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11 Ways to Survive Music Festivals on a Budget

Let's face it: Arizona isn't exactly prime real estate for music festivals. Yes, we have the party-hard atmosphere of Country Thunder and the locally beloved McDowell Mountain Music Fest, the EDM-drenched Soundwave and some killer jazz fests. But our fair desert doesn't yet have the appeal or pull o ... More >>

Top Metal Festivals of 2013

When the lineup for Rock on the Range was announced last week, a flurry of emails between myself and three other of my fellow chick metal journalists/enthusiasts ensued regarding flights, hotels, and tickets. We had all attended the weekend festival together in 2012, and relished the thought of a he ... More >>

The Year in Heavy Metal: 2012

The year 2012 brought an array of exciting moments in heavy metal, from album releases by veteran acts like Napalm Death and younger bands like Goatwhore, to some of the biggest ever heavy metal festivals, to a few of my personal favorite interviews with metal legends. Enjoy -- and happy metal fuc ... More >>

Rascal Flatts Restaurant Chain to Launch in Phoenix With 14,000-Square-Foot Space

Look out Alice, Rascal Flatts, the award-winning American country band who've sang with Justin Bieber, are developing their own fashion line, and, according to Forbes, pulled down 45 million big ones in 2010, have their sights set on a new venture: a restaurant chain. And where better to put a res ... More >>

Morrissey Is Coming to the Marquee Theatre

See also: We Love Morrissey, but Does He Love Us? See also: Morrissey at the Oprheum Theatre It's weird time to be Morrissey: British rock tabloid NME recently apologized to the downer-pop icon for calling alleging he's racist (stop me if you think that you've heard that one before), he's currently ... More >>

Metal Tuesday: Confessions of a Groupie (Well, Sort Of)

Editor's note: We normally run Metal Mondays on, well, Monday, but took yesterday off in honor of Memorial Day. So please enjoy today's "Metal Monday" column, by our resident rock 'n' roll lady Lauren Wise, one day later than usual. Groupies have always fascinated me. They look like supermodels, ... More >>

Corsets and Grindcore; The Dudes Get it Right, the Bitches Own It

Once again I found myself writing a Metal Monday column on a plane with a glass of whiskey. I'm headed to Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio, to see Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, and about 30 other acts (stay tuned for that review next week). Most importantly, I'm sitting nex ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Whining About Ohio Mayor's Boycott "Sounds Kinda Like a Publicity Stunt," Mayor's Office Says. Um...Duh

Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael Coleman​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio got a little pissy earlier this week when three police officers from Columbus, Ohio weren't granted permission to come to Arizona for training with the sheriff's boys in beige. The reason: Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman ... More >>

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's Still Boycotting Arizona. Yay or Nay?

Coed MagazineJoe Arpaio is NOT one of them.​Michael Coleman, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, is still boycotting Arizona because of SB 1070, Arizona's controversial immigration law -- according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is (we've got a call into to Coleman's office to verify -- stay ... More >>

Ohio Mayor Still Boycotting Arizona Over SB1070 -- and Joe Arpaio's Pissed

Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael Coleman is still boycotting Arizona.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pink panties are in a bit of a wad after an Ohio mayor refused to grant police officers in his city the permission to come to Arizona and train with the MCSO's Drug Recognition Unit, which Arpaio ... More >>

Marcella's Italian Kitchen Closed

​Following the recent closing of Fred's at Barneys, Scottsdale Fashion Square can add another restaurant shuttering to its list of casualties: Marcella's Italian Kitchen. Part of a Columbus-based chain, Marcella's, known for "authentic Italian cuisines of pizzas, pastas, handcrafted cocktail ... More >>

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home

Good Time from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams on Vimeo. There are no secrets to ice cream making at home. Classic ice cream recipes begin with a cooked custard base of milk or cream, or a combination of the two, egg yolks and sugar. Temper the eggs with the hot milk or cream, cool the mixture, pour int ... More >>

Crowned Jewels

The Decemberists Coming to Mesa Arts Center

​Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act's extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other leg ... More >>

America's 9 Worst Music Venue Names: When Shoddy Sponsorship Deals Embarrass an Entire City

The newly-named 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa: Is this the gold standard in shitty corporate-sponsored venue names?​When it comes to corporate-sponsorship of venue names, Phoenix is blessed.Our basketball team plays in U.S. Airways Center, named for a successful local airline. Our hockey te ... More >>

The Black Swans' Jerry DeCicca Talks Touring, Larry Jon Wilson, and Vermont

The Black Swans Jerry DeCicca with some black swans​ When preparing for an interview with a band I Google the hell out of them beforehand. In the case of Columbus, Ohio band The Black Swans, this task was a little more difficult than normal thanks to the movie Black Swan. In fact, when trying t ... More >>

