Pabst Blue Ribbon

Niki's Weekend Word: Mill Avenue, downtown Phoenix, Summer of Sound, and Foxboro Hot Tubs

EASTSIDE STORY: THE DRAGS COME WEST

The Homeless Cafe

Lucina Rivera's cafe provides good food and camaraderie to the homeless and dysfunctional. It's not a charity. It's just Mama's Place.

Recordings

Lucina Rivera's cafe provides good food and camaraderie to the homeless and dysfunctional. It's not a charity. It's just Mama's Place.

Trashman

Where unit-moving heroes of rock are exposed as the passionless sissies they really are

BEST BEER SELECTION

Papago Brewing Company

Niki at Nite: Exploring the depths of "fan-archy" with Roller Derby superfans

Papago Brewing Company

Hick Hop

White trash Christmas

Hog Wylde

Close your eyes and think of metal

Bring On the Backlash

Stirring up hype and spiting the haters

Recent releases from local acts

Now that's what we call music!

Trailer Mix

"Trash" is Pumphouse's treasure

Barbecue Nations

Aryanfest was hardly the badass event it billed itself. Shaved-headed men hugged each other like they were at a gay pride picnic.

Off to See the Wizardry

What's 12 feet tall and shoots flames from its penis?

Dark Impulses

At night, downtown Phoenix is a ghost town – except for a few bright spots

Smoke Rings

Long Wong's is still a smoky dive, but the smoke is on the patio

Gimme Moore's

Bite Me crashes a wacky wedding shindig

Yucca Tap Room Hosts Tiki Party With Music From Fishbone

​The Yucca Tap Room will host a "Tiki Throwdown" next month featuring local acts like Fivespeed, Black Carl, Liar's Handshake, The Revenge, The Necronauts, and What Laura Says. The event is sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon (the cheap suds which The Onion has pointed out is still cruising on a medal ... More >>

Oren J, What Are You Eating?

Oren J The lead singer of Silver Medallion and writer for www.getyourswagup.com performs at Pussycat Lounge Wednesday, November 18 for Pinky Ring. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Half a bottle of Reposado 1800 tequila.Favorite food: Sashimi. Least favorite food: Swine/pig. Favorite De ... More >>

Party Favors: At Rasputin's Equestrian Manor, the Debauchery Continues Well Past Closing Time

Oren J The lead singer of Silver Medallion and writer for www.getyourswagup.com performs at Pussycat Lounge Wednesday, November 18 for Pinky Ring. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Half a bottle of Reposado 1800 tequila.Favorite food: Sashimi. Least favorite food: Swine/pig. Favorite De ... More >>

Phoenix Indie Bowl 2009 in Photos

Sadly this purple bowling shirt did not say "Jesus" on the left breast.​First the bad news: New Times is not your 2009 Indie Bowl champions. I take full responsibility for the failure of our vaunted "All Midwest Transplant Team," as I had by far the team's lowest score of the night in our first ga ... More >>

Free Pabst Blue Ribbon Tonight to Celebrate 'Conan'

Mmmm, free beer​If you're sad about Conan O'Brien's cancellation like I am, drown your tears with some tasty free Pabst Blue Ribbon beer tonight at a The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien viewing party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe. In addition to scoring freebie classy beer, there wi ... More >>

January 19 In Blogs: Anti-Arpaio March, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Nine 05, and Shaq

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Photo of Anarchists Assaulting a Horse at the Anti-Arpaio March, and Analysis of the Vide ... More >>

Chris Williams, What Are You Eating?

​Christopher WilliamsThe improv actor with the Light Rail Pirates, Chaos Comedy, Buck, The Team Formerly Known as Hope? and The Torch Theatre performs with Light Rail Pirates every Friday night in February at 10:30 p.m. at Space 55. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Lefto ... More >>

PBR Brings Lucero To Yucca For Free

​A day after playing Coachella, Lucero will be in Tempe playing an outdoor show in the parking lot outside Yucca Tap Room on April 17. The show, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, will be free and have a carnival-type atmosphere like last year's Tiki Throwdown. The event will have a Jersey Shore them ... More >>

Behind the Bar: Laura Rose's White Trash with Money

​ ​Sometimes you're in the mood to put on your best silk stockings, sequined minidress and Jimmy Choo heels and sip cosmos in a trendy bar with a few of your best gal pals. White Trash with Money, on the other hand, is a cocktail for the days you'd rather lounge at home, unshowered, in ... More >>

PB-R U Gonna Drink That?

