La La Land Music Festival @ Phoenix Convention Center

In case you hadn’t heard, the bass-heavy hip-hop hybrid of trap music is becoming the flavor of the nanosecond in the EDM world, as big-name producers like Flosstradamus and Baauer (as well as locals like Trapzillas) are pumping its bombastic gravitas through sound systems around the globe. For Vancouver-born bass…

Go-Kat-Go Moving to Grand Avenue Next Door to Bikini Lounge

Go-Kat-Go is about to do just that. The ultra-kitschy vintage boutique — which specializes in mid-century modern antiques, hotrod ephemera, and other relics and throwbacks from a more swanky, hepcat era — is preparing to move to a new home on Grand Avenue in February. And, according to co-owner Brandi…

Beat Circuit @ The Rogue Bar

It’s a good time to be a member of Beat Circuit. After all, the local EDM duo, which consists of siblings Miles and Demian Porter, produced a hot dance song (“Bring the Night”) that’s charted fairly well on the popular site Digital DJ Pool in recent weeks, they’ve finished their…

Angger Dimas @ Wild Knight

Call it an occupational hazard: Almost every DJ or producer in the world has a tendency toward swagger and bragging. In fact, self-aggrandizement is as much a part of the job as remixing and learning how use Ableton Live or ProTools. So we didn’t bat an eyelash when Jakarta-born beatsmith…

Now Closed: Graham Central Station in Tempe

Local cowpokes, two-steppers and boot-scooters have probably been crying a few tears into their beers this past week after learning that country-themed dance club Graham Central Station has closed. The cowboy-friendly nightspot, which was located near Priest Drive and Elliott Road in Tempe, shut its doors on November 17 after…

Graham Central Station in Tempe Closes After 30 Years of Operation

Roger Gearhart has plenty of memories of many of the country music greats who performed at the renowned local country joint Graham Central Station over the decades. “George Straight performed at Graham’s once, so did Johnny Cash, Hank Jr., and also Willie Nelson,” says Gearhart, the president of Graham Brothers…

RedMonkey: Work That Turkey @ Monarch Theatre

Thanksgiving is a time for traditions both good and bad, whether it involves gathering at Grandmama’s house for the annual government-sanctioned gorge on mashed potatoes and stuffing or tolerating your creepy uncle’s yearly onslaught of awful jokes. Meanwhile, local house music godfather Pete “SuperMix” Salaz will once again be staging…

Club Candids: Sticky Fingers’ Finale at Bar Smith

The final night of Sticky Fingers this past Friday went down much like any of the other editions of the long-running indie dance night. Both floors of Bar Smith were packed with members of the young and hip crowd sporting a variety of quirky fashions, DJ favorites like Borisimo and…

Top Five Must-See Thanksgiving Shows

Curious about what’s going on around town during the Thanksgiving holiday music-wise? Plenty, to say the least, as local bands and DJs are gearing up for gigs on both the evening before Turkey Day on Wednesday and during Thanksgiving night on Thursday. Need some suggestions as to how to rock,…

Nine Thanksgiving Weekend Parties in Metro Phoenix

According to our estimates, the Thanksgiving weekend lasts approximately 112 hours, starting at the exact moment you leave work on Wednesday afternoon until the dreaded moment you report back to the salt mines the following Monday. Subtract the time it takes for the annual T-Day meal itself (as well as…

Cosmic @ SoChu House

If the eggheads at NASA ever decided to send another compilation of tunes into the far reaches of the universe (à la the “Music From Earth” collection that’s aboard the Voyager spacecraft), we’d suggest including a track or two from local DJs Joseph Mercado, Byron Fenix, and RMC. Though the…