Besides pissing off big-name recording artists and motivating them to boycott Arizona, last month’s passage of SB 1070 became an absolute call to arms for those in the local music scene. And one of the first artists to answer the call was DJ John Blaze. Along with P-Town hip-hop siren…
Man, this was a tough pill to swallow. The Phoenix Suns battled back from a double-digit deficit against the Los Angeles Lakers last night, only to blow it in the closing seconds all after a bizarre, buzzer-beating basket by Ron Artest. The 103-101 game five loss gives L.A. a 3-2…
tter get word to your mutha, because Vanilla Ice is headed to the Valley. The infamous ’90s rapper (a.k.a. Rob Van Winkle) will be in town to kick off Memorial Day weekend by headlining an off-the-chain evening of rap, rock and hip-hop acts on Friday night at the Venue of…
The Yucca Tap’s loss is the Sail Inn’s gain. In case you’re not up on the comings and goings of the Valley’s music scene, local legends the Zen Lunatics packed up their popular — and award-winning — rockaroke night and moved it to the Sail Inn a few months ago…
Here’s both some good and bad news to start your day. First, the bad news: The folks over at Live Nation have announced that the Bamboozle Roadshow, the pop punk-laden summertime touring festival, won’t be making a stop at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Wednesday, June 2. And now the…
Under normal circumstances, Monday night isn’t exactly a big evening for DJs and dance events (look no further than scant amount of listings we’ve got for proof). Since it’s Memorial Day weekend, however, chances are good that y’all might be in the mood to party. DJ Steel’s weekly Manic Monday…
After a few weeks of searching for a new home, the promoters of Adult Swim have finally found a new location to host their popular hipster pool party this weekend. And in a huge stroke of irony, it’s the Hotel San Carlos, the place where the party first launched back…
After a few weeks of searching for a new home, the promoters of Adult Swim have finally found a new location to host their popular hipster pool party this weekend. And in a huge stroke of irony, it’s the Hotel San Carlos, the place where the party first launched back…
The Internet has blown up over the last hour with news that Slipknot bassist Paul Dedrick Gray has passed away. The 38-year-old musician, better known by his nom de rock as “#2” or “The Pig” was reportedly found dead in a Des Moines-area hotel room earlier today. Gray was one…
If you thought the newly opened Musical Instrument Museum was diverse in its selection of exotic instruments from around the world (where Nigerian hausa trumpets and a Burmese saung guak harp are housed in the same building as Eric Clapton’s stratocasters), try checking out the multifaceted lineup of artists performing…
After surviving three moves, numerous lineup changes with DJs, and plenty of other trials and tribulation, the Valley’s venerated hip-hop weekly The Blunt Club is still going strong after eight years of existence. Pickster, Dumperfoo, and rest of the crew will be celebrating the Blunt Club’s birthday number eight tonight at its…
The EDM impresarios and party promoters behind this weekend’s outdoor extravaganza The Big Event are charging anywhere from $25 to $65 for the privilege of attending (depending on when and where you buy admission). And believe us, it’s worth every damn penny. Described as the “Arizona’s largest dance music event,”…
What do all these ultra-talented turntablists have in common? Answer: They all got the phuck outta Phoenix and headed for sunnier SoCal pastures of Los Angeles. You can include Joe DiPadova in this category, as the laidback house DJ packed up his decks and finally made the big move to…
The Phoenix Police Department can sometimes be a major buzzkill. Just ask the folks who attended the Cheap Thrills one-off this past weekend. Around 100 or so were in attendance at the hepcat party on Saturday night, dancing and debauching way past 2 a.m. inside underground CenPho art space The…
The Phoenix Suns have made a habit out of defying everyone’s expectations this season. To wit: When sports pundits predicted the aging team would barely contend amid an ultra-competitive Western Conference, Steve Nash and company made ’em eat crow by finishing as the fourth seed and dispatching their first two…
Downtown Phoenix’s music scene might (or might not) be “ovah,” but at least its club scene is continuing to thrive. For instance, the Hotel San Carlos is opening its new Ghost Lounge tonight with a boffo benefit and party. The bar/club is located in the lobby of the vintage hotel,…
Been missing your weekly dose “dancing and debauchery” via Jared Alan and Sean Watson’s weekly Cheap Thrills party? The DJ duo has some fantastic news: it’s making a return this weekend for a special one-off. If you’re friends with the pair on Facebook, chance are you already know the specifics of…
Name: Freddy Krems AKA: DJ Circle Current club nights: I do Toxic Mondays at Zuma, Airia at Wild Horse Pass on Thursdays with D-JR, Fridays at Dirty Pretty all by myself, and then Cream on Saturdays. I’m also in a rotation on Sundays at Martini Ranch for Retox Sundays. Genres…
Then Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland decided to erupt and everything went to Hell. Much like Frightened Rabbit and other UK-based performers, Hobbs had to postpone grabbing any jet planes back to her native Britain. So instead of spending three weeks at home before returning to the US for her most recent…
diamondbacks.mlb.com Edwin Jackson gave up six runs on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’d be easy to lay complete blame on Edwin Jackson for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-3 loss last night to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Particularly since one of his 94 miles per hour heaters became the difference-maker…
¿Dónde está Dos Gringos? It certainly ain’t anywhere near ASU. At least not anymore, as the local chain of party-hard Mexican bars divested itself of its north Tempe location last year. The hacienda-like frat shack lives on, however, in the form of Trailer Park, 1001 East Eighth Street, with a…
Downtown Phoenix’s art scene is hard to exactly quantify in some respects, with creativity running amok across multiple genres and mediums. Hyphenates abound as musicians, DJs, painters, and other talented types collaborate and feed off each other’s muses. So it’s apropos that one of the art scene’s more pre-eminent bands,…