Suck down budget beer at the Rogue

Ryan Gaumont, What Are You Eating?

​ Ryan Gaumont The member of Bully Mammoth, a local group that performs written comedy, performs at the Phoenix Fringe Festival on Friday, April 9 at 8:30 p.m. at Space 55. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Pizza and beer. But the pizza had mushrooms on it, so it was totally healthy.Favori ... More >>

The PBR Spring Situation

​ Ryan Gaumont The member of Bully Mammoth, a local group that performs written comedy, performs at the Phoenix Fringe Festival on Friday, April 9 at 8:30 p.m. at Space 55. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Pizza and beer. But the pizza had mushrooms on it, so it was totally healthy.Favori ... More >>

The PBR Spring Situation

​ Ryan Gaumont The member of Bully Mammoth, a local group that performs written comedy, performs at the Phoenix Fringe Festival on Friday, April 9 at 8:30 p.m. at Space 55. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Pizza and beer. But the pizza had mushrooms on it, so it was totally healthy.Favori ... More >>

Epic Super Hero Battle, AZ Bike Week, The PBR Spring Situation, Johnny Cupcakes, and More,

AZ CacophonyHoly look-alikes Batman! Some of the action from last year's Epic Super Hero Battle.​ If comic book flicks have taught us anything, it's that sequels can be a hit or miss proposition. Sure, Superman II, Spider-Man 2, and The Dark Knight were cool as hell, but they were in the minority ... More >>

Coco Beware

Fired talk-show host performs live and in person

!!!, Titus Andronicus, First Friday, Adult Swim, You Hang Up, and Screaming Females Over the Weekend

​!!! at The Clubhouse Last Night Now it is finally complete - the holy quadrilogy has taken form thanks to last night's raucous !!! show. This is the final chapter in my own little !!! saga -- one that started with the band's latest album Strange Weather, Isn't It? leaking on the internet, the ... More >>

Tag, You're Art: Local Street Artists Are Tagging Over Murals and Calling It Art

​!!! at The Clubhouse Last Night Now it is finally complete - the holy quadrilogy has taken form thanks to last night's raucous !!! show. This is the final chapter in my own little !!! saga -- one that started with the band's latest album Strange Weather, Isn't It? leaking on the internet, the ... More >>

Indie Bowl 3: Day Drinking and Kegling

Maria Vassett​It was the day-drinkin'-est Independents Bowl yet. By noon on Sunday, an hour before the 1 p.m. first roll, Let It Roll Bowl's bar was already filled with hipster bowlers knocking back $2.50 PBR tallboys and ordering pitchers of Miller Lite. Maria Vassett​You had to feel a little ... More >>

Charles "In Check" Eis, What Are You Eating?

Chales "In Check" Eis​Charles "In Check" Eis The guitarist for The Rails is gearing up for the band's upcoming album release in February. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Buffalo Burger at Native New Yorker. Favorite food: Enchiladas Least favorite food: Anything that's even been in the s ... More >>

The Party Keeps Getting Better for Champagne Champagne

Chales "In Check" Eis​Charles "In Check" Eis The guitarist for The Rails is gearing up for the band's upcoming album release in February. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Buffalo Burger at Native New Yorker. Favorite food: Enchiladas Least favorite food: Anything that's even been in the s ... More >>

River Jones & Friends Music Festival at The Paisley Violin Last Night

Melissa FossumMichelle Blades playing live at the River Jones Music & Friends Festival at Paisley Violin in Phoenix.​River Jones Music Festival The Paisley Violin Sunday, January 16, 2011 The first images that came to mind when I heard about a folk festival at The Paisley Violin? Tie-dyed col ... More >>

Green Bay Packers: Five Signs You Might be a Fan (and a Hillbilly)

