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Sundown Showdown IV @ Palo Verde Lounge and Yucca Tap Room

Tom "Soda" Gardocki on Spike Jonze, 12-String Banjo, Jackass, and Weezer

​Tom "Soda" Gardocki spent years playing guitar in SoCal rockers Wax (go rewatch the credits of Mallrats; the band plays right after its pals Weezer) but more recently he's devoted himself to more rustic purposes. Either performing with his Large Band, his "Million Piece Band," or solo with ... More >>

Local Film The Big Something Features Public Domain Soundtrack

​"Vinyl isn't dead...But something is rotten in Phoenix." That's the tagline for The Big Something, the first feature for Phoenix-based Running Wild Films. The film is a whodunit revolving around the murder of a record store owner, and was shot on location at Phoenix's Tracks in Wax record store ... More >>

Peter Case at The Rhythm Room, 6-26-11

Maria Vassett​Peter CaseThe Rhythm RoomSunday, June 26As much as he's a songwriter, Peter Case is a storyteller. All throughout his solo acoustic set at The Rhythm Room last night, Case peppered the space between songs with stories from his rock 'n' roll past: Scoring free records from Elektra whe ... More >>

Jimmie Dale Gilmore (a.k.a. Smokey from The Big Lebowski) Performs Live and More from SXSW

Jonathan McNamaraJimmie Dale's SXSW Showcase at the Driskell Hotel.​Remember Smokey, the pacifist who may or may not have stepped over the line while bowling in The Big Lebowski? He was the fidgety, silver-haired opponent who insisted The Dude mark it eight despite Walter's contention that his toe ... More >>

The Sugar Thieves Carry Arizona’s Flag to the International Blues Challenge

Jonathan McNamaraJimmie Dale's SXSW Showcase at the Driskell Hotel.​Remember Smokey, the pacifist who may or may not have stepped over the line while bowling in The Big Lebowski? He was the fidgety, silver-haired opponent who insisted The Dude mark it eight despite Walter's contention that his toe ... More >>

Good Ol' Mr. Wilson

Jonathan McNamaraJimmie Dale's SXSW Showcase at the Driskell Hotel.​Remember Smokey, the pacifist who may or may not have stepped over the line while bowling in The Big Lebowski? He was the fidgety, silver-haired opponent who insisted The Dude mark it eight despite Walter's contention that his toe ... More >>

Blue Steel

Jonathan McNamaraJimmie Dale's SXSW Showcase at the Driskell Hotel.​Remember Smokey, the pacifist who may or may not have stepped over the line while bowling in The Big Lebowski? He was the fidgety, silver-haired opponent who insisted The Dude mark it eight despite Walter's contention that his toe ... More >>

Free for All

Give it away, give it away, give it away now

The Soul of John Black

Just you and them and the music

Califone,and Rebecca Gates

"Rootsy folk blues" blows through the Valley

Jolie Holland

Catalpa (Anti-)

Battle Hymns

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Life Goes On

Despite the recent passing of some of heritage music's finest, the music continues to flourish thanks to a handful of fine new releases

A Brand-New Case

With the New Wave Plimsouls (and Plimsouls reunion) behind him, Peter Case is returning to his folk roots

The Wipers' Clean Slate

Greg Sage's legendary postpunk outfit has been comfortable nonexisting in Phoenix for the past 10 years and has a new CD to prove it

Tombstone Blues

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

Molten Wax

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

Molten Wax

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

Good Ol' Mr. Wilson

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

Pic Hits for the week

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

DOO THE RIGHT THINGTUCSON'S DOO RAG MAKES THE BLUES ITS OWN WAY

1,161 rock stars were fatally injured in the making of The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries

CHUY'S REBORN, AND SO IS PATCH THE PIRATE

SCREED

BOXING YOUR EARS

IF YOU'VE GOT CASH IN YOUR WALLET AND TIME ON YOUR HANDS, BOXED SETS ARE FOR YOU