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The Faint to Bring Dance-y Sing-Alongs to That Damn Show

The roster of touring acts of That Damn Show gives the festival the appearance of something that happened a decade ago. I remember being stoked to see acts like Bad Religion, Face to Face, and Fenix Tx for the first time in the early Aughts -- and, in some cases, at Mesa Amphitheatre. Wasn't Bad Rel ... More >>

Conor Oberst Releases "MariKKKopa" by Desaparecidos, a Song About Sheriff Joe

See also: The Haymarket Squares Blast Sheriff Joe With New Video; Raise Money For New Record See also: Conor Oberst Disses Lady Gaga, Other Acts who Refuse Arizona Boycott See also: Charlie Levy of Promoter Stateside Presents Pens Open Letter to SB 1070 Boycotters See also: Conor Oberst Pens Totally ... More >>

Arizona Wildcats Baseball Continues To Surprise By Reaching College World Series Finals

No one, probably including the University of Arizona's head baseball coach Andy Lopez would have predicted when the season started in February that the Wildcats would make it to the College World Series in Omaha. But they did. And on Sunday night, Arizona will oppose either Arkansas or South Caroli ... More >>

Cursive @ Crescent Ballroom

The Descendants: Surprisingly, Alexander Payne May Have Made the Feel-Good Movie of the Year

Top 10 Cities That Spend the Most on Fast Food: AZ City Makes the Greasy Cut

David McNew, Getty Images​Value meals, super sizing, quick trips through the drive thru -- America loves fast food. Wedging itself into nearly every nook and cranny of our society, its everywhere. And some cities in the good ol' 'U.S.of A. take advantage of it more than others. So says the mo ... More >>

ASU Baseball Sees 10 Players Picked in First Two Days of MLB Draft

thesundevils.cstv.com/.../recaps/040209aaa.html​As the Arizona State baseball team keeps rolling along with all eyes on the prize in Omaha, 10 Sun Devils now have a future in the sport after college. As expected, junior Seth Blair, the 2010 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year, was the firs ... More >>

Concert Review: The Shaky Hands and the Rural Alberta Advantage

​It was a blistering cold winter night in Phoenix and it seemed like a bunch of folks opted to stay home instead of catch locals Yellow Minute support touring acts the Shaky Hands and the Rural Alberta Advantage at the Rhythm Room last night. I had bundled up and gotten to the venue (after a pit-s ... More >>

Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, Republican Mike Harris, Nativist Craig Tillman, and Scores More Nuts Star in Video from Obama's VFW Visit

from usadefender1's YouTube site Thar he blows! Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready spouts off, as Republican Mike Harris looks on​There was so much attention paid to anarcho-libertarian AR-15 bearer Christopher Broughton in the wake of President Barack Obama's visit to Phoenix last Monday that some of the ... More >>

Rain Washes Away the D-Backs' Chances Against the Philadelphia Phillies

Blame the rain -- or, more appropriately, the fact that the D-Backs stink -- for last night's loss in Philly. ​ Once upon a time, the Arizona Diamondbacks were winning a game against the defending MLB champeen Philadelphia Phillies (we know, hard to believe). Stephen Drew had slugged a lead-off h ... More >>

ASU Sun Devils Live to See Another Day at College World Series

Things looked mighty bleak midway through Arizona State's baseball game against North Carolina yesterday afternoon. Then, down 4-0 in an elimination game at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium, the Sun Devils loaded the bases for previously unsung outfielder Kole Calhoun. Calhoun deposited a pitch i ... More >>

Anarbor Announces Massive Tour, Gets Song On "The Hills"

Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their seco ... More >>

Matthew Reveles

We'll Meet Halfway
(self-released)

Just Announced: Black Lips, Cursive, Fall Out Boy, Gaslight Anthem, The Little Ones

A great week for show announcements, as we've got indie faves The Black Lips, Cursive, Gaslight Anthem, and The Little Ones coming.Oh, and Fall Out Boy. You know, for kids.The Black Lips (above) have a druggy, melodic sound they call "psych-punk," which strikes me as something like The Stooges playi ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Concert Review: The Faint at Marquee Theatre on Nov. 1

Nathan Sproul strikes again: Mailer spotlights link between Russell Pearce and neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.

Jimmy Eat World’s got more to do with The Boss than Panic at the Disco

Neva Dinova

SB 1108: The colossal rock in state Rep. Russell Pearce's head, and his neo-Nazi supporters.

Latest issue of SPLC's Intelligence Report outs PHX "Odin," slams FAIR, and details alleged, attempted murder of Amanda Crow by fellow skins.

Racist Daisy-Chain

The Wild Turkey calls the guv a coward, outs Republican white supremacists, and searches for Dennis Wilenchik’s lost subpoenas

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

John Birch-ers, Ron Paul-ites and loads of white folk at Gilbert's Constitution Week Fair.

Critical Darkling

Hooray for the one who got away

Triumph of the Swill: Local white supremacist J.T. Ready attends neo-Nazi rally in Omaha, NE

Bright Spots

Marketing Lessons

The Friday Poll: Anna Nicole Smith, do you give a rat's ass?

Hollow Thoughts

Practicing Cursive

Tilly and the Wall

Paradiddle off to Buffalo

Tough Coach

Another winning season ends for Pat Murphy and his baseball team. Now, it's ASU management's turn at bat

Criteria

Hipness protection program

Neva Dinova

Hot old band

Maria Taylor, Statistics

Get Oberst it

Bright Eyes, and The Faint

This time with electro

The Good Life

Wry chapters of doomed love

Back Atcha, Future

A look back at the music scene in -- 2005?

Love on the Rocks

The story of a doomed relationship makes up the Good Life's new album

Nice Piece of Oz

We come for a land down under

His So-Called Good Life

Tim Kasher sings his heart out on tour

Hardest Art

Tim Kasher of Cursive plays Ugly Organist. The rest is up to the listener.

The Next Rig Thing

Covering the tracks of Truckers on Speed's raucous new CD

Starting Point

After ironing out the kinks with two EPs, The Gloria Record finally emerges with a stunning full-length debut

Bizarre and Grille

How to put some thrill into a grill at DG's Metropolitan Deli.

For the Love of Mike

The call of karaoke pulls three pairs to the stage in likable Duets

Sash 'n' Burn

Drop Dead Gorgeous beauty pageant spoof isn't even skin deep

Pupil Reign

High-school-themed Election scores a winning ticket

Class Action Suits

All dressed up? Well, you've got someplace to go. Royal Crown Revue is about to swing through the Valley.

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