If ever there was a time to jump on the electronic dance music bandwagon, it’s right now. Skrillex just took home an armful of Grammys (while Deadmau5 and David Guetta put on showstopping performances during the awards ceremony itself), the epic electronica documentary Re:Generation is screening in theaters nationwide, and…
Hanging out at Bar Smith on a Friday isn’t just another night out on the town. It’s pure adventure, especially when trying to navigate the crowd on either floor during the phenomenally popular Sticky Fingers weekly.It’s doubly difficult if you’ve had a few, as some of the drinkologists at Bar…
Here’s a little factoid that’s perfect for your mental Rolodex: The Valley’s oldest gay bar still in operation is the venerable Nu-Towne Saloon, which has been alive and kicking over by the Tovrea Castle since 1971. A few years later in 1974, the equally esteemed Apollo’s Lounge opened up along…
The Suns (14-19) scored first — via a 25-foot Channing Frye three-pointer — and maintained a lead for a majority of the game, save for a minute-long stretch in the third quarter when the Wizards (7-25) battled back for a very brief one-point advantage. Unlike in recent games (and pretty much…
There was some serious trickage taking place on the skate ramp behind Downtown’s Conspire this past weekend as teenaged riders spent Saturday afternoon an evening unleashing ollies and grinds all over the structure while punk anthems played over a P.A.Sadly, it’s probably last time the ramp will ever get used. Earlier…
Thursday 16 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
We’re only six weeks into 2012, and already it’s shaping up to be a pretty weird year — even without all that hooey about end times and the Mayan calendar. Strange phenomena are cropping up everywhere, whether it’s the biggest solar flare in years blasting our planet’s atmosphere or the…
There are parties, and then there are epic parties. And then there are Quincy parties, where excess is the norm, inhibitions are loosened, and time has absolutely no meaning. The namesake bashes of artist Quincy Ross are the stuff of local legend and require plenty of stamina for those in…
The Sun Club in Tempe. Mad Gardens on Van Buren. The Stumble Inn down in Tucson. In another lifetime (read: more than 25 years ago) these and a dozen other scuzzy dives around Arizona were all ground zero for punk rock.Flash forward to present day and many of the aforementioned spots…
Besides their penchants for celebrating trash culture, dispensing scathing critiques of street fashion, and keeping the under-30 crowd up-to-date on the latest trends, the snarksters at Vice magazine are hip on throwing potent parties across the U.S..They offered two such boffo bashes here in the Valley back in 2009, which…
It takes about 45 minutes to get to the Arizona Tanning Company from downtown Phoenix, but making the trip is well worth the drive, especially if you’re a fan of epic graf art. Located a few miles south of Chandler’s city limits near Sacaton, the burned out and dilapidated structure used to…
While J-Dud nabbed a double-double with 20 points (including a trio of three-pointers) and 10 rebounds, the rookie Morris racked 18 points off the bench in his 26 minutes of game time. It was definitely a hot night offensively for Planet Orange, as they shot 50 percent overall, racked up…
“I got really, really angry when I found out I wasn’t getting tickets,” says Wender. The painter and photographer is a Burning Man regular who’s gone to the annual arts and cultural extravaganza in the Nevada desert six out of the last seven years, and was hoping to attend yet…
Editor’s Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week’s issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona’s centennial, we spoke with local music icon Sara Cina about one of the earliest songs of renowned Tempe band Gin Blossoms. “All the lines you wrote to…
Yesterday had both its highs and lows for the Phoenix Suns. First the good news: Steve Nash was named to this year’s NBA All-Star team as a reserve on Thursday, which shouldn’t come as a surprise based on his outstanding play thus far in the season (including leading the league…
Thursday 9 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
Craig Citizen and Kevin the Makeout Bandit have had a major love affair with the local hipster crowd for years. Over the past five years, they’ve given Wayfarer-wearing brigade a place to dance and debauch via numerous parties at dive bars, the most popular of which undoubtedly is the recently…
“Found Out About You,” Gin Blossoms, Dusted, (1989, San Jacinto) Having spent close to 15 years booking the old Long Wong’s on Mill Avenue, Sara Cina played a huge role in Tempe’s vibrant music heyday of the ’90s. She was as much a part of the venerated Mill Avenue dive…
Skrillex ain’t the only one getting rich and famous off EDM’s recent resurgence and 2011 crossover into the mainstream. Witness the rise of Wolfgang Gartner, whose pulse-pounding electro-house joints have been invading both pop culture and the consciousness of clubgoers over the past year. Not only did the Grammy-nominated DJ…
We’re sure you’ll agree that the living room couch isn’t the most comfy place in the world to spend a night or two. If you happen to choose the wrong Valentine’s Day gift for your main squeeze, however, surfing the sofa is exactly what you’ll be doing.Picking the right gift…
[jump] Phoenix was up 73-52 at the beginning of the third quarter after running circles around the Bucks in the first half as their starters racked up a double-digit lead by landing 62 percent of their buckets. That includes Michael Redd, who scored 14 points during his first visit to…
If the current crop of trade rumors are troubling Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns point guard certainly isn’t showing it. He’s been playing with plenty of verve and renewed vigor since recovering from a bruised thigh, including nabbing a franchise assist record last week and helping Planet Orange to a…
