Shock*Rock*Cock

For a while, it seemed as if the only off-the-chain event going down over at the Rogue East, 423 North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, was William Fucking Reed’s rock ‘n’ roll dance party Shake! on Saturdays. Thankfully, this sad state of affairs has been rectified, as the landmark hipster hangout…

Markus Schulz

Club DJs of the P-Town, we feel your pain. You endlessly work the same local joints week after endless week, slaving over the turntables and beat-matching your brains out for a bunch of selfish and snotty hotties, all the while dreaming of blowing this burg for far-flung destinations and superstardom…

Honey Thursdays

Here’s a news flash: Fridays are pretty old and busted, while Thursdays are the new hotness. In fact, we’ve been rapidly burning up our sick days lately by starting off the weekend one day early (shhh . . . don’t tell our bosses), and a fave destination has definitely been…

Planet of the Drums

May is shaping up to be a pretty killer month for Valley drum ‘n’ bass fanatics. In addition to the brand new weekly event SEEN! Wednesdays blasting out plenty of supertempo beats and jungle jams every hump day over at Coach & Willie’s, a superstar-studded slate of d’n’b deities will…

Club Reventon

The piñatas and Patrón will be poppin’ as the yearly case of Cinco de Mayo fever grips the Valley this weekend, with an eff-load of fetes and fiestas planned for Saturday, May 5 (peep our guide for proof). We’ve planned out our whole day, wey, and it gonna be muy…

Margarita Madness

Given P-Town’s proximity to Mexico, we Phoenicians pretty much experience Latino culture in one form or another nearly 365 days a year. But things are really gonna get amped up from Friday, May 4, to Sunday, May 6, as the PHX is fixing to host some serious Cinco de Mayo…

Field of Dreams

Wanna rave on without having to worry about whether the abandoned warehouse you’re dancing at is about to get busted by the cops? Then throw on your club-kid duds and head for Tumbleweed Park, 2250 South McQueen Road in Chandler, where Nightowl Entertainment will present the “100 percent legal” event…

Margarita Madness

Given P-Town’s proximity to Mexico, we Phoenicians pretty much experience Latino culture in one form or another nearly 365 days a year. But things are really gonna get amped up from Friday, May 4, to Sunday, May 6, as the PHX is fixing to host some serious Cinco de Mayo…

Sadisco in the Land of Mistreated Sex Toys

Over the past three years or so, the debauched dudes and dames of DJ collective Sadisco have served up countless salacious and surreal spectaculars, filled with industrial thrash and scandalous splash, where Valley night crawlers can let their freak flags fly. These prurient party monsters get even more pornographic with…

My Friend Jason’s House

Even though Camp Crystal Lake ain’t anywhere near P-Town, the dance demons of ClixBagofTricks and Mafiatic will channel the teen-slashing spirit of Jason Voorhees for their latest raucous rave event, My Friend Jason’s House. The horrifying all-night hootenanny on Friday, April 13 (natch), sounds like something the hockey mask-clad killer…

Special Deliverance

If you wanna pluck on your banjo without enduring endless Deliverance jokes, join in the down-home stylings of the weekly Arcadia Bluegrass Jam. You won’t be alone, as hillbilly wanna-bes from around the Valley bring their guitars, mandolins, fiddles, and other acoustic stringed instruments (as well as a couple of…

DJ Dubfire

Although he’s already won a Grammy, remixed such folks as Madonna and the Rolling Stones, and sold out dance clubs around the world, superstar spinster Ali Shirazinia (a.k.a. Dubfire) ain’t about to rest on his laurels just yet. The Iranian-born turntablist, who serves as one half of DJ duo Deep…

^UP

Hate techno? Pablo Gomez sure doesn’t, and neither do his buds Joe Bear or Shane Silkey. In fact, the DJ trio (also known as AreFriendsElectrik?) partnered up with .anti_space’s Justin McBee to present ^UP, their weekly Saturday dance night in the upstairs lounge of Homme, 138 West Camelback, to showcase…

A Case of the Tuesdays

When they aren’t busy letting loose in Black Rock City, local Burning Man freaks DJ Kodama and Chromatest J. Pantsmaker (a.k.a. the Salacious BeatSlingers) have been giving Valley hepcats a reason to stay out late on a school night with their weekly gig, A Case of the Tuesdays. Consider them…

Emerald City

Green Day is coming, and we ain’t talking about the punk band, brah. Nope, it’s the annual alcoholic extravaganza known as St. Patrick’s Day, where liquor and leprechauns collide in one clamorous Celtic craic. Everyone can have a wee bit of Irish in them, especially after pounding a few pints…

Goldie

Graf artist-DJs are some of the hippest hyphenates we got goin’ on here in the PHX, with peeps like Wet Paint’s Jesika Jordan and FreshOut-DaBox’s T3PO tagging walls and tearing up turntables across the Valley. But back before these spray-painting spinsters grabbed their first can of flat black, the dope…

Emerald City

Green Day is coming, and we ain’t talking about the punk band, brah. Nope, it’s the annual alcoholic extravaganva known as St. Patrick’s Day, where liquor and leprechauns collide in one clamorous Celtic craic. Everyone can have a wee bit of Irish in them, especially after pounding a few pints…

The Lucky Bitches

Catherine Vericolli and Ryan Champagne might’ve dubbed themselves The Lucky Bitches, but the truth is that they’re quite the pleasant pair. Consider them to be goofballs to the third degree, as they named their DJ duo after a French & Saunders skit and incorporate silliness whenever possible into their weekly…

Can’t Miss: Tilt Gallery

The masterful black and white copper-plate photogravures from Angela Franks Wells’ “Parts & Labor” series are highlighted at Tilt Gallery, 919 West Fillmore Street. More than two dozen images feature an “intimate view” of the workspaces and tools of plumbers, welders, and other laborers to demonstrate the passion of their…

Can’t Miss: Icehouse

If you’re looking for some affordable art this weekend, visit the Icehouse, 429 West Jackson Street, during its Art Flea Market on Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, March 4, noon to 6 p.m.; where painters, photographers, and other creative types will hawk their works and…

Can’t Miss: eye lounge

The entire 22-member roster of artists at eye lounge, 419 East Roosevelt Street, contributes their best and brightest works for the gallery’s annual Art Detour showcase. The lineup includes Lisa Sipe’s colorful encaustic wax and paint creation “The Bees Knees,” Aaron Abbott’s emotive photography, Leigh Miller’s perception-challenging designs, and more…

Art Detour 2007 Listings

Art Detour is an annual event sponsored by artlink inc. The following venues are not all “official” participants in the event, so they may not be included in artlink’s promotional materials. The purpose of this guide is to list as many of the art, music, shopping and dining opportunities downtown…