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Yucca Tap Room's Halloween Party Features All-Star Punk Lineup

We know there's tons of Halloween parties happening this weekend, with a little something for everyone going down. If you're spending the whole weekend at home noshing on Halloween candy and watching zombie movies, you're doing it wrong. But for fans seeking punk thrills, the Yucca Tap Room is the ... More >>

Los Dias de la Crescent Brings 24 of Your Favorite Local Bands Downtown

Crescent Ballroom knows the value of big local shows. Remember the line around the block for the Mergence, Black Carl, What Laura Says, Future Loves Past Show? How about when Ladylike nearly sold the joint out? What Laura Says has an ongoing Sunday residency, and the venue hosts nifty things like ... More >>

The Bouncing Souls and The Menzingers at Nile Theater, 7/8/12 (VIDEO)

The Bouncing Souls and The Menzingers Nile Theater Sunday, July 8, 2012 See also: The Bouncing Souls' Greg Attonito on Florida, Comet, and ECFU See also: The Menzingers' Tom May Discusses Touring With His Heroes, Like The Descendents and Bouncing Souls If you've seen The Bouncing Souls before, yo ... More >>

When the Sun Goes Down, Exotic Nightlife Locales Light Up

Ross Rocks Benefit at Hollywood Alley, 4/28/12

Ross Rocks Hollywood Alley Saturday, April 28 Ross Wincek, the co-owner of Hollywood Alley is responsible for bringing countless great bands to Phoenix over the past 25 years, as well as giving local bands a place to grow. Wincek had a stroke in March, so local bands and fans of the Alley are doing ... More >>

William Fucking Reed, What Are You Listening To?

William Fucking ReedReed deejays Sticky Fingers every Friday night at Bar Smith. For more info, visit Sticky Fingers' official website. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Currently, my car radio defaults to KWSS 106.7-FM, which hosts ... More >>

World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Marquee Theatre

Record Heat by Brad Dwyer (NSFW)

​Plenty of folks like to think of The Rogue has Scottsdale's own CBGB's -- and with that excellently dingy punk rock bathroom, it's hard to argue against the club being one of the best loved dive/rock 'n' roll clubs in town.Its' the sort of place where things can go from freaky to freakier pre ... More >>

Jeff Freundlich, What Are You Listening To?

Jeff Freundlich​Jeff Freundlich Freundlich is the co-owner of Fervor Records, home to bands such as Super Stereo.  When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KWSS. Beef Vegan and the crew crack me up, and they embrace new music. What ... More >>

Living Colour's Doug Wimbish Discusses Band Reunions, Jimi Hendrix, and Embracing Your Fears

Living Colour​A lot has happened to punk-metal pioneers Living Colour in the 23 years since their breakthrough album, Vivid, was released. After having hits with their songs "Cult of Personality" and "Open Letter (To a Landlord)," the band broke up while the members devoted themselves to various ... More >>

Tim Eriksen on Gospel, Punk, Ethnomusicology and The MIM

​ To call balladeer Tim Eriksen's career varied would be a colossal understatement. Few artists can claim such expansive work: He's shared stages from CBGB to Carnegie Hall with Nirvana, Weezer, Jack White, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, playing punk, jazz, world music, folk and gospel. He also app ... More >>

The Cro-Mags

Cro-Mags

Guns N' Roses Disgraces the Hallowed Ground of CBGB

Well, let's face it. That ground was desecrated in April 2008. A year and a half after the legendary punk club closed down, John Varvatos opened a boutique store on the spot. Since then, it has become something of an underground tradition for those passing by the intersection at Bowery and Bleecker ... More >>

Patti Smith Through an Arizonan’s Eyes

Recipe: Dirty Phoenix Bomber from Jugheads

Benjamin LeathermanJugheads bartender Tyler King.Since first getting into the bartending trade during his teenage years, Tyler King has dealt drinkage to punks and drunks in both New York City and Phoenix. Back during his Gotham days, he was behind the bar at the landmark CBGBs on Manhattan's Lower ... More >>

Behind the Bar: Tyler King at Jugheads

Benjamin LeathermanTyler King does his drink-mixing thing at Jegheads in east Phoenix.​Tyler King is one tough-looking hombre. Sporting a tee shirt for notorious New Jersey hardcore band Shattered Realm and innumerable tattoos covering his burly frame from head to toe, the 38-year-old bartender ... More >>

Peoria's Fivespeed Is Back After a Storm of Drugs, Fighting, and Label Woes

Blood Brothers

Fans and promoters of hardcore shows examine the genre's distinctive styles

School of Rock

George Tabb pens a piece of punk history

Pal Joey

Posthumous solo debut shines a light on Joey Ramone's defiantly upbeat final days

Crushing Groove

Bionic Jive's hip-hop/metal fusion is an accident that's about to happen

Cretin Hopping

Veteran roadie John Calleo brings together four rock veterans for the one-off Ramones tribute Rocket to Russia

The Donnas

Turn 21 (Lookout! Records)

Shotgun Franny

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

Sonny Outlook

Sonny Vincent, still on the road less traveled

Kids' Play

The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

Jive Talkin'

Local rap metalers ink a bionic record deal

Tsar Power

Little girls understand, so success is a foregone conclusion

Meet the New Boss

Boss Hog's Cristina Martinez emerges from a five-year hiatus with a bouncing baby and a fresh new sound

Cover Girl

Chan Marshall's latest album is a collection of other people's songs, but it still smells like Cat Power

Wong Place, Right Time

Long Wong's Sara Cina looks back on a decade of booze, bars and bands

End of the Century

The Ramones offer one more burst of brilliance with a new anthology

Living the Blues

Local blues crusader Bob Corritore turns his boyhood dreams into reality

Rave On

Los Guys turn loose-knit side project into something meaningful

Car Talk

Jesus Chrysler Supercar prepares to take on the industry big boys at South by Southwest

Recordings

Children of the Revolution

Rock en Espaol finds a weekend showcase spot at Melody Lounge

Something Old, Something New

In 1996, punk was murdered by its parents and resurrected by its children

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Hope You Die Before We Get Old

The reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Blue Ska Ahead

Thirty years after ska was born in Jamaica, its prospects in the U.S. have never looked better, thanks in part to Toasters founder Rob "Bucket" Hingley

Live Wire

Jono Come Not So Lately

H.O.R.D.E. mentor Jono Manson goes nationwide with a li'l help from his friends in Blues Traveler

TAPES IN THE MAIL AGAIN

A CRAMPED INTERIOR

THE CRAMPS' LUX PONTIFICATES ON ART, LIFE AND THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS

PORT O' CRAWL: TUCSON

THE GOOD OL' BOY FROM NYC

NEWCOMER BOB WODDRUFF PLAYS BY NASHVILLE'S RULES; HE JUST PREFERS THE OLD ONES

BACK FROM PLANET XLOS ANGELES' MOST INFLUENTIAL PUNK-ROCK EXLORERS HAVE RETURNED, SEEKING CASH

THERE'S NO CURE FOR THE CRAMPSTHE SEVENTIES NEW YORK PUNK GROUP IS JUST AS BAD AS EVER