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61. Listen Up

    Conner Cecil

    Conner
    (Old Dominion Records)

    By Martin Cizmar

    Published: March 19, 2009

    There was a time when hearing a boyish and manicured voice like Conner Cecil's alongside a willowy pedal steel wasn't uncommon in country music. That time is long gone, though,...

62. Live Wire

    Pelican

    By Mike R. Meyer

    Published: March 19, 2009

    Over the years, instrumental rock has earned a (mostly deserved) reputation for being self-indulgent, pretentious, and unnecessarily intricate. On their early albums and EPs,...

63. Live Wire

    The Maine

    By Emma Breysse

    Published: March 19, 2009

    In a town struggling to hold onto indie cred by the hair of its collective chinny-chin-chin, a hometown concert of a successful indie rock band is like a big "HA!" to the rest...

64. Live Wire

    Paul Wall

    By Michael Lopez

    Published: March 19, 2009

    What is there not to like about Paul Wall? First of all, his name is an absolute blast to say — especially in his trademark Houston drawl. He always rocks his beloved...

65. Live Wire

    The Bronx

    By Mike R. Meyer

    Published: March 19, 2009

    The Yucca Tap Room has long been a haven for local bands, but the venue rarely hosts national touring acts (we're guessing that whole "never a cover" policy might have...

66. Needle Exchange

    Banned

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: March 19, 2009

    Local punks Johnny Volume and Tyler King are making like The Jeffersons. More specifically, they're taking their long-running punk rock weekly, BANNED, and "movin' on up" to...

67. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

    Published: March 19, 2009

    THURSDAY 19 Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Tricky T, Pickster Uno, DJ...

68. Cafe

    Pure Sushi Bar Keeps It Fresh With Overstuffed Maki and Box Sushi

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: March 19, 2009

    What do you get when you take the see-and-be-seen vibe of AZ88, add the pulsating music and blinding white glamour of Asia de Cuba, and roll it all up in a futuristic sushi...

69. Film

    I Love You, Man Brings Bromance to its Pinnacle

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: March 19, 2009

    Just as we thought the "bromantic comedy" had overstayed its welcome, the genre reaches its high point with I Love You, Man. The subtext is finally the text — it's right...

70. Film

    In Duplicity, Tony Gilroy Drops the Darkness He Was "Bourne" Into and Lets Loose a Giggle

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 19, 2009

    Whether it's the amnesiac super-spy of the Bourne franchise or the weary law-firm fixer of Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy specializes in characters who wear so many masks that,...

71. Surreal Estate

    Buildings Continually Transform in Phoenix, Making It Possible To Send Letters Where You Once Reclined

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: March 19, 2009

    I went to the furniture store the other day to mail a package. It was weird. Like so many other places in the Valley that aren't what they once were, this furniture store...