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The Foleys, Field Tripp and Roll Acosta do The Beatles at Rogue Bar

​​Roll Acosta, Field Tripp, and The Foleys Rogue BarFriday, February 3When you first think about modern, professional Beatles cover bands, you'll likely think of a few things. Primarily, middle-aged men will use any excuse to wear a Sgt. Pepper's jacket. They'll also take any opportunity to spea ... More >>

Boys and Frogs Sorry For the Weight Mixtape

Peoria-based indie popsters Boys and Frogs have a flair for the dramatic: witness the bands excellent and creepy videos. But the cover for the trio's new mixtape, Sorry For the Weight (a pun regarding the wait for the band's follow-up to their last LP, Rain Dance Snowed In) takes the cake, ripping ... More >>

Born to Hand Jive

Peoria-based indie popsters Boys and Frogs have a flair for the dramatic: witness the bands excellent and creepy videos. But the cover for the trio's new mixtape, Sorry For the Weight (a pun regarding the wait for the band's follow-up to their last LP, Rain Dance Snowed In) takes the cake, ripping ... More >>

Sound Off: DJ Dana on Courtney Marie Andrews, Source Victoria, and Sun Ghost

Clockwise from top left: DJ Dana, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sun Ghost, Source Victoria ​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 yo ... More >>

Mike Viola on Get Him to the Greek, Breaking Bad, and Living with Kim Fowley at 13

​Mike Viola is one of those guys you've heard a hundred times and not realized it. He's the vocalist singing "That Thing You Do" (from the 1996 film of the same name); his '90s band The Candy Butchers scored serious buzz along side his friends Fountains of Wayne; he's written songs for Get Him to ... More >>

Thrice's Teppei Teranishi on Major/Minor

Thrice has been a staple in the alternative rock world for more than a decade. But even to those paying close attention, the band's extensive catalog is hard to keep up with. Their eighth album, Major/Minor, was released on September 20 and is --as usual-- another stage in the band's impressive ev ... More >>

Yoko Ono will Speak at SxSW: Possible Topics for Her Talk?

Yoko Ono will speak at SxSW in Austin.​Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist known exclusively for being the weird wife of late Beatle John Lennon, has been tapped as a "featured speaker" by Austin's all-important music industry gathering South By Southwest.The talk will evidently start as a sit-down i ... More >>

Idolatry

Singing competition gets countrified

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo

​Artist: Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTitle: MojoRelease date: June 15Label: RepriseHow many of you have acts that you'd never call yourself a fan of, would never buy one of their records, or pay money to see in concert, yet recognize that the acts have been around for so long and written songs ... More >>

Brian Wilson: Sure, Pet Sounds Is Great, But Have You Heard Beach Boys Party!?

​Artist: Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTitle: MojoRelease date: June 15Label: RepriseHow many of you have acts that you'd never call yourself a fan of, would never buy one of their records, or pay money to see in concert, yet recognize that the acts have been around for so long and written songs ... More >>

Brian Wilson: Sure, Pet Sounds Is Great, But Have You Heard Beach Boys Party!?

​Artist: Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTitle: MojoRelease date: June 15Label: RepriseHow many of you have acts that you'd never call yourself a fan of, would never buy one of their records, or pay money to see in concert, yet recognize that the acts have been around for so long and written songs ... More >>

Paul McCartney at Jobing.com Arena: Former Beatle's U.S. Tour Opens with a Bang

Luke HolwerdaPaul McCartney performing at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale.​After nearly a half century in the spotlight, it's surprising to see Paul McCartney do much of anything new. How about two new things in a single night, as McCartney did while kicking off his Up and Coming Tour with a stellar ... More >>

Paul McCartney To Open "Up And Coming" Tour In Glendale

​Paul McCartney will open his upcoming "Up And Coming" tour at Glendale's Jobing.com Arena. The former Beatle will play a show at the hockey arena on Sunday, March 28.The news, which was officially announced at a press conference this afternoon, was hinted at by Danny Zelisko at Saturday night's M ... More >>

The 10 Best Tribute Bands of All Time

​Paul McCartney will open his upcoming "Up And Coming" tour at Glendale's Jobing.com Arena. The former Beatle will play a show at the hockey arena on Sunday, March 28.The news, which was officially announced at a press conference this afternoon, was hinted at by Danny Zelisko at Saturday night's M ... More >>

Pirate Radio Gets a Tame U.S. Release, but We Still Love Rock 'N' Roll

​Paul McCartney will open his upcoming "Up And Coming" tour at Glendale's Jobing.com Arena. The former Beatle will play a show at the hockey arena on Sunday, March 28.The news, which was officially announced at a press conference this afternoon, was hinted at by Danny Zelisko at Saturday night's M ... More >>

Chris O'Dell

​Paul McCartney will open his upcoming "Up And Coming" tour at Glendale's Jobing.com Arena. The former Beatle will play a show at the hockey arena on Sunday, March 28.The news, which was officially announced at a press conference this afternoon, was hinted at by Danny Zelisko at Saturday night's M ... More >>

Borderline Brilliant

Flick takes the sting out of the U.S.-Mexico culture clash

New Times Photo Contest: Name the People Next to Conley Wolfswinkel for Free Movie Tickets

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

A Hard Day's Night

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Folk You

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

This Weekend: Manzanita Speedway, Dave Matthews Band and Across the Universe

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Across the Universe

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band lack the star power of yesteryear

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Enon

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Eddie Kramer

We recently discovered this old picture of Conley Wolfswinkel having a cute little pool party, and since the portly developer is in the news today, we thought we'd share it with you. Trouble is, we're not sure of the identity of the other swimmers. All we can say is that we think the guy who look ... More >>

Twilight of the Gods

Forty years on, ´60s loom large

By The Wayside

Say Goodbye to What We Once Knew
(Self-released)

Bring On the Backlash

Stirring up hype and spiting the haters

Clumsy Lovers

A decade of picking -- and choosing

The Format

A decade of picking -- and choosing

Happy Bullets

The Vice and Virtue Ministry
(Undeniable)

Supergrass

Road to Rouen
(Capitol)

VIP Treatment

A new CD tells how Valley teens in the '60s survived in a Beatle-less state

Mando Diao

Hurricane Bar
(Mute)

Fab Film

Forty years ago, Al Maysles met the Beatles

Magical History Tour

You say you want high resolution?

Paperback Writers

Latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Blow in the Wind (Fat Wreck Chords)

Oasis

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
(Epic)

A Glitch in Time Saves None

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

Molten Wax

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

Molten Wax

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

Mike Douglas Held Hostage!

New video relives the surreal week that John and Yoko co-hosted America's most popular daytime talk show

Tomorrow Never Knows

With its recent U.S. tour, Kraftwerk stakes its claim as the most important group since The Beatles

Recordings

With its recent U.S. tour, Kraftwerk stakes its claim as the most important group since The Beatles

The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek

A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

Recordings

A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)

MONKEE SEE, MONKEE REDUXNO LONGER THE YOUNG GENERATION, ROCK'S PREFAB FOUR'S STILL GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

A new retrospective sheds light on the dark side of Britain's most ingenuous record producer (don't send his soul to hell)