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hanksgiving is here and gone within a few burps and blinks. Whether you’re decorating for the holidays, shopping on Black Friday or catching up on zzzzz’s over the next few days, you’re going to get hungry. And it’s likely you’re going CARSON MLNARIK • COLLEGE TIMES

to have scored some leftover turkey. While your excess stuffing and cranberry sauce may take up a Tupperware container or two, it’s always the turkey that seems to multiply. Never fear, we’re here with ideas to put your surplus of sustenance to good use.

FORKS UP Maybe you were lucky enough to score some leftover sweet potato pie, but your stash of spoons and forks are all dirty, soaking up after the feast. Don’t fret, because cold turkey is all you need! Dry enough to still chew and with a slight give, a piece of leftover turkey might be the perfect utensil for your next binge sesh!

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11 STOCKING STUFFER The most logical thing to do with your leftover turkey is the classic re-gift. Your Aunt Martha cleaned up three plates last night, but you’re sure she didn’t get her fix!

Bonus points if you wait until Christmas and use it as a mushy filling at the foot of someone’s stocking.

10 TURKEY TACOS Pinterest and Facebook have enough turkey recipes to make your head explode.

Cut to the chase by making turkey tacos, because we know Mexican food is the number one thing you’re thankful for.

Shred some turkey, add beans or rice and pick your favorite hard or soft shell. Arriba!

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8 FREEZE FRAME Everyone devours turkey on Thanksgiving day, but somehow we’re ready again in just a few short weeks at Christmas dinner. Save your family some dough; grab a gallon-sized Ziploc® bag and freeze those leftovers till the next trickedout-turkey dining occasion.

5 LEG UP If suggestions 11 through 6 aren’t up to par, you might want a more practical option.

Cold turkey scraps are thin, easily alterable and a little stiff, making them the perfect solution to that off balance desk chair or coffee table. Wedge a piece of turkey under one of the bum legs and you’ve got yourself a quick fix.

DOGGY BAG Dogs had to eat something before dog food was invented. Consider shredding some leftover turkey and putting a little on top of your pup’s food for a week or so. Everyone should have a feast to be thankful for. (They have a pretty “ruff” life after all, what with all the napping and bird-chasing.)

2 GOOD CAUSES If you’re feeling in the giving mood this holiday season, consider taking your leftovers to a local homeless shelter and offer someone the kind of dinner they would’ve never gotten. Make sure to give your local shelter a call to confirm drop-off times and policies. (Bonus if you stick around to visit!)

1 YE OLDE SANDWICH Alright, alright, it’s boring, but it’s a classic. Grab your favorite Hawaiian roll or slice of white bread, pile on some cranberry, stuffing, mashed potatoes and leftover turkey. Microwave to your liking and it’s like November 24 all over again. Because what else are you going to eat the next morning?

4 COASTING If you’re not planning to leave the couch all Thanksgiving break, consumed entirely by everything football, TV and Netflix has to offer, you might be short on coasters. Line a few shreds of turkey together and you’ve got a perfect, if not slightly moist, place to set your hot chocolate or pumpkin spice latte.

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Meal prepping is all the rage. Grab a bunch of plastic dishes, throw in some veggies and brown or white rice, and boom.

You’re stacked up on healthy lunches to fuel you through finals week.

If you pigged out on turkey and are feeling a bit weighed down, it might be time to consider a diet. Nutritional protein shakes are an ideal way to slim down and still enjoy a tasty meal. Throw in some scraps of turkey with your chocolate whey or cookies ‘n’ creme for that extra gram of protein.

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ASU BASKETBALL VS. SANTA CRUZ Basketball season is quickly approaching and students won’t want to miss their chance to grab a free seat when the boys of ASU take on UC Santa Cruz. ASU’s 942 Crew always guarantees a fun time for the student section. The club has made a name for itself in college basketball with the Curtain of Distraction, bringing the craziest visuals possible to the floor to distract the opposing team.

Wells Fargo Arena, 600 E. Veterans Way, Tempe, thesundevils.com, 7 p.m., Thursday, November 3, free for students, single game tickets TBA.

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DOG’S DAY ticipate in “doga,” also known as dog yoga. Bring your own pooch or stand ready to pet everyone else’s!

Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, dbg.org, 8 a.m., Saturday, November 5, $4 dogs and $22 adults.

If this election year has you stressin’, stop by the Galvin Playhouse on the ASU Tempe campus to let out your frustrations. This experimental theater performance gives audience members a place to scream, rant and express themselves on Election Day. Join on and off campus groups for political performances, a live CNN feed and watch The Race in a way you’ve never seen it before as the results come in.

Galvin Playhouse, 51 E. Tenth Street, Tempe, bit.ly/2f9BxZ6, 3 p.m., Tuesday, November 8, free.

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Live it up locally with a celebration of everything Arizona-grown. This free festival offers up more than 100 local vendors, samples from nearby favorites, Arizonan performers, cold local brews and a raffle. Attendees can also declare themselves “Localists” and commit to shopping and supporting local businesses.

For bonus points and street cred, take the Light Rail!

Margaret T. Hance Park, 200 E. Moreland Street, Phoenix, localfirstaz.com/fall-festival, 10 a.m., Saturday, November 5, free.

DOGS DAY IN THE GARDEN

The only thing college kids love more than free food is dogs. Desert Botanical Garden celebrates the furrier friends in life with a day dedicated to dogs. Dog owners are allowed to bring their dogs on walks along the Garden trails, stop for photo ops, enjoy culinary samples for both canines and 6 their humans, and even par-

featuring live music, vendors, a swap meet, helicopter rides and games. Register early to bring your own bug!

Pioneer Community Park, 8755 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria, volkstock.com, 9 a.m., Saturday, November 12, $25.

