Phoenix New Times looks back at some of the scariest, most unexpected and weirdest concerts in Arizona history, from John Cougar and Jimmy Eat World to Motley Crue.
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Andy Warpigs, the Arizona-born folk-punk icon, died on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at the age of 32.
Although they were known for their musically smarmy, slick-tongued storytelling and relatable yet absurdist lyricism on tracks like Drown My Baby Everybody Likes You Now, Bad Faith, and FOLK-PUNK YOURSELF, it s also Warpigs altruistic and empathetic treatment of others that has led to an outpouring of condolences across the Phoenix music scene.
Bryan Preston of Dadadoh, a friend and collaborator of Warpigs on projects like Militia Joan Hart, tells
Phoenix New Times about their mutual beginnings: They were the biggest supporter of live music I ever met; we came up together in the Phoenix music scene and both started out as just journalists who wanted to document local music we thought was cool, Preston says. Once they got on and started making money from their music, they gave me some of [the earnings] to make physical copies of my first EP. At some point throughout the y
A burnished, low-key showcase for two exceptional character actors.
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In a drama filmed among real-life horse-racing professionals, Clifton Collins Jr. portrays a middle-aged rider facing tough realities, and Molly Parker is the trainer he s worked with for years.
Against-the-odds gambles and the hope for one last chance these are the dreams that drive horse-racing movies, whether the mood is noir-bleak (
The Killing) or feel-good rousing (
Seabiscuit).
Jockey fits right into that lineage, but what sets it apart is its focus on the working-class realities of the riders, grooms and trainers who travel the smaller circuits, far from the glamour and money of the Triple Crown. Writer-director Clint Bentley is the son of a jockey, and his feel for the milieu and its denizens informs every aspect of the intimate drama. As two long-timers eyeing potential breakthroughs in middle age, Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker deliver beautifully tempered turns, with fine support fr
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