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…
Nerds of the Valley who’ve been waiting with baited breath to learn who’s headlining next year’s Phoenix Comicon finally got their answer this morning. Organizers of the annual four-day event, which goes down around Memorial Day, began announcing some of the special guests for the 2013 version of the ‘con…
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…
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Of the many pearls of wisdom that Yoda dropped on Luke Skywalker’s ass in The Empire Strikes Back (“Size matters not,” “Wars not make one great”) it was the green-skinned Jedi guru’s Zen-like mantra of “Do or do not…there is no try” that probably resonates the most with Joe Maldonado…
Dustin Diehl is extremely well versed in Star Wars trivia and lore. So much so that the Tempe geek has gushed about his obsession with George Lucas’ space opera franchise at a couple Ignite Phoenix events and can rattle off factoids concerning that fictional galaxy far, far away as adroitly…
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…
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…
For most folks around this time of year, Sunday afternoons usually involve watching the hard-hitting action of football superstars on the biggest HDTV possible. Those who aren’t NFL fanatics, on the other hand, spend the remainder of their weekend catching up on the exploits of zombie-fighting anti-heroes, heroic serial killers,…
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…
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…
As a whole, DJs have a tendency to be rather boisterous, rowdy and blowhardy lot, particularly when it comes to self-promotion. Not so with local DJ Rob Kwik. Truth be told, he’s a fairly laidback and chill cat who rather Zen and tends to let his music do the talking…
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…
Even though one of the biggest holiday weekends of the year starts tomorrow, it seems as though few people are going to be getting much rest. There are huge meals to create and dishes to be washed afterwards, followed by a massive amounts of bargains to be found on Black…
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…
It’s estimated that more than one billion camera phones were sold around the globe last year alone. Meanwhile, over on both Instagram and Facebook, a combined 240 billion users worldwide are uploading pics countless taken with either their iPhones or Androids. And thanks to the tech wizards at manufacturers like…
If your backyard or car was dirtied by any of those pesky haboobs that swept across the Metro Phoenix landscape the past few summers, feel free to blame local evildoer Doctor Anubis. Never heard of him? We hadn’t either, until we encountered the heretofore unknown Valley villain at the Epic…
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,…
If you hear the sound of rowdy partying mixed with slick electro beats emanating from Spanish Fly on Saturday night during the weekly FRWD party, it means that Sean Essex is in control of the turntables at that particular moment. That’s because the local DJ knows how to do with…
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…
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…
There was no shortage of movement and color at this year’s Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts, which took place over the weekend. Besides all of the costumed participants and kooky floats that marched through the streets of downtown Phoenix, a flurry of dancers, hula hoop artists, and sideshow characters…
