The East Valley certainly has the market cornered on Irish chain pubs. (You know, quasi-Celtic party bars/eateries that lay on the shamrock schtick as thick as a pint of Guinness. My colleague Stephen Lemons once decribed them as “Irish Disneylands”) Just off the top of our head there’s Tilted Kilt’s…
Out of the dozen or so talented locals we’ve featured thus far in our ongoing Sun Sessions series, Mikel Lander and Meredith Moore (a.k.a. The Sugar Thieves) have a singular distinction unmatched by the rest.A major-label contract? Distribution through Hop Topic? Nope, even better. The rootsy blues duo, who can be seen with…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.Arizona Diamondbacks ace pitcher Dan Haren supplied a strong performance last night against the Texas Rangers at Chase Field, but it proved to be a futile effort as (you guessed it) his squad came up short in the runs department once again, resulting…
It’s been a year since Kevin the Makeout Bandit and his misfit DJ pals debuted their decadent dance night Party Foul!, which has become an electro-rock Pleasure Island for the stylish masses at Homme Lounge over the past 52 weeks. A lot’s gone down: Mixmasters like Bigie and Craig Citizen…
Dean Radford is a mountain of a man who recently became the undisputed king of the mountain. Over the last month, the 6-foot-3, 260-pound tattooed headbanger “totally radicated” the opposition to win not only the Impact Zone Wrestling Heavyweight belt and the NWA Arizona title, but also the Impulse Championship…
If comic-book movies have taught us anything, it’s that fights between superheroes and their respective nemeses tend to result in rampant destruction. Just look at X-Men: The Last Stand, in which the donnybrook between Magneto’s Brotherhood of Mutants and that hairy little freak Wolverine devastated the city of San Francisco…
Pssst! Wanna hang out with Jim Adkins for a night? You can do just that Thursday evening at the Tavern on Mill in downtown Tempe when the Jimmy Eat World singer plays the role of DJ during the New Times Summer of Sound: Pop showcase. But before we let Adkins…
Need something to do tonight? What about Saturday or Sunday? Here’s the latest edition of our weekend sampler encompassing everything a slew of cheap and chic thrills available around the Valley. 1. Third Friday Art Walk (Friday) It’s a well-known fact that tens of thousands of local art lovers usually…
Imagine, if you will, that all those long-standing rumors about Henry Rollins’ alleged homosexuality are actually true. (They’re not, of course, but stick with us). Better yet, picture what the muscular singer would’ve looked like if he’d had spent his entire career out of the closet. In our mind’s eye,…
D-Backs manager A.J. Hinch held a big clubhouse meeting with his players yesterday afternoon, which shouldn’t come as a surprise following the team’s absolutely embarrassing 5-0 shutout loss to Kansas City on Tuesday night. No press. No other staff. Just the skipper and his crew hashing out one of the…
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar, 2525 East Camelback Road, every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and…
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and a wide range of…
Next time you’re bombing around Old Town Scottsdale, be sure to pick up a rock. Next, try flinging it in any direction. Chances are relatively good that you’ll hit some gaudy discotheque with a Top 40 night. (Note: It’s also possible to substitute a dead cat for this trick). What’s…
If you’re a hardcore gamer, chances are you woulda loved to have attended the annual E3 in Los Angeles, which is widely considered the absolute Mecca for joystick Jedi everywhere. Too bad it’s an invite-only affair and your sorry ass wasn’t on the guest list. Here’s the next best thing,…
Next time you’re bombing around Old Town Scottsdale, be sure to pick up a rock. Next, try flinging it in any direction. Chances are relatively good that you’ll hit some gaudy discotheque with a Top 40 night. (Note: It’s also possible to substitute a dead cat for this trick). What’s…
The Melrose District’s loss is Evans Churchill’s gain. In case you hadn’t heard, CenPho vinyl emporium Revolver Records will be moving later this month from its current home on Seventh Avenue into much-roomier digs at 918 North Second Street, which is just off Roosevelt Row across from Carly’s Bistro. According…
The stylish and suave Merc Bar has always seemed to be a cut above all the other gin joints and laidback lounges that abound in Phoenix. How come? There’s a clandestine, speakeasy feel to the place, as it’s secreted behind an unmarked door deep in the heart of the Esplanade…
Can’t find enough scrilla to take you S.O. go see Star Trek for the 16th time? Don’t wanna take out a loan just to go see Les Claypool or Peter Murphy live and in concert? Then check out our list of ultra-affordable events happening in and around P-Town this weekend…
DJ Brazilia stands out from Phoenix’s myriad mix-masters, knob-twisters, and record-spinners for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the 30-year old is one of a handful of she-jays currently working in the Valley’s man-tastic dance scene; and secondly, she’s the only DJ we’re aware of claiming to have been sired by…
Yesterday, we wondered about who had the illest beats in the Valley’s hip-hop community. Today, we’ve got our answer: Lifted. At least that’s according to a crowd of more than 500 strong at PHX Nightclub last night, as they chose the 29-year old beat-maker/producer as the regional winner of the…
The Agua Caliente Plaza in north Scottsdale hasn’t exactly been a place where nightspots have flourished as of late. Three separate clubs have come and gone from its boundaries in the past two years, including sexed-up burlesque palace Minx, the Asian-inspired Taste Ultra Lounge, and the swanky Black Card Ultralounge…
Who’s got the illest beats in all of the ‘Nix? Could it be Young Seph, who helped create tracks for Jim Jones and 40 Glocc? Or maybe it’s Slopfunkdust, the ultra-skilled Beat Society DJ/producer and member of the Rawkus Records crew. We’ll get the answer later tonight, as both will…
