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Tom Waits

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Tumblr of the Week: Sleevefaced

    We feature a lot of brilliant music-related Tumblrs full of funny Photoshopped pictures. What's better than that, you ask?Sleevefaced, that's what.Sleevefaced is a collection of photos of people incorporating vinyl album artwork into their posed pictures. These pictures involve anything from the pho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Bob Log III @ Crescent Ballroom

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    What's Selling: Hoodlums Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

    ​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. It's been 13 years since neighborhood music store Hoodlums made their first sale. Last week we caught up with owner Steve W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

    ​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. The best part about Halloween is dressing up. Although no one in this week's list at Stinkweeds in Phoenix is particularly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Stinkweeds' Dario Miranda on Tonight's Tom Waits Release Party; Exposing Himself to Phoenix

    ​OK, so maybe Stinkweeds staffer Dario Miranda isn't exactly running around flashing his bits and pieces but he might as well be. We'll get to that later. In Phoenix, Monday nights traditionally belong to DJ Shane Kennedy and his "Torch and Twang" evening at Carly's Bistro where he plays ever ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    I Wish It Would Rain -- 10 'Rain' Songs We Hope Inspire More Rain

    ​ So we finally got a little rain last night -- but if your car is still as dirty as mine from last week's haboob -- it wasn't nearly enough. I'm talking some serious monsoon action, the kind that lasts a few days.  Here's 10 songs that that will hopefully inspire Mother Nature to help us out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Five Songs That Chronicle the Salt River Tubing Experience

    No matter how many times you've stated the contrary, you will more than likely find yourself on a black buoyant tube floating along Salt River's murky waters this summer. You will drink copious amounts of alcohol, forget to apply sun block on at least 13 percent of your body, and you will lose at le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Winter's Bone: Music From the Motion Picture Performed Live Last Night at Mesa Arts Center, 6-8-2011

    Blackberry Winter​Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar ... More >>

  • Music

    May 5, 2011

    Man Man @ The Clubhouse Music Venue

    Blackberry Winter​Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Man Man

    Blackberry Winter​Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    The Legendary Shack Shakers

    Blackberry Winter​Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    What's Selling: Hoodlums Music and Movies

    ​ School is almost back in session, but Hoodlums has kept busy even while the students are out of town. Tom Waits is at the top of their sales, local acoustic sereneders Dry River Yacht Club came in second, and Bobby Dylan's Christmas album is still going strong even though Christmas is, well ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Fun With Goth

    Theatrical act is like a goofball version of Dresden Dolls

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    The Vinyl Frontier

    Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    Budget Beat: Carly's Bistro

    Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Tom Waits slays 'em on opening night in Phoenix

    Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    Future Shock: Tom Waits, Tina Turner, Coldplay, and more

    Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Black Diamond Heavies

    Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Heavy Trash

    Going Way Out with Heavy Trash
    (Yep Roc)

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    The Atomic Fireballs

    Torch This Place
    (Lava/Atlantic)

  • Music

    December 28, 2006

    Tom VandenAvond

    Menace II sobriety

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Dazzler

    Menace II sobriety

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Tom Waits

    Orphans
    (Anti-)

  • Music

    October 26, 2006

    Djentrification and Peso One

    Kicking it on the coffee porch

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    Gabby La La

    Be Careful What You Wish For
    (Prawn Song Records)

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Eels

    Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
    (Vagrant)

  • Music

    February 24, 2005

    The Voodoo Organist

    Close your eyes and it's still good

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds Records (12 West Camelback Road)

    Chart-toppers for December 27 through January 2

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    The Youngs

    The Youngs
    (Web of Mimicry)

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Tom Waits

    Real Gone
    (Epitaph)

  • Film

    May 27, 2004

    A Good Buzz

    Hopped up and hip: Coffee and Cigarettes brings the cool

  • Music

    January 2, 2003

    Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

    2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

  • Music

    May 16, 2002

    Tom Waits

    Alice/Blood Money (Anti)

  • Music

    April 18, 2002

    Edith Frost

    Wonder Wonder woman artfully dodges categorization

  • Music

    April 18, 2002

    Ed Harcourt

    Here Be Monsters (Heavenly/Capitol)

  • Music

    January 3, 2002

    Pretty Vacant

    New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001
  • Music

    September 13, 2001

    Sax Relief

    Gumbo rewrites the tax code with the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Blues Valentine

    After nearly three decades, the fateful desert meeting between Tom Waits and John Hammond is fully realized with the release of Wicked Grin

  • Music

    February 22, 2001
  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    Smooth Operators

    Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

  • Music

    March 2, 2000

    Pompousness and Circumstance

    Gumbo gets smug as he samples some Coltrane, gets blue with Big Bill, does Duke with the Doc and feels some local Native American muse

  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    Obsessions, Passions, Perversions

    New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    Critical Mass

    Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

  • Music

    April 29, 1999

    Carry That Waits

    Tom waits for no one, but the lowlife bard's new album is well worth the six-year wait

  • Music

    December 18, 1997

    Copy Cats

    In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

  • Music

    May 23, 1996

    Say, What?

    In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

  • Music

    December 29, 1993

    TUNES OF '93 IN TEN EASY STEPS SIR CHARLES, BARRY GOLDWATER AND DAVE FROM CIRCLE K WEIGH IN WITH THEIR FAVES

    In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

  • Music

    December 30, 1992

    THE BEST OF NINETEEN NINETY TUNE

    In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

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