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'06 Pandemic Poll; the So Much Silence edition

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

Letters

Letters from the week of August 7, 2003

Shout Out Out Out Out: Dumb Name, Album of the Year

Album art compliments of the 1973 French sci-fi film Fantastic PlanetIt's just barely March and I already have a solid pick for my favorite album of the year. Animal Collective gave us Merriweather Post Pavilion and I fawned over it. It's a solid offering, scaling back the Baltimore act's weirdness ... More >>

Micachu - Innovative Pop Genius, Bona Fide Album of the Year

Jewellery is, in my opnion, the best album of 2009Armed with subtle yet snarky British vocals and a staggering amount of originality, Britain's Mica Levi has assembled an album that stands as one of 2009's best so far. I know I have already deemed Reintegration Time by Edmonton's Shout Out Out Out O ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 19, 2009

Jewellery is, in my opnion, the best album of 2009Armed with subtle yet snarky British vocals and a staggering amount of originality, Britain's Mica Levi has assembled an album that stands as one of 2009's best so far. I know I have already deemed Reintegration Time by Edmonton's Shout Out Out Out O ... More >>

Streaker

The rise and fall -- and rise and fall -- of Phoenix Coyotes record-breaking goalie

Family Circus Freaks

Spyder Yardley Jones gives pop culture icons a sick twist

Bob Marley

Classic Albums Series: Catch a Fire(Rhino Home Video)

Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air ... 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 >>

Top Ten of 2009: Michael Lopez

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Michael Lopez, a New Times contributor, and regular blogger at Up on th ... More >>

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Cancer Drugs in Arizona and Abroad

www.icanhazcheezburger.com Chuck Norris​At the federal courthouse in Phoenix this morning, a Canadian man pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit cancer medication over the Internet to victims in Arizona and as far away as Belgium.Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, pleaded guilty to f ... More >>

Katy Perry Coming to Phoenix (Thank Her Sponsor, Schick Razors!)

​Skankstress Katy Perry just announced a tour date for Phoenix's Comerica Theatre on August 3.It's part of a "California Dreams" tour that starts on June 7 in Atlanta and runs through August 14, the second show in Katy's hometown Santa Barbara, California. Tickets, priced pretty modestly at $3 ... More >>

Phoenix Symphony Tapped to Back Cover Singer

San Francisco's symphony famously backed Metallica for a two-disc epic called S&M, redefining how many people look at metal in the process. The Phoenix Symphony will back Canadian Christian singer Jim Witter, who has made his living doing knockoffs of popular tours like the Elton John/Billy J ... More >>

Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker's David Lowery on Texas, Barry Goldwater, and John Wayne

David Lowery and Cracker​David Lowery stands at the helm of two well known bands -- Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker -- and he's playing with both of them tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13, at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale. Not only is Lowery pulling double duty, but both bands will be playing semin ... More >>