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FMLY Fest at Fifth Street

PHX FMLY Fest @ Fifth Street|12/28/12Perhaps it was a few too many Santa Clauses wandering around, but FMLY Fest felt a lot like spending the holiday season with the extended family. The massive festival -- featuring 60 bands taking dozens of stages on Fifth Street, drew all sorts of interesting p ... More >>

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jobing.com Arena, 12/6/12

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ Jobing.com Arena|12/6/12Who is Bruce Springsteen anyway? The street rat poet singing about characters straight out of West Side Story? The balladeer casting American youth in B movie glory, Roy Orbison grandeur, and fleets of fast cars? The protest singer, ... More >>

Math The Band, The Trunk Space, 12/03/12

Math the Band @ Trunk Space|11/3/12Imagine if that goofy indie rock cred of The Shins and Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, the "Napoleon Dynamites" of music, hadn't lost so much popularity and had instead evolved, embracing the EDM subculture with sentimental Millenial generation video game sample ... More >>

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 >>

Ken Bennett Says 277,011 Votes Left Statewide, 168,000 in Maricopa County

Maricopa County's long march toward a final vote count slogs on, with county Recorder Helen Purcell today announcing that by late this afternoon, 47,351 early ballots had been tabulated. Purcell's statement noted that "approximately 46,000 early ballots still remain to be processed for tabulation." ... More >>

Local Wizards' The Signal Blends Every Internet-Spawned Genre You Can Think Of (And It Rules)

The weird-bearded wait is over: the new album by Tempe based-gaze project Local Wizards has arrived in sweet digital stream and neat-looking CD digi-pak format. Performed, recorded, and released entirely by 19-year-old Kendall Humbert, The Signal is a collection of amorphous dream-pop, understated ... More >>

New Times' Summer Guide 2012

Still Smokin'

Three Creepy Christmas Carolers

​You've got to admit, Up on the Sun has been doing a pretty kick ass job of making the holiday music season, dare we say it, bearable. From posts that include the Christmas Songs That Don't Suck series, to "Un-Christmas" and Metal songs for Christmas lists, we've pretty much got you covered. ... More >>

Krampus Rocks: Six Metal Songs for Christmas

You know, this Krampus guy doesn't seem so bad...NOT.​In America, the naughty list folks have it pretty easy. Our parents warned us about coal in our stockings (though recent memes suggest something even worse), but our Christmas threats were mostly harmless, and never, regardless of awful behavio ... More >>

Bah, Humbug: Eight Un-Christmas Songs

No one loves Christmas more than Juggalos.​ Maybe I'm still bummed that Santa won't pay my bills or leave fancy camera equipment under my tree, but Christmas is lame. The holiday makes people mean and greedy -- it must have something to do with all that obnoxious music and eggnog, which is on ... More >>

Tasty Sale at Zelda's Sweet Shoppe

​If you like to give out sugary treats -- whether they're homemade or store-bought -- hitting up the Zelda's Sweet Shoppe sale this week should be on your to-do list. The Chicago-based gourmet candy store is offering deals on tins, baskets, and other gift-worthy items, as well as h ... More >>

Concert Etiquette: The Dos and Don'ts of Seeing Your Favorite Band

Guido Saccone of Cibo Urban Wine Cafe & Pizzeria

Phoenix has crazy love to thank for Chef Guido Saccone's pizza and pasta at Cibo Urban Wine Cafe & Pizzeria. Saccone, who was born just outside of Naples, fell in love with the American girl working in Tuscany for the summer, who just happened to be from Mesa. A love story straight out of a fairy ta ... More >>

Day Drinker: Swizzle Inn

Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? ​On Sunday night, my hubby and I watched the exhausting, mediocre, and hipster-gimmick fest (500) Days of Summer. We spent the remainder of the evening on the patio, drinking cheap wine, reminiscing about Lloyd Dobler an ... More >>

A.V. Club's "Least Essential Albums of 2009" Right on the Money

Yes, that is Billy Bob Thornton's band. No, we didn't need to hear their latest album.​Sometimes an actor feels necessary to spread out their talent to other venues outside of cinema. They remember playing guitar in high school and deem themselves worthy musicians, unleashing album after album of ... More >>

Curtains: Hale's A Christmas Carol in Gilbert, & Tons of Holiday Revivals

courtesy of Hale Centre TheatreYeah, yeah, God bless you, too.​It's time for Christmas shows! Nearly Naked's Times Square Angel, Arizona Broadway Theatre's A Christmas Carol, and Theater Works' Miracle on 34th Street are all back with many of the same cast, designers, and directors as last yea ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: X-Rated Santas, Modified's Farewell, and Free Shows

The Minibosses are scheduled to perfom on Saturday at Modified Arts.​ 'Tis the season for saving some scrilla, whether that means camping out in the cold to nab some doorbusters, or bring stingy when it comes to spending your entertainment dollar. Discount distractions and cheap thrills abound fro ... More >>

Federal Hearing On "Death Row Debbie" Milke's Big Appeal Postponed

We've been getting a bunch of emails from folks inquiring about the status of the Deborah Milke murder case. ​When we last wrote about the infamous case involving the mom convicted of orchestrating the murder of her 4-year-old son (she supposedly sent him "off to see Santa Claus"), we noted t ... More >>

Doubt, a Parable; Rabbit Hole; and Nearly Naked Take Home the Hardware in This Year’s Robbie Awards

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant Is a True Gift

Free Light Rail Rides for 500 People Saturday at Downtown Phoenix Holiday Event

In a few months there'll be gum on the slightly dingy seats, graffitti on the windows, and sticky, unidentifiable stuff on the floors. But tomorrow, you and a few hundred other enthusiastic rail riders can breathe in that new-train smell as some of the very first passengers on the Pho ... More >>

Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army another mindless sequel

Trite Christmas

Our design columnist wouldn't have it any other way

Oddball Home for the Holidays

Rockin' around the Christmas trees -- all 40 of 'em

Keller Williams

Dream (Dig)
(Sci Fidelity)

A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

Got SHoD?

Name that doom

Muy Caliente Summer Edition

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of October 4

Titillating Pixels

Tabb gets an eyeful of foxy video-game characters

Satan Place

How not to party like it's some guy's birthday

Guiding Lights

Where and when to catch the sparkly stuff

This Week's Day-by–Day Picks

White Matter

Beach blanketed? Bingo.

Tights Fit

Elf has all the trimmings of a holiday standard

Haul the Dreck

It seems every fa-la-la-la-lousy Christmas recording is in light rotation, but not these holiday turkeys

The Claus That Refreshes

Lunch with Old Saint You-Know-Who

En Flagrante Delectable

Just Looking's teenage voyeur delivers peek performance

Burn, Baby, Burn

Secrete Santas

For goodness sake, who's good and bad on Santa's list this Christmas!

Screen Angels

Mondo Carne

Ole Confidential

Flashes

Kid Pics for the week

Schlock Corridor

Earth to Santa

Behind the scenes at Kriss Kringle's holiday high-wire act

JAMS TO THE WORLD

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOYFUL NOISES AND TANNEN-BOMBS

A Judge's Christmas

And you thought you had a bad time