Trent Reznor

Saul Williams

Metallica Should Collaborate With These Five Old White Guys Next

​Are you ready for some new Metallica? You bet you are, because while plenty have made valiant and noble attempts to enjoy it, Lulu, the band's collaboration with rock 'n' roll animal/poet Lou Reed was a tough one to get through. You can't fault the band's ambition, and it is cool to imagine 14- ... More >>

The Sound Strike Gets Fancy New Web Site

​Would you like to see fewer (possible no) concerts played in the state of Arizona until SB 1070 has been repealed by a state legislature more interested in getting a gun into the hands of every man woman and child and making Obama hop through hoops to get his name on the 2012 ballot? The Sound St ... More >>

Locals Only: The Best Albums and EPs From Valley Bands in 2010

​Would you like to see fewer (possible no) concerts played in the state of Arizona until SB 1070 has been repealed by a state legislature more interested in getting a gun into the hands of every man woman and child and making Obama hop through hoops to get his name on the 2012 ballot? The Sound St ... More >>

John Lennon's Assassin Up for Parole -- Yoko Opposes the Plea

Mark Chapman -- the man who killed John Lennon.​Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in December of 1980 is scheduled to be interviewed by the parole board of the Attica prison in New York next week, NME reports. He's currently serving a sentence of twenty years to life for Lennon's mu ... More >>

Xiu Xiu and the Top Anthems of Self-Loathing

Mark Chapman -- the man who killed John Lennon.​Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in December of 1980 is scheduled to be interviewed by the parole board of the Attica prison in New York next week, NME reports. He's currently serving a sentence of twenty years to life for Lennon's mu ... More >>

Jackson Doctor's Home Searched, Wavves Coming to Phoenix, Whitney Houston's Grammy Outlook

NME: US Federal Agents Search Las Vegas Home of Michael Jackson's Doctor NME: Josh Homme Reveals Why He Worked With Arctic Monkeys NME: Weezer Debut Three Brand New Songs Electric Mustache: Wavves Are Coming to Phoenix!!! Idolator: Trent Reznor Impersonators Snatching Up His Followers on Twitter Id ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction

NME: US Federal Agents Search Las Vegas Home of Michael Jackson's Doctor NME: Josh Homme Reveals Why He Worked With Arctic Monkeys NME: Weezer Debut Three Brand New Songs Electric Mustache: Wavves Are Coming to Phoenix!!! Idolator: Trent Reznor Impersonators Snatching Up His Followers on Twitter Id ... More >>

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Jobing.com Arena on Sunday, November 23

Sometimes, we do things we don't want to do because the people we love want to do them. Such was the case with me attending the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert last night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. I hadn't planned to attend the show, but I couldn't refuse in the face of my girlfriend's unbr ... More >>

Peter Murphy

Sometimes, we do things we don't want to do because the people we love want to do them. Such was the case with me attending the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert last night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. I hadn't planned to attend the show, but I couldn't refuse in the face of my girlfriend's unbr ... More >>

Bauhaus Party

Goth icon haunts the Valley

Al Jourgensen and his thoughts on George W. Bush, the Internet as an "anarchy punk-rock threat," and the end of Ministry

Goth icon haunts the Valley

Occult of Personality

Swede and lowdown

Ghost in the Machinist

Christian Bale brings gloomy mystery to life

Breast in Show

Angelina Jolie stars in Taking Lives, but the filmmakers are the real boobs

Groovy Ghoulies

Underworld is a slick and silly creature feature

Fear the Creeper

Feardotcom's thrills are all cheap, but they mostly work

The The

Naked Self (Nothing)

You've Got Alpha Male

Oliver Stone scores big with testosterone-charged Any Given Sunday

A Country B-Boy Survives

With influences ranging from old-school rap to old-time country, Kid Rock is as twisted as they come

Barrier Rift

New law makes it harder than ever to host an all-ages show in Arizona

Garbage In, Garbage Out

While radio rethinks its support for electronica, Sipping Soma emerges with electronic music that's instantly hummable

Old Testament

BLESSEDBETHYNAME stirs up the scene with industrial-strength spectacle

Recordings

BLESSEDBETHYNAME stirs up the scene with industrial-strength spectacle

Recordings

BLESSEDBETHYNAME stirs up the scene with industrial-strength spectacle

Dark Riders

Heavy-metal cowboys Pantera don't play none of that "hokey-pokey music"

Survey Says...

New Times critics look back on the "oohs" and the "ughs" of pop music '95 (results tabulated from individual critics' lists and comments)

Recordings

New Times critics look back on the "oohs" and the "ughs" of pop music '95 (results tabulated from individual critics' lists and comments)

Freak Magnate

Valley homeboy Jim Rose has fashioned himself into a P.T.Barnum for the postmodern era

Pic Hits for the week

Valley homeboy Jim Rose has fashioned himself into a P.T.Barnum for the postmodern era

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

Valley homeboy Jim Rose has fashioned himself into a P.T.Barnum for the postmodern era

SIMMONS SAYS

Valley homeboy Jim Rose has fashioned himself into a P.T.Barnum for the postmodern era

MONROE + CHARLIE = MARILYN MANSON

THE NAME IS PART SEX SYMBOL, PART TWISTED NUT. FOR THIS BAND, THAT MEANS A LOT.

COP AN ATTITUDE IS COP SHOOT COP AS ANGRY AS YOU THINK?

THE NAME IS PART SEX SYMBOL, PART TWISTED NUT. FOR THIS BAND, THAT MEANS A LOT.