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Saul Williams

Beastie Boys' Off-Broadway, and Four Other Weird Rock Musicals

Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

Incubus @ Comerica Theatre

Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

Incubus

Ad-Rock​It used to be that plays like Hair epitomized the marriage between rock and musical, but recent years have seen the combination pushed to new limits. You probably know Green Day's American Idiot and U2's constantly flailing Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark, but have you heard of Serj Tank ... More >>

The Cosmeticators at The Trunk Space, 6-30-11

Photos by E. GrovesThe Cosmeticators at The Trunk Space on Thursday night​The Cosmeticators​The Trunk Space Thursday, June 30, 2011​After the loud 'n' proud punk rock show at Trunk Space last night, I'm starting to think there's a new trend of garage rockers writing songs about their ... More >>

Polkadot Cadaver at The Rogue Bar

Photos by E. Groves​Polkadot Cadaver The Rogue Wednesday, May 17, 2011I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I -- a devout metal head -- had never heard of Polkadot Cadaver before this show. I went to see them because I had about a dozen friends who were going, and for weeks, they've been go ... More >>

Willie Nelson Messed with in Texas: Caught with 6 Oz. of Marijuana

​Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas on Friday for possession of six ounces of marijuana on his tour bus, according to People.The 77-year-old country star was on his way to his ranch in Austin when he got stopped in El Paso at a border patrol checkpoint. Furthermore, he could face up to six months ... More >>

Cheap Trick's "Hello There" and Other Songs Perfect for Rock Band and Guitar Hero

​Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas on Friday for possession of six ounces of marijuana on his tour bus, according to People.The 77-year-old country star was on his way to his ranch in Austin when he got stopped in El Paso at a border patrol checkpoint. Furthermore, he could face up to six months ... More >>

Cheap Trick's "Hello There" and Other Songs Perfect for Rock Band and Guitar Hero

​Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas on Friday for possession of six ounces of marijuana on his tour bus, according to People.The 77-year-old country star was on his way to his ranch in Austin when he got stopped in El Paso at a border patrol checkpoint. Furthermore, he could face up to six months ... More >>

DJ Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 1 Visits Tempe Tonight For UK Thursdays

Shaun BloodworthBBC DJ and EDM tastemaker Mary Anne Hobbs.​Mary Anne Hobbs doesn't have much of an aversion to airline travel, but by all rights she should. Just look at what's happened to her over the last month: When the influential DJ for BBC Radio 1 originally flew across the pond back in Apri ... More >>

Vampire Weekend Brings the Love to Marquee Theatre

Peter Baray​Sounds like things got pretty crazy at the Vampire Weekend concert last night at Marquee Theatre. Someone threw up, and girls and guys alike lusted after the band--although it seems like the crowd was filled with underaged peeps. Here's what was happening on the interwebs after the sho ... More >>

Polysics Q&A On Absolute Polysics, Kayo's Departure From the Band and Modest Mouse's Vulgarity

Fumi, Hiro, Kayo, and Yano of Polysics​Listening to Polysics is like doing a hit of acid in a vat of extra-sugar-coated Jujubes. Choose your album. Whether its 2008's We Ate the Machine, this year's Absolute Polysics, or any of the older albums in their catalog, the candy-sweet, frenetic energy th ... More >>

Buckethead: Under the Bucket

Fumi, Hiro, Kayo, and Yano of Polysics​Listening to Polysics is like doing a hit of acid in a vat of extra-sugar-coated Jujubes. Choose your album. Whether its 2008's We Ate the Machine, this year's Absolute Polysics, or any of the older albums in their catalog, the candy-sweet, frenetic energy th ... More >>

The Biggest Dick in Phoenix: Richard Cheese at Celebrity Theatre on Saturday, June 7

Fumi, Hiro, Kayo, and Yano of Polysics​Listening to Polysics is like doing a hit of acid in a vat of extra-sugar-coated Jujubes. Choose your album. Whether its 2008's We Ate the Machine, this year's Absolute Polysics, or any of the older albums in their catalog, the candy-sweet, frenetic energy th ... More >>

Tricky Dick

Sleazy lounge crooner presents the hardcore hits

Rock Around the Blocks: A SxSW preview

Sleazy lounge crooner presents the hardcore hits

Serj Tankian

Elect the Dead
(Warner Bros/WEA)

Deftones

Music for a nü century

Eyes Set to Kill

When Silence Is Broken The Night Is Torn
(self-released) Transude (self-released)

Ozzfest

Now Osbourne-free

Wax Attack

Vinyl destination

Top ten selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 2510 West Thunderbird Road

Chart-busters for the week

Let There Be Rock

Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways

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Hypnotize
(Sony)

Rivers Runs Deep

Weezer's auteur takes a tentative step into the real world

New School Hollywood

System of a Down's Daron Malakian plays it cool in the big league

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 3851 East Thunderbird Road

Last week's chartbusters

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue)

Last week's chartbusters

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Mezmerize
(Sony)

Rock Against Bush

Punks protest the Prez

Serart

Serart (Sony)

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Steal This Album! (Sony)

Preservin' the Real

Jurassic 5 stays true to hip-hop -- even as its core audience lives in an alternative universe

Wake and Bake

On Ozzfest's second stage, sweltering morning sets are part of the routine

Suspended Animation

After an unwelcome hiatus and a stint playing cartoon music, John Schmersal is back on tour with Enon

Nihil

Hollow

Radio Daze

Local alt-rock station gets close to the EDGE of extinction, but finds a new home on the dial

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Toxicity (American)

Liver Let Die

Trashman misses his brush with God's organ grinder

Jive Talkin'

Local rap metalers ink a bionic record deal

Treading in the Ether

Robin Wilson and the Gas Giants have a phantom hit