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Sun City Girls' Sir Richard Bishop Plays to the Demons in His Head

Sir Richard Bishop Speaks About His "Constant State of Creation"

In this week's issue, we speak with guitarist Sir Richard Bishop, whose path from Phoenix and his days in the Sun City Girls has found him at the forefront of guitar experimentation from his home base in Seattle and around the world. Deftly blending and/or shifting between Middle Eastern ragas, saun ... More >>

Street-Punk Band The Glass Heroes Refuses to Die

Five Must See-Shows This Weekend (Father's Day Edition)

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Sunday, June 17: The Kirkwoods @ Musical Instrument Museum It's not every father that gets to share a sta ... More >>

M. Ward, Crescent Ballroom, 4/17/12

See also: M. Ward Discusses A Wasteland Companion, and His Arizona Ties to The Meat Puppets and Howe Gelb M. Ward Crescent Ballroom Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Following fIREHOSE's blistering set of punk jazz, I was almost worried that the hushed immediacy of Portland-based singer/songwriter/produce ... More >>

Shavedneck and AZ H.I.P. Flyers Offer Glimpses into Arizona's Punk Past

​The Sun Club in Tempe. Mad Gardens on Van Buren. The Stumble Inn down in Tucson. In another lifetime (read: more than 25 years ago) these and a dozen other scuzzy dives around Arizona were all ground zero for punk rock.Flash forward to present day and many of the aforementioned spots have lo ... More >>

100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

A Sublime History: Looking Back on What Happened to One of the Best Ska Punk Bands of the 90s

​Despite what it does for your record sales, it sucks when a rockstar dies before his time. Hard times came about in 1996 after the passing of Sublime's vocalist and guitarist Bradley Nowell.Even good ol' Lou Dog was bummin'. Frankly, I can't blame him. If I had been more than six years old at the ... More >>

Jason P. Woodbury on How Bands Tapped Into Crowd-Funding in 2011

New Year's Eve 2011: What to Do and Where to Go on the Last Night of the Year

What Your New Year's Eve Songs Say About You

See also: Five Songs to Ring in the New Year Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, Futurekind Phoenix New Times New Year's Eve Guide Well, it's that time. Another year has come to a close. 2011 was weird, right? Kind of exciting, w ... More >>

Old Art Punk Eddy Detroit Returns, Thanks to Revolver Records' New Imprint

Nobunny, Mangled Men, JJCNV, and Andrew and his Feisty Felines at Yucca Tap Room, 11/2/11

Becky Bartkowski​Nobunny, Mangled Men, JJCnV, and Andrew and his Feisty Felines Yucca Tap Room Wednesday, November 2, 2011 I think my favorite part of my recent JFA/skate punk oral history was Brian Brannon's description of the early '80s Phoenix punk scene: "It was good to have so many div ... More >>

Revolver Records Launches Vinyl Imprint with Eddy Detroit and Sun City Girls Single

​The staff at Revolver Records in downtown Phoenix loves vinyl, and according to co-owner T.J. Jordan, the store plans on taking its relationship with wax to the next level. Jordan doesn't have a confirmed date, but believes that mid-October should see the debut vinyl release from Revolver's new ... More >>

The Persuaders' Lawrence Zubia on Major Labels, The Tempe Scene, and New Album

​Featuring former members of Tempe jangle-pop kings The Pistoleros, Dead Hot Workshop, The Gin Blossoms, and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, The Persuaders debuted earlier this year, cranking out the same kind of melodic pop rock that defined the sound of their earlier bands.If you've spent any ... More >>

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

Odd Future at Billboard Magazine's Showcase: Ain't Shit Funny

​It was only because we both left his show early and in a huff that I got to shake hands with Tyler The Creator, the most interesting man in Austin this week. In case you're not following South By Southwest buzz closely, Tyler is the face of the festival's most hyped act, LA-based rap c ... More >>

Legendary Eastside Records Is Closing Its Doors

The Wonders of Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta and Hotel Congress

George Jones: A National Treasure

So Many Madison Square Gardens, So Little Time

Foot Ox’s Teague Cullen works toward modest dreams in the Tempe music scene

Hooray for Hollywood Alley: Memories of the past two decades at the Mesa rock club

The Real Deal

Art imitates life for balladeer

Letters

Letters from the week of March 17, 2005

Biscuit is Gravy

Sure, Seabiscuit 's better than all the action sequels it's up against. But what will a fan of the book say?

Cretin Hopping

Veteran roadie John Calleo brings together four rock veterans for the one-off Ramones tribute Rocket to Russia

Laugh, Riot

Neil Hamburger died for your grins

Monkey See, Monkey Do

After years of evolution, Wise Monkey Orchestra is finally in full swing

Here Comes the Sickness

Surviving the big grunge blowup, Mudhoney takes a final bow before hanging it up for good . . . sort of

Road Weary

The Grievous Angels bid goodbye with a bleak chronicle of a traveling band

Kids' Play

The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

Letters

Growing Pains

After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

Letters

From the week of January 21, 1999

Lone Star Trek

Revolver goes to SXSW for music and free major-label beer

Indian Uprising

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

Bouncer . . . or Agro-bouncer?

Watching the watchmen, getting Unwound, surfing with the aliens in Man . . . or Astroman?

Songbird Rising

Live music in Phoenix is there if you want it -- whatever it is you want

Cowboys From Hell

THE BOYS IN THE TRUNKMURDER AND OTHER MUNDANE SUBJECTS POWER-UP TRUNK FEDERATION'S MUSIC MACHINE

THE ART OF ZEN LUNATICS

ALL THIS BAND WANTS TO DO IS ENTERTAIN YOU. IS THAT SO WRONG?

FLASHES, 6-8

STU-STU-STUDIOSTHE REEL LOWDOWN ON THE VALLEY'S RECORDING FACILITIES

MARSHALLED FORCES

YOKO BRINGS JOHN'S ART TO SCOTTSDALE?

PHANTOM RHYTHMSHE'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST DRUMMERS IN JAZZ, BUT VALLEY NATIVE LEWIS NASH IS A STRANGER IN TOWN

FLIGHT OF THE IGUANASIT HASN'T HURT THIS BAND TO OFFER LIVE SAX ONSTAGE

HIP-HOP HOMEGIRLS

A TRIO OF WOMEN PUTS THE VALLEY ON THE MUSIC MAP

Thrash in the Jam

Phoenix's Sticky Thang grabs on to a gripping, gritty groove