NYC’s DJ Neil Armstrong is one lucky mofo. Not only does the dood get to spin the backbeats for Jay-Z as the hip-hop superstar’s official turntablist, he also got to hang with Obama during the inauguration and has been lauded in the pages of Rolling Stone, URB, and the recently-deceased…
Until yesterday, I used to loathe the Warped Tour. Not because of the bands or music, mind you, but rather because of some bad experiences I’d had while attending the annual summertime mega-tour. When the Warped Tour first came to Phoenix in July 1996, I’d spent every last dime I…
Things started getting a tad emotional this past weekend at Barcelona, especially as the clock ticked towards 2 a.m. early on Sunday morning. As was reported a few weeks back, the posh north Scottsdale nightspot/restaurant was throwing its final hurrah in its current form due to an impending summertime renovation,…
The burgeoning superstardom of Justin Upton has been one of the few reasons (if not the only one) to tune into the Arizona Diamondbacks’ games over the last couple months. The 21-year-old’s dynamic fielding and hitting heroics this season (including 84 hits, 14 home runs, and 45 RBIs) have earned…
It appears that Tempe gay and lesbian hangout The Door has, uh, closed its doors for good. A message on the establishment’s voice mail unequivocally states that the club is DOA, as well as thanking customers for their patronage and urging them to take their business to Old Town Scottsdale…
We learned about Michael Jackson’s untimely passing yesterday afternoon in likely the same fashion that y’all reading this did: Twitter. In fact, as news of the King of Pop’s death spread across the Web 2.0 tweetscape so fiercely that it caused the social media service to pull a major Death…
As the world mourns the loss of Michael Jackson, we’re expecting that the members of P-Town’s music scene will be putting on any number of tributes dedicated to the late King of Pop in the coming weeks and months. The cat who gets the honor of being the first is…
The East Valley certainly has the market cornered on Irish chain pubs. (You know, quasi-Celtic party bars/eateries that lay on the shamrock schtick as thick as a pint of Guinness. My colleague Stephen Lemons once decribed them as “Irish Disneylands”) Just off the top of our head there’s Tilted Kilt’s…
Out of the dozen or so talented locals we’ve featured thus far in our ongoing Sun Sessions series, Mikel Lander and Meredith Moore (a.k.a. The Sugar Thieves) have a singular distinction unmatched by the rest.A major-label contract? Distribution through Hop Topic? Nope, even better. The rootsy blues duo, who can be seen with…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.Arizona Diamondbacks ace pitcher Dan Haren supplied a strong performance last night against the Texas Rangers at Chase Field, but it proved to be a futile effort as (you guessed it) his squad came up short in the runs department once again, resulting…
Dean Radford is a mountain of a man who recently became the undisputed king of the mountain. Over the last month, the 6-foot-3, 260-pound tattooed headbanger “totally radicated” the opposition to win not only the Impact Zone Wrestling Heavyweight belt and the NWA Arizona title, but also the Impulse Championship…
If comic-book movies have taught us anything, it’s that fights between superheroes and their respective nemeses tend to result in rampant destruction. Just look at X-Men: The Last Stand, in which the donnybrook between Magneto’s Brotherhood of Mutants and that hairy little freak Wolverine devastated the city of San Francisco…
It’s been a year since Kevin the Makeout Bandit and his misfit DJ pals debuted their decadent dance night Party Foul!, which has become an electro-rock Pleasure Island for the stylish masses at Homme Lounge over the past 52 weeks. A lot’s gone down: Mixmasters like Bigie and Craig Citizen…
Pssst! Wanna hang out with Jim Adkins for a night? You can do just that Thursday evening at the Tavern on Mill in downtown Tempe when the Jimmy Eat World singer plays the role of DJ during the New Times Summer of Sound: Pop showcase. But before we let Adkins…
Need something to do tonight? What about Saturday or Sunday? Here’s the latest edition of our weekend sampler encompassing everything a slew of cheap and chic thrills available around the Valley. 1. Third Friday Art Walk (Friday) It’s a well-known fact that tens of thousands of local art lovers usually…
Imagine, if you will, that all those long-standing rumors about Henry Rollins’ alleged homosexuality are actually true. (They’re not, of course, but stick with us). Better yet, picture what the muscular singer would’ve looked like if he’d had spent his entire career out of the closet. In our mind’s eye,…
D-Backs manager A.J. Hinch held a big clubhouse meeting with his players yesterday afternoon, which shouldn’t come as a surprise following the team’s absolutely embarrassing 5-0 shutout loss to Kansas City on Tuesday night. No press. No other staff. Just the skipper and his crew hashing out one of the…
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and a wide range of…
Next time you’re bombing around Old Town Scottsdale, be sure to pick up a rock. Next, try flinging it in any direction. Chances are relatively good that you’ll hit some gaudy discotheque with a Top 40 night. (Note: It’s also possible to substitute a dead cat for this trick). What’s…
If you’re a hardcore gamer, chances are you woulda loved to have attended the annual E3 in Los Angeles, which is widely considered the absolute Mecca for joystick Jedi everywhere. Too bad it’s an invite-only affair and your sorry ass wasn’t on the guest list. Here’s the next best thing,…
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar, 2525 East Camelback Road, every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and…
Next time you’re bombing around Old Town Scottsdale, be sure to pick up a rock. Next, try flinging it in any direction. Chances are relatively good that you’ll hit some gaudy discotheque with a Top 40 night. (Note: It’s also possible to substitute a dead cat for this trick). What’s…
