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The Cult (Band)

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    May 24, 2012

    From Print: Blogs Teased in Our May 24 Issue

    This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What are deceased Bee Gee Robin Gibb's best songs? How does Ian Astbury of The Cult feel about being called a "cav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    The Cult's Ian Astbury Ain't No Caveman (He's the Wolf Child)

    British rock band The Cult have a new album out today, Choice of Weapon. It's good -- a remarkably heavy record without a trace of "heft for the sake of heft." The songs sound exactly like The Cult, but they aren't tired, no doubt enhanced by the presence of Chris Goss, the Joshua Tree-bred producer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Incoming: Jason Mraz, Pennywise, Jeff the Brotherhood

    Guess who's looking a lot older and more strung out than last time anyone saw him? Good ol' Jason Mraz. You'd think that someone who has "the remedy" would easily be able to keep himself from looking like an aging schlub of a musician. Au contraire, mon frère. Simply observe -- he looks something l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Top 5 Shows to Catch This Weekend: State Bar at Club Red, Cult of the Yellow Sign Dance Party, Winter Soulstice, Lustmord, Yip Deceiver

    Lustmord​Field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses combined with eerie, ambient electronics. Sound like your idea of holiday cheer? Exactly. There probably won't be a lot of green and red at Saturday, December 17's Lustmord gig at Club Red, but that's the idea. Since the early ' ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    Boris Are Heavy as Hell, But They'd Never Call Themselves Metal

    Lustmord​Field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses combined with eerie, ambient electronics. Sound like your idea of holiday cheer? Exactly. There probably won't be a lot of green and red at Saturday, December 17's Lustmord gig at Club Red, but that's the idea. Since the early ' ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Halloweekend 2011 @ Brick and The Venue Scottsdale

    Lustmord​Field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses combined with eerie, ambient electronics. Sound like your idea of holiday cheer? Exactly. There probably won't be a lot of green and red at Saturday, December 17's Lustmord gig at Club Red, but that's the idea. Since the early ' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Cults' Madeline Follin on Dee Dee Ramone, Sneaking Into Coachella, and Inspiration for "Abducted"

    Martin Sanmiguel​ Cults became a buzz band without even trying. Last year, the '60s pop-influenced group posted a couple songs on Bandcamp for friends to hear, not expecting bloggers to find and praise the demos. Content that the music spoke for itself, Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion deci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    The Devil Wears Prada's Jeremy DePoyster on Dead Throne Hear an Unreleased Song

    BY LAUREN WISE ​ The Vans Warped Tour blew through Phoenix this past Sunday, and one of the bands that concert-goers were itching to see was metalcore's rising star The Devil Wears Prada. These Warped Tour veterans have three released albums and have a fourth due next month, Dead Throne. Known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Vivian Girls' "Take It as It Comes" and Other Great Indie Girl Group Videos of 2011 (So Far)

    Cassie Ramone and Fiona Campbell in a scene from Vivian Girls' "Take It as It Comes" video​Despite what Pitchfork says, Vivian Girls' Share the Joy didn't suck. Sure, it wasn't as impressive as their 2008 self-titled debut, but it was on par, if not better than Everything Goes Worst. But an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Overo, Good Amount, Dangerville, & The Cult of the Yellow Sign Last Night at the Trunk Space

    ​ What do you call a night of absolutely FUBAR noise, improv musical comedy, a cult recruitment/job seminar, the death of the dunkwave genre, and an experimental Pentecostal church service complete with demented exorcism and cross-dressing?A normal Tuesday night at Trunk Space, of course. 

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    DJ Manchester Talks Britpop, Shadowplay, Anderson's, The Smiths, Interpol, and More

    DJ Manchester​Eddie Lebario (a.k.a. DJ Manchester) is old school, just like his favorite musical genre.As you'll read in this week's version of DJ Dossier, the cat has been spinning up the hits inside local clubs since the mid '90s. And more often than not, said hits have typically been from the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Brett Scallions of Fuel on Platinum Records, a New Generation of Fans, and The Doors

    ​Saturday night's Fuel show is a big show for 910 Live music venue in Tempe. "Our biggest show yet," is how one publicist put it. For Fuel singer Brett Scallions it's a chance to show Arizona fans the band is fully back from the four-year hiatus that found him playing bass and singing for an odd D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2010

    Weezer at Fall Frenzy Last Night

    Luke HolwerdaWeezer on stage at Arizona Fall Frenzy.​New York magazine put it best: "There are few things more terrifying to longtime Weezer fans these days than the prospect of a new Weezer album."That review of the band's latest album -- sarcastically headlined, "Is Hurley Weezer's Best Album Si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 Announced: Weezer, Devo, The Cult, STP, Primus

    The scene at Fall Frenzy 2009.​The lineup for Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 has been announced and it's a huge step-forward for the festival, in its second year at Tempe Beach Park.Stone Tempe Pilots and The Cult top the bill on Friday, September 17. Tickets are $75 or $80 at the door. Weezer, "Sublime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    May 3 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Conan O'Brien, Marcellino Ristorante, and Joe Arpaio

    ​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Padres' Adrian Gonzalez, Mets' Rod Barajas, MLB Players Association Blast Arizona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Slash's Solo Album Stream: Hear It Before Its May Release

    Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    The Cult

    Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

  • Calendar

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    Apocalyptica Now

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  • Music

    January 10, 1990

    Style Counseling

    How to get musically postmodern without really trying

  • Music

    January 3, 1990

    Sucking In The Seventies

    The Cult worships at a temple of the familiar

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