We’re fairly certain that by now you’re fully up to speed on That Damn Show’s headliner Bad Religion, as well when they’re playing, how they’ve been around longer than you think, and their best albums ever. So what about the rest of the rock, punk, and indie heavy-hitters filling out…
In a week when the entire nation is on absolute high alert concerning any sort of suspicious items being left out in the open, one local wisenheimer may have thought it was apparently high time for a little mischief. Earlier today, officers from the Tempe Police Department investigated a “suspicious…
Downtown Phoenix’s Monarch Theatre is gonna take on old-school aura this weekend when more than a dozen local DJs and selectors showcase mad turntablism in what could be the first step toward superstardom. The Phoenix Regionals for the World DMC DJ Championships, one of the most esteemed competitions for the…
If your stoner friends seem to have an extra glint in their bloodshot eyes lately, it’s probably because this Saturday happens to be April 20. In other words, it’s 4/20, the day on which marijuana lovers of the world celebrate and pay tribute to their favorite plant, likely by burning…
What you see ain’t necessarily what you get. That proves doubly true with downtown Phoenix performance artist Ryan Avery’s annual musical freakfest known as The Real Coachella.Like the more famous mega-concert and hipster haven out in Indio that it parodies, the local event boasts some famous names on its promotional…
To paraphrase some musty, old Klingon proverb we’ve heard once or twice, revenge is a dish best served cold. And in the 1973 Swedish sexploitation schlockfest Hooker’s Revenge, it’s served up with a breakfast of buckshot via the one-eyed, shotgun-wielding female protagonist known as Frigga.Kidnapped, raped, mutilated, and forced into…
Thursday 18 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby…
Excuse our local beat-juggler boosterism for a moment, but there are some turntablists in town whose skills are so unearthly we reckon they might just have brokered their everlastings soul to Lucifer in trade for prodigious abilities. And if they haven’t, they might want to consider the deal. Every extra…
The weekend drinking and dancing action at EPIQ Nightclub in Scottsdale gets so fierce that it appears as though people are climbing the walls while frenetically partying their brains out. Okay, that ain’t literally the case, mind you, but damned if don’t look that way, thanks to all the smoke…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The Arizona Diamondbacks lost a hard-fought battle at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Tuesday night due to a pitching fiasco on their part and epic homers by the home team. No, this is not a rerun from 2001. That said, the D-backs’…
The members of Scottsdale scene better make sure their swimsuits, beach towels, and sunscreen are in order, as a major pool party venue is set to make its debut next week. Proprietors of Māyā Day and Nightclub, the 27,300-square-foot beach club and entertainment complex situated in the heart of Scottsdale’s…
Rumors have been afoot that the über-geeks running Phoenix Comicon are arranging a guest appearance by one of the stars of rampantly popular British sci-fi show Doctor Who. Turns out the scuttlebutt was, indeed, true as the event’s organizers revealed over the weekend that American actor John Barrowman, known to…
A verbal altercation between patrons of Country Thunder in Florence early this morning turned bloody, resulting in one man stabbed and another taken into police custody. According to media coverage of the stabbing, deputies from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office descended on the scene of a spat that was occurring…
Good news for those who dug last year’s locally focused Los Dias De La Crescent event: it’s coming back for a second round. Crescent czar Charlie Levy sent out an e-mail blast Thursday night trumpeting the lineup for this year’s version of the two-night concert, and just like some of…
If that skinny pedicab driver giving you a lift to some trendy Old Town gin joint this weekend seems bummed out, it’s only because he’ll soon have to conform to a new ordinance passed by Scottsdale’s city government earlier this week. And you might wanna consider giving him an extra…
Retired professional wrestler Mick Foley is one paradoxical fellow. During his lengthy career, the grappler formerly known as Mankind and Cactus Jack (who claims to have spilled blood on four different continents) participated in some of the most brutal and intense matches wrestling fans have witnessed — oftentimes involving barbed…
Thursday 11 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40) Cadillac Ranch: Thirsty Thursdays (Top 40, hip-hop, house) Dos Gringos (Scottsdale): DJ Switch (rock, Top 40, remixes) Firehouse Scottsdale: Weekly College Rager (Top…
The DJ/producer duo of Adolfo “Dolphz” Salazar and Logic Ali, better known as TrapZillas, has an absolute monster of a weekend planned. The pimped-out trap specialists — who hail from Phoenix and L.A., respectively — will spend the night of Friday, April 12, pulling off back-to-back gigs at two EDM…
Although we’re loath to admit it, the full force of summertime’s fury is a few weeks hence, if not (gulp) sooner. And thanks to that whole climate-change nightmare that the right-wing nutters seem to be in unapologetic denial over, it’s gonna be more uncomfortable than ever ’round these parts. Some…
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To most people — well, pro wrestling fans at least — the name Mick Foley is synonymous with brutal, blood-soaked matches involving the renowned grappler giving and receiving plenty of pain. This is, indeed, true of Foley, who spent close to two decades in the ring with World Wrestling Entertainment…
The Arizona Diamondbacks have proved scrappy thus far, as they managed to eke out a couple of victories after battling back during their first two series versus St. Louis and Milwaukee. They struggled to do the same Monday night after falling behind early in a 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh…
