Elijah Wood is a Maniac. By Cory Casciato The original Maniac hit theaters in 1980 and quickly became a slasher classic by heralding a new era in on-screen depravity. The grimy, gritty film about a serial killer who scalps women and collects mannequins famously depicted a close-up of a shotgun…
June ended with a bang–Axis Radius closed down after one last blowout and temperatures spiked from “I guess I signed up for this” to “I did not sign up for this”–but our Club Candids photographers were busy all month, documenting Phoenix nightlife and consuming lots of fluids, probably. Here are…
Last Call: The End of An Era at Axis/Radius, 6/29/13 More than a thousand rowdy revelers and party monsters jammed into Axis-Radius in Scottsdale on Saturday, June 29, for one final fiesta before the iconic Old Town nightclub closed its doors after 16 years. Both parts of the double-sided dance…
Phoenix, we planned your week. Here’s how to spend it — from Independence Day bashes and educational exhibits to pub crawls and live comedy. “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids” @ Lowell Observatory While most Phoenicians are loading up on little packages of cardboard and gunpowder to express the…
The Fourth of July is for buying Chinese fireworks and being a proud American. Maya Day and Nightclub is betting that you might also enjoy some music by a certain very famous British DJ. The War of 1812 is still felt acutely ’round these parts, thank you very much. Regardless:…
Last weekend, after 16 years as an Old Town institution, Scottsdale’s Axis-Radius was the site of one last blowout before closing down for good. (It’s set to reopen next year as a new music venue and craft beer hangout.) We were there for Last Call. Here’s 20 photos from the…
Look: After literally everybody who went to Warped Tour in Mesa Thursday melted into an enormous puddle filled with black V-neck T-shirts, you might find this weekend’s concerts in Phoenix a little sparsely attended. Take advantage of that! At least, unless you knew one of the people who melted. Then…
Phoenix, it’s been a busy week. Between the Supreme Court knocking down DOMA and dismissing Prop. 8, Dan Mintz dishing on Bob’s Burgers, and Dexter fans getting all hot and bothered over the final season’s premiere this weekend, it might be tempting to throw in the towel (y’know the one…
With Friday’s release of The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy), another buddy cop movie joins a film library filled with explosions, oddball pairings and broad humor. While the genre’s been compacted into a cliche over the years (especially immediately following its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s), and…
This post was written by L.A. Weekly staff writer Dennis Romero.The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriage to resume in California today.In its ruling on the state’s anti-gay marriage law, the court essentially said that a “private party,” the conservative backers of the law, had no standing…
Don’t let the working week get you down, Phoenix. There’s plenty to do during your off-hours this week. Here are our top five recommendations. Beers with Friends Scrabble Party @ Handlebar Real talk. We play what probably would be classified as an excessive amount of Words with Friends. We love…
The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year’s issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local “experts” to list their own personal bests? This week Petite Maison co-owner Wendy Porter shares where she gets her…
If you’re having trouble finding something to do tonight, or a week from tonight, or three months from now, it is literally our job to help you solve that problem. Here’s one way we do it: Our regularly updated Phoenix concert calendar. Once you’ve got the day’s festivities at a…
I know a lot of people who are kind of frustrated that the Vans Warped Tour has passed them by — that they’re targeting new teenagers instead of targeting the people who were teenagers when Warped Tour began. To those people, I ask: How many fellow 30-year-olds do you know…
This weekend in Phoenix: The ’80s comes together to listen to Cyndi Lauper, the Phoenix music community comes together on a new record (and some old ones), Harry Potter fans come together to listen to songs about Harry Potter, and the Trunk Space comes together to eulogize Noodle. This weekend’s…
We’ve already rounded up our reasons for loving Arizona in the summertime. So, desert dwellers, here’s a reason to love Arizona this weekend: There’s a ton to do. Here are our top five picks for how to spend the next few days. Cory Basil’s “Skinny Dipping in Daylight” @ Astor…
By now our regular readers are familiar with Voice Places, the listings engine behind all of Phoenix New Times’ reviews and calendar picks. Today that engine got a lot more powerful, with a new design that brings you even more content. Take a look. You’ll find more pictures, more stories,…
By now, our regular readers are familiar with Voice Places, the listings engine behind all of Phoenix New Times’ restaurant reviews and calendar picks. Today, that engine got a lot more powerful, with a new design that brings you even more content. Take a look. You’ll find more pictures, more…
By Alex Distefano I have been a heavy metal fan for over 50 percent of my existence on this planet. But when you’re talking about the all-encompassing musical genre known as “heavy metal,” you might as well be talking about something as infinitely complicated as the universe. It’s that vast,…
The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year’s issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local “experts” to list their own personal bests? This week Aaron Eckburg, co-owner of go lb. salt — “Arizona’s original…
Your work week just got a whole lot more exciting, Phoenix. Here’s something to do every day before the weekend arrives. Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo @ Crescent Ballroom Dig up your dauber and get ready for a game of chance. New Times culture blog Jackalope Ranch Presents Bingo in the…
She and him and them and them and him and her and them are playing in Phoenix this week, and all of them are a part of our five must-see Phoenix shows this week. You’re bound to like one of those pronouns, if only you give it a chance…