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GLUTEN FREE AND ALLERGY FRIENDLY EXPO If you follow a gluten-free diet, this expo has got your back.

The two-day event caters to the needs of those with dietary restrictions. There will be presentations, demonstrations, vendors and classes on all types of topics, including making simple gluten-free meals and surviving college as a celiac. Bring your appetite and get educated on an issue that affects college students across the country.

Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa, 9495 W. Coyotes Boulevard, Glendale, gfafexpo.com, 10 a.m., Saturday, November 12 through Sunday, November 13, $15-$20.

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‘DREAM, GIRL’ SCREENING Created by two young, NYCbased filmmakers, “Dream, Girl” delves into the pressures and issues facing female entrepreneurs, including stereotypes and biases, and how they overcome them. After the screening, there will be a panel discussion about gender bias and women leaders in business. The directors hope every girl who leaves will feel inspired to claim their power as a female in today’s world.

Arizona Science Center, 600 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, bit.ly/2dmsViK, 6 p.m., Saturday. November 5, free.

The football season is approaching its final stretch as the Sun Devils play their last home game of the season against the Utah Utes. If you’ve been making excuses all semester and keeping that maroon and gold in your dresser drawer, this is your last chance to join the Inferno in cheering the team on towards a win.

Sun Devil Stadium, 500 E. Veterans Way, Tempe, thesundevils.com, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 10, $35-$290.

Gilbert native and YouTube star Lindsey Stirling ties up her “Brave Enough Tour” in the Valley. The electric violinist is known for mixing it up with intense light shows, EDM influences, backbends and hiphop dance routines. Watch her stories come alive with songs like “Something Wild” and “Shatter Me.” Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, luckymanonline.com, 8 p.m., Saturday, November 12, $29.50-$58.50.

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Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Avenue, Tempe, luckymanonline.com, 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 16, $30.50-$47.50.

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usic is sure to reverberate throughout downtown Mesa Nov. 10-12 as the Mesa Music Festival returns for its second year.

The free event is largely designed as an opportunity for up-and-coming bands to showcase their skills. But, several big-name performers are due in the city for the weekend.

Rock band Fuel headlines the Saturday night closing concert. Fuel’s big hit “Shimmer,” hailed from its first album, Sunburn, released in 1998. In 2000 the band released a second album, Something Like Human. It went multi-platinum and included the singles “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” and “Innocent.”

Fuel plays at 8 p.m. on the lawn at Mesa City Plaza, 55 N. Center St. Friday’s show is highlighted with a keynote speech

by Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. He’s the band’s lead singer and grew up in Mesa.

Linkin Park’s debut album Hybrid Theory was certified diamond in 2005 and became the best-selling debut album of the decade. The band released five more studio albums.

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lead vocalist for the Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington from 2013 to 2015.

“We think people will come down,” for Bennington’s talk, Mesa city spokeswoman Melissa Randazzo says, “even though he’s not going to play.”

According to Randazzo, between 150 and 200 bands are expected to perform throughout the weekend. Organizers expect several thousand people to catch at least some of the shows.

The music festival is an ideal fit for downtown Mesa, city spokesman Steve Wright says.

“We want downtown to be unique and hip and fun,” he says.

Wright compares the Mesa Music Festival to the SXSW Festival in Austin, which started out relatively small and earned status as a premier musical event.

One of downtown Mesa’s newest businesses, Oro Brewing Co., hosts two bands Thursday night from 9:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m., getting an early start on the fun.

At 6 p.m. Friday, the music jumps into high gear at the outdoor pavilion stage at the Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St. Five bands play until 10 p.m. there.

Eight other venues along

Main Street also feature bands from 6 to 10 p.m.

Friday — Milano’s Music at 38 W. Main St., the Milano’s Alley, 20 W. Main St., Backstage Attire, 138 W. Main St., Lulubell Toy Bodega at 128 W. Main St., Smitho-lator Cookie Shop, 124 W. Main St., Queen’s Pizzeria, 125 W. Main St., Desert Eagle Brewing Co., 150 W. Main St. and Jarrod’s Coffee, Tea and Gallery, 154 W. Main St. More sites are added for Saturday’s mini-concerts.

The main stages, at the Mesa City Plaza at the Mesa Arts Center have full-day line-ups from noon to 10 p.m.

Music enthusiasts can enjoy shows at The Arts Center’s two stages.

A stage is also planned at the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame at 63 W. Main St. Milano’s will host two stages again, and music returns Saturday at Backstage Attire, Lulubell, Smith-o-lator, Queen’s, Desert Eagle and Jarrod’s.

Thursday and Friday are largely consumed by a symposium at the Mesa Arts Center.

The list of speakers at those gatherings is equally impressive.

David Ellefson — bassist for Megadeth, a record label

president, producer and manager — is one. Geordie Gillespie, a partner at The Hatcher and a former executive with Sony, Columbia and Virgin record companies also speaks.

Entertainment attorney Jim Kusmich and producer and manager Rene Mata round out the speakers’ roster. CT

What’s in a Name?

(Our guess: a band’s well guarded secrets)

How do bands settle on their names? Sometimes, you’ve got to wonder if some wrangle a trip to Denver to toss around ideas. If a quirky, irreverent or off-the-wall moniker signals tight musical chops, these bands are sure to deliver the goods at Mesa Music Festival: • Says the Preacher

• Woodfish

• Sunday at Noon

• Decibel

• The Grass Fed Giants

• Vintage Wednesday

• The Sink or Swim

• Drown a Deity

• The Beast of Bailey Downs

• Thoughts Like Rockets

• Surfing Godzillas

• The World in my Eyes

• Friends with Benefits

• Bag of Humans

• Leather Tramp

• The Harmless Doves

• Shotgun Pearl

• Blue Rose Revival

• Devil Lies Down

• The Endless Pursuit

• Moonshine Voodoo Band

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Rumor has it that these local eateries have some clandestine cuisine, but shhh! You didn’t hear it from us.

