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It's no secret that Phoenix is desperately seeking its first rap superstar. The commercial failure of Willy Northpole's debut album this summer simply reinforced Phoenix's...
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With the average ticket to see Kiss costing more than $50, there's definitely a chance your broke ass can't afford to witness the long-in-the-tooth cartoon rockers breathe...
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Death metal ain't for everyone. But Decrepit Birth makes a good case for being the perfect gateway through which the metal-phobic could enter the darkened realm —...
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Any act fronted by horror rocker Joseph Poole — better known as Wednesday 13 — may seem like the natural complement to Creepsville 666, a local punk-metal outfit...
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I wish I had more critically relevant things to say about Lil' Dave Thompson, but the truth is that when it comes to the blues, I'm not much for intense discernment. Even the...
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As we all know, Carson Daly isn't good for much. But I have to give him — or, more accurately, Last Call's talent booker — credit for bringing the excellent Los...
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It comes as no surprise that Phoenix band The Crush would choose their hometown as the locale to launch their winter tour. The young quartet, which ranked No. 23 on the Top...
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Is it just me, or is "folk" as a descriptive term battling "indie rock" to the finish line of complete uselessness? Take the Monsters of Folk, the singer/songwriter collective...
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Better bid a fond farewell to Homme Lounge, 138 West Camelback Road, as the CenPho danceteria/gay bar/hotspot is shutting its doors for good after this weekend. But before...
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THURSDAY 26
AZ88: DJ Mark 5 (rare groove, trip-hop)
Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop)
Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson, & Alkeme (house)
Chasers: Red...
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The only reason I typically eat at the mall is because I turn into a low-blood-sugar bee-yotch after schlepping shopping bags for too long on an empty stomach. (Forced...
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I've recently promised a few friends I wouldn't write stories about them. I'm about to break that promise because their stories are just too odd and funny to hide. But I feel...
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Given his preference for static, symmetrical, scrupulously color-coordinated and art-directed compositions, it's less surprising that Wes Anderson has gotten around to...
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The Road, Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic survivalist prose poem — in which a father and his 10-year-old son traverse a despoiled landscape of...