Baseball loves a good old-fashioned turnaround, whether it’s the Tampa Bay Rays going from worst to first last season, or the Detroit Tigers’ surprising come-from-behind win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Last night, Yusmeiro Petit became the sport’s latest comeback kid as he came damn close to pulling off…
Is seeing a show worth going starving for? That’s the question that was foremost in our minds this past week as we plunked down around $100 for a couple “can’t miss” concerts and essentially wiping out our food budget for the next couple weeks in the process ($60 for The…
Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday with were kicking off the annual Summer of Sound series, and now we’re down to the final show. Every single genre has come and gone (Americana, Pop, Indie, Hard Rock), save one: The hip-hop showcase, which takes place this Saturday,…
Look’s like it’s all over at Mickey’s Hangover. The Trib’s Jess Harter is reporting that the Scottsdale late-night hotspot has closed its doors for good. Currently there aren’t many details as to why the restaurant/bar has entered oblivion, as owner Randy Smith isn’t returning any calls at the moment…
Truly we are hip-deep in the middle of the “Dog Days of Summer,” when it seems like anyone with enough common sense has gone on vacay to the beach or has just plain made tracks outta this place. Despite the impression that there’s nothing doing around these parts, we’ve dug…
A few days ago, it sounded like the head of our esteemed contributor Michael Lopez was about to explode from all the huge concert announcements that were made this past week. “When will this madness end?” he asked. Apparently not anytime soon, M-Lo, as there’s been a slew of even…
We’ve lost count of the number of DJ collectives and crews (“cliques,” if you must) that occupy our fair city’s EDM landscape. Just off the top of our heads, there are: Salacious Beat Slingers, Cosmic Sea, Groove Corps, the Solstice posse, and Warsaw Pact. Hence the idea behind Tribes, where…
If there’s one thing that Diamondbacks fans have usually been able to bank on during this season of perpetual inconsistency, it’s the near-constant dominance of pitcher Dan Haren. Well, up until this past week, that is. For the second time in as many outings, Arizona’s All-Star pitcher managed only five…
Here’s some major concert news to tide y’all over until our usual batch of just announced shows on Friday: We got word this afternoon from Stateside Presents that they’re bringing in legendary art/indie rockers Sonic Youth for gig at the Marquee Theatre on Thursday, October 1. Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon,…
If you’ve never dared to attend any of the depraved dance throwdowns that have been presented once a month by Sadisco* over the past five years, you’ve only got three more opportunities to do so. After that, it will be awhile before you can thrash about to industrial or EBM…
Max Scherzer might as well start calling himself Jack Sparrow, since the Diamondbacks pitcher was cutting down Pirates left and right during yesterday’s 9-0 shutout over Pittsburgh at Chase Field. Instead of using ye olde cutlass, however, he was doing it with his 94-mile-per-hour four-seamers and sliders, dispatching Bucs batters…
After spending more than a decade behind the record decks, JonnY Rogers is certain that’s it all comes down to creating that perfect mix. Whether it was during his college days interning as a late night electronica jock at WOXY in Cincinnati (the station that will forever be immortalized by…
Regret, The Informer at Art One (Friday)As our resident “Arty Girl” Lilia Menconi reported a few weeks ago, this Scottsdale gallery has experienced a rather heavy duty cash crunch over much of the past year , much like a many other nearby businesses and art spots. One way in which…
It was quite a shock stepping into Cream Stereo Lounge in Scottsdale last night, and not because there weren’t any VIP hostesses pestering me about getting bottle service. Truth be told, there was a decidedly un-Scottsdale aura flowing through the joint as Joe DiPadova brought his popular “ONE” dance night…
The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000…
The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000…
It’s a safe bet that the closest the execrable Arizona Diamondbacks squad will get to this year’s postseason will be tuning into Joe Buck and Tim McCarver’s play-by-play on FOX. But that’s not to say our lovable losers won’t have a say in who’ll be in the MLB playoffs come…
We’re deep into the dog days of summer, the college kids are all away on vacay, and nightlife-related business has slowed to a trickle. Sounds like the perfect time for local club owners to shut down for a few weeks and update their digs with a fresh new look, which…
As you read this, DJ Fashen is getting ready to drop some high-energy dance cuts for club kids in our nation’s capital. Then he’ll spend the next few weeks bouncing around North America like some bald-headed pinball, flying between Boston, San Diego, Alberta, and even down to Florida. But somewhere…
From BBW beauties and bizarre behavior to outdoor punk shows and indoor disco dancefests, our weekly roundup of inexpensive events happening from tonight until Sunday has it all. Read on for a rundown of all the thrifty throwdowns: Artists for Dignity at Tonatierra (Friday)Chances are you won’t catch Sheriff Joe…
It’s been a hectic couple of months for Scottsdale electro-hop duo Silver Medallion. Oren J has been flying back-and-forth to his home state of Hawaii for special DJ sessions at the Loft Lounge in Honolulu and their latest album will be hitting the streets sometime next month. They’ve also been…
Personal space is most definitely at a premium inside the recently remodeled CenPho gay bar Incognito, 2424 East Thomas Road. So much so that when the throngs show up for the biweekly dance night Social on Friday, July 17, for an evening of alcoholic escape with a chaser of house…