FUEGO BISTRO This intimate Latin eatery is known for its daily sourced, farm-to-table food and traditional southwestern dishes with a twist. They also offer up an extensive selection of sangria, mojitos and margaritas. The menu’s chock full of plentiful meat dishes such as pork medallions, seafood chile relleno and beef empanadas, but word on the street has it they’ll also fire up some mean veggie enchiladas.

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SAPPORO This swanky sushi joint in Scottsdale features a full bar, teppanyaki tables (where you can watch the chefs whip up the food right in front of you) and of course, loads of sushi and sashimi. Rumor has it the sushi chefs will chop up anything and throw it into a roll upon request — even if it’s a blend of savory and sweet, such as shrimp tempura, strawberry slices and raspberry sauce. Because that’s just how they roll.

CHINA CHILI This low key Chinese eatery has a reputation for serving up delicious, affordable barbecue pork and fried rice, so why not combine the two?

Ask for the BBQ pork fried rice for a twist on the traditional Chinese dish, just because you can.

ISLANDS Cruise into the Islands on Tatum Boulevard and order a Makaha burger. If you’re a fan of chili and cheese, this off-menu burger won’t disappoint.

FILOBERTO’S Stop by the closest Filly B’s for a secret serving of fried ice cream. (But order in a whisper — you don’t want

to let on you’re in the know.)

REHAB BURGER THERAPY Get your spicy ‘n sweet fix at Rehab in Scottsdale. According to local lore, they can cook up a peanut butter and jelly and sriracha burger. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it!

CITIZEN PUBLIC HOUSE This trendy New American gastropub specializes in craft beer, cocktails and classy cuisine. If you’re not feeling the Chilean crab cakes, meatloaf or ribs, request that they whip you up a delicious veggie dish like acorn squash risotto.

GEORGE’S FAMOUS GYROS George might boast famous gyros, but we hear his secret weapon is the fried mac ‘n cheese balls. Aren’t you curious?

ECHO COFFEE A contemporary coffee shop in Scottsdale that purveys everyone’s favorite caffeinated pick-me-up, Echo serves up pastries and sandwiches. Order an off-menu iced toddy and if you stay and sip your beverage, you get a free cookie! Ah, slow down and smell the coffee beans.

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Gilbert-based alternative pop quartet Daisy proves two things.

One: a band can be named after a flower and still boast plenty of street cred.

Two: though some may argue chimichangas and David Spade are close runner-ups, the best thing to come out of Arizona just might be the authentic, unabashed brand of rock music that has consistently echoed through the desert for decades.

Daisy, whose roster includes singer and guitarist Anthony Perre, bassist Ty Kidd, drummer Dylan Kielly and lead guitarist Michael Petry, is an alt-pop band marked by punchy guitar riffs, prominent drums and catchy, high-octane harmonies reminiscent of The Killers, Coldplay and Two Door Cinema Club.

How did you guys meet and how long have you been playing music together?

Perre: Me, Michael and Dylan all went to the same high school. I had known of them forever. My senior year, I was in math class and Michael leans over and sees that I’m listening to John Mayer on my iPod and he really likes

How did you make sure Ty was the right person for the band?

Kidd: I thought it was going to be like, “Hey play this bass,” but Perre was like, “No, I want to know you as a person before I know you as a musician.”

Perre: You could go anywhere and find a really talented musician, but if we’re going to be in a band, I want to hang out; I want to get to know him and enjoy my time with him. I wanted to make sure that we had a friend first before a bandmate. We created this imaginary person that New Hampshire just gave to us.

Try and explain “a day in the

life” of Daisy.

Petry: We work all the time.

Ty does DoorDash. (In case you hadn’t heard — it’s an on-demand restaurant delivery service.) Anthony and I both work at a coffee shop.

Our drummer works for Tony & Guy; he does hair six days out of the week.

Do you feel like work hinders you from dedicating as much time as you can to music? How do you make it work?

Perre: Lately we have a Tuesday night through Sunday night unspoken schedule; sometimes we stick an extra day in there if we have the time. The thing that sucks the most is, if I hypothetically didn’t work, I’d have so much more time playing and writing; that sometimes gets to me.

Petry: When we first started the band, we would play until the sun came up. We would start at like, 9 p.m. because we would all get home from work around that time and we’d go in there and we’d forget that we’d been in there for eight hours.

The name of your band seems pretty simple; it’s just one word: Daisy. Is there a deeper story behind it?

Perre: We had been going through lots of names that made no sense. As we were going through all these loads and loads of names we just didn’t care for, our (then) bass

player’s little sister had uploaded our first profile picture on our Facebook page, and it was a picture of a daisy. That was even before we had the first name that we chose; it was kind of there before we knew it.

How did you guys get involved and what are you looking forward to about the Mesa Music Festival?

Petry: There’s a ton of local artists; some of them are friends of ours. Some of them we played with a long time ago and we haven’t seen them play in a while. There are bands from Arizona, different states and other countries. There’s over 200 bands playing, so it’ll be cool to hear a lot of different styles of local music … There’s going to be a lot of really cool speakers too.

What do you guys do when you’re not playing music?

Petry: We’ll go to Coffee Rush or to Buffalo Exchange.

That’s where I bought my Vans; they were $5. They were a lot cleaner when I bought them. I’m pretty stoked. So we’ll go clothes shopping. We just do random things that you would do in junior high.

If you could tour with any band, who would it be?

Petry: I went to go see Coldplay in LA. I love that band and I’d never seen them live. The show was unre-

al, like from a production standpoint, it was absolutely insane. The band just knows how to put on a live show and they just understand it like the back of their hand.

