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August 4, 2011
Peel Me Off This Velcro Seat: 15 Songs About Being Bored
Summer vacation is a wonderful thing, but once you reach the end of the internet, the prospect of going back to school starts to look good. Fall semester may be right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to watch reruns and unlock all those stubborn Xbox achievements. Savor the ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
The NKOTBSB Concert Will Incite Nostalgia
Summer vacation is a wonderful thing, but once you reach the end of the internet, the prospect of going back to school starts to look good. Fall semester may be right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to watch reruns and unlock all those stubborn Xbox achievements. Savor the ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Bass Drum of Death, "Young Pros"
Song: Bass Drum of Death, "Young Pros"Context: This band Bass Drum of Death just signed to Fat Possum -- home to Band Of Horses, Wavves, Yuck, The Black Keys and many more of the best bands out there. So far I really like what I hear from them. The track is downloadable for free, by the way. ... More >>
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January 23, 2011
Best Coast at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night
Shawn AndersonBest Coast singer Bethany Cosentino on stage at Clubhouse Music Venue on January 22, 2011.You know what record is severely -- "criminally," one might say if they were given to old timey rock writer sayings -- underrated? Hole's Live Through This. Some (a lot? a bit? -- I'm not exact ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Dick Dale Offering Group Guitar Lesson in Phoenix for Only $125
Dick Dale and his boy Jimmy.Dick Dale is the King of the Surf Guitar. Actually, the Boston kid turned OC beach bum pretty much invented the guitar sound associated with everyone from Brian Wilson to Wavves.So it makes sense that Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum is super stoked about his Januar ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Top 25 Lists of 13 New Times Contributors
Dick Dale and his boy Jimmy.Dick Dale is the King of the Surf Guitar. Actually, the Boston kid turned OC beach bum pretty much invented the guitar sound associated with everyone from Brian Wilson to Wavves.So it makes sense that Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum is super stoked about his Januar ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
10 Indie Rock Christmas Songs for Your Holiday Season
Sufjan Stevens The Holiday season can be a stressful time. While it's meant to be the one time in the whole year that everyone is a little bit nicer and a little bit happier, certain things can make you just the opposite. If you're anything like me, you've procrastinated all year long and now ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Salvia Sales Soar After Miley's Bong Video Leaks
Salvia sales in Los Angeles have rapidly increased since a video of teen pop star Miley Cyrus allegedly smoking salvia from a bong leaked early Friday morning, according to NME.Apparently the video has triggered salvia sales to triple overnight.It seems many lots people than usual went to L.A. sh ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
10 Steps to Becoming the Next Indie Buzz Band
Arcade FireSo, it's Saturday night and you are playing another show in front of an empty dive bar. You can't figure out why your Linkin Park tribute band hasn't become more successful. You've spent hours working on your bands MySpace page, you've worked hard to get your original stuff played o ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Sufjan Stevens Releases New Music Video For "Too Much," Performs it on Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)
It was a busy weekend for indie king Sufjan Stevens, according to Pitchfork.He released a music video for his song "Too Much" today. The video kicks off with a colorful visual mess that looks like it came straight out of an M.I.A. video. The rest of it is a series of hipsters that are sporting a ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Best Coast at Rhythm Room Last Night
Shawn AndersonBest Coast singer Bethany Constentino on stage at Rhythm Room on November 9, 2010.Best CoastRhythm Room, PhoenixNovember 9, 2010A comment left on my Facebook check-in at last Night's Best Coast concert at Rhythm Room:"Good luck listening to the same song with different lyrics over a ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
The 88: The 88
Artist: The 88Title: The 88 Release date: September 28 Label: Rocket ScienceWhat do you do if you're a band like The 88? You're top-flight songwriters and musicians, you get your songs placed in all kinds of big-name TV shows and high-profile TV commercials, you tour the country opening ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Warpaint: The Fool
Artist: Warpaint Title: The Fool Release date: October 25 Label: Rough Trade The musical path taken by L.A. foursome Warpaint is well trodden -- but this kind of ultra-moody, sort of experimental, Joy Division-indebted music is usually plied by men. But Warpaint is a quartet of women, and in ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
Screaming Females: Castle Talk
Artist: Screaming Females Title: Castle Talk Release date: September 14 Label: Don Giovanni Back in the day, I'd hate to miss a good show (I'm still not happy that my parents wouldn't let me drive to Kalamazoo one Monday night to see Scratch Acid and Big Black play, ditto the time I couldn't ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Surfer Blood at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night
Surfer BloodThe Clubhouse Music VenueSeptember 27, 2010Maybe you remember 'the bear thing' or 'the wolf thing,' those peculiar eras when seemingly every hotly-tipped indie band adopted one of those ferocious animals as a component of its name? Of course you do.Probably you've noticed we're curren ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
NASA Wants You to Pick Out Music Used to Wake Up Astronauts
