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Half String: Vintage Phoenix Shoegazers Reunite for California Tour

See also: Vintage Phoenix Shoegaze Band Half String Reissued by Brooklyn Label Captured Tracks The term "shoegazer" may have been birthed as a pejorative, but at this point, it's practically a badge of honor. The shoegaze movement of the '90s, which found British and American bands drenched in reve ... More >>

Vintage Phoenix Shoegaze Band Half String Reissued by Brooklyn Label Captured Tracks

It's easy to imagine the sounds of Tempe in the '90s dominated by jangle, over-driven camps cranked, and melodic singers crooning a Mill Ave export that would crack into the mainstream. But listening to Half String, a Tempe-based band that featured Brandon Capps, Tim Patterson, Matt Kruse, and Kimbe ... More >>

Modern Art Records' Ben Collins on Why Bands Skip Phoenix on Tour

In this week's issue (on stands tomorrow and online later today) I spoke to Miniature Tigers frontman Charlie Brand about the new album, Mia Pharaoh. Call 'em a "Brooklyn band" if you must, but they're showing Phoenix plenty of love: There's that downtown mural, and they're performing twice tomorrow ... More >>

10 Favorite Galleries in Metro Phoenix

​There are plenty of reasons to check out local artwork beyond it being one of the designated "days" our community has become so fond of. First Friday, Third Friday, Final Friday, Third Thursday, Second Saturday -- just leave the house already. Dozens of great places open their doors to cool ... More >>

So What Do Those 15 Favorite Songs Say About Us Anyway?

Lindsay Cates on the 1s and 2s ​Okay, so the 15 Favorite Songs thing. It happened. I freaked out a little (a lot) picking my selections, but it was a fun, in a self-aggrandizing way. I wrote yesterday that it was nearly impossible to do what the event asked: come up with 15 songs that you love a ... More >>

Phoenix Mayoral Candidates and Their Coveted Endorsements from City Council Members

​Several Phoenix City Council members have picked sides in the August 30 mayor's race.Councilman Tom Simplot stands with Phoenix mayoral candidate and lobbyist Wes Gullett, Councilmen Michael Johnson and Sal DiCiccio are on team Peggy Neely, a former councilwoman running for mayor, and Councilman ... More >>

Radar Bros.

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 1/20 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How did Kimber Lanning of Stinkweeks talk an association of record store geeks out of boycotting Arizona because ... More >>

Dec. 17 In Blogs: Discovery Channel, The Black Keys, Kimber Lanning, and Phoenix P.D. Investigates a Dead Baby

​​​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:

City Girl

Moving-and-shaking queen speaks at ASU

Kimber Lanning Says She'd 'Bet Her Life' on Central Corridor Booming

​It's finals week at Arizona State University, which means The State Press, the school's student newspaper, is printing articles that appear to be term papers. Like, for example, this monster 1,800-word profile of Stinkweeds Records owner, former Modified owner and all-around Phoenix indie booster ... More >>

May 11 In Blogs: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kimber Lanning, EaterAZ, and Fake Cancer Drugs

​​​​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: Feathered Bastard: Arnold Schwarzenegger Latest Celeb/Politician To Dis Arizona's SB 1070 Up on t ... More >>

“Looking Back on the Future” Shows Modified Arts Is in Good Hands

New Long Wong's Music Venue: What Does It Mean?

​OK, by now you've perhaps read on our food blog that there's a new Long Wong's planned for Apache and McClintock. "Big Deal," you may be thinking, "those wing joints are everywhere."Not so fast. A close inspection of the zoning documents reveals that this Long Wong's is planning to have music up ... More >>

Goodbye, Modified Arts: Phoenix Scenesters Share Their Memories of the Downtown Music Venue

College Times Wades In To "Ovah" Controversy

​Last week's issue of College Times features an interview with Kimber Lanning where the Modified Arts owner talks a bit about her plans for the future and a little about the controversy surrounding my "Downtown is Ovah" column (and my followups) on the subject: College Times: Martin Cizmar from ... More >>

Modifiest: Friday the Thirteenth

​Apart from a markedly talented five band bill, the first night of the last Modifest brought Modified Arts owner Kimber Lanning to the event's forefront. After Treasure Mammal completed an invigorating set, Lanning stepped toward the stage and addressed the crowd. "Music is my number one passion," ... More >>

Modified Arts “Goes Gallery” Just as Yucca Tap Room Makes a Move

Home, Tweet Home: Jeff Moriarty Is Trying to Create a Cultural Identity for Phoenix, 140 Characters at a Time

Devour Phoenix Takes Over CenPho Culinary Festival

West of Western is no more at the Phoenix Art Museum, but the show must go on. The fifth annual installment of the popular culinary festival took place at the museum this past March. In March 2010, look for an all-new culinary fest at the museum called "Devoured," sponsored by a just-launched n ... More >>

Valley Venue Modified Arts Battles a Big Stink

Something smells funny at Modified Arts, and it's not just the sweaty bodies packed in to see the latest indie rock group. The beloved modest arts venue on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix has been suffering with the erratic aroma of sewage. If you've been in Modified during the past week -- o ... More >>

Independent Party

Who says we ain’t got cred?

Okkervil River, Calexico, Damien Jurado, and Giant Sand Are Just Some Of What’s Selling At Stinkweeds Record Exchange

Downtown Phoenix Scenesters Vent to City Officials that Light-Rail Service Should be Extended Past Midnight on Weekends

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Record Exchange

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Record Exchange

Double Play

Modified thinks two headliners are better than one

Act Globally, Drink Locally

Hangin' with the YIMBYs at Duck & Decanter

Not Quite the PLUG Awards, but...

Monkey Love

The blarney-lovin' buzzard's craw is full o' scuttlebutt from Covance's monkeyshines, trigger-happy Tasers, and Jello Biafra's Stinkweeds wig-out

Says Who??

Fever Pitch

Changes of venue

New Times 2006 Music Showcase

40 bands • one night • 9 bucks

2006 AZ Ska Punk Awards

Brokeback Mountain? Not nominated

Phoenix Has an Inferiority Complex

Or maybe you do

You Say You Wanna Resolution . . .

Well, you know, we all want to change careers

Stinkweeds

A local do-it-yourself empire expands

Curtains

Long Wong's finally closes, a new Stinkweeds will soon open

The Cool Index

Phoenix has always been hot. But can it ever be cool?

Speech Therapy

Richard Florida jump-starts downtown dialogue

BEST PLACE TO SEE A ROCK BAND

Modified Arts

Dim and Kimber

Discomfort in stupidity

Valley of the Drolls

New Times presents its first-ever Doofus and Darling Awards

Slightly Modified

Kimber Lanning and Leslie Barton restore the original vision of downtown's best art space/music venue

Downtown, Where Art Thou?

Kimber Lanning's Modified gallery brings life to aesthetically challenged business district

Unmodified

Downtown performance space changes hands, but not intentions

House of Pain

Bldg 5 benefit for Autumn House inspired by tragedy that hit close to home

Club Crunch

Shortage of all-ages venues creates some strange bedfellows

Charity at Home

Local benefit show focuses attention on imaginative east Mesa after-school program