Being at the show, I was like, “Dang, this would be the coolest tour to open up for...”

I’m still on a Coldplay high.

Perre: Imagine Dragons is one of my favorite bands and they just seem like fun, interesting people. I think it would be really cool to be on tour with Imagine Dragons and The Naked and Famous or something like that.

Kidd: The 1975. We all went to their live show at Comerica. They were just so good live. Their lights are unreal and they’re just amazing musicians.

What are you going to do for Mesa Music Festival that will make your live show memorable?

Perre: We have five senses, so the more senses you can capture during a show, I feel like you can enjoy more just because of the nature of humans, like when you’re a little kid and you’re touching things in the store. Maybe we need to get daisy-scented aroma that shoots out when we play.

When and where do you guys play?

Kidd: November 12, 7:30 at Queen’s Pizza. We’re going to have a pizza party! CT

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College Times got to chat with Daisy about the best time to play music, where to score cheap shoes and the story behind the band’s name.

John Mayer, so he’s like, “What’s up. I’m Michael.” So we kind of bonded that way and as class got out, I was walking away and he yelled my name … and he said, “Hey, let’s do the talent show.” We went that day to my practice space at my house and made a John Mayer-Tom Petty mix; it was weird, but it was like the most fun thing we did … After that night, we just looked at each other and we were like, “Let’s keep doing this.” From there, we asked Dylan to come play; he actually did bass at first because Michael played drums.

We put out an ad after we recorded our first record, saying, “We need a bass player like, now” and Ty had just moved down from New Hampshire.

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espite the fact that half the band can’t legally drink, and having only formed 18 months ago, The Sink or Swim prove a musician doesn’t have to be a veteran of the music scene to make a splash there.

Comprised of guitarist and vocalist Nate Zeune, drummer Lou Resnick, bassist Niel Erlich and guitarist/keyboardist Derek Rossman, The Sink or Swim is coming of age during a pivotal time in the Phoenix music scene, and show no signs of stopping.

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How long have you guys been playing music as The Sink or Swim?

Erlich: The Sink or Swim has been a band for about a year and a half.

Derek actually joined about a month ago, so he hasn’t been playing with us for that long.

Three of us are from Ohio, Nate and Derek and then me, I’m from Arizona. I’ve been here since about 2005.

How would you compare the music scene in Ohio to that in Phoenix?

Resnick: … In Phoenix, we’ve become friends with bands 14 and the people who put

shows on … and it just seems a lot more united. People are wondering what’s going on every night of the week, like what kind of shows there are.

There’s also a lot more people involved as far as media goes … people trying to be photographers, videographers, writing articles for music; it makes the whole scene kind of connect and get bigger because it’s more exposure over and over. It just seems like people care more than in Ohio…

What about the environment in Phoenix inspires the band musically and creatively?

Resnick: When we were writing our first EP, it was a lot of us reflecting on what had just happened. We left a lot behind and we’re starting something new. The song “On the Run,” we literally wrote sitting in our car on top of a mountain just jamming out in the car to a riff that Nate had been working on and honestly just looking out at the Valley. So literally, directly, the environment here influenced us in the beginning and its just kind of shaped us now…

Name some of your biggest influences.

Resnick: Arctic Monkeys are Resnick my favorite band right now.

My favorite drummers are Neil Peart and John Bonham and I like a lot of ‘70s music as well.

Erlich: My favorite band is definitely the Red Hot Chili Peppers and my number one influence on bass is Flea. I love Victor Wooten and Jaco Pastorius; those are some of the great bass players of any generation.

Zeune: My biggest influences musically are, Pink Floyd, mostly Roger Waters, The Beatles. Those are the two I go to on a daily basis and listen to and I wouldn’t necessarily say draw things from, but obviously it influences me my writing to an extent.

Rossman: I’d have to say my biggest influences musically would be The Beatles. I grew up listening to The Beatles, since I was two-years-old, probably Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel ... one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to songwriting. Electric Light Orchestra would be another one. And my guilty pleasure is definitely The Bee Gees, like I will dance until The Bee Gees are turned off…

You guys seem to vibe really well together. Does it ever feel like work? Or is it always a party?

Rossman: It really depends on our mood, but normally it’s not work, like we’re hanging out playing music; it’s what we want to be doing. Like anyone that gets to be in a touring band and record music and make a living that way, I don’t feel like they think they’re working. We all work so we can come home and play music.

How did you guys get involved with the Mesa Music Festival?

Zeune: We found out about it last year, which was the first year it was happening.

We found out about it online, and then we just paid the $30 fee, which I borrowed from my sister and never paid her back. We played at Queens Pizza … We had a great time and it was awesome; we hung out there for the rest of the night. We gave stickers to fans, we talked to some bands that we knew and we met some new bands. This year, we thought, ‘Why not just do it again?’ because we had a blast last time.

Are there any acts that you’re excited to see or hang out with?

In particular: Doll Skin, Sunday at Noon, Westbrook, Vintage Wednesday. We’re friends with all of those bands. We’ve played with them lots of times. It’s nice to see familiar faces and people you know that are supporting you and you’re supporting them and we all stick around for each other’s sets. It’s nice to walk around and see the different stages and the different places in downtown Mesa.

If you could create your dream festival lineup, with any band living or dead, who would be the headliner?

Rossman: The Beatles would be the headlining act.

Resnick: Arctic Monkeys.

Zeune: Nirvana.

Erlich: I guess the first band of the night to open for everyone would be The Eagles.

They’d be a good opener.

What if all of those bands jammed together at the end of the night?

Resnick: I would be okay with dying.

Back to your music, people can speculate on what to call your sound —alternative, rock, indie, whatever. How do you guys classify your music?

