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Bass Oddity: Skrillex Brings Dubstep to the Masses

Seven Awesome Things About The Gathering of the Juggalos

​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

Sir Jinx: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series where www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today we continue with Sir Jinx, a producer who went on to create the beats for some of the hardest hitting diss trac ... More >>

Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins FINALLY Form Supergroup

This is what happens when you let Xzibit pimp your band nameIt was announced this week that SXSW will be getting yet another addition to its already fruitful lineup: Tinted Windows. The band consists of Taylor Hanson (Hanson, duh), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) and Adam ... More >>

Phoenix's Top 10 Local Hip-Hop MCs

As our readers have pointed out before, "Top 10" lists are subjective. The list that follows is our take on the ten best hip-hop MCs in the Valley. But since there are dozens and dozens of rappers in the PHX, we're sure to leave somebody's favorite out.

Bach to Basics

Because it's not Taco Bell's Cannon

The Longest Yawn

Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes

Blaze Rock

Death of a Dream
(Urban Authentic Music)

Off the Tracks

Clive Owen gets pushed to his limits, right along with the audience

O.C. Can You Say

When indie goes prime-time, what's left?

Fast Track

Smooth-rhyming rapper Ol' Green Eyes rides his ticket to overnight stardom

Scopin' Shorties

The Kreme Machine parachutes into Jamaican Blue Lounge, an oasis of anti-Snottsdale in the belly of the beast

Suburban Nightmare

Anger Management Tour brings Slim Shady to Valley of the Sun

The X-ecutioners

Built From Scratch (Loud Records)

High and Dry

Tha Liks X.O. Experience (Loud/Columbia)

Rap and Roll (and Fold)

Thanks to Dr. Dre and his partners in crime, smoking dope looks cool again

Calendar for the week

Thanks to Dr. Dre and his partners in crime, smoking dope looks cool again