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41. Shrapnel

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo celebrates Zulu tradition

    By j. poet

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, South Africa's premier vocal group, made the world aware of the power of Zulu music in 1986, when they sang on Paul Simon's Graceland. Since then,...

42. Shrapnel

    Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla turns the tables on the critics

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Chris Walla plays guitar in Death Cab for Cutie, and in addition to producing all his band's discs, he's helmed albums for a litany of indie-rock heroes (Decemberists, Tegan...

43. Home Grown

    Emperors of Japan

    Activator
    (Dark Black Records)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: February 21, 2008

    "Emperors of Japan" sounds like something somebody would name their band while under the influence of psychedelic drugs. The Phoenix band sounds like it's on a fabulous trip,...

44. Home Grown

    Eyes Set To Kill

    Reach
    (BreakSilence/Koch)

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: February 21, 2008

    While 18-year-old guitarist and principal Eyes Set to Kill songwriter Alexia Rodriguez's lyrical phrasing continues to advance, her preoccupation with depressive themes...

45. Listen Up

    Various Artists

    Putumayo Presents: Euro Groove
    (Putumayo World Music)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: February 21, 2008

    In this new Putumayo collection, we look at a variety of jazz-inflected, electronically inspired songs that come mostly from Western Europe and are influenced by the many...

46. Listen Up

    Jack Johnson

    Sleep Through the Static
    (Brushfire Records)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Jack Johnson would undoubtedly make a wonderful dinner companion. Unlike the average rock star, who might well break the good china, wipe his face on the curtains, call your...

47. Live Wire

    Joe Buck

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: February 21, 2008

    If a guy looks like the missing link between Bat Boy and a young Jason Vorhees (in that scene at the end of Friday the 13th where the, um, rather intent-looking lad shoots out...

48. Live Wire

    Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Though Waters, Gilmour, & Company are no longer touring as a band (their last appearance was at Live 8 in the summer of 2005), Floyd fans have a good opportunity to experience...

49. Live Wire

    Belphegor

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Think what you may, but at the very least, you can always count on black metal for its directness. You can count on it to be exactly what it is and nothing more or less. With...

50. Live Wire

    Miniature Tigers

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: February 21, 2008

    If you combined Elvis Costello's pop sensibility with the White Stripes' early, stripped-down sound and Weezer's geek chic, you'd have something like Los Angeles indie trio...

51. Needle Exchange

    Fiasco de Bliss

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Over the past year, the Goat Head Saloon, 1423 South Country Club Drive in Mesa, has given groovy types around the PHX a place to trip out and chillax to the kind sounds of...

52. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: February 21, 2008

    THURSDAY 21 27th Avenue Bar & Grill: DJ Tranzo (hip-hop, Top 40) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Casey Jones: Da Gutter...

53. Cafe

    Michele Laudig says Bombay Spice is Indian cuisine for those looking for healthful instead of heavy

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Indian cuisine equals food coma, right? Not anymore. Until recently, I couldn't think of setting foot in an Indian restaurant and not gorging on overly rich, snooze-inducing...

54. Film

    Egyptians and Israelis forge an unlikely, and unsappy, bond in The Band's Visit

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The Band's Visit made headlines after being disqualified as Israel's foreign-language submission to the 2008 Academy Awards — an ironic fate, indeed, for a movie that...

55. Film

    In the multi-perspective Vantage Point, the gimmick is mega-annoying

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Set in Salamanca, Spain, during an international counterterrorism summit, it depicts an assassination attempt on the president of the United States from the perspective of five...

56. Film

    Teen comedy Charlie Bartlett could use a dose of mean

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Like most wanna-be heroes of the eager-to-please teen comedy, poor little rich boy Charlie Bartlett is charming and quirky. Too charming by half and not nearly quirky enough,...

57. Film

    Be Kind Rewind attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking, but comes up short, stale, and flat

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: February 21, 2008

    The pleasures of Be Kind Rewind do not extend far beyond the promise of its premise: Jack Black, magnetized and manic (yawn), erases every single video tape in the rental store...

58. Surreal Estate

    A Phoenix man scored when he bought Ralph Haver's family home for a song

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: February 21, 2008

    At last, there's a reason to be glad for the crummy housing market here, and for the lack of awareness among Phoenicians about our local architectural history. Both of these...

59. Art

    ASU Art Museum goes Minimalist with a unique pairing of works by Carl Andre and Tim Hawkinson

    By Kathleen Vanesian

    Published: February 21, 2008

    If you're looking for razzle-dazzle, interactivity, or anxious introspection in an art experience, don't bother seeing ASU Art Museum's "Carl Andre/Tim Hawkinson," a bare-bones...

60. Art

    SMoCA's "Car Culture" takes a deeper look at our obsession with the auto

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: February 21, 2008

    Greater Phoenix is obsessed with cars. Need proof? Take a look at that big, nasty brown cloud we suck through our collective nostrils on a daily basis. Last year, the Phoenix...