They can put a man on the moon, but they can't find a way to inject caffeine into Tang, and they sure as hell can't make a playlist.NASA has found a way to integrate the general public into their upcoming STS-133 mission.As NME reports, the task at hand is to decide what music should be used to w ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Nothing Not New: Podcast #9
Welcome to our latest podcast, in which Martin Cizmar and I play some new music and about it, too. On today's program, we discuss the merits of such bands as Wavves, Arcade Fire, The Budos Band, Jimmy Eat World, and local superstars Snake! Snake! Snakes!Here's the playlist:Jaill -- "The Stroller" ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
What's Selling: Stinkweeds
Arcade Fire, The SuburbsThis week French Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire were the best sellers at Stinkweeds record store. And no matter what part of town you shop in, no one can seem to get enough of the latest release from Wolf Parade: They mysteriously find a way of showing up in nearly eve ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
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 >>
Music
July 29, 2010
Beach Fossils
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 >>
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July 29, 2010
Wavves, "When Will You Come"
Song: Wavves, "When Will You Come"Context: Listening to the new Wavves record for the first time. Wavves, "When Will You Come" by gardnerz
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July 29, 2010
July 29 In Blogs: SB 1070, Christoph Kaiser, Cowboy Junkies, Matt's Big Breakfast, and Raul Grijalva
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:
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June 14, 2010
Sorry Charlie: Tempe Duo is Electric Mustache's Big Find
Usually things get snarkyish when Shawn takes over the reigns at Electric Mustache. You know, like the time he called the entire city of Scottsdale out.Not this time.Shawn loves this folkie Tempe two-piece called Sorry Charlie.I can't say I'm in agreement about Sorry Charlie -- I listened to the ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Your Guide to Navigating Blogger-Created Genre Names
"What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts
Artist: Male BondingTitle: Nothing HurtsRelease date: May 11Label: Sub PopRemember all the buzz about Wavves last year? I thought they were just okay. Hopefully, their next record (slated for release this year) will be better. In the meantime, I'll be listening to the new record by Male Bonding, ... More >>
Music
April 15, 2010
Japandroids
Artist: Male BondingTitle: Nothing HurtsRelease date: May 11Label: Sub PopRemember all the buzz about Wavves last year? I thought they were just okay. Hopefully, their next record (slated for release this year) will be better. In the meantime, I'll be listening to the new record by Male Bonding, ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Japandroids
Artist: Male BondingTitle: Nothing HurtsRelease date: May 11Label: Sub PopRemember all the buzz about Wavves last year? I thought they were just okay. Hopefully, their next record (slated for release this year) will be better. In the meantime, I'll be listening to the new record by Male Bonding, ... More >>
Music
January 7, 2010
Year in Music: Our List of the 10 Best Albums of 2009 Sadly Features No Local Music
Artist: Male BondingTitle: Nothing HurtsRelease date: May 11Label: Sub PopRemember all the buzz about Wavves last year? I thought they were just okay. Hopefully, their next record (slated for release this year) will be better. In the meantime, I'll be listening to the new record by Male Bonding, ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2009
Nothing Not New: We All Suffer from "Aesthetic Atrophy," But at Least I'm Getting Help
"If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it . . ." -- Wm. Shakespeare I recently received some bad news regarding a diagnosis. It's never easy to hear someone (especially an expert in his field) tell you that you have a serious problem, and it certainly wasn't easy this t ... More >>
Music
December 3, 2009
Surfer Blood
"If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it . . ." -- Wm. Shakespeare I recently received some bad news regarding a diagnosis. It's never easy to hear someone (especially an expert in his field) tell you that you have a serious problem, and it certainly wasn't easy this t ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Show Your Hatred of Dubstep & Afropop Indie with the Pitchfork 2009 Reader Polls
It seems like you couldn't peruse a list of new albums in 2009 without some damn dubstep/grime album amongst the entriesThose talented/opinionated individuals over at Pitchfork have released their 2009 Readers Poll with plenty of lists, albums, and artists to vote on. It is pretty standard fare f ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Those Darlins w/ The Grates and Chandails
Frances Michelle LopezAlthough the Vivian Girls and Wavves don't come from the same coasts, their melodic surf pop music and close ties to Brooklyn-based label Woodsist/ Fuck-it Tapes can easily clump them together. For Those Darlins however, it's their nitty-gritty southern fried swing that make ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
Wavves at Rhythm Room
"Oh yeah," Nathan Williams of Wavves leered as I introduced myself last night at The Rhythm Room. "You're the guy who wrote the article with the 'Wavves spits on a guy' headline." That wasn't the headline, exactly, but the article he was referring to clearly set the stage for an inter ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
October 16 In Blogs: Arpaio, Wavves, Roka Akor, and McCain
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's Latest Sweep Begins in Surprise, According to ABC15 Joe Arpaio Scores 287(g) Ja ... More >>
Music
October 15, 2009
Wavves of Spit and Blood and Other Scenes from the Ever-Dramatic Life of Nathan Williams
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's Latest Sweep Begins in Surprise, According to ABC15 Joe Arpaio Scores 287(g) Ja ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Wait, You Were Considering NOT Going to Wavves?
