Salt Lake City

Mergence Explains Why They Wrote "White Bark" In The Desert

The atmospheric, bluesy local rockers in Mergence may already be known for keeping it weird with communes, nomads and robots with the release of their first album, Those Vibrant Young People Are Dead--but with their upcoming EP they are taking it to an entirely new level. It makes sense, since th ... More >>

Home and Away

Jay "Akshen" Valdez Talks Para One, Jam Master Jay, Fools Gold, and More

If you pay a visit to AZ/88 tonight, its urbane décor and trendy drinks won't be the coolest thing going on inside the haute Scottsdale hangout. DJ Akshen will be working hard on the wheels of steel providing a fitting tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys during his weekly gig Fluid F ... More >>

The Strand: Industrial Music Meets Pirates vs. Ninjas

For more than a decade, industrial electro/rock band The Strand have increasingly become known for an electrifying stage presence, undeniable talent, and enigmatic sexual energy. They've been known to frequent the Valley's fetish balls and favored intimate venues. And they have a knack for seducing ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Are A Pretty Good Little Team Right Now, Beat Jazz

Don't want to jinx it, but the Phoenix Suns have turned themselves into a pretty good little team. Last night's thrilling 107-105 win over the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City proved that this squad is hellbent on making the NBA playoffs, a thought seemingly absurd not so long ago.Steve Nash reached back ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Outlast Sacramento Kings

The Phoenix Suns kept their slim playoff hopes alive by outlasting the Sacramento Kings 109-100 on Tuesday night in California. As they have for weeks now, the Suns still hold 10th place in the NBA's Western Conference race. At 27-26 and 13 games left to play, the Suns are a half-game between ninth- ... More >>

'Linsanity' Was Predicted by Harvard Pal of Ours: We Told Him He Was Nuts

This whole Jeremy "Linsanity" Lin thing is out of control, and the NBA is far better for it, a one-off feel-good, out-of-the-box, unexpected story that transcends the game itself.   ​  If Lin had arisen from nowhere in, say, Sacramento, Salt Lake City or right down the street ... More >>

Wasatch Pumpkin Ale

​Beer: Wasatch Pumpkin Ale Brewery: Utah Brewers Collective Style: Pumpkin beer ABV: 4 percent Pumpkin beer month continues! Huzzah! This week's addition to the best family of vegetable beers around often flies under the radar, but is nonetheless so tasty that it topped our recent list of the nat ... More >>

Want to Avoid Overeating? Bring a Big-Ass Fork to the Table.

Take that, overeating!​In search of a smaller waistline? Try bringing along a big-ass fork on your next restaurant visit. According to USA Today, findings released from the Journal of Consumer Research show that people who use a large fork eat less than those who use a smaller utensil. How ... More >>

Flier of the Week: S.L.F.M.

​The old-fashioned, vintage-looking design on this flier for S.L.F.M.'s upcoming show at the Trunk Space quickly caught my eye. There's no bad day that a bold top hat and a variety of mustaches can't fix.S.L.F.M. has been described as "one-woman distorted ukulele blues" from Salt Lake City, U ... More >>

Missing Reaction: An Arizona Soldier Goes AWOL, and the Army Doesn't Tell Anyone Until It's Too Late

Final Funnies

Former Alice in Chains Bassist Found Dead in Salt Lake City

Mike Starr (1966-2011)​According to Associated Press, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in a home in Salt Lake City earlier today. Starr, 44, played bass in the band from the band's formation in 1987 till 1993, when he was kicked out of the group- but not before playing on D ... More >>

The Soundtrack to Your Holiday Strip Scan

Sostadiumstatus.blogspot.comYou can see (ahem) a lot in a TSA scan.... including this gun!​Damn, TSA, buy a girl a drink first. The new full-body image scanners at airports this holiday season have already stressed and nervous travelers in a tizzy. Sure, nobody wants a bomb on their plane, but it ... More >>

Mates of State

East coasters to document one of downtown’s best art venues

Morning Poll: Can the Phoenix Suns Handle the Los Angeles Lakers After Sweeping San Antonio Spurs?

Can Steve Nash and the Suns beat Kobe Bryant and the Lakers?​We know the Los Angeles Lakers won't officially be the Phoenix Suns opponent in the next round of the NBA playoffs until they beat the Utah Jazz one more time -- which will likely happen tonight -- but, if history tells us anythin ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Punctuate Regular Season with Drubbing of Utah Jazz

www.nba.com/sunsAmar'e Stoudemire: 20 points in the season finale.​Heading into Sunday night's first-round playoff opener against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Phoenix Suns look like a team that's going to be tough to beat. Against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in a game that had big seeding implic ... More >>

Hot Links: Bible Studies, Swarms of Bees, and Mexican Brandy

​Home Bible studies have been banned in Gilbert. An ordinance that forbids Gilbert churches from having potlucks or home Bible studies was enforced on the Oasis of the Truth Church, which received a cease and desist order after holding Bible studies at several different homes. The church has filed ... More >>

Puscifer Sets Tour Dates, Plays Phoenix December 3 and 4

​Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been e ... More >>

For All He-Mankind

Macho tome offers proof that two heads are better than one

Curtains: Hale Centre Theatre's April Ann in Gilbert

Heather McCloud is April Ann.You may not realize it, but we have a Hale Centre Theatre in the Valley because a nice young couple, Ruth and Nathan Hale, moved from Salt Lake City to the L.A. area in 1943 and discovered they could get more acting work if they opened their own theater. The family busin ... More >>

Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air ... More >>

Former Format Frontman's New Band, Fun, Starts Touring Tomorrow

That Format-size hole in the heart of Phoenix music fans is about to get a little healing. Fun, the new NYC-based project by The Format's Nate Ruess, with ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff, will embark on a 34-date tour with Manchester Orchestra tomorrow ... More >>

What's On Tap For Tonight's First Friday

"Arms Wide" by Lindsey Nochta. We're changing things up for this month's edition of our First Friday preview post. In addition to providing you with a rundown of musicians performing at the monthly event, from here on out we'll also be giving you the scoop on much of the artwork being shown at t ... More >>

Salt Lake City Slickers

Multimedia collective shows Utah’s not all it’s cracked down to be

Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 1, 2007

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Step inside

The Naming Debate

Special reader-feedback edition

Stop Your Railing!

Sure, light-rail construction is painful, but it will be worth it in the long haul

It Practices What They Preach

Cast into the spotlight by fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, the mainstream Mormon Church's trying to distance itself from its infamous cousin

Torino It Off

This horrible Winter Olympics game doesn't even medal

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

The Dwarves; The Freak Accident

The Dwarves Must Die
(Sympathy)
The Freak Accident
(Alternative Tentacles)

Janet's Missed Opportunity

Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

Various Artists

Death by Salt: A SLUG Magazine Compilation (Eighteen Percent Gray Records)

Top 10 sellers at Eastside Records

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Polygamy's Odyssey

A brief history of the Mormon tenet

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Marijuana and Mortality

Boomers should look kindly on the medical marijuana measure

Short Shrift

White-bread girl with tame issues keeps secrets for 50 cents a pop

Flame and Fortune

The Olympic torch makes hot spots of two Valley sites

Letters

From the week of March 29, 2001

Flashes

Second Helpings

Worst of Phoenix--The Music Scene

Just a few splashes of vinegar to cut all the honey in this issue . . .

Tori, Tori

Skunk Rock

SWING SHIFTFORGET DISCO, HIP-HOP AND MOSHING--JITTERBUG IS BACK!