By Jonathan McNamara Even the great Hindu sage Valmiki surely could not have predicted that when he penned life into Hanuman, the monkey god in the Hindu epic The Ramayana, the character would end up on a bottle of beer. Yet that’s exactly what seems to have happened as an…
By Jonathan McNamara A day of punk-rocking, T-shirt purchasing and baking in the summer sun drew to a close as Gym Class Heroes rapped one last song into the Phoenix night. The sweat-drenched fury that is the Vans Warped Tour was over for another year. But fret not, Warped Tour…
Face it, every once in a while you like to get a little post-punk. Hell, maybe you even occasionally need to sing an emo-ballad if only to your steering wheel. Luckily for you there is a time and place for you and it’s The Vans Warped Tour. Warped Tour hits…
By Jonathan McNamara Where have you heard of Cousins of the Wize? Attendees at the Summer of Sound Hip Hop show will remember the Cousins opening up for headliner Zion-I with their lyrical rhymes and saxophone hooks. We called out for MP3s and Cousins of the Wize answered. Check out…
By Jonathan McNamara Go Skate Boarding Day Hundred of Phoenix skaters wheeled their way to Cowtown Skateboards’ North Phoenix warehouse for several hours of pulling tricks and catching air. Kirkwood Dellinger EP Release at Yucca Tap Room Local band Kirkwood Dellinger celebrated the release of their eight song EP Miniature…
By Sarah Ventre Better Than: A release party for a four song EP. The legendary Yucca Tap Room is perhaps best known as a training ground where local bands come up before they hit it big. Many Phoenix stars has graced the stage with the neon beer light situated just…
By Jonathan McNamara You won’t get let out of school for it and you can forget buying Hallmark cards to mark the occasion, but that didn’t stop hundreds of skate boarders from celebrating Go Skateboarding Day on Saturday June 21. Events were planned all over the country, but in Phoenix,…
By Jonathan McNamara After last week’s call to action, we at New Times have received several MP3s from local acts. The first group to get their tracks into our inbox was What’s Left. Take a listen to their song “Post Cards.” Find out when What’s Left is playing next and…
By Jonathan McNamara As the headline suggests, you’ve just stumbled into a new Chow Bella segment focused on the gods’ proof that they want us to be happy: beer. Keep checking back each week for reviews of the sudsy stuff. This week’s brew: Oak Creek Brewing Co.’s Nut Brown Ale…
By Jonathan McNamara Kirkwood Dellinger EP Release Party Tempe band Kirkwood Dellinger will release their new EP this Saturday at Yucca Tap Room with the help of Dry River Yacht Club and The Necronauts. Stop on by for the no cover, 21 and up show. For more information, see Kirkwood…
By Jonathan McNamara Better Than: All the other bands that peaked while I was in high school. See more of Alien Ant Farm bassist Tye Zamora in our slide show: Alien Ant Farm at Tempe Marketplace for Third Thursday Make no mistake that the majority of the crowd out for…
By Jonathan McNamara Attention, Stephenie Meyer fans: Here’s your chance to snag the fourth book in the Twilight saga, courtesy of Changing Hands Bookstore. Purchase a copy of the book today and receive a voucher that will allow you to pick up the book at the midnight release party on…
By Jonathan McNamara Noise Boy Steve Jansen’s column on experimental studio band Carillons undoubtedly left you searching for an aural sample of the band’s eclectic musical stylings. No worries, we’ve got your fix. Check out the band’s twelve-minute song “Voodka.”…
By Adriane Goetz Better Than: Getting attacked by Killa Beez Wu Tang Clan master, The RZA, i.e. Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah, is known by many names (The Abbott, Prince Rakeem, Rzarector, and Bobby Steels, just to name a few) but his most notorious alias is the incorrigible Bobby Digital. Enamored with…
By Jonathan McNamara If you’ve delved into Benjamin Leatherman’s piece on JerkRag in this week’s Phoenix New Times you’re already aware of what it is that the Valley’s premiere Rock Band band does on stage. Here’s your chance to see their plastic controllers in action during a mid-April Sand Bar…
By Jonathan McNamara Pizzeria Bianco’s not just making great pizza, it’s making headlines…again. It seems pizza-obsessed Slice America blogger Adam Kuban and his pizza-loving pal DJ Bubbles have recently discovered the Bianco magic for themselves. Read Bubbles’ write-up proclaiming Pizzeria Bianco “The Best Pizza in the U.S.” To make his…
By Jonathan McNamara The Arizona Republic published a lead editorial today called “Paranoia-ville” that sternly criticizes Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign to peruse more than 10,000 e-mails (as reported by New Times on May 15) received by Mayor Phil Gordon and his staff. For more images from City Hall, see our…
By Joseph Golfen It sounds like every thrift store shopper’s dream. Teri Horton, a 75-year-old former long-haul trucker, bought a painting for a friend as a gag in a California thrift store, only to learn that it could be a lost masterpiece by Jackson Pollock worth more than $50,000,000. The…
By Jonathan McNamara No dear reader, we haven’t gone loco on you. We know Bonnaroo went down in Tennessee, but members of the Village Voice family were there recording it all for you. BB King shows he’s still got it at Bonnaroo. Check out not one, but two galleries from…
By Jonathan McNamara Father’s Day Paint Ball at Ballers Arena Maybe you showed Dad how much you care by taking him to brunch. For the players at Ballers Arena, ham and eggs weren’t going to cut it. They showed Dad their love by shooting him in the face! Ballers Arena,…
By PJ Standlee Gamers seeking digital camaraderie and elbow-rubbing competition have a place to call their own. Located at the historical McCullough-Price House opposite the southwest corner of Chandler Fashion Mall, the “ZAP! Vintage Video Games” exhibition welcomes gamers of all ages to come in and pick up the joysticks…
Did you forget? The official day of appreciation for the man who gave you life is a mere two days away. Show him you love him by taking him to one of these father-friendly events this weekend. Zap! Vintage Video Games X-boxes are for cowards. Sixteen buttons? I only need…