Wait, repeat that: Were you considering not going to see Wavves at The Rhythm Room tonight? Really? I'm so sorry... that you're a total fucking idiot.Admittedly, I'm sort of a Wavves fanboy at this point, having written a column kinda-sorta about the band that quoted one of their songs in full and a ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
October 15 In Blogs: Democrats, Wavves, Fleming's, and Meghan McCain
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: Phoenix Progressive Democrats Plan "Die-In" at United Health Care, Civil Disobedience Anticip ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Q & A: Wavves' Nathan Williams Talks Dogs With Sunglasses, New Record and Spitting in Faces
It's hard to take Wavves serious, but really, that's kind of the point. Everything about the project, the work of California "Weed/Beach Demon" Nathan Williams, comes across as tossed off: the scuzzy, no-fidelity sound of the records, the "So Bored" lyrical stance, the moronic misspelling of the ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Monsters of Folk Mural Pops Up
Courtesy of Steve ChiltonIf you've driven by Eye Lounge at Roosevelt and 4th Street lately you maybe have noticed this cool mural promoting the upcoming Monsters of Folk show at The Orpheum. Turns out local promoter Charlie Levy (the man behind Stateside Presents, which, if you've seen our Best O ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
New Smashing Pumpkins Drummer is 19, Weezer Names Album Raditude, New Wavves Song
NME: Smashing Pumpkins confirm new drummerElectric Mustache: mp3: Headlights "Get Going"Idolator: Tommy Lee Plays With Fire, Gets BurnedIdolator: R. Kelly And Keri Hilson Make Love On The RadioPitchfork: Weezer Reveal Ridiculous Album TitleRolling Stone: Flaming Lips Road Test Dark New Tunes From "E ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
Video of Pearl Jam and Rolling Stones Playing Together, New Wavves Track, Soundtrack in Decline?
Spin: Video of Pearl Jam Playing with Rolling Stone Pitchfork: The Verve Break Up Once Again Pitchfork: New Wavves Tune: "Cool Jumper" Idolator: Natalie Imbruglia Puts On Some Gloss Electric Mustache: Video: The Big Pink - "Dominos" Idolator: Mamma Mia, This Article On "The Decline Of The Soundtrac ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Tucson's Digital Leather Signs To Fat Possum
Tucson's Digital Leather has signed to hip Mississippi-based label Fat Possum (Wavves, The Black Keys, fellow Tucsonian Bob Log III) and is prepping for a national tour and album release. The band, a project of multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree, who grew up in the Baha'i hippie commune of Souther ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
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 >>
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July 29, 2009
Wavves to Come Through Phoenix on Fall Tour
Ah yes, the ever popular x-ray of Nathan Williams' broken wrist.Nathan Williams, the creative force behind Wavves, has been having an interesting last few months. There was the meltdown incident in Spain and the broken wrist. He released a new song, Mickey Mouse, a week ago and now he's announced ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace
As you might have picked up from my column last week, I think Wavves is one of the most interesting bands out at the moment. So I was pretty excited to read they've got a new song out, even if:a) They're still canceling shows due to Nathan Williams broken wrist.b) The song in question is called "Mic ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
July 21 In Blogs: Wavves, Source Victoria, Mosaic, and George Gascon
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: Up on the Sun: New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace Source Victoria to Play Rhythm Room Twice This Month, August ... More >>
Music
July 16, 2009
Danny Dirtnap and The Video Nasties Are "No Hope Kids"
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: Up on the Sun: New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace Source Victoria to Play Rhythm Room Twice This Month, August ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2009
How Dear and the Headlights Became the Most Important Band in Arizona
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: Up on the Sun: New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace Source Victoria to Play Rhythm Room Twice This Month, August ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
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 >>
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June 1, 2009
Other People's Blogs: Why Phish is Flopping, The Points at Modified, Wavves Has Meltdown
Idolator: The Case Against Phish: Why A Once-Great Band Should Have Stayed Dead Waved Rumor: The Points/Said Gun, Modified, Phoenix Pitchfork: Wavves Cancel First Post-Meltdown Show Rolling Stone: Flashback: Phoenix's "Lisztomania" Makes Ringwald And Cryer Feel Like Dancing Spin: Amanda Palmer Talks ... More >>
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