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The Latest Hangover Punches Down

Reign of Vengeance's Marshall "F*cking" Beck vs. New Times (Again)

From Up On The Sun's "Fire Marshall Beck" rant in 2007 to praise of his project Staren Black in 2010, the relationship between the Phoenix New Times and local metal figure Marshall "Fucking" Beck has always been, um, "complicated." Certain members of the New Times staff -- past and present -- thi ... More >>

10 Best Country Bars in Metro Phoenix

Practically every Western film one can think of has at least one saloon scene, a place where the sound of honky tonk piano creates the mood, where the town folk mix with the cowboys and ranchers, the gamblers and outlaws rub shoulders with the Marshall and his deputies, and the mustachioed bartende ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Week

First, a "dumb drummer" joke: How do you get a drummer off of your porch? Pay him 10 bucks for the pizza. Now, our Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Week.

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 >>

Why? Gets Wonderfully Uncomfortable

Deep Purple Tribute: Iron Maiden, Metallica, More Salute Keyboardist Jon Lord

See also: Six Desert Metal Bands That You Need to Hear See also: Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties There aren't many bands that I hold higher than Deep Purple when it comes to putting down the groundwork for heavy metal, driven by British rocker Jonathon Douglas "Jon" Lord ... More >>

Six Desert Metal Bands You Need to Hear

See also: Monday Monday: Is Heavy Metal Really The Devil's Music? The desert is the perfect place for heavy metal to spawn: desolate, hot, seemingly devoid of life, save for the plants and critters that spit poison or are encased in thorny flesh. Yet Valley of the Sun's healthy metal scene just c ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on a Mexican Marshall Plan and Foul Language

Seven Extraordinarily LOUD Live Bands (and Jucifer)

​There's something about LOUDNESS that's deeply appealing to fans of rock 'n' roll, especially when it comes to a live performance. The visceral shock, the days of tinnitus... it all coheres into something that transcends a recording and delineates the difference between headphones at home and ... More >>

The Surfside IV Gives Desert Dwellers the Adrenaline Rush of Surf

The Future: Navigating What Lies Ahead in Miranda July's Latest

Hemoptysis' New Record, Misanthropic Slaughter, Now on Pre-Order, Getting Rave Reviews from Metal Blogs

​Phoenix metal band Hemoptysis is getting a lot of love for their soon-to-be-released album Misanthropic Slaughter.The band, which Phoenix New Times sponsored at South by Southwest and featured in print last March, put the album up for pre-order yesterday on their web site.Misanthropic is technica ... More >>

Eminem Recording New Tracks With Dr. Dre

​Eminem has confirmed he's recording with Dr. Dre again, according to MTV News.Marshall announced on Satellite Radio that he and Dre are brewing up something good, saying that he might rap over one of Dre's new beats.After one more single gets released from his latest album, Recovery, Eminem plans ... More >>

Reign of Vengeance Frontman Marshall "Fucking" Beck On His New Book and Upcoming Gig With Job For a Cowboy's Jon Rice

Reign of Vengeance​ Why wait for the weekend when you can start your Halloween festivities on "hump day"? Marshall "Fucking" Beck, one of the Valley's most prolific and controversial heavy metal musicians, is getting a head start on the season with a Halloween bash at Martini Ranch Wednesday night ... More >>

Club Red Moshers Who Had Run-In With Tempe Cops May Go To Court

​An altercation involving moshers, bouncers, and the Tempe Police Department may be headed to court.If you follow the local metal scene, you may have heard about an incident at Tempe's Club Red involving Mesa metal act Rising Pain, who were opening for Dutch death-metal outfit Pestilence. Afte ... More >>

Marshall Beck's New Project, Staren Black, May Be The Best Thing He's Done

Marshall "Fucking" Beck​To say  Marshall "Fucking" Beck and New Times have had a contentious relationship over the years would be an understatement.Love him or hate him, though, Beck's dedication to the local metal scene is unassailable. In addition to hosting and promoting numerous metal sho ... More >>

Al Beadle’s Mountain Bell Building Implodes Before a Cheering Crowd

Curtains: Murder Among Friends at Tempe Little Theatre

Deborah Ostreicher and Steve Milo love each other to death, more or less, in Murder Among Friends.Tempe Little Theatre was founded nearly 40 years ago (full disclosure: I've worked with them in three of those four decades, as a performer, an elected officer, a director who was paid a small sti ... More >>

Cat Power's Voice Shines, Even In The Dark

You Asked for It: Fracture Point

Cat Power

You’ve Got Hate Mail: The last hurrah in the ongoing Marshall Beck and local metal coverage tantrum

Cat Power

Jukebox
(Matador)

Burned Out

Big Boobs

Know-it-all media the world over got punked by the latest New Times parody, and now (sigh . . .) it’s time to cop to the details.

Metal Up Your Ass

Last Words for Marshall

Marshall, Marshall, Marshall...

Marshall and the Madhouse

Fire Marshall Beck

And It Begins...

Massive Attack

Here comes the trendsetter

Jazz Hands

The Energy Trio is equal parts Coltrane and Cobain

Cat Power

The Greatest
(Matador Records)

The Anger Management Tour

Rappers soften up like asphalt

Rainbow Eminem

Maybe it's a concept album

Road Voyeur

Public gets insider's view of Roosevelt District

Lightning Bolt

Wonderful Rainbow (Load Records)

Cat Power

You Are Free (Matador Records)

Massive Attack

100th Window (Virgin)

Without Him -- or Them

Internet mashers give new, weird lives to Eminem's "Without Me"

An Ax to Find

Rehearsal-room burglary leaves two bands short of at least $12,000 worth of equipment

Lift to Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

Reggae, Esé

The Rasta Farmers plant their first CD

Cat Power

The Covers Record
(Matador)

Cover Girl

Chan Marshall's latest album is a collection of other people's songs, but it still smells like Cat Power

I Stroke, Therefore I Am

Billy Squier gets philosophical and Trashman gets sick

Rastas on the Res

Tribal War plays the reggae music, mon. With a Havasupai flavor, don'cha know.

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