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  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Jay "Akshen" Valdez Talks Para One, Jam Master Jay, Fools Gold, and More

    If you pay a visit to AZ/88 tonight, its urbane décor and trendy drinks won't be the coolest thing going on inside the haute Scottsdale hangout. DJ Akshen will be working hard on the wheels of steel providing a fitting tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys during his weekly gig Fluid F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Weekend: Agent Orange, The Shop, Deafheaven, Inkenstein Tattoo's Four-Year Anniversary, and Echo Cloud's SxSW Kick-Off

    Somewhere between the blurry gloss of shoegaze's atmospheric drones and the crunchy riffs of post-hardcore inflected metal is San Francisco's Deafheaven. Oft-cited as posterboys for the "hipster metal" set, the band's Deathwish Inc. issued record Roads to Judah is pretty hard to deny, four (long) tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Our Favorite Spots for Nightly Local Music Around Town

    With the impending arrival of Filter Magazine's Phoenix newsletter, it feels like a lot of eyes are on our music scene. Here's hoping Filter digs in and really investigates. I did so in April 2010, attempting the goal of going out to a different show every night for the entire month. The idea was ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2011

    Dogbreth: They Did It All for the Chookie

    With the impending arrival of Filter Magazine's Phoenix newsletter, it feels like a lot of eyes are on our music scene. Here's hoping Filter digs in and really investigates. I did so in April 2010, attempting the goal of going out to a different show every night for the entire month. The idea was ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    White Denim @ The Sail Inn

    With the impending arrival of Filter Magazine's Phoenix newsletter, it feels like a lot of eyes are on our music scene. Here's hoping Filter digs in and really investigates. I did so in April 2010, attempting the goal of going out to a different show every night for the entire month. The idea was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    The Dude to Make an Album

    ​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Yoko Ono will Speak at SxSW: Possible Topics for Her Talk?

    Yoko Ono will speak at SxSW in Austin.​Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist known exclusively for being the weird wife of late Beatle John Lennon, has been tapped as a "featured speaker" by Austin's all-important music industry gathering South By Southwest.The talk will evidently start as a sit-down i ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Asylum Street Spankers @ The Rhythm Room

    Yoko Ono will speak at SxSW in Austin.​Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist known exclusively for being the weird wife of late Beatle John Lennon, has been tapped as a "featured speaker" by Austin's all-important music industry gathering South By Southwest.The talk will evidently start as a sit-down i ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2011

    Rainbow Brite @ Stratus

    Yoko Ono will speak at SxSW in Austin.​Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist known exclusively for being the weird wife of late Beatle John Lennon, has been tapped as a "featured speaker" by Austin's all-important music industry gathering South By Southwest.The talk will evidently start as a sit-down i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    Mates of State

    East coasters to document one of downtown’s best art venues

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton, What Are You Eating?

    ​Stephen Chilton The owner/talent buyer for Psycho Steve Presents is promoting a show tonight at the Rhythm Room with Nobility Obliged. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Last night my roommate barbecued for the holiday. Lots of great meat. Favorite food: I always enjoy lamb when I eat anywh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Stream Spoon's Transference Right This Minute

    Oh, Britt Daniel, you coquettish rogue...​It may come out a week from tomorrow, but Spoon's newest record Transference can be heard by your ears -- and your ears alone -- right now. The fine folks at NPR have made the Austin indie rocker's newest album readily, er streamily, available at npr.org. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Pirates, Psychobillies, and Creepy Bunnies

    The Bay Area's Nobunny will terrorize the Trunk Space on Saturday night. There are gonna be two kinds of people in the Valley this weekend: Those who can afford to go to Fall Frenzy, and those who can't. Given the $50-$60 price tag for tickets, its to be expected that a few thrifty types might consi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Dinomite

    Indie rockers give the people what they want, then multiply it by two

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    New Release Tuesday: Spoon EP Got Nuffin

    Austin rockers Spoon release three new tracks today with their Got Nuffin EPIt's a pretty slow new release schedule today, unless your name is Rob Thomas, Jeff Tweedy or Moby (or Mephistopheles, for that matter). What I do have to offer, however, is a new EP from Austin indie rockers Spoon. Got Nuff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    The Case That Won't End: Doug Grant's Stepdaughter Files `Wrongful-Death' Suit

    If things weren't bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a& ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    Black Lips

