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Steve Freidkin of TEXAZ Grill On Chicken-Fried Steak, His Favorite Local Deli, and the Two Local Chefs He Most Admires

Steve Freidkin TEXAZ Grill 6003 N. 16th Street, Phoenix 602-248-7827, texazgrill.com See also: -- Free Ice Cream: Sweet Republic's Five Year Anniversary on Wednesday, June 12 -- Next Up on Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives: Tempe's Curry Corner and The Duce in Downtown Phoenix This is part one of my in ... More >>

Local Wire: Cover the Crescent, Alice Bag, and More Valley Music

[The Valley is a big place, and it puts out more interesting music than we could ever hope to cover. Every week or so, Mike Bogumill will use this space to cover a little more of it. - Ed.] The goal of this column is to document, explore, and create awareness for interesting things happening in loc ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

Do not cross Miranda Lambert. You can go see her perform on Thursday at Desert Sky Pavilion, and you can listen to her music, you can probably even say you're a big fan, and you can go buy a T-shirt. But crossing her does not seem to be a good idea, if the subject matter of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, ... More >>

Is Scottsdale's John Smith the Secret Love Child of Elvis Presley?

New Food Truck Alert: Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen

Pie Social's just around the corner and if you're wondering about the savory options to counteract the inevitable excess of sweet, don't worry, we've got you covered. Let us present Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen. From Northern California to Nashville, New Orleans and Phoenix, Michael Babcock has be ... More >>

Christopher O'Riley on Ultimatums from Nuns, NPR, and the New Radiohead Album

​ Christopher O'Riley is a classical musician who creates piano arrangements of modern rock songs. He has released tributes to Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, and two Radiohead albums. His latest album, Out of my Hands, features the versions of songs by Nirvana, Portishead, Tears for Fears, The Sm ... More >>

Chasing Pablo: For Old-School Art Pickers, the Thrill Is Fading – and So’s the Payoff

Edie Made Easy

Queen of the Factory gets the superficial biopic treatment

Phoenix's Loss

Chico and the Fan

A legendary drummer should go out with a bang

Chick Hunt

When does stage banter spell doom for open country discourse? And why?

The Residents

Demons Dance Alone

The Residents' Petting Zoo (Cryptic/East Side Digital)

Life Goes On

Despite the recent passing of some of heritage music's finest, the music continues to flourish thanks to a handful of fine new releases

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions 2000

Music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets in New Times' annual poll

Disco Technicalities

Phoenix Studio 54 -- soon to be a favorite hangout of lawyers

Desert Solitaire

For singer-songwriters Victoria Williams and Mark Olson, the fast lane ends in Joshua Tree

Back in the Game

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

Pic Hits for the week

BLACK LIKE HEWITH THE DEATH OF WOLFMAN JACK, THE LAST TRUE CHILD OF RADIO IS GONE

THE BLUE BLUEGRASS OF HOME RALPH STANLEY PLAYS MUSIC CLOSE TO THE ROOTS HE NEVER LEFT

HERE'S THE BEEF

SLEEPY LABEEF IS NO HAS-BEEN OR NEVER-WAS. HE JUST IS.

THE SOUL OF OPELOUSASJOURNEYMAN KING KARL AND HIS WIFE, GEORGETTE, MOVE TO MESA WITH A BITING BIRD, SOME HOMICIDAL FISH AND A GUITAR

FLIGHT OF THE IGUANASIT HASN'T HURT THIS BAND TO OFFER LIVE SAX ONSTAGE