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The Worst Shows of SXSW 2013

Security and Cops Gettin' Wild: Look, I get it. Every drunken dickhead in town "knows someone" or thinks he has pull at the door, but that doesn't mean the hammer goes down on everyone. I was stopped by two cops who didn't want me to walk 50 yards from where the Smashing Pumpkins would be playing an ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Weekend

We're just a little bit biased about the best way to spend your weekend here in Phoenix. New Times' Carnaval Electrico with Cold War Kids, Mergence, Hanni El Khatib, and more, is clearly awesome, but get this: There's other cool things going on around town. No joke. Rampage Fest at the Sail Inn is k ... More >>

Fan Landers: Should My Band Hire a Publicist?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wro ... More >>

The 10 Most WTF Moments of 2012

Election years tend to carry more chaos then normal ones, but there was something else going on in 2012. Maybe it's the aura of apocalypse made people a little stranger this year. We had the Syrian Civil War, the Aurora Shooting, Israel being dicks to Gaza and vice versa, Mitt Romney was treated l ... More >>

Club Candids: The Lost Leaf

The Roosevelt Row district sees some of its heaviest foot traffic during the First Friday artwalk. When the weather is nice, it can be next to impossible to get into some of the more packed galleries. Things slow down a little bit around 10 o'clock as galleries and exhibitors begin closing their ... More >>

Five Dead in Yet Another Stage Collapse

​First came Cheap Trick's disastrous performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest. Thankfully nobody was badly hurt in that disaster. Next came the Flaming Lips' lighting rig in Oklahoma. The band wound up with $800,000 worth of damaged equipment. Last weekend it happened with Sugarland at the Indiana Stat ... More >>

The Flaming Lips Neon Indian, "Is David Bowie Dying?"

​Song: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian, "Is David Bowie Dying?"Context: The Flaming Lips are reportedly planning a Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots musical. It could be cool, but it could also suck. This song is to remind everyone that not everything the group does is both weird and awesome... th ... More >>

April 5 In Blogs: Richard Chrisman, Spy Headquarters, The Flaming Lips, Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame, and Final Exit Network

​​​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:

Bjork Releasing iPad App Album

Icelandic singer Bjork has taken after the Gorillaz. Her latest album has been partially recorded on an iPad, according to Consequence of Sound.On the other hand, she's also taking a page from the Flaming Lips in that listeners will have to piece the album together. Biophilia, which will be Bjo ... More >>

Linkin Park Made Their OK Computer

All hail A Thousands Suns, the finest dystopian fusion a major label can buy

Edward Sharpe, Black Joe Lewis, Xavier Rudd Tapped for 2011 McDowell Mountain Music Festival

Edward Sharpe​Perhaps you've noticed that the ever-schizophrenic McDowell Mountain Music Festival alternates between hardcore jammy shit and cool kinda-indie shit.  Flaming Lips and Matisyahu one year, Steve Kimock and Crazy Engine and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals the next.The 2011 lineup ... More >>

Phoenix Filmmakers' Movie The Heart Is A Drum Machine Gets Soundtrack from Flaming Lip

​Stephen Drozd of The Flaming Lips is releasing a soundtrack to the documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine which was produced by local filmmakers Ryan Page and Chris Pomerenke.The film, a documentary which explores why people feel such a connection to music and features cameos by George Clinton, ... More >>

Top 25 Lists of 13 New Times Contributors

Six New Times Contributors Name Their Top 10 Records of 2010

Yo Gabba Gabba! Co-creator Christian Jacobs Talks Yo Gabba Gabba!, Weezer, and Devo

Yo Gabba Gabba! co-creator Christian Jacobs with Brobee​ As the parent of two toddlers, I've seen every episode of the popular kids TV show Yo Gabba Gabba! a minimum of five or six times. While being forced to sit through the same episodes of certain children's television programs is torture th ... More >>

Mark Your Calendars: Festival Announcements Galore

Feather headdresses were the hot accessory of 2010 music festivals.​While music festival season is pretty much wrapped up for the year up, there's still plenty to get excited about since next year's festivals are being planned.Announcements have been rolling out one after another this past week. B ... More >>

Toni Braxton Up to Her Eyes in Unbelievable Debt

​R&B singer Toni Braxton has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy again, according to TMZ. She owes between $10 million and $50 million.The companies to which she is indebted include Tiffany & Co., AT&T, The Four Seasons Hotels, and Neiman Marcus. Maybe diamonds aren't a girl's best friend a ... More >>

