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Flying Blanket Recording is releasing their second compilation album, titled This is Flying Blanket Vol. 2 and they’re doing it in style. For only $10 you can catch Dear and the Headlights, Kinch, Black Carl, The Love Me Nots, Gospel Claws, and Sister Cities on March 5 at Martini Ranch…

While Fall Out Boy goes on hiatus (thanks, Ashlee “Yoko” Simpson), singer/guitarist Patrick Stump is still busy. Besides crafting a solo album (on which he will play all the instruments himself) the lovable lug is also still promoting his 2008 independent film, Moustachette. Haven’t heard of it? It didn’t even…

Massive Attack is getting porny. And, actually, it was their idea. The band commissioned a series of short films to go with select tracks from their newest album, Heliogland, which is set to be released on Tuesday. The song “Paradise Circus” accompanies a video titled Life of a Pornstar about…

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…

[jump] Sia will play the Marquee Theatre Tuesday, April 20. Ticket info can be found here.Here is the adorably charming video for “You’ve Changed”…

A day after playing Coachella, Lucero will be in Tempe playing an outdoor show in the parking lot outside Yucca Tap Room on April 17. The show, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, will be free and have a carnival-type atmosphere like last year’s Tiki Throwdown. The event will have a…

The music feature story in week’s edition of Phoenix New Times is about George Strait.George Strait is underrated. Perhaps that statement sounds ridiculous: Strait has 34 albums that have sold over a million copies each, seemingly countless hit songs, and a string of sold-out concerts year after year. He’s only…

According to the medical examiner in Shelby County, Tennessee, where Memphis is located, 29-year-old Jay Reatard died from “cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor in his death.” His real name was Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., and on Jan. 17 he was buried near Isaac Hayes. At the…

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…

Seriously, who would want to miss a Japanese musical group modeled after Devo? Not these peeps. Check out what people from around the Valley had to say about Polysics’ show at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix last night (and read our review here.) @MistressKitty @MistressKitty-WEEE!! Me with Fumi and Kayo…

Tribute bands are like high-tech silicone sex dolls — it looks like the real thing, feels like it, hopefully even sounds like it. But who’s kidding who? That ain’t Gwen Stefani. Still, it’s fun to pretend sometimes, no? Take Badfish, a collection of former University of Rhode Island computer science…

George Strait is underrated. Perhaps that statement sounds ridiculous: Strait has 34 albums that have sold over a million copies each, seemingly countless hit songs, and a string of sold-out concerts year after year. He’s only the second Country Music Hall of Fame inductee to be honored while still recording…

In Southern California, a place of seemingly limitless sub-regionalism and cultural density, it seems as though every city, county, and housing development has served as the epicenter of some well-documented “movement” in commercial music. From Silver Lake’s anti-folk revolution in the ’90s to Orange County’s ongoing pop-punk apocalypse to South…

You may remember that little trilogy titled Pirates of the Caribbean, which featured Keith Richards playing the part of Captain Teague Sparrow, the father of Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp. Apparently, Depp’s friendship and fascination with Richards goes far beyond that of a pretend father/son relationship. He plans to…

Okay. We’ve received complaints that New Times makes a point of mentioning all the good bands that don’t come to Phoenix yet rarely, if ever, mention it when they do. So . . . Deer Tick will be coming to the Trunk Space on April 14. Last time Deer Tick were in town, they played…

Seems like Phoenix band The Attitude has found themselves in some controversy recently. The rock band is holding a benefit show on Thursday, February 4, for singer Jim Louvau, per the flier that’s displayed on the Clubhouse Music Venue’s website, but it doesn’t specify what the show is benefitting, exactly. A call…

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…

You Hang Up – the band that showcases former Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz on the drums – has canceled its gig scheduled for this Saturday at Chopper John’s. The reason given, according to show promoter Alia Souissi, was a “family emergency.” The band also confirmed the news…

Rolling Stone: At a time when a lot of retro-garage types are playing it languid and low-fi, the Soft Pack exude wide-eyed angst — a sense of discovery that’s hard to put across with hand-me-down rock…

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…

The owner of Hoodlums music store in Tempe is taking on the Marquee Theatre over ticket prices. Ticket price stories tend to make my eyes glaze over pretty fast (I’m a critic, I don’t pay!) but Arizona Republic freelancer Serene Dominic did an interesting little piece on the matter. The debate…