The Meat Puppets have signed to Megaforce Records and will release their new album Sewn Together on May 12

Meat Puppets, anchored by brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood, have teamed up with biographer Jake Brown to author a first-hand chronicle of their 25+ year writing/recording career

The history of politics and music as bedfellows is a long one, from "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" to, uh, "Vote or Die!", to the current spate of politically motivated benefit shows. But getting swept up in all of this, it's easy to forget that musicians are people too, and they have thoughts and ideas and concerns about the upcoming U.S. election ...

Our exploration of Arizona music this time out takes us to see some old friends, the Meat Puppets and also finds us checking in with veteran group Jimmy Eat World. But never fear- there are plenty of new discoveries here too.