Candyland @ The Monarch Theatre

With apologies to the Paul Oakenfolds and John Digweeds of the world, the realm of electronic dance music has become more a domain for the young in recent years. So much so that it if your average bedroom producer wunderkinds haven’t conquered Beatport or Hypem with their remixes, inked a…

Jobot Seeking Submissions for Robot Art Show on Third Friday

Given that its moniker evokes notions of automatons, androids, and cyborgs, one would think that two-year-old Jobot Coffee Shop already would’ve hosted a robot-themed art exhibition When we asked Joey Grether, who’s organizing a showcase of robot artwork at the Fifth Street establishment for March’s Third Friday, why it’s taken…

Last Exit Live to Open on March 22

There’s been a growing cacophony coming from inside Last Exit Live in recent weeks, including plenty of banging, thumping, and grinding. Such clamor isn’t from any ear-crunching local hard rock acts testing out the soon-to-open downtown Phoenix bar and music joint, however, but rather from a flurry of renovations that…

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Thursday 28 Afterlife: Touch’s Vegas Night with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, DJ Matt Fox, & DJ KR8Z Beat (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All Star Thursdays with DJ Dark…

DJ Element @ Yucca Tap Room

If you’ve never witnessed the turntable swagger of DJ Logan “Element” Howard at any point during his 16-year career, you’ve missed out on something special, fool. The YouTube videos of the local legend scratching away on hip-hop vinyl like a rabid cat don’t do it justice as seeing him in…

DJ Six 4 on Performing for Mickey Mouse on Disney Cruise Gig

Over the past seven years, Scottsdale selector DJ Six 4 has scored plenty of experience dropping vibrant mixes for a slew of cartoonish characters in the always-colorful local club scene. Besides earning the cat, known to his mama and papa as Scott Lane, some serious paydays, it’s also helped prepared…

Goth/Industrial Night City of Madness to Launch at Club 24

For the pasty-faced, pleather-clad members of the Valley’s goth and industrial scene, 2013 already has been a year of tumult and turmoil. First, longtime venue Sanctum, which hosted freaky-deaky fetishistic adventures during numerous nights like TekNOIR and Black Mass for years, decided to kill off its dance events in late…

Rising Sun Devil

College graduates are oftentimes filled with an overabundance of ambition as they prepare to leave school behind and take the world by storm. Anthony Correnti is no exception. Like many soon-to-be Arizona State University grads, the fifth-year Interdisciplinary Studies senior hopes to accomplish a lofty goal with his newfound swagger:…

City of Madness @ Club 24

For the pasty-faced, pleather-clad members of the Valley’s goth and industrial scene, 2013 already has been a year of tumult and turmoil. First, longtime venue Sanctum, which hosted freaky-deaky fetishistic adventures during numerous nights like TekNOIR and Black Mass for years, decided to kill off its dance events in late…

Ignite Phoenix 14 Seeking Submissions

Got a particular passion in life that absolutely, positively must be shared with the rest of the world? Or, at the very least, can be expressed in only five minutes and 20 slides? If you answered yes to both questions, the organizers of Ignite Phoenix are very interested in hearing…

Six Must-See Oscars Parties in Metro Phoenix

Many Hollywood pundits and movie industry wags have predicted that Argo is gonna clean up big time at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony this coming Sunday. Then again, it might be a big night for Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, or Zero Dark Thirty. (Personally, we’re hoping Tarantino finally gets his…

Downtown Phoenix’s FilmBar Expands Its Late Night Programming

Just in case its screenings of art-house films, funky nightlife events, and voluminous beer selection weren’t enough to cause you to roll into FilmBar after dark, the folks behind the downtown Phoenix indie theatre and culture den have come up with a few more reasons to visit. FilmBar’s proprietors announced…

Broken Hearts Ball Cupcake! @ Rogue Bar

Valentine’s Day isn’t all red roses, sweet treats, and sweet nothings. For those who’ve had their hearts pile-driven into the ground or become jaded about the onslaught of flowers, candy, and romantic treacle, the Hallmark-like hullabaloo surrounding the holiday is pure torture. We suspect that Friday, February 15, is one…