After 10 years in AZ music scene, once-hot indie-rock band Stereotyperider are calling it quits — for good. The guys will say goodbye to their fans with a final show at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room Saturday, June 27. The show will also feature The Necronauts and The Reddmen and Stereotyperider…
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A massive crowd turned out for last night’s Arizona premiere of the new sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Fans lined up in rows that snaked through the Tempe Marketplace Harkins Theater, spilling out onto the sidewalk and clear around the other side of the building. Not everyone who held a coveted…
Hollywood Heartthrob The Takeover Grade B- When financial considerations mean songs needs to be replaced for a DVD release of a film or a TV show, producers usually turn to generic sounding music to take the place of the more popular, but prohibitively expensive, tune. Tinsel-town just might come knocking…
Our experience with Sonny Long — and the subsequent support for his fraud by people who should know better, but maybe have more in common with him than they’d like to admit — shows me that a lot of folks in Phoenix’s small but boastful hip-hop community are full of…
It’s lights out for the Valley’s longest-running movie rental place catering to the gay and lesbian community. Movies On Central, which has offered a variety of indie, cult, and special interest flicks since 1995 (and won six New Times Best of Phoenix awards), is gone. Doug Klinge, who owns the…
God Help The Girl God Help The Girl (Matador) So you’re Stuart Murdoch, successful songwriter, vocalist and leader of Scottish indie darlings Belle and Sebastian. Your work with the group has made it one of the best-loved bands of the last decade-plus while your songwriting has developed from almost painfully…
We’ve been to Star Swim and we’ve been to Cheap Thrills. So our Saturday nights seemed pretty packed with options already. But now, we’ve got one more to add to the list. It’s called Tune in Tokyo, it’s at the Hotel San Carlos’ Copper Door Bar and it’s the latest…
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Portland — by way of Arkansas and Olympia, Washington– three piece The Gossip have had intriguing existence — thanks to their outspoken lead singer Beth Ditto. Ditto, who refers to herself as a “fat, feminist lesbian from Arkansas” and constantly pushes the envelope of aesthetic appeal — particularly in these…
Scottsdale-based Elvis Presley tribute act Metal Elvis, who have been covering The King’s classics with a metal twist from hard to glam to thrash metal, will bring their covers to Martini Ranch Friday.The group is comprised of lead singer “The King,” guitarist “Slush,” bassist “Stikki Lixx” and drummer “The Kattman.”…
It is a testament to his dedication and personal grandeur that Paolo Soleri isn’t running around today telling the world, “I told you so.” It was, after all, nearly 40 years ago that the Italian architect began construction on Arcosanti, his alternative, experimental community near Cordes Junction in the middle…
Rose Johnson’s Memorial at Icehouse in Downtown Phoenix There was no dirth of Rose Johnson-created (and inspired) art at the memorial celebration held in honor of the artist on Saturday night, June 20th, 2009 at the Icehouse downtown. Hundreds of people showed up to pay their respects to one of…
Determined to grasp victory, two warriors step onto an airfield unconcerned that a nearby military transport plane maneuvering to take off may disturb their encounter. On the right is Rufus, a fighter whose undulating belly and spandex outfit masks his deadly potential. On the left is Ryu, a wandering fighter…
Phoenix-bred country star Dierks Bentley’s newest song is a melancholy tribute to Phoenix resident Jordan Sterling, who died earlier this year at 34, after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis. Jordan and his sister, Brooke, were profiled by Megan Irwin in our 2006 story, “Borrowed Time,” which chronicled the siblings’…
Sure, I’ve written a little about my love of The Get Up Kids before, but I’ve never actually got a chance to see them live. That’s why I’m so happy to see them scheduled to hit The Clubhouse Music Venue in September. More good news: Jessica Lea Mayfield, the young…
First, let me just get it out there: I watch a bunch of TV. I love it, and though I know it deadens my intellectual abilities, I’m not quitting. So, take it from a junkie, late night TV — with the recent addition of Conan O’Brien to the Tonight Show…
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Need something to do tonight? What about Saturday or Sunday? Here’s the latest edition of our weekend sampler encompassing everything a slew of cheap and chic thrills available around the Valley. 1. Third Friday Art Walk (Friday) It’s a well-known fact that tens of thousands of local art lovers usually…
When I think of folk music, I think of older, fogey-er guys and gals who strum slowly and sing about wild horses and flowers . . . But the Phoenix Annual Summer Folk Festival at Modified Arts, presented Thursday by River Jones Music, made folk cool again.For a Thursday afternoon…
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This is an odd, but pretty cool poster for J.D. Stooks CD release party at Modified Arts Saturday. If this CD is as good as his last one, should be worth checking out the show too…
