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Native Phoenix Artists Make Strong Showing in Santa Fe

Phoenix artists are no stranger to The City Different -- that is Santa Fe, New Mexico. And last week some major things happened for Phoenix artists in the Land of Enchantment. During the third weekend of August, artists, and creative types gather in New Mexico for the annual Indian Market,...
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The Big Bang in Tempe to Close on September 6

The Big Bang in Tempe are about to go silent after more than a decade. Owners of the underground piano bar, a hallmark of Mill Avenue's nightlife scene since it opened 2003, have announced that it will closing its doors on September 6. Recent messages on both the bar's voicemail...
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5 Best Midcentury Modern Neighborhoods in Metro Phoenix

It's no secret that we hold a special place in our hearts for Midcentury Modern architecture here in metro Phoenix. While much of the Valley has been overrun with stucco homes and strip malls, quite a few residential and commercial time capsules remain relatively intact. For those who prefer their...
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This Greek Billionaire Wants to Take Battle Rap Mainstream

By Chaz Kangas As the man behind the Tupac hologram and last year's aborted George Zimmerman/DMX boxing match, Alki David is no stranger to controversy. Now the 46-year-old Greek billionaire has another wild idea: He wants to bring battle rap, the hip-hop competition where MCs have to outperform their opponent...
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Jonathan Dwyer, Cardinals Running Back, Punched and Head-Butted Wife, Cops Say

Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested yesterday on felony and misdemeanor assault charges for a pair of domestic-violence incidents. Court documents released this morning detail the altercations between Dwyer and his wife at their Phoenix apartment in July. According to the documents, Dwyer, 25, head-butted his wife during...
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Accept the Invitation of Adam Wingard’s Thriller The Guest

Adam Wingard's The Guest opens with a wet-eyed woman (Sheila Kelley) sitting so still in a chair in her desert ranch house that all we hear is the clock loudly counting seconds. We sense that she's been sitting like this for months, and the film is charged with anticipation. Horror,...
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MCSO Jails Remain Under Supervision; Still Failing to Provide Adequate Care

Maricopa County's jails continue to provide inadequate medical and mental-health care to pretrial detainees, a federal judge found yesterday. Judge Neil Wake, who placed the jails under supervision years ago after determining that they neglected detainees, ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails must remain under court supervision. "Those in charge...
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Porsha O Crowned 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion in Tempe

This year's Individual World Poetry Slam, sponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council, was thought-provoking to say the least. The event lasted four days at multiple local venues, and led up to a final bout at Marquee Theatre on Saturday, October 11. The iWPS finals offered exposure not only to this...
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15 Best Guitarists in the Phoenix Metal Scene Right Now

The Valley of the Sun has a lot of musical talent that spans across all genres. However, when it comes to heavy metal, the desert spawns some killer musicians. So we decided to take a look at some of our favorite heavy metal shredders. There's no way to really define...
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Jimmy Eat World Signature Guitar Celebrates Seventh Anniversary

If you're a diehard music fan in Arizona, you know that one of our state's crown jewels is Jimmy Eat World. Active for over two decades now, and regarded as a forerunner of the mid-'00s pop-punk movement, Jimmy Eat World invokes as much, if not more, pride as references to...
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Joe Arpaio’s 82nd Workplace Bust: Four Women Arrested

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is publicizing its 82nd "criminal employment" operation, which resulted in the arrests of four women.As usual, the workers were arrested in the investigation, and the four employers -- Zipps Sports Grill, Chompie's, Bradford Allen, and Best Western -- where deputies served search warrants were hailed...
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Melvins’ Frontman Sounds Off About Music, the Media, Drugs

It took Melvins frontman Buzz "King Buzzo" Osborne five minutes and 12 seconds to begin his usual tirade against the media that cover music. The last time we spoke, almost 10 years ago, he waited nearly seven minutes. Clearly, Osborne has even less time for the media -- his mile-a-minute...
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Second Death Connected to EDC Reported

By Dennis Romero A second death connected to the weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas has been reported. Both the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun newspapers say 25-year-old Anthony Anaya of Everett, Washington, was an EDC festival-goer who was reported dead late Saturday at Vdara Las...
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25 Best Concerts in February in Phoenix

Look, we understand if you spent all of last weekend locked inside your house. We can't blame you in the slightest, considering all the madness surrounding that whole football thing. Now that its past, we wholeheartedly emerging from you self-imposed exile and getting out, especially if it involves seeing some...