Asia (Band)

Miu's Cuisine: Sichuan Food That's Anything but Familiar

American Malaikat dan Singa Is Big in (and About) Indonesia

A famous series of ads for Rosetta Stone tells a fictional narrative about some Midwestern farmboy intensively learning Italian to get with an beautiful Italian woman. The pitch seems to be that learning a new language opens up new opportunities, and since it is advertising, the sexual opportunities ... More >>

MC Magic: Chris Brown's "Fine China" is a "Feel Good" Record

Are you a people person? The reason I ask this question my personal answer was the deciding factor in becoming a writer/blogger for Phoenix New Times. For me there's something exciting about watching fans, family members, or strangers just smile n' enjoy life. You know that warm feeling you get aft ... More >>

The Secret Is Out on New India Bazaar & Cuisine

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(Nearly) Four Minutes In Chinese Food Porn Heaven

The news often reports on how scary or hazardous eating in China seems to be. Adulterated milk sickens babies, rival restaurants poison the eggplant, that sort of thing. In light of all of that people may ask why anyone even bothers going to China for the expressed purpose of eating. Well here's a t ... More >>

Top 5 Food Predictions for Phoenix in 2013

As another culinary year approaches, it's time to once again gaze into the crystal ball to predict the Valley's food trends for 2013. See also: Chefs, What Will the Top Food Trends for Phoenix Be in 2013? It's no secret that our food scene is slow to hop aboard the rest of the country's gastronom ... More >>

Turning Javanese

The 10 Coolest, Scariest, Freakiest Songs About Heroin

See also: 10 Songs About Cocaine See also: 15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20 Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. It's in many ways the enduring holy trinity of pop music. Like it or not -- we're not advocating anything -- drugs are responsible for lots of great songwriting. So every Friday in August, we' ... More >>

Eidolons @ Trunk Space

India Grill Explores the Richer Cuisine of the Country's Northern Region

Amen Dunes on Living a Million Musical Lives

See also: Up on the Sun the Podcast, Featuring Amen Dunes and Our Levon Helm Tribute When New York-based songwriter Damon McMahon, the man behind the shadowy, warbly pysch-folk of Amen Dunes, says he's lived a million musical lives, he's exaggerating only a little. He spent his early 20s in the buz ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake this Weekend

It's another beautiful Phoenix weekend! Better get outside and enjoy it while you can. This weekend, I'll be trading in the super nice Phoenix weather for the smog and traffic of Los Angeles. I plan on hunting down the infamous mac & cheese with BBQ pork grilled cheese sandwich from The Grilled Ch ... More >>

Weekend: B-Real of Cypress Hill, Loyal Wife, Heartless Bastards, Switch, George & Dragon 17th Anniversary Party

Earlier this week we remarked on the longevity of Grand Ave art-space the Trunk Space, which is celebrating eight years of DIY operation next week. Well, here's something to consider: This week, The George & Dragon pub, which has hosted many a punk rock show in its day, turns 17. That's only one yea ... More >>

North Dakota @ Fort Wanderlust

Honor, Courage, Popcorn: Act of Valor Wants You!

Dengue Fever Finds a Second Home in Cambodia

Dengue Fever: "It Doesn't Matter...They Don't Know What the Hell We're Saying Anyway"

Imagine wild organ swirls, rolling surf licks and jazzy party horns coupled with angular and decidedly eastern melodies, plus a sultry singer who shifts between English and her native Cambodian dialect. That's just a fraction of what shapes Dengue Fever's original sound. The band discovered its ca ... More >>

Palace World Music Party Shows "Love For Southeast Asia"

Art by Japanese artist Aya Miyake​DJentrification's weekly Palace World Music night at Filmbar always features far out world music, but this weekend, it's got another goal as well. "I have been to South East Asia and feel very lucky for all the good people I met, for the records I was able to di ... More >>

Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

​There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

Psychedelic Legend Donovan Visits the MIM

​On Monday, October 10, British songwriter and psychedelic legend Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch) visited the Musical Instrument Museum, strolling around the exhibits and conducting interviews with writers about the history of music and education. Speaking with Donovan was really something ... More >>

Rupa and The April Fishes To Play the MIM This Saturday, Get a Free Download Here

​They don't come much more "multi-cultural" than Rupa and the April Fishes. Born in California to Indian parents, songwriter Rupa Marya was raised in France, India, and the United States. The music she makes with her group, The April Fishes, borrows sounds from all of her cultures. French nouvel ... More >>

5 Beers Inspired by Internet Memes

i.imgur.com/MLWRz.jpg ​Would you drink a Pants on the Ground Porter? How about Boom Gueze the Dynamite? The internet influences everything these days, and memes are the vehicles by which it does so. No one knows why certain YouTube videos and other messages on the internet become so popular ... More >>

Dominic Armato's Perfect Food Day

Dominic Armato​Dominic Armato is a big-time overachiever. Not only does he do voiceovers for tv and video games, he also manages his family's packaging business in Chicago (night job), he's a full-time stay-at-home dad (day job) and finds time to write a delightful food blog Skillet Doux. Sk ... More >>

The Black Lips @ The Rhythm Room

AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival Winners Announced: CANgratulations are in order!

cannedcraftbeerfest.com ​The AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival comes in two parts. The festival portion -- wherein we all get to taste the canned goodness -- will go down this Saturday. The judging portion, for which certified tasters from around the Valley were gathered to revie ... More >>

April 8 In Blogs: Joshua Pearce, Carolina Bee, Gift Of Destiny, Sunshine Moon Peking Pub, and White Kids

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Julie Taymor Steps Down As Director in 'Spider-Man' Musical

​Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor has finally had enough of the Broadway show's complications and has chosen to step down from her position, according to Rolling Stone.For the time being, Taymor will still be the director and co-writer of the show, but she will no longer be pres ... More >>

Jimmy Woo's and Sunshine Moon Peking Pub Rebel Against the P.F. Chang Army

Princess Bride

This royal reign takes rejection to a whole new level

Songs in the Key of Life

Musical culture for a cause

Cook Like an Iron Chef with Michael Symon Starts With Dissing The Food Network

​Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>

June 21 In Blogs: Neo-Nazis, Fight Club Sadisco, Club Red, Petite Maison, and Lil' Wayne

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Karate Kid Remake Is Too Cynical to Catch a Fly with Chopsticks

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Jimmy Eat World Show Off How to Fly on Dogs, and Other Local Music News

If you're craving a little vintage Jimmy Eat World, you're in luck. The Arizona rock band has a vintage video on YouTube from a performance way back in the day, at the 1997 Mind Over Matter Fest in Detroit. And if you happened to miss the band when it performed on the hip kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba!, ... More >>

Sundown Showdown, Darkness Dear Boy, The Shizz, Crotch Rockitt, and More

Rumspringer is scheduled to perform at Saturday's Shizz CD release party at Trunk Space.​Need something to do tonight? What about Saturday or Sunday? If you've been smart enough to squirrel away your simoleons, there's probably enough green in the bank account to afford trip to the Elvis Costell ... More >>

Henry Rollins

Please Don't Call Chickenfoot a “Supergroup”

Bootie Call

Mash-up legends visit the PHX

Red-Hot, White, and Brown

Canadian-Indian comic seeks world domination

East Infection

Ghee Whiz

The west side has a topnotch Indian restaurant once again

Scorcher Chamber

Thai food with style, attitude

Foam Follows Function

West by Southeast Asia

Mouth Pacific

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