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Lauren Wise is a music journalist and former music editor. With a passion for rock and heavy metal, she’s been involved in the Phoenix music scene for eight years. She has a BA in Journalism from ASU. Email her here.

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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler checks into rehab

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has entered rehab facility to deal with a prescription painkiller addiction. This news is just one of several stories...
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The music and art venue Modified Arts closes its doors.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The Modified Arts venue in Phoenix is best known known as a quirky and talented gallery of artists and musicians that pass over the wooden stage,...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist officially quits

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has confirmed that he has “quit” the band, adding that...
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Christmas gifts for music lovers

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

You want to purchase gifts that are personal and mean something to the recipient, and for the music lover that often boils down to simple items that...
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Hip-hop college degree formed in schools.

Maybe if Jay-Z and Kanye West had attended at St. Paul, Minnesota's Smith McNally College of Music, they might not have dropped out. Smith McNally is...
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Concert tickets not fitting into your budget? Check out free local music.

Many people are cutting concert tickets out of their budgets as the first thing to go in hard times. But keep in...
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Pantera and Dimebag Darrell commemorative issue from Revolver Magazine.

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Pantera is a well-known favorite band of mine, and it's no secret. Five years ago this week (December 8, 2004)...
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Grammy nominations: the well-deserved and the surprising.

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The Grammy Awards can never really decide what it wants to be: either a glam showy awards show, or a subtle ceremony with live gigs (what is used to...
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The Dead Weather are alive and kickin'.

The Dead Weather have been raging on my iPod since spring, when many didn't know that a glimmer of a new band existed in Jack White's talented...
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Bob Dylan on Christmas dinner, hip-hop and starring in his own music video.

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Bob Dylan released a holiday-inspired album last month called Christmas in the Heart, much to many fans' surprise. Even more surprising was that...
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