Zeune: We don’t try and write a particular type of music; it’s just whatever’s

on our mind at the time, whether it comes out as something that’s fast-paced, radio-friendly or something that you can sing by yourself and cry. It’s just whatever mood you’re in at the time.

Resnick: I think our influences do stand out. As the drummer, I feel like I am influenced by Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys and I’ve been told that a lot. Derek can basically put any chord structure together and Neil’s basically the best teen bassist in America.

Have you guys ever seen “Almost Famous?”

Resnick: 3 out of 4 of us have.

Neil has not seen it.

So you know at the end of the movie, when William Miller sits down with the guy from Stillwater and he’s like “Do you have to be sad to write a sad song? Do you have to be in love to write a love song?”

Do you feel like you have to be in a certain mood or feeling a certain way to write that type of song?

Resnick: I’d say it’s the easiest thing to do in music — to tell when someone writes a song about something that they’re not actually passionate about.

If you’re writing about something that’s not set in your mind and you have no idea where to go with it, it’s kind of just a mash-up of words and different ideas, there’s no overarching theme. You have to have something that has to get pulled out of you for it to come out any good.

Rossman: It’s like writing a fiction novel. It’s also good to write about things that aren’t personal to you; it opens up a whole new world of things you can write about. You can either put your emotion into it or you can tell a story about something that hasn’t necessarily been in your own life, or you can do a combination of those.

Do you find that being so young helps you or hinders

you in the music scene?

Erlich: Honestly, with being my age and just our band and how many people we’ve met and everything, we’ve met bands that are way younger than us and we’ve met bands that are way older than us and everyone just treats each other the same.

We all have mutual respect for each other. I don’t recall any time where I was treated like a kid by someone who’s like 30 or a promoter or manager. I don’t think that really matters to people as long as you’re a cool person and playing good music.

Anything else to add?

Zeune: Check out our “High Tides” EP that was just released. We have a lot of things in the works. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far. As for Mesa Music Festival, we’re playing at Milano Music on W. Main Street from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

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What is something that you do all year long to show your gratitude?

I volunteer. I am a part of a service sorority called Omega Phi Alpha and almost every weekend, I go to volunteer in the community. Because I have been given so much, I really want to give back to the community.

I try my best to acknowledge people and make them feel that they are recognized.

I’ll smile at someone I walk by in a hall, or say thank you to people serving me at a restaurant. I try to do volunteer work when I can, and do pro bono design or photography for non-profits.

What is something you’re really grateful for?

I am really grateful for my parents. My parents immigrated to the United States to make sure my sister and I had a better life and more opportunities to succeed.

What advice would you give to someone who says they don’t have anything to feel grateful for?

Think about all of the things that they care about, or the small things that make them happy because that is what they should be grateful for.

What is something you’re really grateful for?

The fact that I am able to obtain an education relatively inexpensively and that I am going to be able to study abroad this upcoming semester.

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And the modern, lively brewery just got a makeover.

Wright, now a seasoned fixture in the restaurant scene, worked as a bartender at the Islands that occupied the space on Mill and 7th Street in Tempe nearly two decades ago. He opened his first restaurant and bar, both of which are now defunct, on Mill 16 years ago. He is also the mastermind behind successful local eateries La Bocca, Modern Margarita and The Handlebar.

He opened Pedal Haus Brewery last September.

The brewpub closed for the summer to facilitate a serious facelift, which includes private rooms, more windows, a redesigned beer garden, communal bungalows with fire pits, TVs and sound systems, a beer silo, several new brewing tanks and a revamped menu. On

November 3, Wright will host a grand re-opening from 5 to 10 p.m. with live music, free drinks, games and giveaways.

For the uninitiated, a brewpub is a restaurant that ferments the frothy goodness right on-site. Wright says Pedal Haus is about the “vibes” as much as it is about making delicious food and tasty beer.

“We’re a brewery, a bar, a restaurant and even an entertainment venue with games and bands,” says Wright. “But I think at the end of the day, it’s just a big socially fun environment based around really good quality craft beer.”

Craft beer, compartmentalizing the vibe & the Cadillac of pizza ovens Though the centerpiece of a restaurant is decidedly the food, Wright says the atmosphere is equally important. He says a driving force in renovating the restaurant was to “compartmentalize the vibes.” Wright wanted to create a space that was simultaneously intimate and communal.

When he describes the

rearrangement, it sounds more like a lively house party than a brewpub.

“ASU games are a perfect example,” he says. “Older people want to sit in the dining room where it’s a little bit quieter but they can still see the game.

There are people that really want their own private space. We got the music cranking in the bar over there, and we have games going on, so this place has so many different vibes. It really caters to a lot of people at the same time ... kind of like an environment that you can find whatever mood you’re in or what type of style fits you.”

“We were selling a lot of beer here, and starting to sell a lot of beer out on the market. I realized we had enough space to brew it here and not have to open a brewing manufacturing facility somewhere else,” he explains.

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What’s on Tap? Staying Power Wright says purveying provisions on Mill can be challenging because there’s always so much going on. He’s not sweating the competition, though.

“Every time a new restaurant or bar opens, while in some respects, on the small level might be competition, I look at it like that’s another customer I can sell my beer to, so that’s really exciting,” he says. “I’ve always set out to do something that didn’t exist already. I’m not trying to go head-to-head with other people; it’s not my style.”

Though brewpubs aren’t necessarily a new concept, Wright claims they’re currently having a heyday.

“I think brewpubs are some of the hottest restaurant concepts going,” he posits. “Craft beer is eclipsing all other spirits as far as noise and media coverage.”

Though he says trends come and go in the comestible and cocktail world, craft beer is here to stay.

“I think it’s got lasting power, just like quality organic food has lasting power,” he explains. “And the variety that exists these days, it’s like never before in history ... there’s a new brewery opening up every month at least. But there are still less breweries per capita than there were pre-prohibition, so there’s still room to grow.”

