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Ommegang's Game of Thrones Iron Throne Blonde Ale

Beer: Game of Thrones Iron Throne Blonde Ale Brewery: Brewery Ommegang Style: Belgian Blonde ABV: 6.5 percent Winter is coming, my brothers. I've just received a raven from the far-off land of Cooperstown, New York, where the alchemist guild at Brewery Ommegang has been working hard on a series of ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Manny Happy Returns

Your Holiday Heavy Metal Gift Guide

What's the most metal gift you've ever received? I can think of several that stick out: Led Zeppelin vinyl, a miniature model of Dimebag Darrell's Razorback lightning bolt guitar, spike-bedecked high heels that would make a dominatrix envious, a stripper pole paired with a handle of whiskey. But I ... More >>

Anamieke Quinn Leads the Charge of an Emerging Valley Music Scene

In Celebration of the Best Metal Documentaries

See also: Metallica at Outside Lands: The Five Best Parts of the Band's Fiery San Francisco Show See also: The 10 Most Ridiculous Claims Made By Dave Mustaine of Megadeth See also: Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Set Free; Five Finger Death Punch Weighs InHeavy metal fans are a tenacious bunch. Plenty o ... More >>

Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Set Free; Five Finger Death Punch Weighs In

See also: Lamb of God and Dethklok Cancel Tour See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off On August 7, Blythe was allowed to leave a Czech prison after posting $400,000 bail. Of cou ... More >>

SMoCA's Time-Capsule Exhibition Is Entertaining But Lacks Innovation

Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Lamb of God and Dethklok Cancel Tour

See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off The continued incarceration of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic in alleged connection with the death of a fan in 2010 ... More >>

Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off

See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace The arrest and detention of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic has held the attention of metal fans since his arrest on ... More >>

We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air

Like any band, Lamb of God has had their ups and downs: Drugs, booze, strife, you know, rock 'n' roll. In 2012 Virginia metal titans released their seventh studio album, Resolution, to great reviews. The band announced that it was shooting a tour document as they supported the album on the road, ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Radiohead Tribute

​Radiohead is a pretty academic seeming band. And so it's only fitting that a bunch of local bands are taking to Scottsdale to school you in all things Radiohead. You thought you knew all of the band's songs, didn't you? Maybe you do, but now you'll get to hear them with a fresh twist by some band ... More >>

Christopher Danowski, What Are You Listening To?

Christopher Danowski​Christopher Danowski Danowski is the co-conspirator of Theater in My Basement, which is working on a new series of performance/video/installations on the nine muses and planning for the next Teatro Caliente festival in January 2011.When you put your key in the ignition and tur ... More >>

The Knux Kick Off US Tour at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar

​It's a pretty common complaint around town that awesome acts often skip Phoenix on tour. Well, here's a story that argues the opposite. New Orleans-based rap duo The Knux are kicking of their tour here in the Phoenix Metro, at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar on Tuesday, November 8. The band often gets c ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Mother Mother

​Vancouver band Mother Mother are holding it down with an awesome flier with a palette of summer hues. The graphics on the flier were taken from the cover of the band's album Eureka, which was released in March. It's bright, it's ferocious, it's awesome, and it's the flier of the week.Mother Mothe ... More >>

Manny and Lindsay Tripodis, What Are You Listening To?

​Manny & Lindsay Tripodis The co-owners of The Rogue Bar want you to come to the Prague CD release party this Saturday, May 14, with additional performances by Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Ladylike and Blue Skies. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would pla ... More >>

Long Wong's in Tempe Introduces Monthly Residencies

Ladylike is playing the first month-long residency at the new Long Wong's.​Local rock outfit Kinch got a lot attention from their three January residencies in LA, San Diego and Scottsdale. Now the newish Long Wong's at the Firehouse in Tempe is running with the idea.Technically, the promo is calle ... More >>

Czech This Out

Coyotes go all Euro to begin new season

Phoenix Coyotes Release 2010-11 Schedule; Open Season In Czech Republic

fannation.comJobing.com Arena​ Do you have your passport and Coyotes jersey ready? The Phoenix Coyotes released their 2010-11 regular season schedule Tuesday, and it begins with an unlikely location for the first two games. The Yotes will play the Boston Bruins in Prague, Czech Republic, October ... More >>

Morning Glory

Wake up, y’all. The Americans are on the tube.