Peter StorchPackers fans make Steelers fans look like GQ models.​The Green Bay Packers are headed to the Super Bowl this Sunday, which means one thing for those of us in civilized society (a.k.a. anywhere but Wisconsin): we're gonna have sit back and listen to the Midwestern drivel coming from the ... More >>

The Duce Defies Your Preconceived Notions of Downtown Phoenix

Peter StorchPackers fans make Steelers fans look like GQ models.​The Green Bay Packers are headed to the Super Bowl this Sunday, which means one thing for those of us in civilized society (a.k.a. anywhere but Wisconsin): we're gonna have sit back and listen to the Midwestern drivel coming from the ... More >>

Broloaf's Ben Brah on Being the Best, The Vandals, and Straight Edge Kids

​ Jocks chugging beer bongs, snorting lines of cocaine, and hazing nerds on stage -- welcome to the magic that is a Broloaf show. The Scottsdale punk band that has been entertaining the Valley with wild on-stage antics for the past three years and will do so again when they open for The Meatmen ... More >>

Blast by Colt 45, Made by Pabst Brewing, Called Excessively Strong by Tom Horne and Other State Attorneys General

Blast by Colt 45, made by Pabst Brewing Company, is like a "binge in a can," according to Tom Horne and other state attorneys general.​ Arizona's official state gun is the Colt .45, but a trendy alcoholic drink that shares the name shouldn't be on shelves in its current form, says state A ... More >>

Top Ten Indefensible "Your Music Sucks" Comments

Dammit, Scumbag Steve​Let's go ahead and start this whole thing off with a rhetorical question: is there any one thing more subjective than one's taste in music? Probably not. Taste in music is like a snowflake -- everyone has their own, unique set of genres and bands that they enjoy listening to ... More >>

Polkadot Cadaver at The Rogue Bar

Photos by E. Groves​Polkadot Cadaver The Rogue Wednesday, May 17, 2011I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I -- a devout metal head -- had never heard of Polkadot Cadaver before this show. I went to see them because I had about a dozen friends who were going, and for weeks, they've been go ... More >>

Kitchen 56 Is an Arcadia Jewel with Pulled Pork and "Drunk Bread"

Photos by E. Groves​Polkadot Cadaver The Rogue Wednesday, May 17, 2011I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I -- a devout metal head -- had never heard of Polkadot Cadaver before this show. I went to see them because I had about a dozen friends who were going, and for weeks, they've been go ... More >>

Pool Parties, First Friday, The Palace, Jeff Bridges, Dropkick Murphys, Face To Face, and Nightlands Over the Weekend

​Cannonball Pool Party Kickoff The hipster pool party is officially back. The promoters of Sticky Fingers and Retro Hi-Fi have come together for the all new Cannonball Pool Party at the Lexington Hotel. The summer's remaining Sunday afternoons are going to be all about looking hip, taking a di ... More >>

Happy Bon Iver Day!

Bon Iver​Construction paper? Check. Squiggly scissors? Got 'em. Magazine cut-outs of kittens? Definitely. No, we're not helping our kid sister make a collage; we're making ironic D.I.Y holiday cards to celebrate Bon Iver Day. That's right, y'all, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett has proclaimed July ... More >>

Journey, Foreigner, Alkaline Trio, Pool Parties, and Zombies Over the Weekend

​Zombie Beach Party at Rips Ales & Cocktails Phoenix's dead showed up in grand style for the Zombie Beach Party at Rips Ales & Cocktails on Friday night. Undead ghouls slammed back shots and cold ones while the still-living got painted up to look like their zombie brethren...see photos ​ ... More >>

BroLoaf: Ben Brah and Coach Grundy in the Raw

Craig CohenBen Brah and Junior Junior​Editor's note: We barely knew what we were getting into when we sent Serene Dominic to interview BroLoaf -- but we damn sure ended up with more of it than could fit in our paper. So, for your high-fiving, beer-ponging pleasure, here's Serene's extended int ... More >>

Weekend Brunch at Boulders on Broadway

In an effort to make Mom proud, Chow Bella's taking a good, hard look at the most important meal of the day in the form of Scrambled, a weekly review of local breakfast spots. We love breakfast -- obviously -- but let's be real, breakfast options can get a little predictable. Althou ... More >>