Top Ten Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They're "Legal," From West Coast Sound

Should Lady Gaga carry her birth certificate when she swings through town this summer?​It's a rough time to be an Arizonan. The only thing tougher is being a brown Arizonan. Our moronic, racist legislation, (our sister paper LA Weekly uses a much better, more accurate string of adjective ... More >>

New Smashing Pumpkins Drummer is 19, Weezer Names Album Raditude, New Wavves Song

NME: Smashing Pumpkins confirm new drummerElectric Mustache: mp3: Headlights "Get Going"Idolator: Tommy Lee Plays With Fire, Gets BurnedIdolator: R. Kelly And Keri Hilson Make Love On The RadioPitchfork: Weezer Reveal Ridiculous Album TitleRolling Stone: Flaming Lips Road Test Dark New Tunes From "E ... More >>

Pitchfork and Siren: A Weekend of Music Festivals

Nick LucchesiThe Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne pulling off the old "human hamster" trick at Pitchfork 2009. See more shots in our slide show from Pitchfork. As much as we wish it wasn't true, there's not a whole lot happening around these here parts. At least not as much as is happening in par ... More >>

Starlight Mints

Van Halen Sues Nike Over Sneaker Color, Kings of Leon Launch Own Label, New Flaming Lips Record Due

Rolling Stone: Eddie Van Halen Sues Nike Over Guitar's Signature Color Scheme Idolator: Courtney Love Prepares To Crown Herself Miss World One More Time NME: Kings Of Leon launch their own record label Rolling Stone: Flaming Lips' Double Album "Embryonic" Due in the Fall Waved Rumor: Sell music ANYW ... More >>

April 27 In Blogs: Swine Flu, Wolverine, McDowell Mountain Music Festival and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Swine Flu: Arizona on the Lookout for "Inevitable" Cases of New Virus ... More >>

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Talks Pee and Their Follow-Up to At War with the Mystics

Local Acts Added to McDowell Mountain Music Festival

McDowell Mountain Music Festival has added a few local acts, who will play on the Creamy Radio Acoustic Stage. According to Creamy, a Tempe-based Internet radio service, local indie acts Black Carl and What Laura Says will play, along with Tucson's funky The Tryst, Phoenix guitarist Michael Garfield ... More >>

Everybody Be Calm: Flaming Lips ARE Coming to McDowell Mountain Music Festival

I got an e-mail from our main man Murph over at So Much Silence today expressing some concern The Flaming Lips were not going to be at McDowell Mountain Music Festival after all, despite what I reported Sunday. Don't worry folks, while Murph is right that they aren't listed on the lineup right now p ... More >>

In The Heart Is a Drum Machine, Filmmakers Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke Ask the Ultimate Musical Question

The Flaming Lips, The Cure, T-Pain, and Jedi Mind Tricks Are Some Of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange In Tempe

By Benjamin Leatherman Music editor Martin Cizmar totally digs the Flaming Lips funky new CD/DVD Christmas on Mars, and apparently so do the customers at Zia Record Exchange (105 West University Drive in Tempe). Here's the rest of the top 10 best sellers for the week of Nov. 10-Nov. 16.

Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

Local rockers form "a lovable cult"

Beverley Hills 902.0 Continues the Show's Indie Rock Tradition

Runaway Diamonds Are Forever

Local rockers form "a lovable cult"

Boredoms

Super Roots, Super Roots 3, Super Roots 5
(Vice Records)

Let Them Eat Peachcake

Saxon Shore

Just don't sing along

Rock On, Write Off

Music can be a taxing enterprise

Akron/Family

Epic freakiness

The Earlies

Don't be late

O.C. Can You Say

When indie goes prime-time, what's left?

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds (1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe)

Chart-toppers for June 20 through 26

Sleater-Kinney

The Woods
(Sub Pop)

The Delgados

The Brits with the hits

Okkervil River

The ebb and flow of the Austin quartet

Skating Through Life

Mt. Egypt's Travis Graves moves from pro skateboarding to touring the Americana roads with legends

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Starlight Mints

A magical mystery tour

Mogwai

Rock Action (Matador)

The Tyde

Once (Orange Sky/Dionysus)

SWAG

Catchall (Yep Roc)

Recordings

Growing Pains

After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love