Copper Star Coffee barista Emma Truitt is partial to the shop’s lavender cappuccino — but it isn’t because she has hair the same color as the gently fragrant herb. It is because she is aware of how its flavor lends itself in a good way to the popular frothy espresso…
For the fourth time in the past decade, New Orleans’ garage swamp noise rocker Quintron and his lovely partner in crime, Miss Pussycat — formally known as Panacea Pussycat — brought their act to downtown’s Trunk Space. The duo, complete with puppets and organs, showed an excited and bouncy crowd…
Cheap TrickVeterans Memorial ColiseumOctober 16, 2013 (View the full slideshow.) It was business as usual at the Arizona State Fair when Cheap Trick took over the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Last night, the band that recently crossed over the 40-year mark of life in the rock ‘n’ roll business played nearly…
The union of coffee and comic books makes perfect sense; both are synonymous with inspiring an energetic state of being. For the crew of downtown Mesa’s Gotham City Comics & Coffee, this information is no secret. Manager Jaime Ruiz, who has worked at the store nearly the entire three years…
Do you like Steve Earle? Were you able to see Steve Earle and the Dukes last night at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts but for some reason did not attend? If you considered it but decided to spend the night as a couch potato instead, go ahead and cry…
The things you find out about your barista. Shelby Moore of south Tempe’s hub for stuffed goodness, Crepe Bar, is a journalism student (full disclosure: he once interned for Chow Bella). When he isn’t busy hitting the books, he can be found in the restaurant whipping up tasty coffee drinks…
It wasn’t just Depeche Mode that brought their road show to the Phoenix area last night – – though you’d never have known it by the seemingly endless amounts of pictures and videos that were flooding Facebook all night. Downtown’s Crescent Ballroom featured another prolific band formed in early ’80s…
We’re all about spreading our love for the bean among the several independent coffee shops that have made it a mission to deliver a bold, and aesthetically delightful, cup. Bringing some coffee cool to Central Phoenix’s Coronado ‘hood is Mud Dauber Coffee — part of an insectual group of businesses…
Savages Crescent Ballroom October 1, 2013 If you name your band Savages, you’d better be damn ferocious and feral. I suppose you could go the irony route and be real timid and wimpy, akin to when a giant, burly ax murderer’s name turns out to be Tiny. Me, I prefer…
Oh, horchata, the hottie of cold drinks. Its sixth-grade-joke-inspiring name is oh so fitting. It’s zesty and delicious, but those aren’t the only features this drink has to offer — it often si subtly diverse, made unique by the creators who serve up glasses loaded with your chilly, dreamy-creamy goodness…
We think you’ve seen a Yama Tower by now. But in case you blinked, it’s a wall mounted, cold-brewing glass apparatus that resembles an hourglass and is responsible for a lot of badass coffee drinks currently served around the world. At the 7th Ave. and McDowell breakfast and lunch joint…
It’s that time of the year again: State Fair time. What’s not to like? It provides three weeks of opportunities for Valley folks of every variety to congregate and yuck it up within the confines of the Arizona State Fairgrounds, get their fill of uncomfortable white-knuckle-inspiring rides, fried food that…
Neko CaseOrpheum TheaterSeptember 12, 2013 Had she not mentioned it, you probably never would have known that Neko Case was suffering from an annoying head cold at her nearly sold-out show last night at Phoenix’s lovely Orpheum Theater. Her sickness showed no intentions of betrayal to her glorious voice as…
Yeah Yeah YeahsMarquee Theatre, TempeAugust 21, 2013 (View the full slideshow in a new window.) It was a flurry of colored strobes, shimmers, and sparkles as Karen O. and her boys Nick Zinner and Brian Chase — best known as the New York-based Yeah Yeah Yeahs — took over the…
SebadohCrescent BallroomAugust 9, 2013 There was a lot of love in the air at Crescent Ballroom last night as indie rock legends Sebadoh played their first area show in a while. A lot of the feely-good vibes came as much from the stage as they did from the crowd that…
Cover songs can be tricky business. Finding one(s) that everyone in a band wants to do and then executing it while attempting to pay proper homage to whoever or whatever reason you wanted to do it in the first place. Doing an entire set of someone else’s music, though –…
Peter MurphyCrescent BallroomSaturday, July 13, 2013 (View the full slideshow.) On Saturday night, goth’s godfather, Peter Murphy, brought his Mr. Moonlight tour to the Crescent Ballroom, celebrating 35 years of Bauhaus, one of the biggest names in early gothic rock. The band formed in ’78 and saw their first breakup…
MelvinsCrescent BallroomJuly 12, 2013 It might be a good idea to take a drive by the Crescent Ballroom this morning and see if that place is still standing. I am pretty sure that the Melvins’ blistering delivery of their noisy, sludge-y, smart, thick, and furious blend of motherfucking ROCK left…
Dust off your chain wallet: Everclear, Live, Filter, and Sponge are coming to Tempe tonight. Nah, just kidding. There is way more to do than just dust off your chain wallet. To pay proper homage to this packaged concert tour, there are some more fashion details to consider. It’s kind…
One of the best things about life is spontaneity. Adventures and experiences, big or small, that happen on a whim can make life pretty fucking fun. Especially because, for most of us, the rest of that time is bogged down by realities like jobs, school, and bills; when we can…
Can you handle the truth? If stuff like honesty and real-life stories are your kind of thing, and you also happen to be heading to Crescent Ballroom on June 27 to see Twin Shadow, be prepared get your fix via personal storytelling, an added element to the night of music…
After what seemed like a hearty chunk of time between the two opening acts and headliner Sea Wolf, the band took the stage last night at Crescent Ballroom. Enforcing the toothy and animal side of their moniker, they kicked it off with “You’re A Wolf” from their first EP and…
