New Weezer, Rob Halford, Pavement Reunion

Electric Mustache: We Want YouWaved Rumor: Weezer – (If You’re Wondering if I want you to) I Want You ToSpin: Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas PriestIdolator: Tracking The Ever-Shifting Priorities Of MTV Networks’ Standards And Practices DepartmentSo Much Silence: Good Afternoon, Vintage Photo Of Will Smith Playing RBI BaseballNME: Pavement…

Not Ovah Yet: Following the Downtown Drama on Twitter

Quick synopsis: I wrote a column saying CenPho’s music scene was dying as Tempe rises up, a bunch of people freaked out, someone even printed an ironic t-shirt mocking my column. The situation blew up over the weekend (we hear reports of “Fuck Martin Cizmar!” Fuck New Times!” and “Downtown…

New Release Tuesday: Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album

[jump] Make no mistake — Bob Dylan is not one of my favorite people. I know and understand fully his impact and influence on music, but his career became what it was long before I graced the earth with my presence. That’s no excuse for not being a Bob Dylan…

New Moon Soundtrack Hits the Interwebs

[jump] It seems that Thom Yorke’s contribution is the most anticipated of the bunch, since anything he does these days is reported to an obsessive degree (thanks, Pitchfork). His song, “Hearing Damage” sounds right in line with the sound he created on his solo debut The Eraser. Joining Yorke is a…

The Bloodshot BeerBQ Rocks Tempe on October 24

For Bloodshot Records’ 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they’re throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe’s Sail Inn…

Check Out the Schedule For Tomorrow’s Shizzfest 2

By now you’ve probably read music editor Martin Cizmar’s contentious column from this week’s issue regarding his opinion that “CenPho’s Music Scene is So Over” with the impending change to Modified Arts later this year and the opening of Rodney Hu’s 23 West venue.Like many others who’ve spoken out since…

Shake! Says Goodbye With Halloween Bash

The much talked about demise of Modified Arts as an indie rock venue has another twist: South Scottsdale’s The Rogue Bar is entering the fray by moving to a full-time live venue. Sadly, as part of that, DJ William “Fucking” Reed’s always wonderful Shake! dance night is going the way…

2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists

[jump] Music sales have been in steady decline, in my opinion, since the week of March 21, 2000. It was on that Tuesday that ‘N Sync’s No Strings Attached was released, going on to sell 2.4 million — million — copies in it’s first week. No album has been able to come…

Puscifer Tix On Sale Friday

Tool frontman and vino aficionado Maynard James Keenan’s on-the-sly musical endeavor, Puscifer, is set to headline two nights at downtown Phoenix’s Orpheum Theatre this December. Lucky for you, tickets are available this Friday, October 9, at 10 a.m. via Live Nation.Apparently, Keenan leaves behind that dark, brooding, plz-don’t-look-at-me persona he…

Alice Cooper Releases Halloween Single, Holds Karaoke Contest

Local boy Alice Cooper, the self-proclaimed “King of Halloween,” is releasing a new single called “Keepin’ Halloween Alive.”The iTunes exclusive track –which you can hear in the video above — also comes with a “Cooperoke” vocal-free version which fans are encouraged to video themselves singing along to for a contest…

Live Nation Offering 2-for-1 Deals On Steely Dan, Loggins, More

The sour economy continues to hit concert promoters. LiveNation, which drew a lot of attention with a “No Service Fee Wednesday” promotion this summer, is now offering two tickets for the price of one to some shows this fall. Sorry, you’re not gonna get U2 tickets cheap, but if you’re…