If you’re of those cats who’s more into apl.de.ap and Miss Fergalicious than The Edge and Mr. “Save the World,” make plans to be at Axis/Radius in Scottsdale after leaving Westgate, as will.i.am will be headline the official after-party with what’s sure to be a killer DJ set. (Who knows,…
Don’t get us wrong, piano bars are a total blast and provide plenty of bang for your entertainment dollar. Both The Big Bang on Mill Avenue and The Shout! House at Westgate feature dueling piano players providing send-ups of songs ranging from ’80s faves like Foreigner to modern day hip-hop…
AKA: DJ Sol Martinez Current club night(s): FUSE Friday at Bar Smith is my main night right now. I’m gonna be opening up at Cream Stereo Lounge for Giant Wednesdays starting next week on the 21st. How did you get your start? When I was in high school, I first…
[jump] Dave Naz: Candids Third Friday Reception at Perihelion Arts (Friday)”Oftentimes, the women of Barely Legal and the like are fully made up, but we like our ladies a little more au naturel. Dave Naz’s “Candids” exhibit at Perihelion Arts gives voyeurs a view of the models in between shoots,…
Did you happen to miss out on last weekend’s uproarious Tiki Throwdown at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room? Still hoping to get lei’d? Then local band The Surfside IV have a deal for you. They’re gonna be involved with this Sunday’s Surf Rock Tiki Luau Party III at the Rhythm Room,…
Joel Davis has had one helluva packed schedule. Up until recently, the 21-year-old Phoenician was holding down two Joe jobs (slaving away behind the scenes at Stinkweeds Records and behind the front desk at the Clarendon Hotel) as well as working his regular gigs as the Thursday-night resident at Chronic…
Joel Davis has had one helluva packed schedule. Up until recently, the 21-year-old Phoenician was holding down two Joe jobs (slaving away behind the scenes at Stinkweeds Records and behind the front desk at the Clarendon Hotel) as well as working his regular gigs as the Thursday-night resident at Chronic…
If you were one of the jilted music fans who got burned when Bob Dylan wimped out of his scheduled outdoor performance back in August, the folk rock legend has a way to make it up to you: He’s putting on a free show…sorta. Dylan is set to perform at…
That’s right, we most definitely said “former,” because the live music venue closed its doors for good as of yesterday morning after six years in operation. More precisely, the joint’s landlord was the one who closed the doors, but not before changing the locks due to non-payment of rent. “Bills…
East Phoenix punk bar Jugheads has also booked a number of upcoming shows by some major legends from the genre, including Christ on Parade and MDC (whose moniker stands for “Millions of Damn Cops” or “Metal Devil Cokes” depending on who you ask). Black Fag, the flamboyant SoCal Black Flag…
It’s been something of a packed Saturday, what with Tour de Fat, the Tiki Throwdown, Oktoberfest, and various and sundry other weekend events happening around the Valley. If you’ve still got some energy and cash left, jump in your ride and head for Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, where the…
By now you’ve probably read music editor Martin Cizmar’s contentious column from this week’s issue regarding his opinion that “CenPho’s Music Scene is So Over” with the impending change to Modified Arts later this year and the opening of Rodney Hu’s 23 West venue.Like many others who’ve spoken out since…
You’re all a bunch of sexist pigs, and here’s why: One of our city’s esteemed professional sports franchises is scheduled to engage in a do-or-die final showdown for the big championship later tonight. It’s got all the makings of an action-packed, winner-take-all donnybrook that’s guaranteed to be filled with thrills…
So is there any difference in serving suds in either town? Not much, King says.”It’s pretty much the same thing in either city. It’s pop a beer, pour a shot. That’s what everybody wants. They’re looking to get to a certain place and alcohol gets them there. They just want…
Tyler King is one tough-looking hombre. Sporting a tee shirt for notorious New Jersey hardcore band Shattered Realm and innumerable tattoos covering his burly frame from head to toe, the 38-year-old bartender at Jugheads looks like someone you’d wouldn’t wanna challenge to a fight. Instead, try challenging him to whisk…
Sequels can be tricky to pull off. For every Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight, there are twice as many shitheaps like Caddyshack II and The Two Jakes. This axiom also extends to music, which is cluttered beyond measure with ill-advised follow-ups: For example, Woodstock ’99 never should have existed…
It’s reportedly gonna be colder than normal this weekend, which means you’ll definitely want to be somewhere hot. Slide over to the Venue of Scottsdale, 7117 East Third Avenue in Scottsdale, where things are probably gonna get a little toasty during Tropic on Friday, October 9. Hollywood’s Latin Prince and…
Philly’s The Wonder Years could’ve easily renamed their band “Rodney Dangerfields and the No Respect Five” anytime over the past few years, since the gleeful pop-punk quintet has been on the receiving end of dissings aplenty. Its 2007 disc Get Stoked on It! was called “abysmal” by several Internet music…
Sequels can be tricky to pull off. For every Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight, there are twice as many shitheaps like Caddyshack II and The Two Jakes. This axiom also extends to music, which is cluttered beyond measure with ill-advised follow-ups: For example, Woodstock ’99 never should have existed…
The HoloNet…er, Internet was abuzz with Star Destroyer-sized superlatives last night after Star Wars: In Concert swept through town. While I had a rather “lukewarm” reaction (pun very much intended) to the multimedia extravaganza, my opinion was very much in the minority. Dozens of hyperspaced out geeks were feeling the…
For the past three decades, the “Great Bearded One” has been on a Jedi-like quest to separate Star Wars fans from their paychecks by any means necessary. His unabashed over-licensing has even exceeded Krusty the Clown-like levels of hucksterism at times, as evidenced by such WTF? merchandise as green-friendly organic…
With the series win, the sucktastic Snakes limp past the finish line firmly in possession of the worst record in the National League West at 70-92, a full 25 games back from the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers. (By comparison, the team went 90-72 during just two years ago during the…
