Audio and Video Devices

Coolin' Out Opens Hip-Hop Shop Along Downtown Phoenix's Roosevelt Row Tonight

A new outlet for hip-hop culture and turntablist gear will make its debut this evening along Roosevelt Row, just in time for this month's edition of First Friday. Coolin Out Hip-Hop Shop, a new brick-and-mortar boutique run by the local nightlife promoter and clothing company of the same name, is op ... More >>

DJ Area4 on Being a Jedi and How Hip-Hop Culture Helped Saved His Life

Of the many pearls of wisdom that Yoda dropped on Luke Skywalker's ass in The Empire Strikes Back ("Size matters not," "Wars not make one great") it was the green-skinned Jedi guru's Zen-like mantra of "Do or do not...there is no try" that probably resonates the most with Joe Maldonado. That's beca ... More >>

DJ Tranzit's Throwback Birthday Bosh @ Smashboxx

DJ Qbert @ Monarch Theatre

Russell Ramirez on the History of Swell Records, Old School Phoenix DJs, and Eclec'tech

If you happened to be a member of the Valley's old school DJ/rave scene back in the mid-1990s, there was one place where you almost always hit up for both your music and gear: Swell Records. Without getting too overly hyperbolic, the music and clothing emporium owned by Russel Ramirez (which bounced ... More >>

SensOne on Idolizing the Bombshelter DJs and How He Earned His Nickname "Power Surge"

It's a fact of life that everyone has a pratfall or accident now and again. Just ask Greg "SensOne" Voeller, who pulled a gaffe not once, but twice, during his DJ sets. Besides embarrassing the crap outta the local selector, it caused a few of his cohorts to give him a second nickname: PowerSurge. ... More >>

Spinning Reel

Jason Ayers on His Drum 'n' Bass Addiction, Hatred of Brostep, After-Hours Parties, and Why Newbie DJs Need Vinyl Experience

If you've walked by Bar Smith on a recent Wednesday evening and had your eardrums assaulted, its probably Jason Ayers' fault. The bass-loving beat-juggler and his long-running SubConscious night have (literally) been shaking the downstairs walls at the downtown Phoenix club with a storm of subharm ... More >>

Rapper Mouse Powell on an AZ Hip-Hop Education

Peachcake Gives Away Customized iPod for Facebook "Like"'s

This is the iPod you could win from Peachcake​Local electro pop band Peachcake may be just one of the most social media savvy bands in the Phoenix area. The group crafted a cool Facebook "Like" drive, where you can enter to win a customized iPod simply for "Liking" their Facebook page. Existing fa ... More >>

Tony Culture Brings Reggae to the Valley One Night at a Time

Mantis Claw Talks Morse Code, Turntablism, Soul Music, Bob Marley, Kaz Bar, and More

Mantis Claw​If you've never checked out Mantis Claw do his twice-weekly gigs at Kazimierz World Wine Bar, there's only one opportunity left. Tomorrow night will be the last hurrah for the DJ and local music scene veteran, as he's about to relocate to the great northwest (more specifically: ... More >>

Red Bull Thre3style

Phoenix Girl, 13, Finds Naked Pictures of Herself on Step-Dad's MP3 Player

When you have naked photos of your 13-year-old stepdaughter on your MP3 player, you might want to consider not letting her borrow it. Just ask Paul Ortiz-Fuentes.​Finding naked pictures of yourself on another person's MP3 player would probably be a little frightening. When that person's your step- ... More >>

Gilbert Man Sets Car on Fire With Firework. Bad Move -- Car Actually Police "Bait Car"

​When the Gilbert Police Department parked a "bait car" near 950 North Gilbert Road Sunday night, they probably thought they'd nab someone trying to steal a stereo, or maybe even the car itself. But 18-year-old Anthony Rubio upped the ante: he burned the car to a crisp.According to court records, ... More >>

Pickster One and Other DJs React to Panasonic's Axing of Influential Technics Turntables

The Technics 1200s: Soon to be extinct.If you happen to be hanging out at any of the Valley's dance events this coming weekend, be sure to listen closely. It might be hard to hear over the massive cacophony of beats getting slung, but you might just hear a few sobs coming from the DJ booth. That's ... More >>

Bellagio Palace's Opens New Hookah Lounge/Dance Club Called "The Joint"

Some of the many water pipes available at Bellagio Palace.​DJ Tranzit isn't shy about sharing his opinion about Bellagio Palace's hookah lounge The Joint. "It's a nice venue, very slick-looking, and the sound system is sick," Tranzit says of the West Phoenix after-hours nightclub, which featured ... More >>

A Blunt Birthday

Wax On, Wax Off

New exhibit shows off bygone listening technologies

Best of Phoenix A'Fare 2009

Chairlift

Chairlift

iPod, Therefore I Am

Aloft Tempe’s w xyz lets you be the DJ

Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl Sunday House Party

Sonic Drive-In

Stereo types pump up the volume

Discotropolis

Vinyl Exam

Groovin' Grove

Step into soundscapes of your own creation at the ASU Art Museum

The Vinyl Frontier

Sound installation lets everybody be a DJ

Man of Steel

Jon Rauhouse gives his music the ol' iPod shuffle

Radar Love

This time, symphonics meets hip-hop

Coming Zune

Microsoft shoots at the Apple again

Back Country

Original spin

Beat Down

This DJ simulator is nothing to rave about

Quiet Riot

Rockin' the house but shying from the spotlight, DJ Element is the Valley's no-flash grandmaster

Grandmaster Flash

And Jazzy Jeff? Get out!

Burning the Faithful

New copy-protected CDs screw over the only honest customers the music industry has left

Radar Love

Scratching the surface of classical music

Z-Trip

No spring chicken

Menu at AZ 88

Your taste in music's 15 minutes of fame

Keep It in Play

The humble iPod strikes a chord with Matt Kata and his D-Backs brethren

Feed Your Head!

How to get the most out of vlogging and podcasting

BEST SPIN

Batucada

I Pod, You Pod

Welcome to the days of wearing your pretensions -- all of them -- on your hip

Scratch Fever

DJ Radar and Raul Yanez mixed up a revolutionary blend of scratch and jazz. Now they're taking it live.

Big Audio Dynamite

Alma Gates' car stereo can kill you, set world records and possibly save mankind

Working From Scratch

DJ Radar offers a different read of turntable music with the score to 'Antimatter'

Mission Impeccable

Z-Trip, Emile, and Radar remake Thursdays at Nita's

Sound and Fury

BIG WAX BUILDUP

IS VINYL REALLY THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION OR ARE PEOPLE JUST WAXING NOSTALGIC?