Hard Dance Nation @ Madison Event Center

As winter approaches, the nights will inevitably grow both colder and longer. If you’re looking for somewhere to simultaneously get both warm and wild, consider spending a few hours amidst the frenetic bodies gathered at the Madison Event Center, 441 West Madison Avenue, for the annual Hard Dance Nation on…

Copper State Tavern in Glendale Closes Tonight

Tonight’s a big night for the Copper State Tavern, as the Glendale punk bar and music venue is celebrating its second anniversary. Unfortunately, it’s also the joint’s final night of existence, as owner Dave Wyma is closing after this evening’s celebration.It’s sort of a “best of times/worst of times” proposition…

Silver Medallion Debuts New Music Video

In the hours following the tragic death of Abay Lattin (a.k.a. Carnegie from Silver Medallion) over two months ago, his bandmate Oren J. Schauble told me the following in regards to the group’s future: “It’s going to be tough, but I’m going to keep going and come up with something…

Club Forbidden Becomes Vagabond Ballroom

The changes to Scottsdale’s night scene just keep on coming. Earlier today, we brought word that tiki spot Drift Lounge was about to blink outta existence. And now, it appears as though another longtime spot is about to get a makeover and a new identity. Which spot are we referring…

Club Candids: Retox Sundays at Martini Ranch

Although the five-day Thanksgiving holiday technically doesn’t start until tonight, those in attendance at Martini Ranch’s Retox Sundays shindig this past weekend got a jump on the festivities. They drank down plenty of beer and booze, smoked flavorful shishas, danced to the sounds laid down by DJs, and witnessed the…

Scottsdale’s Drift Lounge Closes This Weekend

Old Town Scottsdale is losing one of its more recognizable nightlife landmarks in the next couple days, as Drift Lounge is closing after the Thanksgiving weekend. The haute Hawaiian-style paradise located on 75th Street is heading off into the sunset, giving Trader Vic’s sole domain over the tiki-style fun in…

Nu-Towne Saloon Ravaged By Blaze

East Phoenix gay bar Nu-Towne Saloon was the unfortunate victim of an devastating fire earlier this week, which reportedly caused “extensive damage” to its interior. Please refrain from making any jokes involving any wordplay with “flames” or “flaming,” thank you very much. Per reports by KTVK and FOX-10, the blaze…

Eastside Records to Close By Year’s End

There’s something of an unwritten law here in the Valley that dictates the following: Anything remotely cool will eventually either die or start to suck. Don’t believe me? Try tuning into KUKQ on your car radio while heading over to the Mason Jar or Jugheads to catch a show, followed…

Denim & Diamonds Opens This Weekend

When the nightlife gods taketh away a country bar in Mesa, they ultimately giveth one as well.Mere weeks after AZ Country USA closed its doors, the good ol’ folks behind Graham Central Station are opening a brand new boot-scootin’ bunker this Friday on the opposite end of the city. It’s…

Left/Right

If there’s any truth to the saying that DJs are only as good as the music that’s coming out of their speakers, then Chris Lund (a.k.a. Left/Right) might just be one of the best beat-jugglers in the biz. The Texas-born turntable trickster, whose work has been lauded by the likes…

Club Candids at Smashboxx

Smashboxx in Old Town has been open for a couple weeks now, and the crowds couldn’t be bigger. We paid a visit to the “sports bar by day/lounge by night” this past weekend and witnessed a throng of the skinny and the stylish both inside the place and outside on…