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Taylor Swift Will Incite a Willy Wonka Scavenger Hunt in Phoenix This Weekend

When people and brands re-create the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket promotion, they don't always seem aware that Willy Wonka is kind of a sociopath. Regardless: Taylor Swift is re-creating the Golden Ticket promotion, and it's coming to Phoenix. If you can connect a series of clues on Diet Coke's Twitter ... More >>

Grupo Fantasma @ Crescent Ballroom

Phoenix DJ Community Reacts to Hate Crime Against Austin Head

Local DJ and activist Austin Head was assaulted early Friday morning in what has now been designated an anti-gay hate crime. The local community has expressed outrage over this incident, as well as sending its best regards to Austin Head. Check out what some local DJs have to say about the incident ... More >>

Packrat, Boyfrndz, and Feuding Fathers Help Make Math Rock Look Easy

See also: Packrat Explains "Vultures of Knowledge"I'm used to hearing bands getting excited for an upcoming gig, but when a band is also excited for the other groups on their bill, it tends to be a special night of music. Local rockers Packrat have one such date coming up next week when Austin's Boy ... More >>

Arpaio Challenger Paul Penzone Comes Clean About a 2003 Altercation with Ex-Wife

Fayuca Announce Spring Tour on Way to SxSW, Nominated for High Times Doobie Award

​The road to Austin's SxSW music and arts festival is a long and arduous one. A total of 1,006 miles to be exact. (Well, according to Google Maps anyhow.) One of the many Valley acts making the trek in March include local Latin reggae rockers, Fayuca. Last week the trio announced a spring to ... More >>

Hooves Announce Phoenix Tour Stop

When we last touched base with Hooves, they were splitting town, cramming into the Bikini Lounge for a goodbye celebration before heading to Washington. I noted "...we can take comfort in knowing they'll be back to visit. It'll be "Party Time" then, but it's hard to imagine it all feeling and soundi ... More >>

Art of the Menu: New Website Features Well-Designed Restaurant Menus From Around the World

DJ StoutMenu for Maudie's Tex Mex in Austin.​Menus are calling cards for restaurants. There's no denying that their designs -- from colors, to typefaces, to imagery -- can tell us a lot about who they are, perhaps even evoking a little emotion. The Official Manufacturing CompanyMenus for Spir ... More >>

The Black Angels @ The Rhythm Room

Lisa Savidge, Motorhead, Joey Cape and More From This Week's Print Edition

​This week's music feature is about local shoegazers Lisa Savidge. Ever wondered what sort of music soldiers in Iraq blast while patrolling the streets of Baghdad? Dan Somers, the band's singer, did two tours of duty and shared his experience with writer Melissa Fossum.Another thing you may b ... More >>

Meat Puppets Announce New Record, Lollipop, for April 12

​Local legends The Meat Puppets will put out a new record, Lollipop, on April 12. The followup to 2009's Sewn Together will come out on Megaforce Records. It was also recorded in Spoon's HiFi Studios in Austin. Curt Kirwood produced the record himself -- Curt lives in Austin and also produced S ... More >>

Hole in One

Famous painting comes to life in Podski’s Hole

Country Crooners

Make a reservation to see The Preservation

South by Southwest Mesa

Austin-bound Miss Derringer pass through Hollywood Alley

Jazzle Dazzle

Catch some smooth sounds in a beautiful setting

Asylum Street Spankers

Systym Restore

Stop your emo whining. The Bell brothers are back.

Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin Releases Statement On Tragic Death of Wife and Son

Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin says he considers it a "miracle" he was able to hold and get to know his newborn son for three days before the boy died. Martin's wife, Kerry, died on Monday a few hours after giving birth. In his statement today, Martin thanks the staff at Phoenix Children's Hospital ... More >>

The Wooden Birds Play Modified on May 27

The Wooden BirdsAustin indie band The Wooden Birds start their tour at Modified Arts on May 27. The band -- which plays a mellow, pretty brand of folk flavored by the vocals of Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set -- just released their debut record, Magnolia, on Barsuk.You can check out th ... More >>

KJZZ's Story on I Heart AZ

Right now I'm writing up a column on last week's I Heart AZ party, a SxSW showcase our blog contributor Steve Chilton threw last week in Austin, which was definitely the highlight of my week at the festival. Radio works faster than us print folks though, so I figured I'd share this story from NPR af ... More >>

SxSWers Spirit Animal, Saint Motel and Asa Random Stopping in Scottsdale Monday

Phoenix's prime place in the vast desert between Los Angeles and Austin really comes in handy this time of year, as we get tons of shows by otherwise-usually-too-hip-to-play-here acts stopping by on their way to South by Southwest. Jose Gonzolez rounded a bunch of them up for you in the paper this w ... More >>

Anyone Else Going to SxSW?

So we know who from Arizona is officially showcasing, and we know who's part of the Unofficial Official Arizona showcase, I Heart AZ, which New Times is co-sponsoring, but it seems like every day I'm hearing rumblings about other local bands headed to Austin in two weeks... like when I stumbled acro ... More >>

Grrl Power

Slammin’ Austin chicks channel AIDS Wolf, Shearing Pinx

Kinch Teaser Video Now Up

Kinch, one of my favorite local bands (and you'll find out just how favorite when my column on the top 10 local CDs of the year drops next week) has posted a new video chronicling the recording of their upcoming record in Austin. You can click below to see the YouTube version below, or go to kinch ... More >>

Theremin at Work

Dudes heed Austin band’s otherworldly siren song

Over the weekend

Guy Forsyth

Peripatetic picker

Matt the Electrician

Not too earnest and just reverent enough

Conference Fever

The Octopus Project

Eight already

Asylum Street Spankers

You can't spell "caravan" without "a van"

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

Fear Is on Our Side
(Secretly Canadian)

Monsters Ball

Disco Bloodbath it ain't, but the raunch is real and the drinks are cheap at Jonny Noir's Filthy/Gorgeous

Charlie Sexton, and Shannon McNally

A little bit country

Austin Translation

A Phoenix passport to South by Southwest

Asylum Street Spankers

Austin band spins its Favorite Record

Best Radio Station -- Country

KUET-AM 710

He's Gone Country

Shunning ranch life for a music career, Tommy Shane Steiner has the meat and half the hump

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Choo Choo Ch'boogie

The Derailers get back on track with a major-label deal

The Golden Band

Genetic research and rock 'n' roll cross paths in the music of Austin's American Analog Set

Dark Waters

Defying stylistic tags and genre hybrids, Austin's Knife in the Water makes music for the curious and melancholy with Red River

Austin, We Have a Problem!

What happens when you cram too much music into one city and two pairs of eardrums? Nothing, if you move too fast to hear it all.

A View to a Shill

Unfunny, product-placement-packed Austin Powers sequel can go shag itself

Growing Pains

After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

Goin' South

Seven local bands head to SXSW for a week of industry excess

Bros and Cons

Hit-and-miss True West strikes out in new direction

CONVENTIONEER WAX

SCREED

CLAWING THEIR WAY TO THE TOPWHEN IT COMES TO PUNK-METAL, YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO PAW

FLIGHT OF THE IGUANASIT HASN'T HURT THIS BAND TO OFFER LIVE SAX ONSTAGE