Superstar spinner Steve Aoki has got plenty of connections and he ain’t afraid to use them. The 32-year-old’s record label, Dim Mak, has featured some of the best beat-makers in the business, including MSTRKRFT and The Bloody Beetroots. He’s also part-owner of hip L.A. restaurant Shin with Julian Casablancas of…
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,…
What is it about this town that causes cool clubs or venues hosting hip dance nights to shut down? (Maybe all those fashion plate patrons spend too much time mugging for photos instead of buying enough alcohol, or something.) Scenester spots just seem to go kaput to the tune of…
Mere days remain in the current NBA season, and the Western Conference playoff race is tighter than ever, which is why it’s unfortunate that the Phoenix Suns split a pair of games over the weekend. It felt like there were two different teams wearing PHX’s purple and orange uniforms…
If you’ve been smart enough to squirrel away your simoleons lately, you probably have enough green in the bank account to afford trip to the Elvis Costello or Muse concerts later tonight. If so, consider yourself smart and enjoy said performances. If not, however, then fear not, as our usual…
Names: Mike Dwyer & Jake Brennan AKA: Beat Mass Current club nights: Guest appearances at fauxShow at Club Sanctum and Ransom and Philthy Phil’s. Preferred genres: Electro, disco, funk and a dash of old school hip-hop. What is Beat Mass? It’s kind of like a going to a church service…
Did I call it or did I call it? I might not be able to predict the lottery numbers or who’s gonna win American Idol every year, but I was definitely on the money with my prognostication a few months ago that PHX concert promoter Mantooth Group would re-open the…
Many Arizona Diamondbacks fans were probably scratching their heads when manager A.J. Hinch put Kelly Johnson in the leadoff spot for the game against the San Diego Padres instead of, say, Conor Jackson or Mark Reynolds. After all, the second baseman’s performance as a leadoff hitter has been fairly inconsistent…
Under normal circumstances, a birthday party involves friends and family heaping plenty of gifts and good tidings upon the guest of honor. Not so with Joel Davis. The P-town selecta (better known as DJ Epidemic) is turning 22 this week, but he’s the one who’s been providing the presents to…
Rotund filmmaker Kevin Smith oughta invest in an XXXL bulletproof vest, because lord knows he gets plenty of flak. Critics love bashing the Clerks director’s oeuvre and countless bloggers have denounced his recent jihad against Southwest Airlines’ “person of size” policy after he got booted off a flight in February…
Welcome to Stripper Songs, a weekly feature that proves not all Phoenix strippers bump and grind to Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” of Flo Rida’s “Low.” Scan the Internet for the top stripper songs of all time, and chances are you’ll happen upon list after list filled with such rock and pop…
A day after besting San Diego with ace pitching and timely hitting in their home opener, the Diamondbacks lost 6-3 to the Padres on Tuesday night because of a dearth of both factors. Pitcher Edwin Jackson’s regular season D-Backs debut was somewhat inauspicious, as he gave up four runs and…
But then you’d miss all the live bands at the Art Institutes concert stage or the gravity-defying b-boys and breakdancers who are usually found at the intersection of Fifth and Garfield streets. (Not to mention the wacko performance artists walking the streets and sidewalks of Roosevelt Row, the poi-spinning dancers…
AKA: DJ Mastamonk Current club nights: Friday at Vintage in Tempe or Dirty Pretty in Scottsdale, Saturday at Whip Lounge in Tempe, and a Sunday monthly residence at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale. Preferred genres: Man, there’s waaay too many things I like playing genre-wise right now. Really diggin the funky…
The ribald and renowned local performance artist is apparently going to “die” sometime tomorrow night, probably in some profound and profane fashion that will likely involve one of his wacky stunts gone horribly awry. This isn’t the first time the 34-year-old mustachioed madman has gotten a taste of the hereafter,…
While common sense would dictate that maybe Nash might’ve sat this one out to rest and rehab his back in preparation for the playoffs, the Suns superstar was anything but idle during the contest. He led his team in the stats (and came damn close to notching a triple-double) with…
The calendar on your wall may read 2010, but DJ Medik likes to turn the clock back a few decades during his Thursday-night spin session at Renee’s Grand Avenue Tavern, 2448 Grand Avenue. Old-school R&B and funk is always on tap, whether it’s deep cuts of Marvin Gaye or Cameo,…
If there’s any sort of credo applicable to the First Friday, it would be William Shakespeare’s well-worn aphorism that “all the world’s a stage.” That’s because local musicians, DJs, and bands by the dozens will play in every conceivable setting in the downtown Phoenix’s arts district over the next three…
Welcome to Stripper Songs, a weekly feature that proves not all Phoenix strippers bump and grind to Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” of Flo Rida’s “Low.”This weeks ecdysiast (that word sounds extra dirty, right?) is diminiuative dame Vicki Vaughn, whom you can find at Xplicit Showclub over in Glendale.Learn more about what…
AKA: DJ Medik Current club nights: Tuesdays and Saturdays at Chilly Bombers, it’s all videos. I’ve gotten into doing my own video remixes. It’s actually pretty cool. And then I do Sangria Luxe Lounge on Friday nights. On Thursdays I’m at Renee’s Grand Avenue Tavern. Preferred genres: Depending on the…
Puppet is definitely one fierce bastard. Ripping with muscled and covered with tattoos, the natural-born brawler also sports a few piercings and a Mohawk. Sounds like someone you wouldn’t want to piss off, no? So would it matter if we told you that Puppet is actually a midget? It really…
“I’m harder than any alcohol you can drink. I’m straighter than any line you can snort up your nose. And I certainly can hurt you a lot faster than any pill you can put on your tongue.” CM Punk is one disciplined cat. As his athletic physique indicates, the World…
