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Tempe Gets All-Ages Venue on Mill: The Fixx, Run by Local Zine Publisher Tempe Starving Artist Will Have Concerts, Art, Coffee

​The Mill Avenue scene has always been well-lubricated -- more boozy than arty, with happy hour deals and/or long lines of girls in heels, depending on the spot.The Fixx aims to change that. The new all-ages coffee house/venue at 15 E. 7th Street, behind Jack In The Box, will officially open Satur ... More >>

Minus The Bear at Marquee Theatre

Jonathan McNamara​To be totally honest, I sorta figured the Suns playoff game and the Lost finale would upstage Minus The Bear's Sunday night concert at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. I mean, Sunday shows are sort of dicey proposition to begin with, let alone when there's such stiff competition. Al ... More >>

The Big Event, Minus The Bear, The Duce, and New Times Turns 40 Over the Weekend

​The Big Event Clad in too many bracelets and sucking on pacifiers, raver chicas and chicos hit Firebird International Raceway on Friday, May 23, for some dance action courtesy of The Big Event. Check out all the beats and bass in these photos. ​Minus The Bear at Marquee Theatre To be ... More >>

Minus the Bear: NOT Boycotting Arizona! w00t!

​SB 1070 hasn't won Arizona a lot friends in the music business. First you had Canadian indie poppers Stars proclaiming their "boycott" of the state over the controversial new immigration law, then Belinda Carlisle asking Lilith Fair organizers to move the tour's Arizona date. Zack de la Rocha has ... More >>

Pitchfork Says Minus the Bear's Omni Is a "Spectacular Clusterfuck," But What Does That Mean?

​SB 1070 hasn't won Arizona a lot friends in the music business. First you had Canadian indie poppers Stars proclaiming their "boycott" of the state over the controversial new immigration law, then Belinda Carlisle asking Lilith Fair organizers to move the tour's Arizona date. Zack de la Rocha has ... More >>

Minus/Plus?

What does it mean when Pitchfork says Minus The Bear’s record is a “spectacular” “clusterfuck”

Incoming: Minus The Bear, Country Throwdown, Flyleaf, Alexisonfire

Ryan RussellSeattle indie rockers Minus The Bear lead a fruitful list of show announcements for the Valley this week"In like a lion?" We don't need no stinking lions, but how about a bear? Spring officially here and the show announcements keep on coming -- with Seattle indie/sonic/experimental rocke ... More >>

The Appleseed Cast

Ryan RussellSeattle indie rockers Minus The Bear lead a fruitful list of show announcements for the Valley this week"In like a lion?" We don't need no stinking lions, but how about a bear? Spring officially here and the show announcements keep on coming -- with Seattle indie/sonic/experimental rocke ... More >>

The Appleseed Cast

Ryan RussellSeattle indie rockers Minus The Bear lead a fruitful list of show announcements for the Valley this week"In like a lion?" We don't need no stinking lions, but how about a bear? Spring officially here and the show announcements keep on coming -- with Seattle indie/sonic/experimental rocke ... More >>

Sasquatch Announces 2010 Lineup

The 2010 lineup for the Sasquatch! Music Festival has been announced, and it is, my friends, rather impressive (finally)​​It's been a long time coming, but the Sasquatch! Music Festival -- held annually at Washington's Gorge Amphitheater over Memorial Day weekend -- has come of age. Too long the ... More >>

Danny Dirtnap and The Video Nasties Are "No Hope Kids"

The 2010 lineup for the Sasquatch! Music Festival has been announced, and it is, my friends, rather impressive (finally)​​It's been a long time coming, but the Sasquatch! Music Festival -- held annually at Washington's Gorge Amphitheater over Memorial Day weekend -- has come of age. Too long the ... More >>

Minus The Bear at The Marquee or A Guide to Couple Swaying

By Jonathan McNamara See more shots from the Minus The Bear concert in our slide show. As an experiment before the show last night, I typed "Minus The Bear" into Pandora to see what I would get. I heard several tracks from Highly Refined Pirates paired with bands like Bloc Party and Death Cab For ... More >>

Minus the Bear

By Jonathan McNamara See more shots from the Minus The Bear concert in our slide show. As an experiment before the show last night, I typed "Minus The Bear" into Pandora to see what I would get. I heard several tracks from Highly Refined Pirates paired with bands like Bloc Party and Death Cab For ... More >>

Radiohead, In Rainbows: A Review, Upon First Listen, Track-by-Track Style

By Jonathan McNamara See more shots from the Minus The Bear concert in our slide show. As an experiment before the show last night, I typed "Minus The Bear" into Pandora to see what I would get. I heard several tracks from Highly Refined Pirates paired with bands like Bloc Party and Death Cab For ... More >>

Brandtson

High in the middle

Scars of Tomorrow

Raw and fresh

Minus the Bear, Rocky Votolato

Northwest passages

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Beats yelling "Free Bird"

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums Music (ASU Main Campus, Tempe)

Chart-busters for the week

Top 10 best-selling releases at Stinkweeds Records in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

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"Prog-core enigma"

Shorties

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth the attention.