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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 >>

Trippin' Out

The revolution continues on the road

Achin' to Be

Clumsy's Marc Solomon proves the perfect Replacement

Kinky Wizard

Long the king of his castle, ever-prolific Deathray Davies front man John Dufilho is learning to share

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 >>

Puscifer Sets Tour Dates, Plays Phoenix December 3 and 4

​Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been e ... More >>

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 >>

Death and Texas

Backward Theatre presents a strange salute to a dark day

Conan O'Brien Makes Phoenix Date Official, Announces Full Tour

Oh, Coco, we knew you'd make it happen​Conan O'Brien has announced via his twitter account (@ConanOBrien) that he will tour North America this spring.O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" will span 30 dates will kick off April 12 in Eugene, Oregon and will come th ... More >>

Green Day Announces Summer Tour, Phoenix Date in August

Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. See more shots of last year's Green Day concert in our slide show.Green Day announced a summer tour this morning, including a show that will bring the band to Phoenix for a second straight August.Last year the ... More >>

Erykah Badu's New Music Video Causes Loads of Controversy: She's Naked and She's Where JFK Was Shot

So in case you haven't yet seen, or heard, about the new Erykah Badu video, it's stirring up quite the controversy. The clip, embedded above, shows Badu walking through Dealey Plaza, in her hometown of Dallas while taking off her clothes one piece at a time.The plaza is infamous as the location whe ... More >>

Carrie Marill Showing in New York City and Dallas

"Flying, Shipping & Selling" by Carrie Marill is on display in NYC.​Man, local artist, Carrie Marill, is everywhere these days.Not only did she cleverly tap into the world wide web by featuring affordable art on www.20x200.com earlier this year, now she's showing in New York City and Dallas, T ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Beat Portland In Game Six to Win First-Round Series 4-2. Showdown With Hated Men in Black Begins Monday Night

nba.com The lights-out offense of Jason Richardson pushed the Suns past the stubborn Blazers in the first-round. He had 28 points and five threes last night in Portland.​Steve Nash played his worst game of the season and was still the hero of the Phoenix Suns' 99-90 victory over the tenaci ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Controversial 2008 Decision to Dump Shawn Marion? Priceless

As the Phoenix Suns steel themselves for what promises to be a killer best-of-seven series against longtime nemesis San Antonio, The Matrix, a.k.a. Shawn Marion, pops into our sports-addled head.   ​Once an almost-superstar with the Suns, and now relegated to a glorified journeyman role ... More >>

America's Most Wanted Fugitive Nabbed by Arizona-Based Task Force

www.amw.comJose Luis Covarrubias​The Arizona-based WANTED task force, a unit within the U.S. Marshal's Office, working in collaboration with Mexican authorities, announced today that it's arrested one of Texas' most wanted fugitives. Jose Luis Covarrubias, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen , was arrested ... More >>

Country Throwdown Tour's Stop at Cricket Wireless Pavilion Canceled

Montgomery Gentry won't be making their way to Phoenix this month.​Country music fans might just wind up crying a tear in their collective beers after hearing this particular bit of news: The Country Throwdown Tour has called off its stop at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion on June 18. Accordi ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 17, 2010

Montgomery Gentry won't be making their way to Phoenix this month.​Country music fans might just wind up crying a tear in their collective beers after hearing this particular bit of news: The Country Throwdown Tour has called off its stop at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion on June 18. Accordi ... More >>

GBH at The Clubhouse

GBH.​British hardcore punk rockers GBH name stands for "grievous bodily harm". While attendance at any punk show poses some threat of injury, what with mosh pits, angry teens, spiked belts, and extreme mohawks, the risk at last night's GBH show was a little higher.Locals Casket Life and Glass Hero ... More >>

Fast Girl

This hot chick rides hot hogs

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 >>

Dodge Theatre is Now Called Comerica Theatre

​Phoenix's biggest theater has a new name.Live Nation, the concert promoter who owns the building at 400 West Washington Street formerly known as Dodge Theatre, issued a press release today saying we are henceforth to refer to the 5,000 seat venue as Comerica Theatre.In keeping with longstanding P ... More >>

Houston's Closes, Hillstone Opens

​Houston's at the Esplanade closed its doors last night, reports the Phoenix Business Journal, after many years as a favorite haunt for the Camelback Corridor business crowd.Just up the street, though, its sister eatery, Hillstone, has finally opened its doors in a brand-new building situated ... More >>

Jimmie Vaughan's Got No Blues At All

​Houston's at the Esplanade closed its doors last night, reports the Phoenix Business Journal, after many years as a favorite haunt for the Camelback Corridor business crowd.Just up the street, though, its sister eatery, Hillstone, has finally opened its doors in a brand-new building situated ... More >>

What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

​Houston's at the Esplanade closed its doors last night, reports the Phoenix Business Journal, after many years as a favorite haunt for the Camelback Corridor business crowd.Just up the street, though, its sister eatery, Hillstone, has finally opened its doors in a brand-new building situated ... More >>

