Paybacks can be a major bitch. Just ask Max Scherzer. After getting blanked by the Arizona pitcher during an embarrassing 12-0 rout two weeks ago, the Atlanta Braves destroyed the 24-year-old with 10 hits over the first four innings of their 9-3 thumping of the Diamondbacks yesterday at Chase Field…
We’re all about shaking things up here at Up on the Sun. Hence, we’ve decided to give our weekend concert calendar a bit of a face lift by transforming into our newest feature: 10 Things Under $10. As its name implies, we’ll be assembling a dectet of dope-ass events (music-related…
The Web site for posh Scottsdale drinkery SIX Lounge is still up and running, but too bad we can’t say the same for the club itself. Apparently the place was locked up tight by it’s landlord Gladstone Gregg at the end of last month after he got into a major…
A slew of marquee-level mixmasters will be guest-starring at Valley clubs over the next seven nights. It all starts on Friday, May 29, with an appearance by Jay Tripwire. The Canadian-born house/soul DJ will be at Incognito, 2424 East Thomas Road, along with such locals as Steve Edwards, RMC, and…
Robert “GQ” Gallo’s wrestling career has taken him to some interesting places. Over the past decade, he’s fought in front of thousands of rowdy Japanese fans at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall, toured Korea with the USO, and even body-slammed bullying bruisers on pay-per-view. Now the 30-year-old member of the Valley’s Impact…
Last summer, one of the coolest (and indeed, hottest) places to be seen was at the Hotel San Carlos for the weekly Star Swim pool party. An absolute throng of hundreds of hepcats and kittens crowded the tiny swimming area at the vintage auberge in downtown Phoenix for several weekends…
CenPho gay and lesbian joint Incognito has a certain reputation in the Phoenix club scene. For as long as we can remember, the darkened, bunker-like establishment near 24th Street and Thomas Road has served as a stomping ground for P-Town’s GLBT hip-hop crowd (dubbed “gaybangers” by my colleague Stephen Lemons)…
…Downtown Phoenix painter Michael Little and his pal Jonas Sunshine Callewaert, who we saw begging for change this afternoon at the eastbound on-ramp for Interstate-10 at Seventh Street. Callewaert, an unemployed architect, explained that they were sitting around at the nearby Conspire coffeehouse and wanted to scrounge up some beer…
Chris Young has come up with a few big catches this season, but none of ’em were as clutch as his game-ending nab that sealed the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-5 victory over San Diego last night at Chase Field, snuffing out the Padres’ 10-game winning streak. In addition to being a…
So long Sugar Daddy’s, and thanks for all the drinks. In case you hadn’t heard (which isn’t surprising given the three-day weekend and all), word broke late last week that the Scottsdale bar/restaurant has closed after seven years of slinging brews and booze. The gates are locked, the phone’s been…
I really should have remembered to bring my earplugs with me last night. Right now my ears are ringing something fierce after enduring a non-stop auditory assault of thousands of tweens and teenyboppers girls screaming in absolute elation during No Doubt and Paramore’s show at Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Saturday…
The undead will be rising from the grave tomorrow evening and stumbling their way towards downtown Phoenix, looking satisfy their unending hunger for brains. Or at least that’s what the DJs and party monsters of Sadisco* told us will happen during the latest edition of their monthly freak fest tomorrow…
Few things symbolize summertime in the Valley better than a raucous pool party. Many a scorched Phoenician has found relief from the triple-digit temps while lounging around the ol’ swimming hole with a few friends and a case or two of brews. But your average beer-soaked backyard bash pales in…
Joel Hodgson is a geek god. As the creator and original host of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, the one-time stand-up spent a half-decade giving nerds and couch potatoes fits of laughter by making fun of bad movies. For those unfamiliar with MST3K, the bygone Comedy Central show involved Hodgson and…
Last summer, one of the coolest (and indeed, hottest) places to be seen was at the Hotel San Carlos for the weekly Star Swim pool party. An absolute throng of hundreds of hepcats and kittens crowded the tiny swimming area at the vintage auberge in downtown Phoenix for several weekends…
Guess time off did the Arizona Diamondbacks some good. After spending the last few days watching torrential rain postpone a couple games, the D-Backs came out swinging in a 5-3 win over the Florida Marlins on Tuesday night, following a whiz-bang seventh inning that featured the heroics of Gerardo Parra, the…
New Times contributor Mike R. Meyer and clubs editor Benjamin Leatherman were both in attendance at Cricket Wireless Pavilion last night for the ’90s alt-rock doubleheader of Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction. They braved thick clouds of marijuana smoke and stage fog to bring us a review of the…
Underground hip-hop duo Grouch & Eli have been getting some rave reviews as of late, particularly for their latest album Say G&E!, which hit the streets last month. The pair of L.A.-based artists, who comprise one-fourth of renowned California hip-hop collective Living Legends, spit some seriously smooth rhymes on the…
It’s been a few years since Amy Ray and Emily Saliers (a.k.a. the Indigo Girls) last did their thing collectively on a Valley stage. Sure, Ray came through town earlier this year for a solo gig at Martini Ranch, but we’re sure it wasn’t the same as seeing the noted folk…
I spoke with Jack Maverik, the co-owner of Last Exit Bar & Grill, who’s been plenty busy lately. He and his partner Brad White are still working on nailing down a rental agreement with Arizona Partners Retail Investment Group, the peeps who own the Tempe strip mall where the bar…
It’s apparently been en vogue lately to jump from Stray Cat Bar & Grill in Tempe to Jugheads. The first to flee was DJ Johnny Volume, who moved his popular BANNED night to the east Phoenix punk bar in March. And now it looks as though DJ Refkekshin’s made the…
Turntablist impresario (and man-candy extraordinaire) Jared Alan has become an ace at packing in the hipster types to his numerous wingdings over the past couple years. Back when bygone danceteria Glam was still alive, they flocked to FauxShow on Friday nights like well-dressed moths to a flame. The same goes…
