Revolver Lounge Opens Tonight

The latest is Revolver Lounge in Scottsdale, the Western-themed swanketeria that launches tonight with a glitzy opening party. Designed with plenty of cowboy chic, the plush Stetson Drive nightspot (how fitting) was built upon the ashes of the bygone SIX Lounge by nightlife entrepreneur/restaurateur Steve McDonald. As the above pic…

The Blunt Club

It’s not only a new year, but a new decade to boot, so the hip-hop heroes running the Blunt Club decided it was high time for a new start. After spending the past couple of years rocking both microphones and turntables at the Red Owl, they’re re-launching the venerable weekly…

Hot Fudge Sundaze

In case you aren’t up on the latest scenester gossip, here’s a juicy tidbit: William Fucking Reed is ditching the Valley for New York City in April. But before he changes up his mailing address from the PHX to the NYC this spring, the 32-year-old plans on working his DJ…

The 7 Coolest Entries At This Weekend’s Idiotarod Race

The ultra-colorful annual event, which is put on by the AZ Cacophony Society and involves teams of five people wearing costumes and piloting wacky and wonderfully decorated shopping carts around downtown Phoenix, is ostensibly a competitive race with prizes handed out to top finishers. Truth be told, however, it felt…

The Science and Technology Expo at Trunk Space

In fact, it was a pair of local gimmick bands who helped me segue to the Valley’s vibrant local music scene. Back in 2004, I became a fan of both the Minibosses and Flagstaff’s I Hate You When You’re Pregnant after attending gigs by both bands at such venues as…

Tempe’s 910 Live Plans February Opening

Looks like the second time’s the charm for 910 Live. As I reported last year, the Tempe nightspot — which served as renowned old school music venue Boston’s in the ’90s — was scheduled to open back in May as a rock bar called Club 910. A grand opening was scheduled,…

I Hate You When You’re Pregnant

It’s been going on five years since Flagstaff musician Phil Buckman subjected Valley audiences to his outlandish alter ego I Hate You When You’re Pregnant, and, boy, have a handful of local fans been jonesing for another fix. It’s with good reason, as their minds are likely etched with colorful…

16bit

God bless the United Kingdom and all the influential DJs, turntablists, beatmakers, and other EDM artists it’s produced over the decades (Paul Oakenfold, Goldie, Photek, et al.). Our current faves are West London duo DRT and Kidnappa (a.k.a. 16bit), who’ve been spread their frenetically infectious dubstep mixes all over the…

Cowboy Mouth at the Compound Grill

You know, the very same squad who yesterday battered about our beloved Arizona Cardinals and crushed the Valley’s dreams of returning to the Super Bowl mere hours before Cowboy Mouth’s show in Scottsdale. So does that mean their performance was marred by distressed Red Bird fans who were demanding the…

WWE Hall of Fame Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

Less that three months remain until Vince McMahon brings his ginormous “Super Bowl of Wrestling” (a.k.a. Wrestlemania) to the Valley of the Sun in March, which is gonna be a major deal. In fact, the entire week before the big event happens at University of Phoenix Stadium will be filled…

Now Closed: Drinx in Scottsdale

There ain’t any more drinks getting poured at Drinx in Scottsdale, as the Stetson Drive bar has apparently rolled up the welcome mat for good. Folks at few nearby businesses, who asked to remain anonymous, gave me the lowdown on the establishment’s demise, and it wasn’t a very happy story…

Tonight: Authority Zero Takes Over Dirty Pretty in Scottsdale

[jump] A host of local acts will also perform, including folksters Jake Dean and the Granting, acoustic pop artist Adam Shero, alt-rockers Sketching in Stereo, and the white boy reggae musicians of Another Day. Pre-sale tickets are available for $10 through this site, with admission at the door going for…

Dirty Funk

Blunt Club beat-juggler Pickster One is keeping things simple for his newest nightlife endeavor, Dirty Funk. “We’re just gonna be drinking beer and listening to some cool music,” he says of the event, which happens on Tuesday, January 19, at the Yucca Tap Room, 29 West Southern Avenue in Tempe…

Cowboy Mouth/Junior Brown

Time hasn’t been kind to 1997’s parade of one-hit wonder artists. European imports like The Prodigy (“Firestarter”), Chumbawamba (“I Get Knocked Down”), or The Cardigans (“Lovefool”) haven’t released a hit album on these shores since their glory years. The Raybon Brothers (“Butterfly Kisses”) and She Moves (“Breaking All the Rules”)…