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Paul Oakenfold: Electronic Legend Says America Will Dominate the Next Wave of EDM

DJ Paul Oakenfold holds the distinction of being one of the first electronic superstars. He's been performing and mixing since 1980, and he's not planning on spending his 33rd year in the business chilling out: In addition to his recent work with Madonna and Bruno Mars, he's scheduled to perform at ... More >>

Jack Howell, What Are You Listening To?

Jack Howell Howell has been the producer/engineer/musician/owner of WilloDisc Production House since 1989. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KWSS 106.7 FM. What's the first album you bought? Michael Jacks ... More >>

Jen Deveroux, What Are You Listening To?

Jen Deveroux The local party promoter invites you to Sharks and Minnows Saturday, June 30, at the Phoenix Place Hotel and Suites at 2 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I don't listen to the radio. What's the first album ... More >>

Johnjay Van Es, What Are You Listening To?

​Johnjay Van EsVan Es is the host of the Johnjay and Rich radio show heard on 104.7 KISS-FM here in Phoenix. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play? 104.7 KISS-FM. No other station is programmed on my radio dial -- fact. What's the first album you boug ... More >>

Todd Walsh, What Are You Listening To?

Todd Walsh​Todd Walsh Walsh is FOX Sports Arizona's host for Phoenix Coyotes hockey and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Depends. Sirius '80s on 8, or Pearl Jam radio on Sirius. What's the first album ... More >>

RAC (Remix Artist Collective) to Play Bar Smith on May 6

​RAC (Remix Artist Collective) are playing Bar Smith on May 6. Not familiar with RAC? Well you're certainly familiar with the artists they've remixed -- U2, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, John Lennon, The Shins, and Pink Floyd, among a ton of others.The Collective is pretty populist, tackling indie a ... More >>

Pains of Being Pure at Heart to Play Revolver Records April 14 -- And Just Revolver That Day

​  With Pains of Being Pure at Heart's new album Belong garnering buzz, Phoenix record store Revolver Records has locked the band down for an April 14 in-store performance.  The show is the band's only Phoenix date --they are playing Tucson's Club Congress with Warpaint the night before ... More >>

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 >>

Stars Performed For Qaddafi's Family

​Usher, Mariah Carey and Beyonce are among some of the artists that have been performing for the family of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, according to Rolling Stone.Qaddafi's sons Muatassim and Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi hired the afformentioned artists for their consecutive New Year's parties. M ... More >>

Lil Wayne Releases Green Bay Packers Anthem

Lil Wayne's not shy about rooting for green and yellow in the Super Bowl this year.​Lil Wayne will be rooting for the Green Bay Packers in this year's Super Bowl, according to SPIN.Weezy's all about reppin' the green and yellow, stating in his newly released Wiz Khalifa rip-off "Green and Y ... More >>

Temper Trap

The Parlotones on Dancing, Politics and Making it in America

​Chances are few in the crowd at Arizona Fall Frenzy will have heard of The Parlotones but, believe it or not, they've sold more records than The Killers, U2, and Coldplay.In their native South Africa, at least.Like X-Japan, this band who's huge on the other side of the world -- as in, they sell t ... More >>

YouTube Begins Live Streaming Trial

​YouTube has announced it's in a testing period for live streaming, according to TechCrunch.Today and tomorrow only, YouTube will partner with a group of companies to make a live broadcast schedule. Unfortunately the feature will be removed from the site once the trial is over, so be sure not to m ... More >>

Kings of Leon: Why They Are Hugely Popular, Despite What the Critics Say About Them

The Authenticity Issue

Why Kings of Leon Are Hugely Popular, Despite What the Critics Say About Them

Cheap Trick at Talking Stick Resort on 7/3/10

​Cheap Trick in a casino ballroom: Better than at a zoo, but not as good as at the fair. I've seen these dinosaurs about eight times since 1992, in all sorts of venues (including, yes, the Milwaukee Zoo), and Saturday night's venue, Talking Stick Resort, was pretty terrible. I was hoping for ... More >>

Rolling Stones Night Injects a Little Personality in the Contestants on 'American Idol'

​Finally! Top 12 week on American Idol is here! True, the show is still jam-packed with as many commercials as it can pack in within a very long 2 hours, and having four judges really drags things out, but it's great to finally be in Top 12 week, with the big studio and all.This was Rolling Stones ... More >>

Roxy Music DVD Offers History of Influential Act that Mixed Art, Rock and High Style

Eagle Rock Entertainment​ Not just any band could have their praises sung by fellow musicians as disparate as Bono, Siouxsie Sioux and Chic's Nile Rodgers, but then Roxy Music were not like any other band. Emerging from Great Britain in the early 1970s, U2's lead singer remembers Roxy like ... More >>

Concert Review: Brand New Cover Songs From All Four Albums And Keep It Simple On Stage

​It's not often that a band garners encore-like chants from their fans before a show unless it's an arena band such as Bon Jovi or U2. However, this was the scene at Mesa Ampitheatre Thursday 10 minutes before Brand New greeted the fairly packed house. The Long Island punk act took ... More >>

Tonight: Will.i.am DJs At Axis/Radius

​We're willing to wager that a chunk of the 60,000 plus bodies that will be cramming into University of Phoenix Stadium tonight will be there specifically to watch opening act the Black Eyed Peas instead of the overwrought and over-produced spectacle known as U2. If you're of those cats who's mo ... More >>

Live Nation Offering 2-for-1 Deals On Steely Dan, Loggins, More

​The sour economy continues to hit concert promoters. LiveNation, which drew a lot of attention with a "No Service Fee Wednesday" promotion this summer, is now offering two tickets for the price of one to some shows this fall. Sorry, you're not gonna get U2 tickets cheap, but if you're in to Steel ... More >>

Scream the Prayer Tour

Brave Citizens

Soweto Gospel Choir

Mary J. is A-OK

American Idol: entertainment or evil?

Kanye West

Graduation
(Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

Jonezetta

Mississippi mod

Fear Factory

Not the one by Play-Doh

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of November 15

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Hard Americana

Recent releases from local acts

Now that's what we call music!

The Devlins

Epic but poppy

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums (ASU Memorial Union building in Tempe) for December 14 through 20

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue) for December 6 through 12

Seeing Futures

Tempe's Jimmy Eat World heads in the right direction with a new album

Tune In, Turn On

The Walkmen drop out of the New York rock revival

I Pod, You Pod

Welcome to the days of wearing your pretensions -- all of them -- on your hip

Magic and Gloss

Producer of geniuses Daniel Lanois whips out his pedal-steel and goes it alone on Shine

Daniel Lanois

Shine (Anti)

Jaguares

Border Rockers keep

Best Radio Station -- Rock

KDKB-FM 93.3

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Bottoming Out

Trailer-park Scrooge finds 10 reasons to say humbug about the music of 2001

A New Tune

After September 11, some new songs just don't sound the same

Holy Rollers

New compilation spotlights the growing underground force of the local Christian rock scene

Season's Gratings

Trashman gets a hangover for Xmas

Recordings