The weather’s been unexpectedly pleasant lately, which means your lazy ass has one less excuse for not going outside. Perhaps you might even consider dusting off that bicycle that’s been cloistered in the garage since May and going for a ride. If you require further incentive to mount your neglected…
Just because Mother Nature’s dialed down the blast furnace and summertime is officially over doesn’t mean that the pool party season is done quite yet. Nope, it turns out that there’s one final water-wing wingding to enjoy before hanging up your swimsuit to dry. The promoters and EDM fiends behind…
Thursday 3 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Scottsdale’s Harkins Camelview 5, one of the longest-running movie theaters in Arizona, has been screening indie and art house flicks for a few decades now. And if a group of local historic preservationists, architecture aficionados, and longtime patrons have their way, it will keep doing so for years to come…
Phoenix Comicon’s preview night has never been the biggest part of the annual four-day fandom free-for-all. And that’s not a slight by any means. It’s always has a good turnout, typically amongst the more die-hard members of local geekdom who are eager for a peek at what’s going down in…
When the members of Stone Temple Pilots invited Chester Bennington to become the band’s new frontman, the Linkin Park vocalist didn’t take long to decide. We’re talking like maybe a few moments at most. “Almost the second after I was asked, my immediate answer was, ‘Yeah, I’d fucking love to,'”…
The throng of thousands who invaded Indian Plaza in Scottsdale for the Sound Wave Block Party this past Saturday were definitely in the mood to move their bodies to the beat. And believe us, they had plenty of big beats to soak up. Like the three previous editions of Sound…
The enigmatic local EDM combo Spiders Down Yonder are as dark as they are mysterious. The duo — who are known simply as “!” and “?” — often adorn themselves with bandannas, lampshades, or other face coverings that obscure their identity, whether its on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/spidersdownyonder) or during…
Hot dudes sporting cosplay gear, acrobatic “flow ninjas” leaping over fences, bookworms obsessing over Jane Austen tomes, and hipster haberdashers looking decidedly snazzy. So is this the bizarre cast of characters you’ll find starring in one of the fall television season’s newest shows? Negatory. Instead, it’s just a small sample…
Grumpy Cat, the most famous feline in the Valley — if not the entire Internet, made its first-ever public appearance on Sunday afternoon at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe and more than a few fans were there for the occasion. Employees at the store estimate that more than a thousand…
It’s going to be a particularly jam-packed Saturday for Danny Avila this weekend. The Spanish-born, electro-slinging DJ wunderkind will fly from Chicago (where he had a late-night show at the Palladium Nightclub last night) down to Texas to work a gig at the Breakaway Music Festival outside of Dallas before…
Attention local EDM junkies: If you’re planning to roll into tomorrow’s Sound Wave Block Party sometime around the late afternoon or the early evening, your asses are gonna miss out on a few cool things. Like, say, the “Bad Bitch Anthems” of she-jay Brazzabelle inside Maya Day and Nightclub, the…
The galleries of Roosevelt Row are certainly no strangers to showing off artsy nude photography. As a matter of fact, stylishly rendered pictures of the naked form have been a regular part the downtown Phoenix art scene mix, whether its scandalous shots leaving little to the imagination or more elegant…
Ben Saunders is ready to get into a fight this weekend. More than ready, in fact. The mixed martial artist is scheduled to face off against fellow welterweight combatant Douglas Lima during the headlining bout of the nationally televised Bellator MMA event on Friday night at Grand Canyon University Arena…
Anton Zaslavski isn’t what you’d call an ordinary DJ. Far from it. Yes, the Russian-German beatsmith is a gifted producer and maestro of the mixers who has rocked unforgettable sets inside numerous nightclubs and at many of the world’s top festivals (including Ultra, Nocturnal, and Electric Zoo). But during his…
Thursday 19 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Attention creative types of the Valley: If you happen to have a project brewing that’s of a particularly interesting, unusual, or exotic nature that’s gonna be finished in the next six weeks or so, then Sahar Afi Mitchell and Stephen Strage want to hear about it. And possibly showcase it…
Visionary arts and counterculture event Burning Man is akin to a feast for the senses writ large. Very large. Or at least that’s how some of the Valley creatives who frequently attend the epic weeklong festival each year out in Nevada’s desert hinterlands describe the experience. It’s a seven-day communal…
Thursday 12 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Albert Lineses III has the sort of career that most club DJs would envy. As his alter ego AL3, the renowned selector not only was a huge player in the Latin dance scene for more than a decade but also spun sounds on some of the bigger radio stations in…
For folks who are big into ghosts and goblins, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year. And it never seems to get here fast enough. If you’re one of those types who can’t wait to get your scare on, the good news is that the spooky staff at two…
The Valley’s collection of goth and industrial fans are no strangers to drama when it comes to their favorite dance nights and clubs. In fact, if there’s been any constants to this particular scene over the decades, its been change. Not to mention a never-say-die attitude. Places tend to come…
