Receive Weekly Email and Text Message Updates:
Sign up for latest info on concerts, dining, promotions and more!
Go!

Most Popular

Reader's Picks

Top Recommendations

A short list of Phoenix's most popular hot spots.
user content provided by: LikeMe.net & Phoenix New Times

National Features >

  • City Pages

    Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled

    You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.

    By Matt Snyders

  • Miami New Times

    Pimp Daddy

    The rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.

    By Natalie O'Neill

  • Riverfront Times

    Babe 'n' Arms

    Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns--and then he became Rachel.

    By Nicholas Phillips

  • Dallas Observer

    The Fight for Texas

    Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.

    By Sam Merten

Murder By Death

Like Se7en, but more jokes

Share

  • rss

By Casey Lynch

Published on June 08, 2006

Indiana's Murder By Death may draw from wild sources like Dante's Inferno and Johnny Cash for inspiration, but we're fairly certain that "Raw Deal," off the newly released In Bocca al Lupo, has nothing to do with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Quite the opposite -- on this latest album, the band delves into life on the sullied side, examining sin, consequence and punishment. Think of it as the musical companion to David Fincher's serial-killer opus Se7en -- a collection of odes and missives to avarice, gluttony and lust, and the toll such things take on the soul. Singer Adam Turla's lyrics lilt over eerie keyboards and cello, shifting between what sounds like a pirate sing-along ("Dead Men and Sinners") to the infectious folk of the first single, "Brother." That's not to say that despite MBD's melancholic references, the band doesn't have a good sense of humor -- check out its debut, Like The Exorcist, But More Breakdancing.