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Can You Love the Music You Love After a Breakup?

So, my girlfriend and I just broke up. Coincidentally, or maybe because April is just a shitty month, the inverse happened to Camille Standen, who wrote a piece for Noisey about how her shattered relationship ruined all the songs she used to love. I can relate, but I wouldn't say my favorite songs ... More >>

Mars Volta Fight: Who'd Win -- Bosnian Rainbows or Anywhere?

Have you had you're eyes glued to the psychedelic prog-rock message boards? If not, maybe you missed the news that The Mars Volta broke up, due in large part to lead guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's focus on his other band, Bosnian Rainbows. But you probably didn't miss the news, because The Mars Vo ... More >>

Avian Architecture @ The Rogue Bar

The Five Most Disgusting Onstage Moments

It's been a strange week for "gross" pop star news. Let's start with the good one: Phoenix made it into the national spotlight when Justin Bieber vomited on stage and laughed it off with an Anchorman quote. And while the Biebs may have partied a little too hard with milk, people are still freaki ... More >>

Sparta @ Crescent Ballroom

French Quarter Tour Diary - Week 1

​I won't attempt to explain the amalgam of esoteric in-jokes that manifested into the tour poster seen above. There's a perfectly good but lengthy explanation for why the four of us chose to put John Fogerty's head on a French Quarter t-shirt, gave him dice for eyes and exhorted the viewer to ... More >>

The Mars Volta Perform Three New Songs from New "Future Punk" Album

​ BY LAUREN WISE After a two-year break, The Mars Volta has wrapped up their sixth studio album, the follow-up to 2009's Octahedron. Yet-to-be-titled, the album is slated for release in 2012. But don't worry, we wouldn't leave you hanging out there without a little taste. Songs from the album re ... More >>

Underground Cities @ The Duce and The Sail Inn

The Ten Best Last Songs on an Album

Time to party, then​According to Christian radio host/old-timey nutjob Harold Camping, the Rapture will occur this Saturday, May 21. On Saturday, all of Camping's followers -- an estimated 200 million -- will be taken into heaven as God's chosen people after earth is ravaged by a massive earthquak ... More >>

Symphony X @ Marquee Theatre

Top 10 Songs for Jukebox Warfare

​"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle." -Sun T ... More >>

Foxy Shazam

The Mars Volta, Kinch, When In AZ, First Friday and Woods Over the Labor Day Weekend

​The Mars Volta Erase Last Year's Mistakes Let's start with some context: The Mars Volta came to Phoenix's Dodge Theater last October and played a show that was, for lack of a better term, lacking. They played for less than an hour and left many people underwhelmed. It's unfortunate to judge t ... More >>

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Incoming: Yo La Tengo, Mars Volta, Monsters of Folk, The Voodoo Organist, Marcy Playground, Sevendust

We've already hit a lot of the highlights of this week's concert announcements earlier in the week (Yo La Tengo, Mars Volta, Monsters of Folk, The Voodoo Organist) but somehow a big one slipped through the cracks.Yes, Marcy Playground (pictured) is making their long-awaited return to Club Red o ... More >>

July 24 In Blogs: Arpaio, Yo La Tengo, Morimoto, and Cronkite

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: Joe Arpaio Whines About Three Illegals Released on Orders of ICE (Or Were They?) Up on the Sun ... More >>

Mars Volta Return To Phoenix (For Another Five Song Show?)

Considering how (ahem) totally awesome the Mars Volta show at Dodge Theatre was last year, I'm very surprised anyone in Phoenix would shell out $40 to see them, but you'll have the chance to Saturday September 5, as the band comes back to the Dodge. They do have a Grammy now, so I'd sadly expect the ... More >>

At The Drive-In Reunion Possible, Jordin Sparks Album Cover Dissed, Scary Phil Spector Pics

Rolling Stone: Mars Volta Frontman Hints At Possible At The Drive-In Reunion Pitchfork: Black Lips' Jared Swilley Attacks Wavves Waved Rumor: Aerosmith - 'Toys in the Attic' in entirety this summer Idolator: Jordin Sparks Still Has A Cold Spin: Sonic Youth Debut New Album in NYC Idolator: Phil ... More >>

For A Life Of Science, Music Is Only Part of the Equation

The Top 10 Concept Records of All-Time

In anticipation of Queensrÿche's upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the "Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time," ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx's Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.

Future Shock: Sarah Brightman, Ice Cube, The Mars Volta, and more

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The Bedlam in Goliath
(Umvd Labels)

No Sleep for Brooklyn

Guest star day

Hellas Cool

Martian chronic

Calamari Volta

The Squids are alright

Calamari

Dazzler

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 1940 West Chandler Boulevard in Chandler

Chart-busters for the week

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Amputechture
(Universal Motown Records Group)

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Red-hot planet

The Fall of Troy

Young people nowadays

GoGoGo Airheart

Not lost at sea

Pelican

Pay attention or not

High Voltage

These are the good old days for Mars Volta fans

Ear Candy

Hoping The Edge keeps tuning in

The Mars Volta

Fresh like a chameleon

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

Chart-toppers for April 11 through 17

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 105 West University Drive in Tempe

Chart-toppers for April 4 through 10

Top 10 selling CDs at Eastside Records, 217 West University Drive in Tempe

Chart-toppers for March 21 through 27

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records & Tapes, 800 North Central

Chart-toppers for March 14 through 20

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Frances the Mute
(Universal)

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums, ASU Memorial Union Building in Tempe

Chart-toppers for March 4 through 10

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange, 2510 West Thunderbird Road

Chart-toppers for February 28 through March 6

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures

Sparta

Handsome Boy Modeling School

White People
(Elektra)

METAL - Balls to the Wall

Grab an athletic supporter and clear the kids from the room as we count down the year's best hard rock and metal albums

The Bled

Tucson band performs

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De-Loused in the Comatorium (Strummer/Universal) Vendetta Red Between the Never and the Now (Epic)

Golden

Indie absurdists shoot for Apollo Stars