    If things weren't bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a& ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Phoenix Fringe Festival: A Man, A Magic, A Music

    If things weren't bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a& ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Rachael Ray at SXSW

    To add to the list of hip parties we have told you about happening at SxSW next month in Austin is the most random one yet. Rachel Ray will be hosting the party "Rose's Mojito & Rachael Ray's Feedback: The B-Side." The party with have Acts such as The Hold Steady, Ra Ra Riot, The New York Dolls ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    To Anyone Thinking the Light Rail is No Fun: Try Taking Off Your Pants

    For seven years now New York improve troop Improv Everywhere has celibrated their own holiday on the New York subway system called No Pants Day. On January 10th Phoenix residents were finaly able to join the Holiday on our new Light Rail. 

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Two More AZ(ish) Bands Do Daytrotter Sessions

    A couple weeks ago we brought you news that local favorites Dear and the Headlights recorded a session for Daytrotter, which is sort of Chicago's answer to The Peel Sessions, with upcoming indie acts doing four-song semi-live sets. Since then, two more bands with Arizona connections have been on, Tu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Oops, They Did it Again

    The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

  • Music

    April 10, 2008

    The Sword brings you metal without cliché on Gods of the Earth

    The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Nomen Omen: The Worst-Named Bands Playing at SxSW This Year

    The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2007

    Show Barrage

    The BCS still sucks, but Longhorns’ loss is Fiesta Bowl’s gain

  • Music

    March 29, 2007

    Asylum Street Spankers

    It will hurt them more than it hurts you

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Leveled?

    Proposals on their way to the Phoenix City Council could put the historic warehouse district in jeopardy

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    The Applicators

    Apply directly to the forehead

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    The Full Nelson

    Willie make it

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    The Tuna Helpers

    Freaky-funky-gothy casserole

  • Music

    January 5, 2006

    Let There Be Rock

    Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways

  • Music

    December 1, 2005

    Bob Schneider

    Singer-songwriter is not a bad word

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Drums and Tuba

    The group that debunks categories

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    I'm Eighteen!

    He's legal and he's legitimate. Blues prodigy J.D. Simo tells you how he's changed since 13.

  • Music

    August 22, 2002

    Various Artists, Dan Zanes and Friends, Tom Paxton

    The Bottle Let Me Down (Bloodshot), Family Dance (Festival Five), Your Shoes, My Shoes (Red House)

  • Music

    May 23, 2002

    Brown and Red

    These days, his signature guit-steel playing leaves listeners slack-jawed. But it took Junior Brown a long time to get to center stage.

  • Music

    February 21, 2002

    The Loner

    Emotionally fragile Texas legend Daniel Johnston ventures out into the wicked world

  • Film

    November 8, 2001

    Simulating the Senses

    The director of Slacker returns to put reality in suspended animation with Waking Life

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Best Club For Modern Rock

    Modified

  • Music

    March 29, 2001

    Texas State of Mind

    The South by Southwest music conference might've been a disappointment this year, but there are still plenty of questions left to be answered

  • Music

    February 15, 2001

    12LB. Test

    Harm's Way (Miles of Music Recordings)

  • Music

    October 12, 2000

    Shotgun Franny

    Local blues diva gets some Texas-size love from the Red-Headed Stranger

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Truckers on Speed

    No Sense in Runnin'
    (self-released)

  • Music

    January 13, 2000

    True Believer

    From punk to rock to country, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    The Groover Is Gone

    When they buried Doug Sahm, they buried Texas music

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    Recordings

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me / The Clash Tribute: Burning London / Jon Dee Graham

  • Culture

    July 24, 1997

    Art on the Fly

    Sky Harbor shows provide a sense of place, however fleeting

  • Music

    November 3, 1993

    HONESTY IS THE BEST ANODYNEUNCLE TUPELO KEEPS ITS MIDWESTERN ROOTS ON THE WAY TO LOW-TECH SUCCESS

    Sky Harbor shows provide a sense of place, however fleeting

  • News

    October 13, 1993

    BREECH OF FAITH

    TAMMI CARMODY THOUGHT SHE WS OVER THE PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH. THEN SHE GOT THE BILL.

  • Music

    July 28, 1993

    NO MELLOW CELLO

    LYLE LOVETT'S CELLIST, JOHN HAGEN, BENDS MORE THAN STRINGS

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