The Stooges (Musical Group)

Up on the Sun: The Buzzards Have Elvis

APOCALYPSE YOWTHE JESUS LIZARD, LOLLAPALOOZA'S SURPRISE DARLING, STICKS OUT ITS TONGUE AND GOES, "ARRRGH"

Bad Dog

1997 New Times Music Awards Showcase

Kramer vs. Kramer

MC5 founder Wayne Kramer constantly competes with his revolutionary past and can still kick out the jams

Recordings

MC5 founder Wayne Kramer constantly competes with his revolutionary past and can still kick out the jams

Dolls House

Sylvain Sylvain pays tribute to three fallen former bandmates on his new album

Beautiful Noise

A group of local veterans comes out of semi-retirement to kick out the jams once again

Single Live Gonzo!

Before the double live album, there was "THE SINGLE LIVE ALBUM!" Here are some noteworthy and note-fudging selections.

Really Raw Power

A new, exhaustive Rhino boxed set documents how Iggy and the Stooges created a new genre of music and a now-classic American rock album

BEST PUNK ROCK JUKEBOX

The Rogue

GoGoGo Airheart

Not lost at sea

Boxing Match

Record companies get greedy with repackaging excess

Party Crasher: American Junkie, Club FullFilled, The Vintage Lounge, and Rhythm Room

The lovely Lady Santas of the Rhythm Room. Click here for a slideshow of the Party Crasher's weekend adventures. There's a plethora of parties that go down each and every weekend in the PHX. Whether it's hot DJ nights at Valley clubs, after-hours raves out in the sprawl, or house parties with kegs ... More >>

Just Announced: Black Lips, Cursive, Fall Out Boy, Gaslight Anthem, The Little Ones

A great week for show announcements, as we've got indie faves The Black Lips, Cursive, Gaslight Anthem, and The Little Ones coming.Oh, and Fall Out Boy. You know, for kids.The Black Lips (above) have a druggy, melodic sound they call "psych-punk," which strikes me as something like The Stooges playi ... More >>

Guest DJ Week on The Blaze: We're Loving It

Around the New Times office we're really loving The Blaze's Guest DJ week (which I participated in yesterday). ASU's student radio station does this once a year, pulling in people like Murph from So Much Silence, Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World and, right now, our man Steve Chilton.But, seriously guys ... More >>

These Boots Were Made for Rockin'

And you can't call them Al

Peel It Up

Memoir of a radio hero

Cello Pop

15 years against the current

Jeff Dahl

Battered Stuff: One Acoustic Mother
(Steel Cage)

Bang! Bang!

Rock! Rock!

Mojo Rising Again

Rhino reissues the Doors´ catalogue

Go Ask Alice

Phoenix’s resident shock rocker gets the old band back together

Battle Royal

The Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers fight for their right to party

Dresden Dolls, . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, and The (International) Noise Conspiracy

Just try to stay in your seat

The Burning Brides, and Mastodon

A night of automotive metaphors

Jam Land

Local improv musicians converge on Sail Inn for 4:20 Fest. Sedona may lie in their future.

Without Him -- or Them

Internet mashers give new, weird lives to Eminem's "Without Me"

The Flaming Lips

Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid, 1983-1988;

The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg -- The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes, 1989-1991 (Rykodisc/Restless)

Gypsy Jamboree

Gogol Bordello romps through a theater of punk, Gypsy folk and the macabre

Let It Blast

Listen up, punk: New Bomb Turks are bawdy, bold and sick of whiners

They Got a Right

The Cheetahs are walkin' into town

Summertime Blues

Trashman wants his MTV — and a shotgun

Hit Them Again

Aussie rockers Radio Birdman beat the boots -- and strike a chord with the punk 'n' roll youth today -- with a new authorized collection from Sub Pop

Richmond Sluts

Richmond Sluts (Disaster/Bomp Records)

Mogwai

Rock Action (Matador)

On the Couch

Big Blue Couch finds a new upholsterer in former Windigo singer Matt Strangeways. But can it resist further wear and tear in the fabric?

Texas State of Mind

The South by Southwest music conference might've been a disappointment this year, but there are still plenty of questions left to be answered

The Black Halos

The Violent Years (Sub Pop)

The Scientists

Blood Red River 1982-1984 (Citadel, Australian import)

The BellRays

Grand Fury (Upper Cut)

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Heartbreak Kids

That's not despair in the air, it's Pollen

True Believer

From punk to rock to country, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Lookin' for a Hero

Local punk preservationists pogo back into the spotlight after a four-year absence

Babes in Arms

Detroit's The Go fights to save the soul of rock 'n' roll

Cave Creek Dahl

Rock 'n' roll torchbearer Jeff Dahl talks about getting clean, D.I.Y., and being big in Japan

Molten Wax

Rock 'n' roll torchbearer Jeff Dahl talks about getting clean, D.I.Y., and being big in Japan

It's Still Rotten Joel to Me

Hall of Fame's recent induction of Billy Joel makes a bad idea seem that much worse

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

Ol' Spider Eyes is back with a new summer tour--but this time, he's left the guillotine at home