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Giving Doom Metal a Pop Sensibilitynew

Surfing the retro-rock revival wave isn't a bad thing if you've got balance, and Brooklyn-based Panthers have it.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 05-07-2007 | Reviews

Hippest Hard Metal Band to Hit Western World in a Long Timenew

This Japanese rock band is huge in its home country, and it's starting to make waves here in the States, despite being way too cool for us.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-24-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Dir En Grey, The Marrow of a Bone

Prayer of the Mulletnew

Dear Gods of Rock: It's me, The Mullet. Please kill me.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-17-2007 | Music

Not Wholly Derivative & Highly Ambitiousnew

The new CD by Arizona industrial metal band The Iris sounds like a sonic blueprint for a band that's finding its sound, and getting hotter by the minute.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-17-2007 | Reviews

Tags: The Iris, The Vanity Fair

The Hottest Follow-up Album of the Yearnew

UK chanteuse Amy Winehouse is quickly becoming known for two things: her drinking habit and her amazing voice.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-17-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

The Insects Are Freenew

Drunken Immortals' side project aims for global swarming.

Phoenix New Times | Brendan Joel Kelley | 04-10-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Insects

Bad Habitsnew

NunZilla's punk-rock catechism will leave you praying for more.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-10-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: NunZilla

Carefully Crafted, Radio-ready Troubador Tunesnew

With the Peacemakers, Clyne's songwriting is culled from three similar styles -- Americana, Tejano, and the ol' "white man on an island" sound pioneered by Jimmy Buffet.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-02-2007 | Reviews

Tags: No More Beautiful World, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

Otep's Next Stepnew

Singer says the new album will be released "as soon as corporately possible."

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 04-02-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: OTEP

Southern Mannew

J.J. Grey, front man for country-fried funk 'n' soul band Mofro, comes from the Florida swamplands and a rich storytelling tradition.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 03-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mofro

Sterilized by Stereotypesnew

Much of Open Fire sounds like it was recorded in 1983 by a bunch of guys who were listening to British heavy metal and reading the lyrics of American black metal.

Phoenix New Times | Niki D'Andrea | 03-20-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Alabama Thunderpussy, Open Fire