town

Unknown Legend

Somebody give Joe Ely the spotlight

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In Darkness, In Light

M. Ward attends his hero's funeral and walks away with designs for an evocative new album

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David Lee's Froth

Diamond Dave rants on fashion, being a digital gigolo, rival/tourmate Sammy Hagar and a pending lawsuit

Life of Riley

Sun Records' rock 'n' roll pioneer survives cult-hero status

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Letters

From the week of October 19

Puppet Rulers

Reissue of the Meat Puppets' '80s catalogue reclaims the band's crucial role in the Amerindie revolution

Thunder Roadwork

Despite some glaring omissions, Tracks cuts an intriguing parallel path through Springsteen's career

The Look of Love Lost

Two new releases pit the new songs of Bacharach & Costello against the old classics of Bacharach & David

King Bobby

Bobby Fuller billed himself "The Rock & Roll King of the Southwest." His reign was short. He dropped acid, died young and left behind some of the wildest rock guitar ever.

Boldly Going

The latest voyage of the Enterprise is a trip worth taking

The Mother Road

A new compilation disc celebrates the mythology of Route 66

Sixty-One Things to Know About Bob Dylan

HERE'S THE BEEF

SLEEPY LABEEF IS NO HAS-BEEN OR NEVER-WAS. HE JUST IS.

ROCKABILITY REGAINED

AFTER A LONG HIATUS, COLIN WINSKI REDISCOVERS HIS MUSICAL ROOTS

BETTER RED THAN DEADHOW THE SAND RUBIES SURVIVED A SNAKEBITE