Home-grown Valley music fest pivots to R&B, electronica.
Craig Outhier, Author at PHOENIX magazine
Making his Valley debut last month at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Australian musician Kevin Parker – founder, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist mastermind behind psych-rock chart-topper Tame Impala – apologized to 15,000 ecstatic, live-music-starved attendees for not visiting Greater Phoenix earlier. “You’re, like, the best crowd we’ve ever played for,” he cooed. Audience-friendly flattery? Probably, but Parker is wasting no time for his next visit. Along with alt-rock favorite The Foo Fighters, Tame Impala will...
Drink ThisLiquid Arizona: Swigging for a Cause
Craig OuthierSeptember 22, 2021
A Valley restaurant group incentivizes charitable giving the old-fashioned way: with good beer.
Desert DigestFood & DrinkBeer of the Month: Simple Machine Tap That Hazy IPA
Craig OuthierSeptember 15, 2021
Are you familiar with the humorous autumn adage “It’s decorative gourd season, motherf*&%ers”? In Arizona, we have our own version of the saying, in which the “decorative gourd” is simply replaced by “prickly pear.” Fighting past the cactus fruit’s famously nettlesome needles, food-oriented folk love turning the fruit’s viscous pulp into jellies, cocktail additives and – in the case of this collaboration between Simple Machine Brewing Co. and the Tap That AZ podcast – a...
TravelAdirondack Escape
Craig OuthierSeptember 11, 2021
Even humble Arizonans can vacation like the Vanderbilts at Lake Kora in upstate New York.
From the EditorAutumn Comes Early
Craig OuthierSeptember 9, 2021
September/October 2021 Editor's Note
Lean but not especially mean, this highly quaffable sour from Tucson-based 1912 Brewing Co. takes its name from the Spanish slang toma güey, or “take that, dude.” True to its word, the beer delivers a clean punch: tart but not pucker-y, with jabs of lime zest and crisp apple courtesy of Ekuanot and Citra hops. Known for his preoccupation with fruited beers, owner and brewer Allan Conger takes a more austere route here. No fruit....
Produced in limited quantities by winemaker Todd Bostock, Dos Cabezas WineWorks’ Carbonated Pink has emerged as the most cultishly consumed of Arizona’s growing number of sparkling wines.
Monthly dining reviews from all over the Valley.
Garfield was one of Phoenix’s earliest suburban expansions
Valley NewsLand Zo: Puttin’ Off the Ritz
Craig OuthierJuly 14, 2021
Delays and alleged construction defects plague a high-profile Paradise Valley resort development.
Music promoters like Charlie Levy took their COVID-19 licks and are ready to rock.
July/August 2021 Editor's Note
FeaturesPeopleThe Road to Tokyo
Craig OuthierJuly 7, 2021
Meet a dozen elite Valley athletes training to take on the world at the long-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Desert DigestFood & DrinkBeer of the Month: The Shop Beer Co. Neonic Series Orange Julius Dreams
Craig OuthierJune 2, 2021
Springtime in the Valley brings more oranges than any of us could possibly use, no matter how fond of mimosas we might be. Tempe brewer The Shop Beer Co. has an answer: make the ubiquitous citrus fruit the centerpiece of its latest Neonic release. A PHOENIX 2020 Best of the Valley honoree, the popular Neonic series finds head brewer Matthew Tattersall and crew dropping limited-edition fruited sours that deliciously mimic nostalgic flavors. A blueberry pie...