After the grand re-opening, Pedal

Haus plans to release one to two beers a week. According to Wright, they usually have six staple beers and six to eight seasonal beers on tap. They recently acquisitioned a pilot system that will allow them to make smaller batches of brew. Wright wants to strike a balance between experimental and accessible.

“We’re building a reputation for having really good quality true-to-style beer,” says Wright. “But the pilot system will allow Ian — our new brewer — to introduce some more funky stuff.”

Though business is booming, Wright doesn’t forget where he came from — behind the bar. And that’s where you can find him on odd weekends and game days.

“It’s like fighting with your troops out on the front lines, and showing them that you can not only hang but lead,” he says. “I could’ve gone the route of opening up hundreds of restaurants all over the country, and I made the decision to have a lot of potential and spend most of my time and energy into one thing with one group of people ... I love this place, the way it looks, feels, all the different spaces and vibes and the challenge of figuring it all out. We’re not defined by these four walls.”

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Though Wright says he’s much happier with the new menu, there’s still room for improvement.

“There are some things that suck and some things that are selling out,” he says matter-of-factly. “Every week we sit down and we’re like, ‘Ok, what’s the feedback? What do we want to get rid of?’ We usually do that for six months or a year until we find that every item on our menu you can’t take off — because you know you’re going to piss off a few people.”

Wright also says the team sets a standard of getting food out in five minutes.

The most popular item is a classic staple: chicken strips.

“We marinate them in buttermilk; we have an incredibly well-seasoned batter and they’re freakin’ amazing. And they sell like crazy,” he says.

The new menu also features lobster rolls and a Mediterranean platter featuring babaganoush and dalmatas.

Wright says the next frontier is a vegetarian menu.

Wright says the remodel promises to cultivate a more lively energy in the place.

“We’re staying open later on the weekends.

We have DJs and live bands way more than we ever had before.

We have fire pits.

People are staying and partying,” he says.

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visible and be part of the atmosphere; we also wanted them to be more clustered together. And we wanted room to be able to add more.”

Two new brewing tanks were installed, with plans to add more and display them prominently in the center of the dining room. The menu has also been revamped with the help of a versatile new pizza oven.

“It’s the Cadillac of pizza ovens,” Wright says with a smirk.

Previously, the restaurant purveyed made-to-order burgers and steaks and high-end appetizers like charcuterie boards, that were tedious to prepare.

“We wanted to figure out a menu that’s still quality,” Wright explains. “The menu’s maybe not quite as fancy as it was before, but it’s way more efficient now.”

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tudents are constantly warned: what you post online may affect your future. But for some, the content they share on social media accounts can open doors.

district manager saying that Sue Otto, the creative director at Urban Outfitters, had seen the article and my Instagram account and wanted to hire me,” Prater says.

While Prater understands why students in other professions opt for private accounts, she thinks social media is an important stepping-stone toward her career goals.

Take journalism and mass communications junior, Mallory Prater, for example. Her social media account landed her a dream internship.

Within a few weeks, Prater landed another dream gig — a competitive summer internship at the company’s headquarters in Philadelphia.

Prater was working part-time at CityScape’s Urban Outfitters in downtown Phoenix, where she met the head of the company’s Arizona Instagram account.

Over the summer, she worked as the women’s styling intern, helping stylists create looks to show products online. She assisted on shoots, organized and steamed garments and even styled a look completely on her own for the website.

“I try to think of my Instagram profile as more of a curated gallery of images than a way to update my followers on my day-to-day events,” says Prater.

“I see my social media as a way to show possible employers my aesthetic and knowledge of the platforms.”

A film photography connoisseur, Prater was subsequently asked to shoot for the account (@uoarizona).

Now, she works with four other photographers to execute shoots with a weekly direction and trend.

Soon after starting, photos of her styles and the friends she roped into modeling became constant fixtures on the account.

She was featured in an article at ASU’s on-campus newspaper in December 2015, which changed everything.

“I got a call from my store’s

“It was hard to contain how starstruck I was when I got to work with some of the models and other well-known creatives,” Prater says. “It was so rewarding seeing my work on the site.”

Social Media: Cat Pictures vs.

Curated Content Prater’s most recent photo on the national Urban Outfitters account garnered more than 123,600 likes, and more than 1,800 people follow her personal account (@mallory.prater).

Prater still works on the Arizona account for Urban Outfitters and hopes to return to Philadelphia after graduation.

For people interested in a career in the fashion industry, she thinks social media is valuable tool.

“Social media is playing a huge part in making the fashion industry more accessible and relatable to the masses,” says Prater. “It makes some of the highest brands and names seem relatable and gives people so many opportunities to form connections in the industry.”

Social media is increasingly becoming a bigger focus for

brands, serving as a conduit for finding talent and creating jobs.

Savanah Yaghsezian is also a junior at the Cronkite School of Journalism. She was recently hired to do social media for ASU Gammage.

Yaghsezian says working with social media takes a lot of planning, plus an understanding of trends and popular culture to relate to other users.

She believes there’s a big difference between a student’s personal and professional accounts, but thinks there are reasons to have both.

“You should be cautious about what you post, but I think you should be allowed to have your own opinions and show your personality online,” says Yaghsezian.

While she applied through the ASU job portal for her gig, she has heard of people being offered jobs at publications because of their interactions with the company’s social media accounts.

Does that mean every post on your Twitter or Facebook pages are going to get you a job?

Probably not, but it could be a stepping-stone to networking with other professionals, finding opportunities and practicing for a future career.

Prater maintains that your account is only useful if you design it that way.

“If you can make it reflect both who you are and who you’re working towards becoming, I think you’re set.”

