Ryan Adams

Jared and the Mill @ Crescent Ballroom

A Dove Flew Into His Window and Died; This Man Grilled and Ate it

Many of us have experienced the horror that accompanies a bird barreling into a large window and snapping its neck. Not many of us look at the bird and say, "I bet that would grill up nicely with some smoked paprika." See Also: -$100 a Head Rat Dinner: Survival as Performance Art (NSFW) -Oven-Baked ... More >>

14: Josh Hebert

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Jesse Malin Links The Clash and The Grateful Dead

See also: Chasers Sold to New Owners and Becomes Pub Rock, A Music Venue With an In-House Radio Broadcasting Studio Jesse Malin has done it all, or most of it at least. In his barely-teens he was fronting Jersey-based hardcore ensemble Heart Attack, then spent the '90s in glam-punk wreckers D-Gen ... More >>

Take Cover: Mill's End Covers Whiskeytown

Before Ryan Adams was winning (and breaking) hearts with albums like Heartbreaker and last year's strong Ashes & Fire, he was a member of the seminal alt-country act, Whiskeytown. Whiskeytown had a good six-year run and helped define the genre's sound and influenced a number of bands. "A lot of the ... More >>

Cass McCombs Lets His Songs Do the Talking

How Cover Nights Can Create Local Music Fans

​Some people get stuck in ruts. My dad, for example, has been listening to the same 300 songs for the past four decades (let us take a moment to remind you of Nothing Not New, where our own Jay Bennett gave up all his favorites and listened to nothing but new releases for a whole year). But back t ... More >>

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​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. Christmas is officially d-u-n, done. If you're like us you're probably still sitting in a tamale coma, wrapped in you're bra ... More >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​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. If top selling lists and viral videos are any indicators of trend setting, don't be surprised if there's an outbreak of hip ... More >>

What's Selling: Hoodlums Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​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. It's been 13 years since neighborhood music store Hoodlums made their first sale. Last week we caught up with owner Steve W ... More >>

Sound Off: Peachcake's Stefan Pruett on Moe'Z Art, Hemoptysis, and Decker

Clockwise from top left: Moe'Z Art, Decker, Hemoptysis, Peachcake​Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If you would like your son ... More >>

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​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. The best part about Halloween is dressing up. Although no one in this week's list at Stinkweeds in Phoenix is particularly h ... More >>

Five Movies Outshined By Their Soundtracks

​It's impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what "vampire" means to an entire generation. Now, it's less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long a ... More >>

Rolling Stone Chooses New Queen of Pop

A new queen of pop has been crowned by Rolling Stone, according to Idolator.Rolling Stone put 16 female pop stars head to head in the ultimate statistical showdown to see who would reign as queen. Competitors included Adele, Beyonce Knowles, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Christina Aguilera, Katy ... More >>

Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven @ Martini Ranch

Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven

Bonnaroo Video and Audio Footage

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

Lady Gaga Coming to Phoenix

We're going gaga in anticipation of Gaga.​On July 31, Lady Gaga will hit U.S. Airways Center on her massive summer Monster Ball Tour. Gaga told Rolling Stone that she sees the show as a sort of "pop-electro opera.""The theatrics and story elements are in the style of an opera. Imagine if you could ... More >>

Creepy Tokio Hotel Record Cover, Roxanne Shante Doctorate a Fraud, R. Kelly Works on Jackson Tracks

Electric Mustache: Videos: Miniature Tigers at The Ice HouseIdolator: Tokio Hotel's Frontman Reveals That He's Either A Robot Or A Real DollIdolator: Don't Go Calling Roxanne Shanté A Doctor YetNME: Ryan Adams records hair metal song for blogNME: R Kelly to complete songs recorded with Michael Jack ... More >>

Sultan of Swing

The Train plays his country – right or wrong

Magnolia Electric Co.

Local Indie Types Offer Up Their Best of 2008 Lists

From the this-is-super-cool-but-would-have-been-way-too-much-work-for-us file comes this: Our man Murph has put together a nice assortment of best of 2008 lists by local indie types on his blog, So Much Silence.Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World and Kevin Murphy himself are both in love with Frightened R ... More >>

Folk You

Ryan Adams

Easy Tiger
(Lost Highway)

Willie Nelson

Songbird
(Lost Highway)

Bloodshot Eye Candy

Whose alt is it?

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds, 1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

O.C. Can You Say

When indie goes prime-time, what's left?

Ryan Adams

Jacksonville City Nights
(Lost Highway)

The Volebeats

Like Her
(Turquoise Mountain)

Ray LaMontagne

Follow his bliss

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums (ASU Memorial Union Building in Tempe)

Chart-toppers for May 9 through 15

Ken Stringfellow

Soft Commands (Yep Roc)

The Damnwells

Mix of everything for Malin's Damnwells

Ryan Adams

Rock N Roll Love Is Hell, Pt. 1
Love Is Hell, Pt. 2 (Lost Highway)

New Find Glory

Indie rockers Wear it well

Kings of Leon

Holy Roller Novocaine (RCA)

Original Soundtrack

The Slaughter Rule (Bloodshot Records)

The Seeds of Time

People remember 1982 for Men at Work more than they do for Elvis Costello or Gang of Four. Why should 2002 be any different?

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Alejandro Escovedo

A Man Under the Influence (Bloodshot)

Texas State of Mind

The South by Southwest music conference might've been a disappointment this year, but there are still plenty of questions left to be answered

Critical Mass 2000

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

Ryan Adams

Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)

Swan Song

Whiskeytown's last album is a rock 'n' roll masterpiece. So how come you haven't heard it?

Various artists

Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

Town Without Pity

The country-rock heroes of Whiskeytown find solace in their instability