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Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend in Phoenix

Kelly Clarkson may have slept on his phenomenal Kaleidoscope Dream, but that didn't stop Los Angeles-based crooner Miguel from having one hell of a 2012. He tops our list of must-see shows this weekend in Phoenix, stopping by the historic Celebrity Theatre to showcase sulty jams like "Adorn." We can ... More >>

Chow Bella's 5 Favorite Food and Drink Apps

If you're like us, you have a smart phone...a smart phone that is being highly under-utilized, subjected to menial tasks when it could really be tackling complex algorithms or at the very least launching virtual birds out of a slingshot. Which is why we at Chow Bella have decided to start using ou ... More >>

Deftones Don't Conform to the Nu-Metal Mold

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 13, 2012

Joe Arpaio's Early Christmas Gift from President Obama and the U.S. Attorney's Office

See also: Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio See also: No Charges for Arpaio: U.S. Closes Criminal Investigation of Maricopa Sheriff and Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas See also: The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come? ... More >>

Alexander Cockburn's Recent Death Reminds Us Of His Long-Ago Visit Here

We disagreed with Alexander Cockburn, well, more than half the time, and that was a good thing. We had read him for years when he was with the Village Voice(long before the New Times chain took over the New York City alternative weekly giant), and really appreciated how he skewered those on the lef ... More >>

EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

Feedback from the Thursday, April 26th Issue

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Wednesday 3/14/2012

​If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving musi ... More >>

Power 98.3's DJ M2 Needs Your Votes to Reach the Finals of McDonald's Flavor Battle

The instruction manual for the Technics 1200 dictates that the quintessential DJ tool is only to be used with carts, stands, booths or other gear specified and approved by the manufacturer.Nowhere, however, does it state that the turntable is okay to be used on a gigantic burger box. It's a situati ... More >>

Pazz and Jop Poll Critics' Poll 2012

The Village Voice's 39th annual Pazz and Jop critics' poll is live. Drawing from some 700 ballots, tUnE-yArDs' w h o k i l l topped the favorite albums list, and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" topped the singles list. Those looking for familiar New Times bylines in the individual ballots will not ... More >>

Van Halen (With David Lee Roth) Headed to Phoenix in June

So, the Radiohead thing felt pretty big, and Gun N' Roses was positively surreal. So try this one on for size: Van Halen, featuring David Lee Roth and the Van Halens: Eddie, Alex, and Wolfgang, are headed to US Airways Center on Saturday, June 16. That's right. Saturday night. With Van Halen. "Erup ... More >>

Top 15 Albums of 2011: Jason P. Woodbury

Ty Segall​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next week, we'll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! Is it just me, or was 2011 weird? Like, really weird? Lou Reed and Metallica made an album together. It w ... More >>

New Times' Best of App Gets Rave Reviews from iTunes, wired.com

iTunes​Aw, shucks. Here at New Times and Village Voice Media, we're more accustomed to telling you all about the best places to eat, drink and otherwise enjoy life in Phoenix (traditionally in our annual Best of Phoenix issues, which hits the stands each September) than brag on ourselves ... More >>

Can I Close My Tab? Martin Cizmar Leaves as New Times Music Editor for Gig in South Florida

​Tell people you're a music critic and they're likely to get all sorts of ideas about you -- some right, some wrong. More often than not, they seem to think you're a failed musician who picked up a pen when his band's demo failed to catch any important ears. I've always been pretty clear abo ... More >>

So What Happened With Against Me!?

Pazz & Jop Announced. Kanye Won. Duh.

​Our sister paper, The Village Voice, has announced the results of their annual Pazz & Jop critic's poll.If you're unfamiliar, basically like 1,000 music critics get to vote on their favorite albums and singles, assigning points to the top 10. Then those points are tabulated and Kanye West win ... More >>

ADL's Jared Loughner Report: Mental Illness, Not Ideology Likely Led To Tragedy

Mental illness, rather than Tea Baggery's likely to blame for Loughner's rampage, says the ADLSince Saturday's massacre in Tucson, both the left and the right have parsed alleged killer Jared Lee Loughner's YouTube videos, the statements of his supposed school chums, his favorite books (everything f ... More >>

Medical Marijuana: An Open Letter to Arizona From VVM's Colorado Pot Critic

​Village Voice Media, the parent company of New Times, is the only news outlet in the country with its very own pot critic. His pen name is William Breathes -- he's based out of Denver, Colorado, and works for our sister paper, Westword. He's written an open letter to the state of Arizona rega ... More >>

Welcome to Mi Pueblito: The Small-Town, Family-Farm Lifestyle That We Cherish Is Being Preserved Thanks to Mexican Immigrants

Mayor Phil Gordon and Others (Including Our Boss) to Discuss Sheriff Joe on CNN

Just heard from Dan Saban, a decent guy who has taken on Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the campaign trail and in civil court (and, alas, has lost every time). ​He tells us that he recently participated in a roundtable discussion with CNN "regarding the abuses of authority by Joe Arpaio and friends ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on SB 1070

Village Voice SXSW Party Features Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood

Superchunk​ Some news from our corporate parent: The lineup for the 2010 Village Voice SXSW party has been announced. Superchunk, the xx, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Surfer Blood will play the show in Austin. We know the economy is tough, but if you can beg, borrow or steal your way to ... More >>

NOFX Frontman to Open New York Restaurant

Somehow I doubt he'll be the one refilling your water...​Fat Mike is throwing his name and his dollars behind a restaurant featuring "new American cuisine" in Brooklyn's Park Slope. It may come as no surprise that the Village Voice was surprised that Mike, who wrote a song titled "Don't Call Me Wh ... More >>

New Issue Lowdown

​We can officially look back at 2009 in the dust trail behind us. It's over and done, and we are just finishing up contemplating what the year brought us. For the music crowd, that means a reflection of any and all recordings that made 2009 what it was. Music editor Martin Cizmar presents t ... More >>

The Love Me Nots

Prima Divas

Faboo book chronicles connections with female stars

Less Than Jake

Time Bomb: A '70s Cop Killing Investigation Leads to a Chicago Law Professor Who Helped Launch Barack Obama's Political Career

Locals Only

Arizona Artists Cover Each Other on the When in AZ Compilation

Arizona Artists Cover Each Other on the When in AZ Compilation

Scotland May Be Small, But It's Big On Pop Music

The flag of Scotland What is it about Scotland that makes the country of just more than 5 million people produce far more than its fair share of great pop music artists? Consider the following sample list: Simple Minds, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Altered Images, The Bluebells, The Je ... More >>

Dear and the Headlights: Phoenix's Great Hope?

Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

Off The Chain: San Francisco Porn vs. Phoenix Porn

One of the things I enjoy most about reading the other music, arts and culture blogs in the Village Voice chain is seeing how they reflect their respective scenes. Take, for example, today's porn-related posts here in Phoenix and at our sister paper in San Francisco.Last night, Niki D'Andrea covere ... More >>

New York Times Slams Arpaio's Dumb New Reality Show

I'm on the run this a.m., but I would be remiss if I did not point your attention to this excellent article by David Carr in Sunday's New York Times online concerning our clown of a sheriff, "A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV." Unlike a lot of other media writers who just end up blowing our top co ... More >>

Phoenix’s Best Records of 2008

McCain Campaign Volunteer Ashley Todd Mutilates Self in Invented Political Attack

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester Tennessee

New Times founders honored for support of civil liberties

Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla turns the tables on the critics

Future Shock: Coheed and Cambria, Chevelle, Redman, and more

A Family Adrift

Moments of joy amid the bitterness of divorce

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