JFK Ambulance on Block at Barrett-Jackson Auction

Wanna go for a ride?​Anyone in the market for a morbid piece of history is in luck: the ambulance used to drive President John F. Kennedy following his assassination is for sale.The Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, to be held later this month, has added the JFK ambulance to the invento ... More >>

Barrett-Jackson's JFK Ambulance a Fraud? Blogger Claims Actual Ambulance Was Destroyed in 1986

The ambulance billed by Barrett-Jackson as the one that carried President John F. Kennedy could be a fraud.​About two weeks ago, we reported that at this year's Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, the ambulance that carried President John F. Kennedy after his 1963 assassinat ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV in Cave Creek, Arizona: the Good, the Bad, and the Trashy

​This year's Super Bowl was a special one for a lot of cities -- Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay among them. But few had a scene comparable to Cave Creek, Arizona.The hamlet north of Phoenix is most famous for drawing outlaws like the rapper DMX and Hell's Angel's founder Sonny Barger but it's a ... 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 >>

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

Super Bowling for Dollars

The great American game is another chance to foist false research on a gullible media

South by Southwest Was Embarrassing for Arizona -- But Who Cares?

The great American game is another chance to foist false research on a gullible media

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 >>

Arizona One of Two Finalists for 2015 Super Bowl. Bring on the Underage Hookers!

www.funnybabytshirts.comIf the Super Bowl comes to Arizona in 2015, you won't have any trouble finding beer. Hookers might be a little tougher to come by.​The National Football League announced today that Arizona is one of two finalist cities to host the 2015 Super Bowl, which means one thing: tho ... More >>

Heart Attack Grill Not Closing: "Taste Worth Dying For" Lives On -- Maybe.

Your coronary-inducing creation awaits, er, maybe.​What the hell is going on with the Heart Attack Grill? Last Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the fast food restaurant in Chandler, famous for scantily clad "nurses" serving up such sky-high caloric fare as Bypass Burgers and frie ... More >>

Investigations Into Thomas Abbott's Brutal Death Were Botched by Phoenix Police; His Family's Convinced It's Because He Was Gay

Your coronary-inducing creation awaits, er, maybe.​What the hell is going on with the Heart Attack Grill? Last Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the fast food restaurant in Chandler, famous for scantily clad "nurses" serving up such sky-high caloric fare as Bypass Burgers and frie ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 30, 2011

Your coronary-inducing creation awaits, er, maybe.​What the hell is going on with the Heart Attack Grill? Last Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the fast food restaurant in Chandler, famous for scantily clad "nurses" serving up such sky-high caloric fare as Bypass Burgers and frie ... More >>

Top Five Musician Beatdowns

Last week, ​Nicki Minaj got into an altercation with a personal assistant, Safaree Samuels, according to Billboard.While the two fought in a hotel room in Dallas, Texas, Samuels allegedly shoved a suitcase full of his personal belongings in Minaj's face and hit her in the lower lip after she told ... More >>

SofaKingRadio: Broadcasting Local Bands To The World, From Scottsdale

Photos by Anthony SandovalThe Sofa King himself, Dan G.​Dan G wakes up while it's still dusk outside and gets ready to start his day at 4 a.m. Work is a small, family-owned butcher shop in Scottsdale called French's Meat Shoppe. He wields sharp blades, dicing up various kinds of animal flesh befor ... More >>

Arizona Submits Bid for 2015 Super Bowl. Again, Bring on the Underage Hookers!

www.funnybabytshirts.com​National Football League officials will receive Arizona's official bid to host the 2015 Super Bowl today, which -- as we noted in April -- means one thing: thousands and thousands of underage hookers will invade the state to cash in on the testosterone of Super Bowl weeke ... More >>

August 1 In Blogs: Brian Brooks, Happy Hour, Kings of Leon, and Gabrielle Giffords

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs.Today's entries:

August 1 In Blogs: Brian Brooks, Happy Hour, Kings of Leon, and Gabrielle Giffords

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs.Today's entries:

Rick Perry's Texas Is a Fantasy Land

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs.Today's entries:

Mythical Underage Super Bowl Hookers: Phoenix P.D. Won't Worry About the Mythical Invastion Until 2014

www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.​The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>

St. Vincent Dials Up the Aggression on Strange Mercy

www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.​The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 20th, 2011

www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.​The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>

New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.​The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>

Seven Concerts We Were Sad to See Cancelled in 2011

​At the end of the year, we like to take a look back and think about all the awesome shows we saw throughout the months. But for whatever reason, 2011 seemed to be a year of cancellations -- and some pretty huge shows were canceled, at that. So here are the shows we were sad to see go. We're ... More >>

Turbid North @ Club Red

​At the end of the year, we like to take a look back and think about all the awesome shows we saw throughout the months. But for whatever reason, 2011 seemed to be a year of cancellations -- and some pretty huge shows were canceled, at that. So here are the shows we were sad to see go. We're ... More >>

Message to the New Restaurant at the Camelback Esplanade: Good Luck

​It's no secret that Camelback Esplanade, the mixed-use development on the southeast corner of Camelback Road and 24th Street, hasn't exactly been the most successful place to put a restaurant. Tough to see from Camelback Road, parking hassles (you're either walking from across the street or ... More >>