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What Is Wrong With The Phoenix New Times

(Add / View Comments) (0)Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 09:01:05 am
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Phoenix New Times, Rants)
Case in point about a conversation that was had on the way back from Tucson on Saturday night.

Gentlemen After Dark played two gigs in Arizona this weekend. One in Tucson, one here in the valley. Have the Phoenix New Times covered one word of either shows? No. What have they covered instead? Over the weekend, at least two pieces on Martin Cizmar's mortal enemy Frankie Muniz and his band You Hang Up.

Is it too much to ask that the Phoenix New Times has writing staff with a musical background that goes back further than the last 2 years? Apparently so. And for fuck sake, get over the Frankie Muniz thing Martin.

It was a completely difference scene with the press down in Tucson. And that's not just because the Hotel Congress anniversary was such a big deal.

Don't mistake this for me just being on a Gentlemen Afterdark high. Because clearly I am, I'm not denying that, but it doesn't change the fact that when it comes to coverage of cool local music in this town, the New Times is pretty hopeless unless it's What Laura Says or Dry River Yacht Club. There are plenty of examples of where this is true, Gentlemen Afterdark is just the latest example.

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