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Top Five Must-See Shows in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Manny Happy Returns

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 >>

Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Set Free; Five Finger Death Punch Weighs In

See also: Lamb of God and Dethklok Cancel Tour See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off On August 7, Blythe was allowed to leave a Czech prison after posting $400,000 bail. Of cou ... More >>

SMoCA's Time-Capsule Exhibition Is Entertaining But Lacks Innovation

Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off

See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace The arrest and detention of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic has held the attention of metal fans since his arrest on ... More >>

We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air

Like any band, Lamb of God has had their ups and downs: Drugs, booze, strife, you know, rock 'n' roll. In 2012 Virginia metal titans released their seventh studio album, Resolution, to great reviews. The band announced that it was shooting a tour document as they supported the album on the road, ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Radiohead Tribute

​Radiohead is a pretty academic seeming band. And so it's only fitting that a bunch of local bands are taking to Scottsdale to school you in all things Radiohead. You thought you knew all of the band's songs, didn't you? Maybe you do, but now you'll get to hear them with a fresh twist by some band ... More >>

Christopher Danowski, What Are You Listening To?

Christopher Danowski​Christopher Danowski Danowski is the co-conspirator of Theater in My Basement, which is working on a new series of performance/video/installations on the nine muses and planning for the next Teatro Caliente festival in January 2011.When you put your key in the ignition and tur ... More >>

The Knux Kick Off US Tour at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar

​It's a pretty common complaint around town that awesome acts often skip Phoenix on tour. Well, here's a story that argues the opposite. New Orleans-based rap duo The Knux are kicking of their tour here in the Phoenix Metro, at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar on Tuesday, November 8. The band often gets c ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Mother Mother

​Vancouver band Mother Mother are holding it down with an awesome flier with a palette of summer hues. The graphics on the flier were taken from the cover of the band's album Eureka, which was released in March. It's bright, it's ferocious, it's awesome, and it's the flier of the week.Mother Mothe ... More >>

Manny and Lindsay Tripodis, What Are You Listening To?

​Manny & Lindsay Tripodis The co-owners of The Rogue Bar want you to come to the Prague CD release party this Saturday, May 14, with additional performances by Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Ladylike and Blue Skies. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would pla ... More >>

Long Wong's in Tempe Introduces Monthly Residencies

Ladylike is playing the first month-long residency at the new Long Wong's.​Local rock outfit Kinch got a lot attention from their three January residencies in LA, San Diego and Scottsdale. Now the newish Long Wong's at the Firehouse in Tempe is running with the idea.Technically, the promo is calle ... More >>

Czech This Out

Coyotes go all Euro to begin new season

Phoenix Coyotes Release 2010-11 Schedule; Open Season In Czech Republic

fannation.comJobing.com Arena​ Do you have your passport and Coyotes jersey ready? The Phoenix Coyotes released their 2010-11 regular season schedule Tuesday, and it begins with an unlikely location for the first two games. The Yotes will play the Boston Bruins in Prague, Czech Republic, October ... More >>

Scottsdale Banker's Son Missing in Germany for Seven Days; No Clues, but Kidnapping Suggested as Motive

A week has passed since the son of a Scottsdale banker disappeared after a late-night party in Frankfurt, Germany, but no clues have turned up. "There have been a lot of resources called in to assist us, but to date there are no hints, no nothing," Jeff Hollahan told Germany's The Local of his effo ... More >>

House at the End of the World

Japanese DJ/producer has been everywhere – but here

The Brothers Bloom Is No Joke, Despite Its Stylish Trappings

Taraf Degrief, Integers are for Counting, & Wingnut @ Trunk Space

Transnational Pastime

Phoenix Sister Cities are doin’ it for themselves at Hance Park

Good Degrief

Yiddish music duo ushers in the Jewish New Year

Stacey Pawlowski, a wife, mother — and a heck of a Republican fundraiser — dies

Rock Around the Blocks: A SxSW preview

Not With My Daughter?

If it quacks like a good boyfriend . . .

We'll Always Have Prague

Late musician's minimal legacy lives on

Unbunch Panties, Please

Hostel sequel is lame, tame, and totally not worth moralizing

Tonight's Show Picks

Practical Magic

Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

Get Out of the Exploding-Closet Rut . . .

And admit that you just need some space

Strip Club

Putt-Her? I hardly know her!

Dorkula

Third Blade delivers close shaves

Finding a Way

As Nazi artillery fire draws nearer, two opposites share an unlikely love

Liberty for None

Mandy Moore's likable enough; wish we could say the same about her movie

A Dickens of a Christmas

Dear Diary: Where's all the holiday cheer?

Borgir Kings

There's more to black-metal exporters Dimmu Borgir than upside-down crosses

Spurs of the Moment

Art exhibit highlights best of the West

Groovy Ghoulies

Underworld is a slick and silly creature feature

Critics Vs 2002

The Year's Best in Movies, TV and Music

Fear the Creeper

Feardotcom's thrills are all cheap, but they mostly work

Thunderbald

Bond is reincarnated — sort of — as a shaven-headed punk in xXx

Best Classical Radio Station

KBAQ-FM 89.5

Poetic Justice

Eschewing lizard-king pretense, Rainer Maria offers highbrow rock for the literate masses

Ms. Holland's Opuses

Molten Wax

Creme Dement

Lunacy reigns supreme in Laughing Wild.

The Spy Who Left Me Cold

Pic Hits for the week

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