O.A.R. @ Celebrity Theatre

The Deep End

Gay softball team throws big bash before big tourney

Landmine Marathon Debuts New Video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants"

​How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants" by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn't have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a huge crush on lead screamer Grace P ... More >>

Ohio Radio Station Apologizes for Arizona Alien-Chasing Contest

​A radio station in Ohio, which last week held a contest where the winner would be whisked away for a weekend in Arizona -- where "Americans are proud and illegals are scared" -- offered an on-air apology yesterday for the insensitive stunt.Brian Dytko, the station manager for News Talk 610 WTVN i ... More >>

Ohio Radio Station Holds Contest to Send Listeners to Phoenix to "Chase Aliens"

​A radio station in Columbus, Ohio, held a contest this week where the grand prize was a weekend getaway to Phoenix where the winner could spend their time "chasing aliens" -- presumably of the illegal variety.See? Not everyone's boycotting Arizona.However, if you were thinking "I bet Rush Limbaug ... More >>

Job for a Cowboy Tour Dates and Landmine Marathon Album Stream

Job For A Cowboy​Wanna hear some free local metal? MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Landmine Marathon's new album, Sovereign Descent, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 16.In other Phoenix-area metal news, Glendale's Job for a Cowboy have announced a spring headlining tour that kicks o ... More >>

Landmine Marathon Preps for Album Release, SxSW Appearance

Pearls of Wisdom

Ongoing poetry slam livens up things

Fred's, Modern Steak, and Marcella's Opening Soon

​It's fun to shop 'til you drop, but even better to shop up an appetite. Shopaholics are buzzing about the new Barneys New York opening at Fashion Square on October 15, but there's plenty for restaurant-goers to look forward to as well. Three new eateries are set to open along with the mall ... More >>

Black Pearl Poetry Grand Kick Off feat. Alvin Lau

Pelican, Black Cobra set to rock The Clubhouse

Chicago instrumental rockers Pelican are gearing up for their newest album with a stop at The Clubhouse this October​Chicago-based four piece Pelican are busy readying their new LP, What We All Come to Need, and tuning up for their upcoming tour, including a date in Tempe. The instrumental post-me ... More >>

Ink Inc.

Tat franchisers bring edgy con back to the Biltmore

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 >>

Austin's The Meat Puppets Have New Album, Tour

The Meat Puppets of Austin, Texas Austin, Texas based-band The Meat Puppets (How much do you old Mill types hate seeing that? But that's how they bill themselves!) have a new album, Sewn Together, coming out next month and will tour extensively in support of it, playing everywhere in the continenta ... More >>

The California Wavves’ Wavves (Fat Possum) Is Insane and Out of Control, Just Like Real Life

Landmine Marathon Signs with Prosthetic Records

Well, that was fast! The day after Mike Meyer's feature on them ran in our print edition, local death metal band Landmine Marathon have announced they've signed with Prosthetic Records, home to critically lauded (by death-metal standards) acts such as Lamb of God, Gojira, and All That Remains. They' ... More >>

Rascal Flatts Coming to Cricket March 12

It's probably an oddity that Columbus, Ohio had a reputation for producing quality country music for so long, but that's what spawning Dwight Yoakam does for you. But whatever country cred the giant-Applebee's-of-a-city had through Yoakam was quickly squandered in 2004 when Rascal Flatts' "Mayberry" ... More >>

Future Shock: Annuals, Jimmy Eat World, Times New Viking, and more

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

The Bodmod Squad

Scarification Nation meets Frank Lloyd Wright

Two Cow Garage

Fabulously sad

Sticking With It

Lacrosse season begins for the Arizona Sting

Day of the Dreads

Good and bad hair days in Scottsdale

Stage Fight

It's KISS vs. Aerosmith in a battle for your metal-god dollar

Entry Level

O.A.R. traveled instantly from Ohio State University to touring nationally. They have only their fans to thank.

Let It Blast

Listen up, punk: New Bomb Turks are bawdy, bold and sick of whiners

French Twist

The Amor Belhom Duo are Parisians by birth, and Tucsonans by choice

Letters

10 Best Sevens of the Nine Six

One From the Heart

SCOURING THE DESERT FOR MISS KITTY

WENDY'S CHOICE

SHE WAS PROMISED SHE COULD ADOPT A RUSSIAN BABY IN EXCHANGE FOR HUMANITARIAN AID. IT WASN'T THAT EASY.

WHERE EAGLES SCRUMALL-STAR RUGBY HOPEFULS TO INVADE TEMPE

GO FOR BROKE

AS AMERICA WEST GOES, SO GO PHOENIC AND TEMPE? GULP.