| TURNTABLE | t Music PHOENIX EDM CALENDAR THURSDAY 26 Antro: La Casa de Los Latinos (salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton) Bar Smith: Hot Sauce Thursday with DJ Weezy (hip-hop, Latin) Boondocks: DJ M2 (open format) Casa Amigos: DJ John (open format) Charlie’s: Pipin’ Hot Thursdays with DJ Javier (various) Cobra Arcade Bar: DJ Hartbreaks (open format) Crescent Ballroom: The Hip-Hop Spelling Bee with Rikkie Tee & DJ Vex (hip-hop) The District: Heist Thursdays (Top 40, EDM) The Duce: Latin Night (salsa, Latin dance) DVINA Modern Fare: DVINA Three-Year Anniversary with Carlo Lion, Nathan Barato, Brando & Frank Terry (EDM) El Hefe Scottsdale: DJ Thomas James (open format) Hanny’s: DJ Melo (open format) Hi Fi: DJ Jon (Top 40, EDM) Hot Chick: DJ Frietz & DJ MJ (open format) INTL: R&B Thursdays with DJ Sir-Plus & DJ Selectah Slam (R&B) Karamba: Throwback Thursdays with DJ Armani-J (Latin dance, norteña, salsa, cumbia, old school, country, hip-hop, R&B) Lost Leaf: Hip-Hop in the Valley with DJ Scapegoat (hip-hop) The Mint: Baila Thursdays with DJ Sweezy & more (Latin dance) Riot House: DJ Convince (open format) Sandbar Chandler: DJ Joey (Top 40, EDM) Sandbar Desert Ridge: DJ Josh Q (Top 40, EDM) Stardust Pinbar: NightVision (indie dance, future disco, hip-hop, house, vaporwave) Tempe Tavern: Live & Learn Thursdays (hip-hop, rap, R&B, pop) Thunderbird Lounge: Thunder Country (’70s country, ’80s country) Valley Bar: Winter Happens Party with Sean Watson, Brunch Collect, Ratchet Noir, Deux Yeux, Pvpi Franko, Randy Boogie & more (electronic, beats, lo-fi, techno, EDM) W Scottsdale: Coors Light Birds Nest Artist Announce Party with DJ Vice (open format) Wasted Grain: DJ M2 (open format) Whiskey Row Scottsdale: DJ Real (Top 40, country, dance) The Womack: DJ Mane One & Pickster One (open format) FRIDAY 27 Antro: DJ Eweezy (hip-hop, EDM, Latin dance) The AV: DJ NTuch (hip-hop) AZ/88: DJ Byron Oliver (open format) Bar Smith: BFF with Sean Watson, Cormac & more (indie dance, house, electronica, future bass) The Bevvy: DJ Brett Ortiz (Top 40, EDM) Bottled Blonde: DJ MCB (Top 40, EDM) Boycott Bar: DJ Del!c!ous (country, hip-hop, Latin, Top 40) Casa Amigos: DJ Aaron Taylor (Top 40, EDM) Charlie Trumbull’s: Grey the Mute (open format) Cobra Arcade Bar: Cobra Fridays with DJ Chris Villa (hip-hop, Top 40, trap, dance) Coco Loco: Latin Ladies Night with DJ Atown (Latin dance) Crescent Ballroom: The Witching House with DJ Xam Renn (New Wave, synth, minimal, post-punk, goth) Degree 270: DJ Slippe & DJ Pulse (Top 40, EDM) The District: DJ-R (Top 40, EDM, hip-hop, rock) Dos Gringos Tempe: DJ V3la (open format) The Duce: Latin Night with DJ D-Lo (Latin dance) DVINA Modern Fare: Tara Brooks, Hydra & more (EDM) El Hefe Scottsdale: DJ Cutswell (open format) Geisha A Go Go: DJ Mos Jef (open format) Gypsy Bar: Proper Fridays with Pickster One, Mane One & DJ Lockdown (Top 40, hip-hop, dance) Hanny’s: DJ Slick 76 (open format) Hi Fi: DJ Jon (Top 40, EDM) Hot Chick: DJ M2, DJ Johnny Heartless & DJ Decipha (open format) INTL: INTL Fridays with DJ Shyne & DJ Freshmaker (Top 40) Karamba: Vaquero Fridays with DJ Jesus Vega (Latin dance) Lone Butte: DJ Kodi (open format) Lookout Tavern: Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Joe Michael (Top 40, EDM, country) The Mint: Never Sober Fridays with DJ Ty Rell & DJ Rolx (Top 40) Monarch Theatre: Saturnalia with DJ Skilzz & more (hip-hop, R&B, old school) Pretty Please: DJ Jon Amaral (open format) Rockbar: DJ Michael Hagen (rock, Top 40) Salt: DJ Mattafact (open format) Scarlet Lounge at Monarch Theatre: Reka, Tristan Iseult, Aisle 5 & more (techno, darkwave, EBM) Shady Park: Detlef (EDM) Valley Bar: DJ STLB3 (grimey funk, soul, beats), & Loose Joints Three-Year Anniversary with DJ Cocoe, Santos & Pete Salaz (funk, boogie, R&B, disco, hip-hop, house, classics) Vig Arcadia: DJ HartBreaks (open format) Vig Fillmore: DJ Michael Hooker (various) Vig McDowell Mountain: DJ Kim E Fresh (open format) Wild Horse Pass: DJ Roba, DJ Memo & DJ Magnus (open format) The Womack: DJ Element (open format) SATURDAY 28 Antro: DJ Madd Rich & DJ Eweezy (hip-hop, EDM, Latin dance) Aura: Kai Wachi & Sam Lamar (EDM) The AV: Tejano Nights with DJ NTuch (cumbia, funk, Tejano) Bar Smith: Solstice Saturdays with Pete Salaz, DJ Senbad, Flipstylz, Robby Rob, Ramses Ja, Tyco & more (house, hip-hop) The Bevvy: DJ Brett Ortiz (Top 40, EDM) Bottled Blonde: DJ Aaron Taylor (Top 40, EDM) Club DWNTWN: X-Mas Banda Night (Latin dance) Cobra Arcade Bar: Cobra Saturdays with DJ Mane One (hip-hop, Top 40, dance, classics) Coco Loco: Banda & Hip-Hop Saturdays (Latin dance, hip-hop) Degree 270: DJ M2 & DJ Decipha (Top 40, hip-hop, neo-soul, dance) Hot Chick: DJ M2, DJ Starmanz, DJ Madd Rich & DJ Slippe (open format) Lone Butte: DJ Lo (open format) Lookout Tavern: DJ Wade (old school, hip-hop, EDM, Top 40) Lunchbox: Ritual Noir with Self.Destrukt & DJ Betty Blackheart (witch house, techno, industrial, trip hop, darkwave, alterna- tive, goth) | NEEDLE EXCHANGE | DECADENCE ARIZONA 2019 Benjamin Leatherman I f there’s one constant to New Year’s Eve — other than countdowns, fireworks, and hastily made resolutions — it’s the mas- sive amount of parties taking place. The Val- ley has more than its fair share of ’em: Countless NYE celebrations happen on the final night of each year as everyone raises a toast and gets down on the dance floor. The biggest New Year’s Eve events in Ar- izona each year, especially among local electronic dance music fanatics, is the an- nual Decadence Arizona festival, which serves up an enormous selection of super- star DJs, producers, and EDM artists per- forming for crowds of thousands across two nights at Rawhide Event Center, 5700 West North Loop Road in Chandler. And it only keeps getting bigger. Decadence Arizona 2019, the annual event’s biggest edition to date, takes place on Monday, December 30, and Tuesday, De- cember 31, and will feature four themed ar- Tempe Tavern: Beat Mecca PHX – Party ‘n’ Bullshxt 2019 with DJ Nonsense, Steep Stevie, Beatsreal, Captain Backpack, Mixed- byao, Mook, Nadia, Atreetalking, Nesta B, Akreshon, Gbenally, Lord Byron, Frthknd, Ill Genetics, Jamaal Tha Rx & more (beats) Thunderbird Lounge: Rewind – An ’80s Dance Party with Hi- Dreams DJ Collective (’80s) eas with more than 40 different EDM superstars and local DJs scheduled to per- form. There will also be carnival rides, ven- dors, food trucks, and more. The lineup on December 30 will include sets by AC Slater, Adam Beyer, Bardz, Blos- som, Dab the Sky, Dillon Francis, Illenium: Ascend Live, Jamie Jones, Nora En Pure, Qlank, Skrillex, Space Jesus, Tchami, Malaa, Whipped Cream, and others. On New Year’s Eve itself, artists like Ardalan, Arius, Atlast, Decadon, Diplo, Fisher, Galantis, Gerry Gonza, G Jones, GRiZ, Subtronics, Ekono- vah, Joyride, Tony Romera, and Zeds Dead will perform. The festival runs from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night. General admission is $129 to $139 each day and $190 for both, while VIP tickets are $219 to $229 each night and $360 for both. Visit decadencearizona.com for more details and a complete schedule. BENJAMIN LEATHERMAN Valley Bar: DJ Jazzmaster Jax (punk, disco, funk, post-punk, vinyl), & Movement with DJ Xam Renn (’80s classics, alternative) Van Buren: Gasolina Reggaeton Party with DJ Ocho & more (hip-hop, Latin, trap, reggaeton) Wild Horse Pass: DJ Scarlett, DJ MV & DJ Roba (open format) >> p 62 61 phoenixnewtimes.com | CONTENTS | FEEDBACK | OPINION | NEWS | FEATURE | NIGHT+DAY | CULTURE | FILM | CAFE | MUSIC | PHOENIX NEW TIMES DEC. 26TH, 2019–JAN. 1ST, 2020