Behind the Bar: Tyler Christensen at Malee's Thai Bistro

​Not only is Tyler Christensen the bar manager at Malee's Thai Bistro, but he's also a musician, world traveler (where he picks up ingredients and ideas for drink creations) and public-transit advocate. Oh, and did we mention he started his own independent record label?One of Christensen's other p ... More >>

Chef Christopher Gross Expects Another Foie Protest

​There are quite a few restaurants serving foie gras in the Valley, but for some reason, Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge have become a favorite target of protesters who consider the production of foie to be animal cruelty. Chef-owner Christopher Gross says he's had protesters show ... More >>

House at the End of the World

Japanese DJ/producer has been everywhere – but here

Foie Gras Protest Tomorrow at Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge

Foie gras is on menus at some of the best restaurants in the Valley. But tomorrow, a group of protesters will do their best to shed a different light on the culinary delicacy -- and they'll do it in front of a well-respected Phoenix restaurant, James Beard Award-winning chef Christopher Gross' Chri ... More >>

Speed Camera Pickax Attacker Gets Probation and Fine

A man who attacked a freeway speed camera with a pickax back in December won't go to jail, but must pay a fine of more than $3,500. He also has to serve a term of probation.Travis Munroe Townsend (pictured) was seen by a Department of Public Safety motorcycle officer on the side of the Loop 101 nea ... More >>

Taraf Degrief, Integers are for Counting, & Wingnut @ Trunk Space

Transnational Pastime

Phoenix Sister Cities are doin’ it for themselves at Hance Park

Big-Time Tennis, Anyone?

Surprise! West Valley town lands another big fish.

Glendale Man Arrested on Suspicion of Hammering Speed Camera With Pickax: Hero or Villain?

  A Glendale man has been arrested on suspicion of vandalizing a speed camera on Loop 101 by striking it with a pickax. Late Wednesday night, a motorcycle officer with the Department of Public Safety heard a lot of banging noises while he was staked out under an overpass. When h ... More >>

Local Photo Enforcement Vandalism is Child's Play Compared to Destruction of Speed Cameras Elsewhere

New Times first reported two weeks ago that the speed cameras being placed abundantly throughout town by the Arizona Department of Public Safety were being "vandalized" with -- gasp -- Post-It notes. Scofflaw activists hope placing the sticky notes on camera lenses will b ... More >>

Good Degrief

Yiddish music duo ushers in the Jewish New Year

Artist Betsy Schneider takes pictures of her children naked and shows them to the world

The Bird needles Crispin Glover over his alleged meltdown at Chandler Cinemas

Hometown pride: Finding what's special about the 'Nix

We'll Always Have Prague

Late musician's minimal legacy lives on

Walking the Talk

Of short words and long pants

Scared Stiff

Casting a Paul over the proceedings

God Save the Queen

A talented rapper narrowly survives another lousy movie

Ball Busters

Soccer showdown heats up

Docu-Drama

The man behind the man behind the Moog synthesizer

Spurs of the Moment

Art exhibit highlights best of the West

Cheap Thrills

Small-budget flicks roll on the big screen

Twisp of the Tale

When C.D. Payne stopped writing ad copy, he created a revolutionary teenage hero

Foreign Affair

Czech indie rockers Sunshine are three wild and crazy guys -- musically speaking, anyway

Shut Up, Jeremy!

Two rock critics tackle all 25 live Pearl Jam albums, and for what? Nothing, man.

Red Rock Fest

Fed and Blarney

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