The Temptations

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 >>

The Best Shows of SXSW 2013

This year, Houston Press music blog Rocks Off and Dallas Observer music blog DC-9 at Night, the music blog at our sister paper Dallas Observer, teamed up to bring you only the choicest moments from last week's SXSW madness. John Fogerty: Creedence Clearwater Revival survivor John Fogerty gets overl ... More >>

Murs Says Don't Write Music If You "Don't Have Shit to Say"

In this week's issue, we profile Arizona-based rapper Murs. Some great stuff got left on the cutting-room floor, so in this installment of Outtakes, we'll crack open the tape recorder and let a whole bunch of good material that didn't make the print edition see the light of day. One of rap's great ... More >>

Gardner Cole, What Are You Listening To?

Gardner Cole Cole, who has written and produced for artists such as Madonna, is the producer for local country pop band Arrowheart, who are schedueld to perform Sunday, May 27 at Hidden Meadow Ranch. For more information, head here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what ... More >>

Three Reasons to See Smokey Robinson This Weekend

It's not everyday that we get to check out a concert put on by one of the greats from our parents' era.I'm proud to say that my dad brought me up listening to music from his early years. My first three concerts were the Beach Boys, and the radio station we always listened to played either played "go ... More >>

Happy Mother's Day: Here Are 10 Excellent Mother's Day Jams

See also: Five Bands/Arists Your Mom Really Doesn't Want You Listening To All right, suckers -- this is it. Mother's Day is Sunday, and there you are, short on cash, unable to buy flowers, unable to take her out to dinner, utterly and completely unprepared to show fitting tribute to the woman who ... More >>

Incoming: The Jacksons, Rush, The Temptations

If there will ever be another hologram worth talking about this year, it'll be Michael Jackson on this year's Unity Tour. The Jacksons are hitting the road for their first tour together in nearly 30 years, and even though we're joking about a glowing vision of Michael belting out Ben, the show will ... More >>

This Week in Music History: June 27 through July 3

Wikimedia CommonsSaxophones: First patented this week in music history.​Music and musicians have been around for centuries, and every day, new music news breaks. Every Monday, we're going to take a look back at the notable music stories, births, and deaths that took place that week.This week saw t ... More >>

Smashing Pumpkins Coming To Gila River Casino's Wild Horse Pass in December

Watch Billy Corgan and then hit the blackjack tables.​What's more humbling for an alt-rock band whose better days are behind them? Playing a free concert being put on by a radio station or performing at a casino. In a few weeks, Smashing Pumpkins will have the dubious distinction of having done bo ... More >>

Incoming: Styx, Ozzy Osbourne, The Temptations, Cradle of Filth, Wu-Tang Clan

These guys: ain't nothin' to fuck with​She's a real mixed bag, this week's just announced shows. As we head toward the holidays, the shows start to become more scarce and, oddly enough, full of more popular, well-known acts. Case in point: Ozzy Osbourne, The Tempations and Alice Cooper's annual Ch ... More >>

Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on Acting, Lady Gaga, and Festivals

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings​In terms of venues to have Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings play in Phoenix there probably isn't a better choice than the Orpheum Theatre. When you combine the retro late '60s/early '70s funk and soul of Sharon Jones with the historic music venue it could be a li ... More >>

Tommy Cannon, What Are You Eating?

​Tommy Cannon The improv performer with Robot Destroyers from Planet Earth, host of Dr. Zombie's Movie Lab of Terror, creator of Mr. Sock and Fred the Mustard Packet comics and puppeteer performs a puppet show called The Temptations: Not the Musical Act Friday, September 3 at eye lounge. The even ... More >>

Lady Gaga After-Parties, Turntables & Tamales, Beach Fossils, and Wet and Wild Foam Fun

The artist formerly known as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.Maybe it's the weather (or something in the water), but it seems like the most of the dang Valley has gone goo-goo for Lady Gaga. By our count, there are three different after-parties following tomorrow night's sold out concert a ... More >>

Kurt Cobain Biopic Could Star Scarlett Johansson as Courtney Love

Scarlett Johansson on the left, Courtney Love on the right. You know, in case you couldn't tell them apart.​So apparently, Scarlett Johansson, who, in case you forgot, collaborated with Pete Yorn on a record last year, is a fan of Courtney Love.According to NME, ScarJo likes Love so much she would ... More >>

Top Ten of 2009: Jason P. Woodbury

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Jason P. Woodbury, a New Times contributor, a staff writer at Tiny Mix ... More >>

Concert Calendar for This Weekend: G. Love & Special Sauce, Semi Precious Weapons, Charlie Hunter, & more

Semi Precious Weapons are scheduled to perform on Friday at The Sets in Tempe.

Show Announcements: Willie Nelson, Staind, Chris Isaak, Katy Perry

There were a massive amount of upcoming shows announced this week, including Willie Nelson on the road again and possibly three of the four worst nu metal bands of all time (Staind, Papa Roach, Hoobastank) on a single stage… with the insufferable Adam Carolla. Crooner Chris Isaak and Stro ... More >>

Concert Schedule for This Weekend: Fear Before, High Places, The Bakerton Group, and Jonas Brothers

Festival of Frugality

Your dollar goes farther at this weekend's music mega-event

Chance Encounter

Gambling just isn't what it used to be

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Slay Bells

Santa bangs his head at the Clubhouse

Cafe Roulette

Fine food and casinos rarely mix well in the Valley

You Hook Me All Night Long

Off the Hook's benefit concert takes a village, people

Surprise Package

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise lives to challenge its audience, bandleader says

Jon Dee Graham

Hooray for the Moon (New West)

Slot Luck

Diners luck out with Casino Arizona's new upscale Cholla restaurant

Battery Power Trio

Recharged with a new rhythm section, an ever-ready Nine Volt returns

Future Shock

Gumbo gazes into his crystal ball and tells us what to expect in jazz, blues and heritage as we approach 2001

Pop Whiz

Roscoe Taylor is a star in my book

Everybody Get Up!

Glory Revival pillages rock 'n' roll history to create its own unique myth

Recordings

Suicide Squeeze

Squeeze's messy career might require a scorecard, but few tunesmiths can rival the band's catalogue

Kings of Rhyme

Run-D.M.C. keeps pushing to earn respectability for hip-hop

Recordings

Goin' Fishin'

Arizona's tight-knit blues community is about to lose its longtime ambassador, Big Pete Pearson

Freud Green Tomatoes

Twisted sisters work out the kinks in campy Female Perversions

Heaven

Rise up with the Al Green Anthology

Pic Hits for the week

R&B Xmas CD: Some Assembly Required

Holiday Heroes band together with Feed the Children to put some soul under the Christmas tree

THE BOYS IN THE TRUNKMURDER AND OTHER MUNDANE SUBJECTS POWER-UP TRUNK FEDERATION'S MUSIC MACHINE

RECORDINGS:

ZIGGY MARLEY AND THE MELODY MAKERS, PARLIAMENT, JEFFERSON STARSHIP

HISTORY REPEATS HISSELFTO OUTSELL THRILLER, MICHAEL JACKSON SELLS HIMSELF AND HIS FANS SHORT

THIRTY DAYS BEFORE THE STEREOANOTHER MONTH'S WORTH OF REVIEWS, JUST FOR YOU