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Cults’ Brian Oblivion on Changing Expectations and Getting Dark on Static

There's no more sun in Cults' eyes. The Manhattan-based indie-pop act best known for the cloyingly sweet singles "Go Outside" and "Oh My God" have returned with Static, a departure from what set sights on them in the first place. The only familiar part of their aesthetic is the album cover itself, placing vocalist Madeline Follin and vocalist/guitarist Brian Oblivion's silhouettes at the forefront. Most everything else, however, is different.
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Does Joe Arpaio Need a Monitor?

It certainly appears that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is going to get a babysitter monitor as a result of the Melendres racial-profiling lawsuit.Maybe, just maybe, the MCSO will operate a little differently with this appointed monitor looking over Arpaio's shoulder...
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Top 5 Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

Don't worry: This man has not been harmed. He's simply very intensely hopeful that you'll come see his show. If you don't--well, he could stop bleeding, or he could bleed even more. It's hard to tease out his emotions. (View our complete concert calendar here.)...
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SB 1062 Uproar: Can Arizona Democrats Capitalize on It in November?

Update 2/26/14 5:59 PM: Jan Brewer Vetoes SB 1062 Back in the dark ages, Republicans used to be all about the economy, stupid. A chicken in every pot, a home-entertainment center in every living room. Take, for instance, our last great Republican president -- William Jefferson Clinton. He demonstrated that...
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Top 5 Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend

Hear that? It's the clock counting down the hours until your weekend begins and it's nearing the magic moment known as quitting time. To help the time pass more quickly, you might consider what it is you'll actually be doing during the next couple days and nights of work-free bliss...
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Five Things I Hate About Music

For almost a year now, I've been writing about music on this blog. Wacky little observations from the viewpoint of a 25-year industry veteran and independent record store owner. Mostly, I ramble poetic (hopefully) about how much I love music. How much it means to me and how it has...
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5 Things to Know About Arizona Honey

Honey adds a certain richness and delight to a garden's bounty. It pretty much never spoils, and lucky for us -- it's in abundance from local sellers in the Valley. Zack Funke, of The Health Foodie has been beekeeping for a little more than two years and studying bees for...
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5 Champagne Cocktails for New Year’s Eve

The bartenders at Virtu Honest Craft in Scottsdale and Cork in Chandler are mixing up cocktails to accompany your New Year's Eve imbibing. While Kailee Gielgens, Virtu's new head mixologist, takes a more culinary and experimental approach to the her cocktails, Jon Doholis goes for simple pairings that you can...
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A Merry Un-American Christmas

Once again this year, Chow Bella writers are gnawing on the holidays -- in the form of stories of Christmas and food. Hope you have some Alka-Seltzer handy. Enjoy. At around the age of 7, I began to notice that the way we celebrated Christmas was odd. Un-American. For starters,...
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Nook in Arcadia Scores with Service and Ambiance

Between chef-driven spots Beckett's Table from Justin Beckett and Cullen Campbell's Crudo in Arcadia's Gaslight Square, and blocks away from establishments of Valley tastemakers Vincent Guerithault and Mark Tarbell (not to mention the new headquarters of Fox Restaurant Concepts), Nook is an improbably low-profile restaurant. As the name suggests, it's...
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The Dreary 47 Ronin Falls on Its Sword

Solemn as a funeral march, humorless as your junior high principal, as Japanese as a grocery-store California roll, Keanu Reeves' let's-mope-about-and-kill-ourselves samurai drama has exactly three things going for it. First, the cockeyed sensuality of Rinko Kikuchi as a spider-puking evil witch who can transform herself into a fox, a...
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The 3 Worst Fall Fashion Trends of 2013

Between oversize coats, fall shades of gray and emerald, and ladylike layers of leather, there's plenty to keep you clothed (and stylish) this season. But there are three trends so sad and unflattering that we'd rather you go naked than partake in their unfortunate popularity...
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Stick A Cork In It! Or Don’t

It happens something like this; you buy a bottle from your local retailer, you get home and open it and the wine smells funny, or you order a bottle in a restaurant and it smells funny. Not just funny, the wine smells like a musty, damp basement, or soaked newspaper...