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Dynamite the Liberator Explain "Treehouse"

See also: Phoenix Rockers Dynamite the Liberator Talk About What's Been Missing in the Valley Music Scene Alternative funk rockers, Dynamite the Liberator have become regulars around town. The fledgling quartet comprising singer Marcus Terrell Smith, guitarist John J. Yohimbe, bassist Rich Tokatyan ... More >>

The Sandwich Nazi (NSFW, Not Even a Little)

Please do not disregard the NSFW tag. Beyond the initial candle-in-rectum story there's a good bit of male frontal nudity and some of the foulest language imaginable. The handwritten warning outside of this man's shop explains it best: This is the story of the world's most profane sandwich maker, ... More >>

Joe Lewis of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears on Clubs, James Brown, and Scandalous

​Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are back with more of the same garage soul that they do so well. Their loud personality and groovy James Brown-style outshine those of other bands in the genre. Frontman Joe Lewis spoke to Up On The Sun about why the group loves playing at clubs, having Bro ... More >>

`Snake on a Plane' Phoenix Murder Suspect May Actually Be Brought to Justice

Avtar Grewal, the native of India who came to town in March 2007, went to the Ahwatukee home of his estranged wife Navneet Kaur, and beat her to death, finally may have his day in a county courtroom.The equivalent of India's Supreme Court paved the way a few days ago for Grewal's long-awaited extrad ... More >>

Canada to Blame for Filling Valley With Smoke

​If you drove to work this morning thinking the Valley looks hazier than usual, you're right -- and Canada's to blame.Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, tells New Times the haze isn't the usual smog that often blocks the mountainous scenery during the ... More >>

Canadians Considering Invading United States -- to Save Housing Market. Phoenix on the Short List of Probable Canadian Destinations

bustedtees.com Could be America's wallet, too.​A Canadian financial institution released a survey saying one in five maple leaf-ers want to hop the border to live in the United States, and before you yell "border fence," consider their intent: they want to invest in America's housing market ... More >>

Scrap Shoot

Don’t get progressive music? Start here.

Runner Helene Neville Literally Means Cross Country

Steve Nash Retirement Story Stirs Up Sadness on Planet Orange

Steve Nash​This week's New Times feature about the imminent retirement of Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash has received a lot of attention from local -- and national -- news outlets. A lot of people are saying the story is a hoax. But for many Suns fans, the news that their hero is leaving the ... More >>

Setting Sun: Steve Nash's Quitting the Phoenix Suns to Enter Canadian Politics

Marianas Trench's 'Masterpiece Theatre' Goes Beyond Canadian Pop-Punk

Marianas Trench​There's just something about Canada and pop-punk bands. Some of the most successful, teen-friendly groups to come out of our neighbor to the north embrace that sorta whiny, super-catchy sound, from Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 to Simple Plan and Hedley. Here's hoping Marianas Trench is ... More >>

Warren Jeffs Wins New Trial After Utah Court Reverses Rape Accomplice Convictions

A few hours ago, the Utah Supreme Court announced that it has reversed the 2007 criminal convictions against Warren S. Jeffs, the super-creepy messianic leader of an Arizona-based polygamous sect. We have written often in these pages about Jeffs and his sect, the Fundamentalist Church of J ... More >>

A Joyful Noise

North of the border sonic nihilists eff stuff up

Japandroids

Japandroids

Hemoptysis Singer Guitarist Masaki Murashita Chases His Thrash-Metal Dreams

Kanye West, Lady Gaga Plot Tour: Phoenix is First Stop

​Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye's last tour, I'm super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael Lopez.Full concert dates bel ... More >>

The Love Me Nots Set Album Release Date, Plan Tour

​The top act in Phoenix's garage rock scene, The Love Me Nots, has set a September 18 release date for their new record, Upsidedown Insideout, which they recorded at Mesa's Flying Blanket Recordings with the legendary Detroit-based producer Jim Diamond. (You can read my interview with Diamond, don ... More >>

Former Format Frontman's New Band, Fun, Starts Touring Tomorrow

That Format-size hole in the heart of Phoenix music fans is about to get a little healing. Fun, the new NYC-based project by The Format's Nate Ruess, with ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff, will embark on a 34-date tour with Manchester Orchestra tomorrow ... More >>

Phoenix Wife Killer Continues to Evade Jaws of Justice

Format Busters

Songwriting duo Nate Ruess and Sam Means had enough of major-label drama, so now they're calling the shots

Primal Fur

Disney parade of pooches

Plundering the Faithful

Polygamists continue to pipe big money to their fugitive prophet as their towns face financial ruin

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

The Clumsy Lovers

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

BEST SEAFOOD

The Salt Cellar

Letters

Letters from the week of July 17, 2003

Dead Again

There's fresh meat for the Reaper in Final Destination 2

Drive Away

The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation.

Mow Better Blues

Dull-edged show at Mesa Contemporary Arts tries to cut the American lawn down to size

Retro No More

Singer-songwriter Neko Case and her musical pals bring country music out of the curio cabinet

Steers and Queers

Arizona's gay rodeo is one of the largest and most competitive in the country. And that's no bull.

Instrumental Asylum

Swingin' Sting? Bluegrass Bruce? Rhapsodic R.E.M.? You'll do a double take now that CMH Records has given your '80s favorites a second look.

Straits of Magellan

Canadian investors in a Phoenix-based company say they are victims of an international incident

Same Crime, Next Year

Wronged Ashley Judd goes gunning for justice in Double Jeopardy

Letters

From the week of May 27, 1999

The Sunset Set

Tending an interstate rest area has its perks -- people usually aren't among them

Loco Motives

he Combat Railfans celebrate the new year on the fright side of the tracks

Slack of Interest

Dazed and undistributed, engaging, locally produced Green lounges in layabout limbo

Recordings

Giant Sand Gives Fans the Boot

When is a bootleg not a bootleg? When it's "official." Howe Gelb explains why.

Grrls, Grrls, Grrls! Live! On Stage!

Short Subjects

Recordings

BUOY MEETS GILL

THE TRUCK STOPS HERE

RECYCLING MADE EASY! PHOENIX PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS CA ALCADE OF TRASH.

HEY, DUKE, WILL UBIQUITOUS?GUITARIST ROBILLARD HAS MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

Maglev Comes To Phoenix

Don't get too excited, commuters. It's only a license plate--so far.