Email Author Martin Cizmar

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Up on the Sun

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Up on the Sun

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 25, 2009

  "The Great Hoofed Hope"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 14, 2009

  "Do You Hate Fun Music?"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 20, 2009

  "An Ode to 1994"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Up on the Sun

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Not Ovah Yet: Following the Downtown Drama on Twitter"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "X-Men Origins: Wolverine Premiere at Tempe Marketplace to be the Biggest Premiere in the World"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "The Valley's Top 10 Local Guitarists"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "The Top 10 Concept Records of All-Time"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Trent Reznor Explains Scalping Controversy"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Pearl Jam Finally Defeats The Music Industry (You're Still Screwed)"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Why You Have To Pay So Much for Good Seats"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "iTunes Price Hikes Hurt Some Track Rankings"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Phish Festival 8: Photos of The Ultimate Hippie Halloween"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Devastation 2009: Street Fighter IV Attracts the Country's Top Fighters"

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2009 Stories by Martin Cizmar

• Locals Only

  published September 3, 2009

  In 1978, Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau stood in the shadows of Akron, Ohio's sputtering smokestacks, penning a 5,000-word... More >>

• A-Trak on Track

  published July 9, 2009

  I'll be real with ya: I don't often get excited about a DJ coming through town especially since Girl Talk (a) never comes through town and (b) is... More >>

• Petty Thieves

  published June 4, 2009

  Not too many local shows sound more fun than this: Some of the Valley's best Americana, country, and rock singers getting together for a full... More >>

• Toybox

  published May 14, 2009

  It’s not often an album I’ve never heard before makes me nostalgic for my high school days, let alone one that came out last year and is... More >>

• The Return of Antique Scream

  published May 7, 2009

  We haven't heard much from our pals Antique Scream since they moved to Seattle late last year. We featured them in a More >>

• Folk You

  published April 23, 2009

  One of the things I love best about Bright Eyes (yes, I unapologetically love Bright Eyes) is the way the band mingles so many rootsy sounds in... More >>

• Metal Misfits

  published April 23, 2009

  Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of it in my off hours, but I'm constantly surprised by the depth and quality of the Phoenix metal... More >>

• VW Trainwreck

  published April 9, 2009

  "Punk rock, comedy, and politics" can be a great combination — look at NOFX. But when a local band declares in its self-penned biography that... More >>

• Scare and Scare Alike

  published March 26, 2009

  Rarely does a death metal act succeed in spooking a seasoned critic like me, but I have to say there was truly something unsettling about... More >>

• Lights! Camera! Take Action!

  published March 5, 2009

  Local pretty boy rockers Anarbor will just one of the acts on this year’s Take Action! Tour. It’s put together by Anarbor's emo-pop-rock... More >>

• Owning the Old Mill sound

  published February 5, 2009

  I haven't been overly enamored of local alt-country bands. The New Westerns had a nice sound, but spotty vocals, and suffer from occasional... More >>