Jack Johnston and Josh Montag want to bring back the sentiment of what albums "should be" to the Arizona scene. They recruited nearly 30 vocalists and musicians to play on their sophomore album, Modern Repair, on which the bassist and drummer asked their guest singers what they'd like to see...
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Otep Shamaya is no stranger to controversy. She challenges every status quo in heavy metal, feminism, and well, the music industry in general. She welcomes the chance to stand up and speak out for those with no voice, or who risk too much to use it. As a result, the...
Next time you catch John Boorman's classic 1972 film Deliverance, Phoenix lawyer Dennis Wilenchik may come to mind. Particularly during the notorious "squeal like a pig" scene, when a character played by Ned Beatty is raped by a Georgia redneck and made to crawl on all fours. Earlier this year, the pugnacious,...
Taxpayers pick up the tab for Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio's attorney's fees, court costs and settlements in civil suits. Political contributors bankroll his campaigns. He and his wife Ava are millionaires, and own a number of pricey properties in the Valley. His salary with Maricopa County is more than $100,000...
Here's a scary story for you. Somewhere in Hollywood, a cabal of producers are forever zombie-ing up the corpses of long-dead licensed properties, ever hopeful that you will continue to throw your money at familiar trademarked characters even as they eat your brains. Sometimes, when a silver moon shines just...
Jessica Burlew, a Glendale teen accused of killing 43-year-old Jason Ash during a sex-act gone wrong, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison today. Burlew had accepted the state's plea bargain last month — pleading guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for a 10-year sentence — and today, Judge Scott...
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Actor Jeff Daniels is omnipresent right now, appearing in the sci-fi blockbuster The Martian as well as the biopic Steve Jobs. Dumb and Dumber To lingers in some second-run movie houses. When not fielding calls from his agent or conducting interviews about said films, Daniels can be found on stage...
The Place: Smooth Brew The Location: 1447 E. McDowell Road The Vibe: Smooth Brew Coffee is easy to fly by on your morning commute. The new-ish coffee shack, located on the south side of McDowell Road just west of 16th Street, opened in early June and is set back from the street...
At the beginning of this month, Oregon became the third state where adults 21 and older can buy marijuana at retail stores — and Arizona may not be far behind. But the pro-legalization movement and even Arizona's medical-marijuana program could still be derailed in the next few years by court rulings...
Phoenix creative Matt Noakes has kept busy for years: attending ASU and Berkeley to study architecture, project managing at Kornegay Design in Phoenix, guitar playing for local mega band Black Carl, buying a house – name it. Yet since returning from Berkeley in 2010 and the disbanding of Black Carl...
At Phoenix Fashion Week 2015, change is in the air — and not just backstage. Thursday, October 1, marked the start of some major changes for the fall runway event, now in its eighth year, including nightly awards for emerging designers and a dedication to showcasing a range of work...
Arizona is filled with transplants. About half the people who live here, including plenty of artists, come from other places. Yet their work often reflects a strong sense of place and connection to the Sonoran Desert. Some draw inspiration from the desert, while others actually use desert materials as art...
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Matthew Grunwald wasn't completely surprised when he got the call telling him he would be a contestant on season 11 of Food Network Star. "I was really expecting it," the Scottsdale resident says. "I'm the kind of person where when I do something, I expect good results." Grunwald says with...
In a sunny storefront near the 202 freeway in Chandler, coffee roaster Dan Suh trains barista Tyler Adams in espresso-craft. Adams is brewing espresso shots on a La Marzocco GS3, calibrating his timing down to the second to produce the perfect espresso shot. “Ok, give me some descriptors,” Suh directs as Adams takes...
Most studio musicians pine for the kind of streak that bassist Stephen Bruner is on. In 2014, Bruner — best known by his alias “Thundercat” — contributed to Flying Lotus’ avant-garde electronic album You're Dead!; in 2015, he’s an essential player on two of the most lauded albums of the year:...
Arizona just got one step closer to enacting a new, controversial plan for dealing with air pollution and visibility problems emanating from the Cholla Power Plant in Joseph City. The public comment period for the new plan closed yesterday, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency now has a few weeks...
When you walk into Nanay’s, you might as well have walked straight into a Filipino home. Since opening at the beginning of the year, this family-run joint serves traditional Filipino fare with a genuine desire to make customers happy. The employees had us sample every single dish in their cafeteria-style...
No, Maynard James Keenan doesn't want to talk about the next Tool album. Keenan is a bona fide rock star. He's as undisputed as Floyd Mayweather. But that's not to say he's a diva. He arrives at a photo shoot at Four Eight Wineworks in Clarkdale 10 minutes early, pushing...
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For years, Phoenicians drove from all parts of town to a run-down strip mall in Tempe to get wood-fired pies at a little spot called Classic Italian Pizza, known far and wide as one of the best pizzerias in the Valley. Last year, the restaurant moved to a better strip...
Two days after the mass shooting in San Bernardino at an office Christmas party that left 14 dead and 21 wounded, about a dozen Muslims held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to announce their prescription for the radical Islamist ideology that reportedly inspired the slaughter. Authorities say Syed Rizwan...
McDowell Mountain Music Festival has set a date for 2016. On March 11-13, the festival will return to Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix. Last year's festival came at the end of March; this year the organizers are moving it earlier in the month to take advantage of (hopefully) better...
A new report on child welfare in Arizona reveals some startling statistics that help explain why the state’s child welfare system is overwhelmed, and why an unprecedented number of children are in foster care or group homes. This report, technically a supplement to the independent audit conducted by the University...