Steven Rogers’ downtown Phoenix dance club empire is about to expand. The nightlife entrepenuer (who owns the Central Avenue strip containing the fiery DWNTWN, the gothy Palazzo, and the tony Amsterdam) is preparing open a new joint called Sanctum sometime in the late summer/early fall. The club will take over…
There are countless reasons why folks move to the PHX: new jobs, lower cost of living, uh…hotter women. DJ mig50 came here because of the Shizz. The 26-year-old musician became a die-hard member of the local music discussion board while living in Missouri and decided to relocate to Phoenix in…
If attending myriad First Fridays have taught us anything, it’s that the name of the game is truly “right place, right time.” Example: You could spend the entire evening over on Grand Avenue gawking at the various pint-sized art spaces and boutiques that make up Paisley Town followed by a…
Discount-priced distractions are in abundance this weekend, ranging from Faux Punks and real punks to fashionistas and freaks. Looking for some inexpensive adventure? Here’s our weekly list of what’s going on. WestFest at First Christian Church (Friday)In case you missed Arty Girl’s post from yesterday, it’s First Friday time, which…
So what’s the time? Like the Beastie Boys said, it’s time to get ill, which is why Tony Poer is busting out his gold Adidas track suit and dusting off 400 old-school hip-hop tracks in preparation for Fresh on Saturday, August 8. Along with DJ mig50, Poer will be turning…
he ultra-contentious issue of illegal immigration has divided our community into warring camps: sign-toting nativists versus pro-Latino supporters. While it’s unlikely the parties will reach common ground anytime soon, both sides might enjoy Pro Wrestling Revolution’s luche libre night at Celebrity Theatre. Por que? Because the main event is a…
William Fucking Reed is celebrating his 32nd fucking birthday at this Sunday’s Adult Swim, and ’90s dance music diva Lady Miss Kier will be in attendance offering many happy returns. The vivacious and glamtastic songstress, best know as the former front woman for Deee-Lite will provide a guest DJ set…
Baseball loves a good old-fashioned turnaround, whether it’s the Tampa Bay Rays going from worst to first last season, or the Detroit Tigers’ surprising come-from-behind win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Last night, Yusmeiro Petit became the sport’s latest comeback kid as he came damn close to pulling off…
Is seeing a show worth going starving for? That’s the question that was foremost in our minds this past week as we plunked down around $100 for a couple “can’t miss” concerts and essentially wiping out our food budget for the next couple weeks in the process ($60 for The…
Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday with were kicking off the annual Summer of Sound series, and now we’re down to the final show. Every single genre has come and gone (Americana, Pop, Indie, Hard Rock), save one: The hip-hop showcase, which takes place this Saturday,…
Look’s like it’s all over at Mickey’s Hangover. The Trib’s Jess Harter is reporting that the Scottsdale late-night hotspot has closed its doors for good. Currently there aren’t many details as to why the restaurant/bar has entered oblivion, as owner Randy Smith isn’t returning any calls at the moment…
Truly we are hip-deep in the middle of the “Dog Days of Summer,” when it seems like anyone with enough common sense has gone on vacay to the beach or has just plain made tracks outta this place. Despite the impression that there’s nothing doing around these parts, we’ve dug…
A few days ago, it sounded like the head of our esteemed contributor Michael Lopez was about to explode from all the huge concert announcements that were made this past week. “When will this madness end?” he asked. Apparently not anytime soon, M-Lo, as there’s been a slew of even…
We’ve lost count of the number of DJ collectives and crews (“cliques,” if you must) that occupy our fair city’s EDM landscape. Just off the top of our heads, there are: Salacious Beat Slingers, Cosmic Sea, Groove Corps, the Solstice posse, and Warsaw Pact. Hence the idea behind Tribes, where…
If there’s one thing that Diamondbacks fans have usually been able to bank on during this season of perpetual inconsistency, it’s the near-constant dominance of pitcher Dan Haren. Well, up until this past week, that is. For the second time in as many outings, Arizona’s All-Star pitcher managed only five…
Here’s some major concert news to tide y’all over until our usual batch of just announced shows on Friday: We got word this afternoon from Stateside Presents that they’re bringing in legendary art/indie rockers Sonic Youth for gig at the Marquee Theatre on Thursday, October 1. Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon,…
If you’ve never dared to attend any of the depraved dance throwdowns that have been presented once a month by Sadisco* over the past five years, you’ve only got three more opportunities to do so. After that, it will be awhile before you can thrash about to industrial or EBM…
Max Scherzer might as well start calling himself Jack Sparrow, since the Diamondbacks pitcher was cutting down Pirates left and right during yesterday’s 9-0 shutout over Pittsburgh at Chase Field. Instead of using ye olde cutlass, however, he was doing it with his 94-mile-per-hour four-seamers and sliders, dispatching Bucs batters…
After spending more than a decade behind the record decks, JonnY Rogers is certain that’s it all comes down to creating that perfect mix. Whether it was during his college days interning as a late night electronica jock at WOXY in Cincinnati (the station that will forever be immortalized by…
Regret, The Informer at Art One (Friday)As our resident “Arty Girl” Lilia Menconi reported a few weeks ago, this Scottsdale gallery has experienced a rather heavy duty cash crunch over much of the past year , much like a many other nearby businesses and art spots. One way in which…
It was quite a shock stepping into Cream Stereo Lounge in Scottsdale last night, and not because there weren’t any VIP hostesses pestering me about getting bottle service. Truth be told, there was a decidedly un-Scottsdale aura flowing through the joint as Joe DiPadova brought his popular “ONE” dance night…
The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000…
