It’s going to be a particularly jam-packed Saturday for Danny Avila this weekend. The Spanish-born, electro-slinging DJ wunderkind will fly from Chicago (where he had a late-night show at the Palladium Nightclub last night) down to Texas to work a gig at the Breakaway Music Festival outside of Dallas before…
Attention local EDM junkies: If you’re planning to roll into tomorrow’s Sound Wave Block Party sometime around the late afternoon or the early evening, your asses are gonna miss out on a few cool things. Like, say, the “Bad Bitch Anthems” of she-jay Brazzabelle inside Maya Day and Nightclub, the…
The galleries of Roosevelt Row are certainly no strangers to showing off artsy nude photography. As a matter of fact, stylishly rendered pictures of the naked form have been a regular part the downtown Phoenix art scene mix, whether its scandalous shots leaving little to the imagination or more elegant…
Ben Saunders is ready to get into a fight this weekend. More than ready, in fact. The mixed martial artist is scheduled to face off against fellow welterweight combatant Douglas Lima during the headlining bout of the nationally televised Bellator MMA event on Friday night at Grand Canyon University Arena…
Anton Zaslavski isn’t what you’d call an ordinary DJ. Far from it. Yes, the Russian-German beatsmith is a gifted producer and maestro of the mixers who has rocked unforgettable sets inside numerous nightclubs and at many of the world’s top festivals (including Ultra, Nocturnal, and Electric Zoo). But during his…
Thursday 19 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Attention creative types of the Valley: If you happen to have a project brewing that’s of a particularly interesting, unusual, or exotic nature that’s gonna be finished in the next six weeks or so, then Sahar Afi Mitchell and Stephen Strage want to hear about it. And possibly showcase it…
Visionary arts and counterculture event Burning Man is akin to a feast for the senses writ large. Very large. Or at least that’s how some of the Valley creatives who frequently attend the epic weeklong festival each year out in Nevada’s desert hinterlands describe the experience. It’s a seven-day communal…
Thursday 12 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Thursday Ladies Night with DJ AL3, & DJ NERD (hip-hop, Latin, EDM) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
Albert Lineses III has the sort of career that most club DJs would envy. As his alter ego AL3, the renowned selector not only was a huge player in the Latin dance scene for more than a decade but also spun sounds on some of the bigger radio stations in…
For folks who are big into ghosts and goblins, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year. And it never seems to get here fast enough. If you’re one of those types who can’t wait to get your scare on, the good news is that the spooky staff at two…
The Valley’s collection of goth and industrial fans are no strangers to drama when it comes to their favorite dance nights and clubs. In fact, if there’s been any constants to this particular scene over the decades, its been change. Not to mention a never-say-die attitude. Places tend to come…
Admit it: There’s some sort of subject that you’re especially obsessed with or have a tendency to nerd out over. And if that’s the case, you ain’t alone. As Ignite Phoenix founder Jeff Moriarty puts it, most folks are passionate about something, even if they’re afraid to discuss it or…
Tom Green has a tendency to get pretty cerebral. And yes, we’re referring to the same dude who penned “Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)” and suckled milk directly from a cow’s waiting teat. Green’s comic efforts have always been quite genius — and oftentimes exceptionally madcap — whether the…
Thursday 5 AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock) Bar Smith: Dulce Thursdays with DJ Deuce, & DJ JayOne (hip-hop) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays with DJ Freshmaker,…
So how was your summer vacation, yo? Don’t feel too bad if it amounted to hiding out in the air-conditioned comfort for three months instead of jetting away to some far-away foreign destination. Given the painfully high prices for airfare these days, it’s downright difficult to satisfy the itch to…
Scandalesque’s Christy Zandlo and Julianna Curtis probably won’t have much in the way of free time over the next several weeks. During that time, the co-founders of the local burlesque troupe have routines to rehearse, dance workshops to oversee, and a few upcoming performances to plan (including The M Show,…
Ever since the legendary Hollywood Alley closed earlier this month, the only thing that’s left of the renowned rock bar (other than many mementos of the place that were scooped up by regulars in the days following its shuttering) is memories. And plenty of ’em too, like 25 year’s worth…
Jamie Monistat VII is still in mourning over the recent loss of Hollywood Alley–so much so that the restaurateur and Blanche Davidian vocalist claims that he gets “bummed out at least 15 times an hour” about the closure of the Mesa bar earlier this month, as it was a favorite…
Yeah, we know. It’s really tempting. We’re mere hours away from the last three-day weekend of the summertime and your id is probably whispering seductively that it’s possible to stretch things out a little longer by calling in sick on Friday. And why not? You’ve earned it, and Labor Day…
Members of the 18-and-over crowd looking for late-night thrills won’t be lining up outside of Afterlife in Scottsdale this weekend, or any other weekend. The Old Town all-ages and after-hours dance club closed for good within the last week, which means the underage partiers will have to look elsewhere. Afterlife…
Sam Groove isn’t much of a gambler. However, the local DJ and nightlife promoter knows a thing to two about playing the odds, raising the stakes, and cleaning up big. For proof, just look at the success that Groove and the other EDM aficionados behind Hades Entertainment have had with…
