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Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Miniature Tigers Cover The Beatles, Play With The Roots, and Uh, Do the Theme From Friends On New Mixtape

See also: Miniature Tigers Paint a Sensual Scene With Mia Pharaoh See also: Miniature Tigers' Charlie Brand: "We Wanted To Have This Warm, Beautiful Feeling To The Album" If you're anything like me, you've been sitting around going, "Man, when is Miniature Tigers going to follow up Mia Pharaoh, the ... More >>

Summertime Wines: Sangrias, Sparklings, and Sunshine.

All right, it's summertime (at least to this Oregon native it is). When I open my car door and could fire pottery in the heat blast I'm met with, I know we've arrived. I suppose oppressive heat and blistering sunshine are not the ideal conditions for drinking a big, earthy, tannic red wine (for so ... More >>

A Hot Ghetto Mess of Hip-Hop, Art, and B-Boys: The 10-Year Journey of The Blunt Club

See also: Tempe's Wet Paint Artist Supply to Close in July If Adam Dumper is feeling a little melancholy right now, there's a good reason. This week has a bit of a "best of times/worst of times" vibe for the local hip-hop impresario and street artist, who's better known by his alter ego Dumperfoo. ... More >>

Ross Rocks Benefit at Hollywood Alley, 4/28/12

Ross Rocks Hollywood Alley Saturday, April 28 Ross Wincek, the co-owner of Hollywood Alley is responsible for bringing countless great bands to Phoenix over the past 25 years, as well as giving local bands a place to grow. Wincek had a stroke in March, so local bands and fans of the Alley are doing ... More >>

Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

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. Saturday, April 28: Ross Rocks! @ Hollywood Alley Hollywood Alley owner Ross Wincek has been an important f ... More >>

Bands Rally in Support of Ailing Owner of Hollywood Alley

The Glass Heroes Celebrate 20 Years of Street Rock

They say "old punks never die," and while the statement lacks some factual validity, it bears repeating in regards to The Glass Heroes, who celebrate 20 years of punk and roll this Saturday at the George and Dragon Pub. "We have this joke that the last punk standing wins," laughs guitarist and sin ... More >>

Monkey Business

Rick Ross Is Rap's Opulent King

Best Reader Caption For Arizona's Machine Gun Christmas: Ross

Scottsdale Gun Club"'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, we had offed every mouse. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Grabbing my Uzi, I took careful aim, what a rush, it was, to kill ... More >>

Best Reader Caption For Photo of Arizona's Machine Gun Christmas?

Scottsdale Gun ClubYour Caption Here​Last week, in honor of the Scottsdale Gun Club's celebrating the holidays by giving people the chance to have holiday photos taken of their children holding machine guns, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo ... More >>

Best Reader Caption For Photo of Joe Arpaio's Geriatric Goon Squad?

​Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Joe Arpaio's aging goon squad for this week's New Times' You Write the Caption contest..We had 80 responses in the comment section of the post, which you can see by clicking he ... More >>

Morning Poll: Best Reader Caption for Photo of Senate President Russell Pearce and White Supremacist J.T. Ready

Your caption here.​Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for a caption for the above photo of Senate President (for now) Russell Pearce and his white supremacist pal J.T. Ready for New Times' You Write the Caption contest.Once again, you didn't disappoint.We had nearly 70 responses ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

International Pop Overthrow Back in Phoenix for 2011: David Bash Talks About His Labor of Love

​The International Pop Overthrow mini-fest will be back in Phoenix March 4 and 5.The multi-city festival, which gathers local bands in each city dedicated to the stated mission of overthrowing the Top 40 radiocracy and replacing it with a more nuanced brand of pop-rock, is in its third year in Pho ... More >>

ILLEGAL Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone (Chapter 6)

Flier of the Week: Father Figures at The Trunk Space

​When your band plays a brand of music called "zombie jazz," you've got to come up with a flier that is just as hypnotically creepy to promote your summer tour. That's exactly what Brooklyn, N.Y.-based band Father Figures was going for with the creation of this epic poster, which advertises their ... More >>

Art Burn: More than Tummies Growling at Cibo

Some of the worst restaurant art is found (unsurprisingly) in the restrooms. I can understand the urge to tuck away a bland floral print purchased on clearance at Ross or an ugly oil painting done by the owner's nephew and thus forced to be on display somewhere. But when a hip, "urban chic meets vin ... More >>

AC/DC Delivers The Hits at U.S. Airways Center

You may be wondering: Can a shirtless guy in his mid-50s who dresses in purple velour shorts still rock like he did in 1979? I know I asked myself the same question before AC/DC took the stage Wednesday night at U.S. Airways Center. But now I'm done doubting my aging heroes. Like other dinosaurs I ... More >>

Rock Revue: Hollywood Alley's "20 Years of Rock" party

Blood, Sweat, and Beers

Mesa venue bucks the nightlife odds

The Taser: Almost Never a Lethal Weapon

Examples of stun-gun use

Snake on a Plane

Continental Airlines had a cold-blooded killer on board but refused law enforcement's pleas to land

Sad News

The Harder They Come

The subversive mainstream friendliness of Shortbus

Goldwater Uncut

You've seen the G-rated HBO documentary on the Arizona legend, but there was so much more to Goldy than that

No Kidding, or What's It All About, Albee?

Not baaad at all

Career Move

Promoter packs up his toys and leaves

Martini Rocks

The PHX's Ultraviolet and her 300-pound Man Friday hit Martini Ranch to figure out why She Wants Revenge

Blasphemous Backlash

Ross Chatwin said no way to polygamy's holy man before the national press. Will others join him now?

The Kids Aren't Alright

Spun spins cranky youths into an American freak show

Prince of Hearts

Dr. Michael Teodori holds the hearts of many Valley children - often literally - in his hands

Forty Dazed

Unrealistic and dull, 40 Days manages only mild titillation

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Catch a Falling Star

Ricky Martin is in a show-biz tailspin. The boy needs help. And he needs it now.

Tell the Teacher We're Cruisin'

Raunchy, raw and real: Human- sexuality junkets redefine the three Rs at Glendale Community College

SEARCHING FOR AMERICAN SUPERSTARS

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA, AND CLINT'S WELL, ARIZONA, YOU MIGHT FIND THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE '90S. ROGJT.

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