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Top Five Must-See Shows This Week in Metro Phoenix

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest -- our top five must-see shows this week.

Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012

2012 isn't even over yet, and we're already feeling sort of nostalgic for it. We saw a lot of great shows this year, so narrowing it down to the most mind-blowing 20 wasn't easy, but it was a lot of fun. Enjoy, our Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012. See also: Top Five 2012 Heavy Releases In Pho ... More >>

Sonoran Pop Festival Sacred Bones Mojave Celebration: "Incestuous...In The Best Possible Way"

In this week's issue of New Times, I chart the conversation that occurred when I sat down with J.S. Aurelius and Alexander Jarson of Tempe's Ascetic House, a creative "collective" that releases art, video, music, and literature. The two aren't eager to define what Ascetic House "is." And that's th ... More >>

Five 2012 Albums for Enjoying The Apocalypse

Let's face it, the Mayan Calendar thing is kind of silly, but I'm still obsessed with it because I often ruminate on The End. It's an important scenario to consider, no matter how unlikely, because it makes us ask the Big Questions and wonder how meaningful/meaningless our lives truly are. One of m ... More >>

Halloween Guide 2012: Fright Nights

Halloween Guide 2012

10 Favorite Concerts of the Summer

We don't want to jinx it, but a string of cooler nights and balmy afternoons has us feeling comfortable saying "Summer's done." The festival season has come to a close, and it's time to unpack that neglected denim and put away your jorts and Coachella Crocs for the season. Of course, this summer r ... More >>

Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Agalloch, Taurus, and Rituals at Rhythm Room, 8/8/12

Agalloch, Taurus, and Rituals Rhythm Room Wednesday, August 8 See also: Agalloch: Folk-Metal Conjurers See also: Six Desert Metal Bands You Should Be Listening To Though the Rhythm Room parking lot was near capacity and the venue itself crammed full of metalheads, there wasn't a single display of ... More >>

Against Me!, Phife Dawg, The Heist at The Mint, Over the Weekend

Against Me! and The Cult at the Marquee Theatre Last night's lineup was strange, to say the least. Noise rockers The Icarus Line drew comparisons to Iggy Pop while Against Me! played its first Phoenix show after singer and guitarist Tom Gabel announced the decision to start living her life as a w ... More >>

Against Me! and The Cult at Marquee Theatre, 6/22/12

The Cult and Against Me! Marquee Theatre Friday, June 22 See also: The Cult's Ian Astbury Ain't No Caveman (He's the Wolf Child) See our full Against Me! and The Cult at Marquee Theatre slideshow. Last night's lineup was strange, to say the least. Noise rockers The Icarus Line drew comparison ... More >>

The Cult Evolves with Weapon of Choice

Ceremony: One of Punk's Most Unpredictable Outfits on Rising, Raging and Changing

By Reyan Ali Finding a young, lesser-known band in the pages of Rolling Stone is not a noteworthy event. However, seeing a review of Ceremony's new record, Zoo, in the magazine recently still constitutes one of those I-can-believe-it's-happening-but-I-still-can't-believe-it moments because Ceremony ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Halloweekend 2011 @ Brick and The Venue Scottsdale

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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. 

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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