Legendary Eastside Records Is Closing Its Doors

It’s an ordinary afternoon at Eastside Records, which usually means the following is happening: an obscure punk song is blasting way too loudly out of the tiny shop’s decrepit stereo (in this case, Television’s 1975 single “Little Johnny Jewel”) and Michael Pawlicki is hard at work behind the glass counter…

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

THURSDAY 16 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old school, R&B) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ/88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bar Smith: Bass, Lettuce, & Techno with DJ Josh Lestis, & DJ OG (deep bass) Bikini Lounge: DJ…

Cookies & Cream @ Hotel San Carlos

As many others will inevitably do during the holiday season, Elizabeth Quintanilla (a.k.a. DJ Alkemé) is planning on serving up some sweet treats to her nearest and dearest. But instead of peppermint pinwheels and peanut butter bars, the 32-year-old she-jay’s confections are of the auditory variety. Quintanilla is planning on…

Infected Mushroom @ Infected Mushroom

Infected Mushroom, an Israeli-based psy-trance group fronted by Amit Duvdevani and Erez Eisen, are nothing if not prolific. Since forming in 1996, they’ve dropped seven albums, appeared on more than three-dozen compilations, and rocked clubs from Moscow to Milan. Their heady mix of trance and phat beats has produced darkly…

Afterlife Hosts Tron Legacy Party on Friday

Greetings, programs! Didja know there’s some kind of movie called Tron Legacy hitting theatres this weekend? Yeah, it took us by surprise too, considering there’s been absolutely zero promotion or press about it lately. All jokes aside, the flick that many are expecting to be one of the biggest of…

Cheap Thrills Becomes A Weekly…Again

The motto for Jared Alan and Sean Watson’s much-ballyhooed indie dance night Cheap Thrills is ostensibly “dancing and debauchery.” But for all intents and purposes, it might as well be “Rinse. Lather. Repeat.” That’s so slight against them or their mixing skills (as they’re some of our favorite record-spinners in…

DJ Richard Vission

If making pimp remixes of pop artists were a martial art, Richard Vission would easily be a ninth-degree black belt. The Grammy-nominated house music maestro has unleashed his magic on some of best and the brightest in the biz, including Lady Gaga (“Bad Romance”), Black Eyed Peas (“Meet Me Halfway”),…

Richard Vission @ Pussycat Lounge

If making pimp remixes of pop artists were a martial art, Richard Vission would easily be a ninth-degree black belt. The Grammy-nominated maestro of house music has unleashed his magic on some of best and the brightest in the biz, including Lady Gaga (“Bad Romance”), Black Eyed Peas (“Meet Me…

Club Candids at Coach House

Christmas is a big thing at the Coach House. The folks at this Scottsdale mainstay do it up right by decorating the renowned dive bar with more than 10,000 twinkling glow lights and more wrapping paper and bows than one can imagine. It’s definitely a sight to be seen, which is…