Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris @ Maya Day and Nightclub

Seven Nights of EDM, DJs, and Dancing

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Swookie Monster of TABS on How Creating New Material Sometimes Makes Him Want to Throw His Computer Against the Wall

If you haven't seen Ben Andersen out at any Valley clubs lately, it isn't because the house and nu-disco DJ/producer known as Swookie Monster is hiding out at home or anything. In fact, he isn't even in the Valley at all. Although his two-man collaborative project TABS with Tempe's Eric "Speedy Graf ... More >>

DJ Tonic Kemestry on Dodging Dildos At A Gig

Although he's only been working the local DJ circuit for around four years, Tonic Kemestry has had more than his fair share of memorable experiences. The 25-year-old has performed at numerous underground dance affairs, gotten throngs of teenyboppers shaking their groove things with his EDM mixes, an ... More >>

DJ Intel on the Furious Styles Crew's Anniversary and How He Wanted to Be Obama's Mixmaster on Election Night

There are many perks involved with being a DJ: Complimentary booze, free schwag, the adoration of hundreds at gigs, and (depending on the particular selector or promoter) possibly a nice payday. Then there are the more unusual bonuses, like the one that DJ Intel got the other night at The Monarch ... More >>

DJ Munition on How "Gangnam Style" Will Drive Afterlife Wild Tonight

Tyler Sherman has been privy to more than a few major ragers, despite the embryonic nature of his DJ career. As his alter ego DJ Munition, the ASU student, who's currently pursing a bachelors degree in chemical engineering, has only been in the track-dropping biz for a mere four years, but has reign ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Eclec'tech @ The Monarch Theatre

Sound Wave Music Festival: 20 Funky Dance Moves in Animated GIF Form

"Who's ready to jump?" If you've ever attended an electronic dance music event anytime in the last few years, its incredibly likely you've heard the frequently used audio drop -- sampled from Dutch house producer Chuckie biggest track -- that asks this question and typically causes a crowd explode ... More >>

Sound Wave Music Festival/Red Bull Thre3style Massive at Big Surf, 9/29/12

Sound Wave Music Festival & Red Bull Thre3style Massive: Calvin Harris, Z-Trip, Switch, Adventure Club, Crizzly, and Others at Big Surf | 9/29/12 The third time was most definitely the charm for the Sound Wave Music Festival. The inaugural edition of the electronic dance music massive back in April ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Sound Wave Music Festival Holding DJ Battle for Opening Slot at Event

Attention DJs and EDM artists of the Valley: If y'all are adept at pulling a Rumpelstiltskin and are able to spin up some gold, the promoters of this weekend's Sound Wave Music Festival and have a hankering to hear your stuff. They're currently conducting a massive statewide DJ battle and the grand ... More >>

Pilots on Their Airplane Shtick, Harry Potter Obsession, and Busting Into the Local DJ Scene

As anyone who's seen the Leo DiCaprio flick Catch Me If You Can is likely to attest, being a commercial pilot is a certainly a pimp experience. Sky captains certainly command plenty of respect (unless they're unlucky enough to get caught on tape spewing vulgarities), which is one of the things that ... More >>

R3hab and Other EDM Artists Announced for September's Sound Wave Music Festival

See also: Sound Wave Music Festival 2012 Announced for September 29 See also: Calvin Harris Announced as Headliner for Sound Wave Music Festival The next couple months are going to be a great time to be an EDM fan here in the Valley. Not only is the Identity Festival making its stop at Ashley Furnit ... More >>

Calvin Harris Announced as Headliner for Sound Wave Music Festival

See also: Club Candids: Calvin Harris at Myst See also: Sound Wave Music Festival 2012 Announced for September When Scottish electopop producer and vocalist Calvin Harris appeared in Scottsdale in January, he nearly caused a riot. Thousands of club kids and EDM fans were crushed into the now-defunc ... More >>

What Are the Top 10 Most "Spotified" Songs in Phoenix?

You have to look pretty hard for someone who doesn't have an opinion about Spotify, the Swedish music streaming service that launched in 2008 and hit the States in 2011. It's hard to deny its ease, selection, and um, free-ness, but it's also been a magnet for controversy. In both the controversial ... More >>

Former Scottsdale Favorite Markus Schulz Among the Richest DJs in the World

More than 15 years ago, trance wunderkind Markus Schulz earned some serious scrilla performing at now-defunct Valley clubs like The Works in Scottsdale and Freedom in Tempe, as well as spinning up EDM on local radio. The German-born trance artist, who resided in the Phoenix area back in those days ... More >>

Top Five Reasons Electric Daisy Carnival Rules

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 Sure, we have our issu ... More >>

EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 Twenty years after rav ... More >>

Top Ten Awkward Electric Daisy Carnival Dance Move GIFs

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 By Christopher Victori ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 Organizers of the sec ... More >>

EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 Dance music is fighting for i ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

See more EDC Vegas coverage: EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better? EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing Slideshow -- EDC Day 1 Slideshow -- EDC Day 2 [Update at 2:48 a.m]: ... More >>

EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being hel ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Club Candids: Calvin Harris at Myst

​Wanna know what would happen if you'd mix ravers, clubbers, house-heads, and the usual Scottsdale crowd all in one place, all at the same time? You'd likely get the same scenario the ensued on Sunday night at Myst in Scottsdale.

Weekend: Bobby BrandNew, Warsaw Poland Bros, Casey Jones, Tony Richie Tribute Show, and Calvin Harris

Bobby BrandNew​Okay folks, start 'yer engines: It's looking to be a pretty good weekend for music in the Valley of the Sun. You've got a lot of choices to make. Do you want to take in the hippie-dippy good vibes of Citizen Cope? The anything goes, doom metal-to-psych punk Sundown Showdown fest ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Dark Mark, Calvin Harris, Liam's Problem, and Other Weekend Events

​The dubstep scene is the Valley right now. How big? There are at least four different nightsdevoted to the bass-heavy dance music genre by our count. For instance, the cats over at Subversion are bringing in some of the biggest dubstep DJs in the world every Thursday night, including Jakwob, ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Paul Oakenfold and Calvin Harris Get Marquee Theatre Crowd to Dance Their Pants Off

Paul Oakenfold​Who cares if the Marquee Theatre smelled like a fishtank last night? Not the hundreds of people who came out to shake it like it was nobody's business last night at the Paul Oakenfold concert. Before the Big O came out, Calvin Harris got the crowd warmed up, and not even the most te ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold @ Marquee Theatre

Is It Illegal to Buy a Used CD from Your Favorite Local Record Store? It Might Be Soon...

Buyer Beware.​It seems the fight over who actually owns music is never-ending. This time, the fight isn't about burning CDs, online torrents, or album leaks. It's about re-selling physical copies of a record that you bought and paid for. Who knew that this was a problem?Well, the folks at Uni ... More >>