More Than Meets the Eye

Autbots and Decepticons are gonna start battling across the silver screen at your neighborhood megaplex a few weeks from now, so it’s only natural that some local EDM promoters are putting on the robot-themed Transformers 2 rave in order to cash in on the mechanical madness. And while it would...
By Benjamin LeathermanJune 11, 2009
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Autbots and Decepticons are gonna start battling across the silver screen at your neighborhood megaplex a few weeks from now, so it’s only natural that some local EDM promoters are putting on the robot-themed Transformers 2 rave in order to cash in on the mechanical madness. And while it would be totally boss to watch an old-school “robot in disguise” like Soundwave working the wheels of steel, the all-night dancefest features DJs of a more carbon-based variety. Brooklyn electro duo Designer Drugs headlines the event along with Sin City’s Electro Muted and T. Rux, Seattle’s Break 6, and San Fran’s No Left Turn.

Sat., June 13, 2009

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

benjamin.leatherman@newtimes.com

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