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Cat Power's Voice Shines, Even In The Dark

Wed Oct 8, 10:12 AM

By Martin Cizmar Depending on who you ask, Cat Power is either really good or really bad live. In her younger days, as a notoriously stage-frightened boozehound, Chan Marshall didn’t impress anyone. Now sober and enjoying life, the indie... More >>

You Asked For It: Mr. Meeble

Wed Oct 8, 8:16 AM

For far too long, there were far too few bands interested in layering acoustic and electronic elements to make the sort of “chill? music that fills any respectable nightclub with pleather couches. Not anymore. Chill music is everywhere now,... More >>

Kings Of Leon’s New Album And Leonard Cohen's Old Albums Are What's Selling Big-Time At Hoodlums New Store

Wed Oct 8, 12:21 AM

By Benjamin Leatherman Much like the mythical bird from which our ‘burg draws its name, popular record store Hoodlums has risen ? quite literally ? from the ashes. As Steve Jansen wrote in this week’s issue, the music emporium’s... More >>

Arty Girl: Artists on Artists: "The Re-Imagined Space" Series at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Mon Oct 6, 9:09 PM

By Lilia Menconi If you grew up in the West, you’re probably pretty hungry for space. With our ranch-style homes, big back yards and seemingly endless desert, we’re sensitive to the way our walls block us from that which we... More >>

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Features

Antique Scream: Psychedelic Truck-Stop Rock or Three-Man Demolition Team?

By Serene Dominic

Thursday, October 02

You have only weeks to make Antique Scream your favorite local band. That's right, a band you sometimes could've seen three nights a week on... More >>
Henry Rollins Is Begging You to Vote

By Niki D'Andrea

Thursday, October 02

Henry Rollins says he is down on bended knee, begging you — to vote. It may be hard to imagine Rollins — muscle-bound, sweaty,... More >>
Panic at the Disco, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Other Worst Interviews Ever

By Cole Haddon

Thursday, October 02

This week, Panic at the Disco hits town with the Rock Band Live Tour. Some music journalists might jump at the opportunity to interview the... More >>
Starfucker
Starfucker
(Badman Records)

By Michael Lopez

Thursday, October 02

The band's name is crass, and song titles like "Myke Ptyson" and "Iaadeedaa" hardly help bolster any early confidence in liking them, but... More >>
of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping
(Polyvinyl Record Co.)

By Martin Cizmar

Thursday, October 02

Like their Elephant 6 brethren, of Montreal has always walked the line between the accessible and the avant-garde. Usually, Kevin Barnes and Co.... More >>
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Cosmos Rocks
(Hollywood Records)

By Niki D'Andrea

Thursday, October 02

It's not easy to follow in the footsteps of a frontman who had a four-octave vocal range and a tendency to wear glittery capes on stage.... More >>
Kasai Allstars
In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic
(Crammed)

By Jess Jarnow

Thursday, October 02

From the Democratic Republic of Congo — where, in the words of Spin writer Eric Pape, a "culture of corruption, moral decay, and negligible... More >>
Cat Power

By Falling James

Thursday, October 02

Cat Power kicks off her new CD, Jukebox, with a remake of John Kander & Fred Ebb's standard "Theme from New York, New York," but given the... More >>
Randy Travis

By Chris Hansen Orf

Thursday, October 02

There was a time when a new Randy Travis album was cause for celebration in country music circles, with radio programmers tripping over... More >>
Nick Lowe

By Serene Dominic

Thursday, October 02

Recognized for producing of some of the greatest records of the punk era (Elvis Costello, The Damned, the Pretenders), Nick Lowe left the most... More >>
DJ Big Latin

By Benjamin Leatherman

Thursday, October 02

We've said it before and we'll gladly say it again: Andy Herrera (a.k.a. Big Latin) is one of the hardest-working cats in the P-town DJ and dance... More >>
Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Thursday, October 02

THURSDAY 2 Axis/Radius: Red Bull Ladies Night with DJ MCB (hip-hop, rock, Top 40) Bar Smith: Peppermint Lounge with DJ Brazilia, DJ Mara, &... More >>
When Gogol Bordello Takes the Stage, Expect a Cultural Rebellion and One Hell of a Party

By Toph One

Thursday, September 25

As a Croatian-American electro-funk DJ with a powerful thirst for liquor and trouble, I knew I'd like Gogol Bordello from the moment I heard... More >>
Edgefest Lowdown: Micky Avalon, Authority Zero, Flogging Molly and More

By Martin Cizmar

Thursday, September 25

Mickey Avalon (11:30 a.m. on the main stage): It's not unfair to call Mickey Avalon the male Peaches. They both started their adult life... More >>
Byrne After Reading: Advice from a Talking Head

By Michael Alan Goldberg

Thursday, September 25

This week, we present "Byrne After Reading," our new advice column by musician/artist (and former Talking Heads frontman) David Byrne. Dear... More >>
Ben Folds
Way to Normal
(Sony BMG)

By Sam Femino

Thursday, September 25

Ben Folds has never strayed far from his trademark geek-pop sensibilities. He's honed the sound even further over the past few years, playing for... More >>
Tricky
Knowle West Boy
(Domino)

By Phil Freeman

Thursday, September 25

After the seething, explosive brilliance of Tricky's first two albums, 1995's Maxinquaye and 1996's Pre-Millennium Tension, inspiration is... More >>
Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone

(Roadrunner)

By Phil Freeman

Thursday, September 25

Four albums in (five, if you're an eBay-stalking obsessive), Slipknot is having an identity crisis. Frontman Corey Taylor's side project, Stone... More >>
Nelly
Brass Knuckles
(Derrty Ent, Universal)

By Ben Westhoff

Thursday, September 25

Brass Knuckles is Nelly's Thriller. I'm not kidding. Brass Knuckles is not a perfect album, but neither was Thriller. It jumped styles and was... More >>
Young Jeezy
The Recession
(Def Jam)

By Ben Detrick

Thursday, September 25

Fuck Huey Long: Young Jeezy is the master of populism. Here's a self-made millionaire who empathizes with the day-to-day troubles of the working... More >>