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The feedback he got from those focus groups inspired him to develop an app that allows groups of friends to meet other groups of friends in their area, and Klique was born. The new app launched in September.

Now, college students are swiping away in search of new friendships on college campuses across the country.

Power in Numbers “With Klique, one of the biggest things is safety in numbers,” says Crown. “That’s something we really want to touch on, but we also want to touch on this whole new way to go meet other groups of cool people around you.”

He also noticed that people are more comfortable and convivial when they’re among close friends, allowing Klique meetings to feel organic and less pressured.

“You feel comfortable with your clique by your side and there’s no more awkward, creepy one-on-one meetings,” Crown elaborates.

Not unlike Tinder, the Klique app requires users to sign in through Facebook. The app plucks the age, name and picture

from users’ profiles.

“That’s for two reasons,” Crown explains. “First, Facebook is considered the gold standard for authenticity ... we’re just trying to avoid the whole Catfish thing.

The second thing is to just make it a lot easier for the user.”

However, unlike Tinder and Bumble, where you simply sign in and start swiping, Klique requires users to also invite friends who are then required to accept the invitation before creating a group on the Klique app. Groups can change the type of people they want to see based on gender and age and each group can choose to create a group bio as well as individual bios for each person in the group. So even if you’re the only diehard Kanye fan in a group full of Drake devotees, you can still let people know what you’re all about.

When two groups of friends mutually “like” each other, the app automatically creates a group chat where the groups can get acquainted and make plans to meet up.

Crown says they are currently targeting the college demographic, but hope to expand to post-grads next.

“There’s been a huge interest

for people that have already graduated because after you graduate, you’re working nonstop; it’s very hard to have that time and meet new people.”

Crown says even though its an app, Klique encourages face-toface interaction.

“You’re with your friends when you match and go meet up,” says Crown. “Even if your groups don’t hit it off and you don’t get along, at least you’re still with your core group of friends, so the night’s not wasted.”

Users can also swipe for a cause. Klique recently partnered with It’s On Us, a national organization that helps prevent sexual assault on college campuses.

“It’s a perfect fit because they’re in over 500 colleges and they’re always doing a bunch of really cool events,” he says. “The nature of Klique is safety in numbers, so we’re kind of a vehicle for their message.”

Crown says the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive so far. The team has received multiple emails from people who have met lifelong friends.

The future is now Next up, Crown plans to create

something called Klique Spot, a feature that is reminiscent of Tinder and Yelp, with a new twist.

“These other apps leave it up to the users to decide where to go and meet up,” Crown explains. “We want to take it a step further and continue where these other apps leave off and recommend places for these groups to go, and by going there, the users can get a free drink or a free appetizer. These are spaces that are vetted by us and that are cool and trendy, where people would want to go.”

When it comes to designing and planning, Crown says an app idea is only as good as its code and development team.

“I hear stories and I have friends that call me all the time saying that they had an idea and took a leap of faith in the app world and after months of development, the code was bad,” he says. “This happens over and over again.”

Crown acknowledges that this is just the beginning.

“I’ve always loved technology and had a passion for it,” he says.

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ou’ve got a group of friends with a quirky passion for old-school board games. Wouldn’t it be fun to meet up with other “gamers” who also like to kill 6 hours navigating Monopoly ploys?

Klique is the first app dedicated solely to the social group experience. It’s an app for groups of friends looking to build on their group. A clique willing to open up the inner circle, if you will. And it might just completely flip the script when it comes to the way college students think about their social lives.

Founded by Matt Crown, a Rollins College grad, Klique was created after conducting a series of focus groups at Florida universities. He wondered what apps students were using to meet people, so he he targeted Greek organizations to find out.

Turns out Tinder and Bumble proved predictable go-to’s, but there are two sides of the coin.

“They’ve used these apps just because they’re popular, but even so, they do have a lot of negatives,” he says. The safety aspect was the top of the list, since these apps are conducive for one-on-one meetings with the inherent risk of meeting

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ne of ASU’s newest sporting clubs is rolling into its second season.

After a successful inauguraldebut, the ASU Wheelchair Basketball Club is preparing to continue the victory, despite the uncertainty shrouding the upcoming season.

Indonesia. As an Indonesian citizen, Santoso says during research last summer, he discovered that the country hosts a tournament that brings in teams from Thailand, Korea, and Taipei. Santoso reached out to the Indonesian National Team and represented them in the tournament.

Coaches and players from last season have left the team for various reasons, leaving the club in a scramble to recruit experienced players. Players say the club director may take over coaching duties, but the club is keeping its options open.

“After that tournament, I got more involved with the organization to help develop wheelchair basketball,” Santoso says.

Before the grind of the season started in earnest, two players packed their bags and traveled to Indonesia on October 7. Students and teammates Donald Santoso and Christina Chambers jetted to Bali to train with the National Wheelchair Basketball Team. The national team represents the entire country of Indonesia in tournaments with other countries.

Santoso says they participated in clinics to promote the development of the sport in

Santoso plans to play in the Asian Games with the international team in 2017, as well as the Aussian Games in 2018.

“The goal is to train and develop a core national team,” he says. “They want to have a core team so they can consistently train and maybe even get funding from the government.”

Since their return, Santoso and Chambers have gone back to their efforts to expand the club. The two agree the turnover of coaches has been difficult for the current members.

“It feels like we are doing our first year all over again,”

tion to allow players who don’t necessarily need the wheelchair to play.

The club has also pulled players from outside of ASU to help fill the roster.

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Chambers says. “We are going through so many different changes this year.”

Santoso says the team is still in “limbo” when it comes to coaching this year.

Most of the recruiting for the club fell on returning players after the coaches left, he adds.

The club has taken steps with the Disability Resource Center on the ASU Downtown Campus to help promote the club, where they were connected to most of their new players.

