Critic's Notebook

With a new EP, a podcast, and a collaborative project.

From our Best of Phoenix 2017 issue.

Talking gear with the Phoenix musician — and how Kurt Warner helped him buy one of his favorite guitars.

Tis the season.

Featuring nine local bands and a DJ set from MRCH.

Talking gear with the Tempe duo.

Voting for the award closes December 1.

Much of what we know about the venue comes from longtime staffers.

It was a huge year for local music.

From our Best of Phoenix 2017 issue.

And the amp he can’t gig without.

It was mesmerizing to see Jay-Z as an imperfect, vulnerable man.

Tracking down these books shouldn’t be difficult for masters of the universe.

In order to drop a bomb, you have to build one first. This album’s explosive.

They’ll play The Van Buren this month.

“It’s no band oasis, but it works. It’s 24 hours, so you could live in here if you wanted to.”

“One morning, we just get an email saying ‘time to do another record.'”

The music video artist talks gear in this week’s Pound for the Sound.

But you can find their new album in a Glendale vending machine.

“We’ve always been a meat-and-potatoes kind of band.”

The victim’s injuries were not life-threatening.

And, you know, not having everything sound like soup.