See also: KUKQ Returns to Phoenix (via the Internet) The new online station bearing the call letters of bygone Phoenix radio station KUKQ has launched, streaming online at kukq.com. As we reported last week, the site's connection to the original radio station isn't literal -- though Facebook commen ... More >>
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 >>
"Get the fuck out of my show right now!" Tell it like it is, Dave Grohl.Every so often, you find yourself at the same concert as that one guy who's an attention-hungry douchebag that starts a fight in the crowd. At some shows you sort of expect it, but it seems to happen all the time.Some serious ... More >>
Who would've thunk that this guy would outsell Coheed and Cambria at the Tempe Zia?Here's a look at what's selling this week at local record stores.MGMT's Congratulations holds steady with several number one spots, Record Store Day exclusives manage to still be selling well, especially at Revolve ... More >>
This week, looking at What's Selling is a little different. That's because Saturday was the long-anticipated Record Store Day, and hopefully you didn't miss out.Not only did all of our favorite local record stores have live in-store performances, but they sold a ton of exclusive material only ... More >>
It was early morning when I got the e-mail confirming my phone call with Dave Longstreth from Dirty Projectors. It was to be at 9a.m. my time, the following day. I went to work and went about my business as usual when it hit me. What does one ask the Dirty Projectors anyway? I went online to do s ... More >>
The boys of Fred Green might just be done waiting for their big break
Photos By Jonathan McNamaraSee more shots from Tempe Music Festival. This weekend Tempe Music Fest 2009 united us once again from scattered Valley citizenry to one cohesive force bent on rocking the hell out. This year Fergy and My Chemical Romance got traded in for straight ahead rock-'n'-rollers ... More >>
The boys of Fred Green might just be done waiting for their big break
Tooth & Nail Records celebrates 10 years of punk fire -- and quiet Christian devotion
Underworld is a slick and silly creature feature
A spiritual tribute to Johnny Cash by local outlaw country band the Trophy Husbands rings appropriate
Bangs sticks its punk right in your face -- but insists it has no agenda
Waylon Jennings' widow and youngest son say goodbye to a sad year -- with rock stars. In Phoenix!
Waylon Jennings bucked the Nashville system, and became a legend in the process
Pete Yorn at Nita's Hideaway
Trashman suffers through a holiday weekend's worth of wife-beaters, prison cutthroats and Ian Astbury songs
My Favorite Headache (Atlantic)
Surviving the big grunge blowup, Mudhoney takes a final bow before hanging it up for good . . . sort of
What makes Randy Johnson the most feared Pitcher in baseball?
Greg Sage's legendary postpunk outfit has been comfortable nonexisting in Phoenix for the past 10 years and has a new CD to prove it
Trashman pours his beer-fueled soul into a saga of Guns n' Mooks
A pair of new releases from Gov't Mule find meaning in being a Southern man, anyhow
Ricky Martin's solo debut in Phoenix a sellout in more ways than one
Art, commerce and ideologies all collide in the strange world of the remix
Seizing the yesterday with Warrant's Jani Lane
Trashman goes to blows over Hagar's Halen
Where unit-shifting heroes of rock are exposed as the passionless poseurs they really are
It may be a dark, dank dive. But rockers, skaters and skinheads call it home. Now, the last real bar in downtown Tempe is on the eve of destruction.
From the Fountains of Wayne springs pop eternal
With Latterday Speedwagon, Jesus Chrysler Supercar is born again
Hype! dreams and other bull about grunge, Seattle and Sub Pop
Ol' Spider Eyes is back with a new summer tour--but this time, he's left the guillotine at home
Cibo Matto's avant pop is more about flava than flavor
ONCE A DINOSAUR JR. CLONE, BUFFALO TOM HAS BECOME A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL
It's hard to tell what's Spinal Tap and what's not
