Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
Is “disabled” now an offensive label for the people we used to call “handicapped?” A group of faculty and students at ASU says so, as The State Press reports. They’re making their point through the “Different From What?” three-day film festival running today through Sunday at MADCAP Theater on Mill…
This is the first in a two-part series by two Phoenix-based music critics that happen to feel that D’Angelo’s Voodoo, which turned ten years old this week, is (to put it bluntly) one of the best things ever. Part two can be found here. It was appropriate that weeks before…
You may know him as Raconteur #2, but Brendan Benson’s best work has been as a solo artist, not in one of Jack White’s many projects. The Michigander comes to the Rhythm Room on February 22 bringing a band that includes drummer Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams), bassist Jared Reynolds (Ben…
2010 has been kind to West Palm Beach indie upstarts Surfer Blood. Their debut LP, Astro Coast, has found massive critical acclaim — even from “Nothing Not New’s” Jay Bennett — helping make a name for the Florida foursome. What spectacular start to a year, then, would be complete without…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
It’s shaping up to be quite a 2010 for Brooklyn psychedelic indie rockers Yeasayer. Their second album, Odd Blood, will be released 2/9 and they have already locked down a Friday spot at this year’s Coachella. Their North American tour kicks off February 5 in Los Angeles and includes a…
It looks like Phoenix DIYers are getting a new house to see shows at, this one at 9th Street and Pierce, very near the so-called “Arts District.” The headliner is Lenguas Largas, a Tucson lo-fi indie act.There’s still a month until the show, which leaves plenty of time for it…
Sipping brews at Tempe’s Time Out Lounge, The Whisperlights try to warm up on an especially chilly night in Arizona. On their table sit five paper cutouts, each bearing the face of a band member, artfully taped to wooden dowels. Drummer Wasef El-Kharouf, one of three members of the band…
If I had to pick one band that might not have been particularly excited to ring in the new year, it would be French electro-rockers Phoenix. When you have a year like they did in 2009, you want to ride it as long as possible. To say that 2009 was…
The morning after playing a party for his high-school graduation, Josh “Reverend” Peyton woke up with severe pain in his hands. Doctors thought that Peyton, who had been playing guitar for five years, would never play again. “For almost two years, I didn’t play,” Peyton notes. “I ended up having…
Yeah. The on-stage antics created by Of Montreal were pushed just a little bit further. Right over the edge of the cliff. They had Susan Sarandon come one stage and spank a man in a pig suit with a ruler. Even for those who aren’t easily shocking, this is pretty…
When we broke the news about former Malcolm in the Middle star (and current Scottsdale resident) Frankie Muniz’s new band, You Hang Up, we unfortunately didn’t have photos of Frankie and the band. Now, we do. Enjoy…
Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater will be busy this spring as the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has released a schedule that includes Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Brazilian guitarist Gilberto Gil and more. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello & …..
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
Fat Mike is throwing his name and his dollars behind a restaurant featuring “new American cuisine” in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. It may come as no surprise that the Village Voice was surprised that Mike, who wrote a song titled “Don’t Call Me White” chose Park Slope as his location. (It’s…
[jump] That’s right, you saw “Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart in there right around the 28-second mark. The audacity of Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J to make an actual full-length feature film is absolutely remarkable. I could go on and on about that trailer and the idea of an…
If there’s ever been such a thing as a two-sided coin, or an ethical conundrum, here it is. It seems that Best Buy stores will be stocking CDs from local bands. And not just ultra-cool, well-selling local bands. Apparently, they’re willing to stock any local band. That means yours too!…
Welcome to “Nothing Not New,” a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about…
iTunes is selling Sam Means’ excellent solo debut, the soundtrack for indie flick The Sinking of Santa Isabel, for only $1.99 through the end of the month.The former Format co-frontman (along with Nate Ruess, who now fronts fun.) did the record for a filmmaker friend and it’s mostly instrumental. It’s also…
There sure are a lot of greatest-hits albums out today, including ones from Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey, but what is most exciting in this week’s new releases is Vitamin String Quartet’s Death Cab for Cutie tribute album, Ghost.On the record, listeners will find a selection of DCFC’s songs from over the…
Karen Dreijer is one half of the Swedish sibling duo The Knife and the sole proprietor behind Fever Ray. She is a very talented musician who is not afraid to stretch the boundaries of what’s weird and rather odd. Her acceptance speech last week at the P3 Guld Awards –…