The club is classified as co-ed in order to count more players on the roster. With that, they have been granted a “grace period” from the National Wheelchair Basketball Associa-

change that will not only contribute credibility and success to the team, but will provide scholarships as well.

“I want to play in Wells Fargo Arena,” she says.

“We still need those players from community teams to jump in, because they have the most experience,” Santoso says.

Santoso estimated that all but five of the teams 30 games are played on the road, mostly on the East Coast.

Santoso stressed that the biggest issues so far have been finding seasoned players and getting commitment from those who don’t attend ASU.

“We beat Auburn last year, which was sort of a stepping stone to prove we belong at the collegiate level,” Chambers says.

“Being kind of a minority sport, a lot of people don’t have a lot experience with it,” he says.

Joey Svetly, a new player this season, says he is already having fun with his new team.

Santoso remains optimistic that the club can get enough players to make it a student-only club someday.

“Nobody really takes you seriously the first year,” Chambers says. “I think we kind of came out and proved ourselves.”

Chambers says she hopes the club can transition from a club to an athletic department, a

He encourages anyone who is interested in the club to come out.

“Just try it out; give it a shot,” he says. “If you like it, definitely join the team.”

Despite the uncertainties ahead, the players remain positive for this season and hopeful that there will be many seasons to come. CT

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ALL OF THE BEST SPORTS EVENTS TO CATCH, TACKLE AND HIT

ARIZONA ARM WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Always crowned victorious in friendly armwrestling matches? Check out the Armwrestling Championship held by the World Armwrestling League. For one night, men and women across the state will duke it out to score bestarmwrestler-in-Arizona status. Brackets are divided across weight classes for both amateurs and pros. First-timers are invited to come early for a workshop before the tournament.

Moonshine Whiskey Bar, 410 S. Mill Avenue, Tempe, walunderground.com, Saturday, November 5, 5 p.m., $5-$40.

This all-ages obstacle course brings giant inflatables spread out through a course for your bumping, bouncing and sliding pleasure. Get your daily exercise in, make some friends and see if you can take the heat! Runners will be assigned to a heat and groups will go out every half-hour. There will be climbing walls, slides and

YOGA FOR HOPE Yogis, instructors, sponsors, vendors and volunteers unite to bend and flex in unison on Chase Field.

The only public event on centerfield green grass, Yoga for Hope benefits the Natural Therapies Cancer Research program. The day includes a yoga fest of shopping and samples and classes for masters’ or kids’, helping participants of all skill levels hit their poses. Visitors will enjoy opportunities to take photos on the field.

Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, yogaforhope. org, Saturday, November 5, 2 p.m., $30 before November 4, $40 day of the event.

SKATE WITH PIKACHU The “Pokémon Go” craze might have died down a bit, but if you’re looking for an excuse to fire up

the old app and hunt Pokémon once more, it has arrived. Visit Skateland in Mesa for a night of all-you-caneat pizza, unlimited soft drinks and a chance to meet Pikachu, who will entertain guests between skating sessions. Tickets include food plus a regular skate rental.

Show your favorite Pokémon what you’ve got to work with on the rink!

Skateland Mesa, 7 E. Southern Avenue, Mesa, unitedskates.com/ public/mesa, Thursday, November 10, 5:30 p.m., $8-$12.

ARIZONA STATE VS. UTAH It’s the last home game of the year! Cheer on ASU as they take on the Utah Utes at Sun Devil Stadium before heading to Washington and University of Arizona for the remaining games of the season. ASU beat Washington last time around but have suffered a few losses to stir up this season. Grab your maroon and gold, foam fingers and rally towels for this one.

Sun Devil Stadium, 500 E. Veterans Way, Tempe, thesundevils. com, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 10, $35-$290.

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Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, 20000 S. Maricopa Road, Chandler, thegreatinflatablerace. com, Saturday, November 5, 9 a.m., $25$75.

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THE MODERN MIXTAPE 9 “APP-ORTUNITIES” TO DISCOVER NEW MUSIC MADISON RUTHERFORD • COLLEGE TIMES

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he salad days of sound for our generation bring back memories of mixtapes, MySpace playlists and spending hours downloading albums on LimeWire. Discovering new music typically meant popping a Sharpie doodle-adorned CD from your BFF into your boom box and preparing for the sonic roller coaster that blared out of the speakers.

Though we can never forget the previously painstaking process of finding our new favorite song, discovering fresh music has never been easier. Whether you want something nostalgic, innovative or completely off-the-wall, check out these apps that will supply you with some new slaps.

It looks like video didn’t kill the radio star after all. Mixcloud redefines radio by mashing it up with podcasts, talk shows and DJ mixes. Users can stream a slew of content based on location and popularity or select from a glut of genres like ambient, chillout, deep house, trap, drum & bass, soul and rock.

THE MUSIC NINJA For the innovator

You can definitely get lost in this blackhole of bizarre music genres, but it proves music has evolved from more than just rock, jazz and hip hop. And the site does stay true to its name — including lesser-known (but loved by loyalists) genres such as glitter trance, deep discofox, ghoststep, unblack metal, highlife, hard stoner rock and gothic Americana.

HYPE MACHINE For the “Yo, check this out!” connoisseur Put simply, Hype Machine is a music blog aggregator that compiles music from nearly 1,000 blogs for its audience to enjoy. Inc. magazine referred to it as a hybrid of Pandora and Pitchfork. Hype Machine users can “love” songs which automatically creates a playlist comprised of their favorite jams.

It doesn’t have 1,500 genres to choose from, but it does allow users to select songs from categories like "Freshest", "Remixes Only", "No Remixes" and “Time Machine,” a feature that lists the most popular tracks on the internet since October 2007.

EVERY NOISE AT ONCE For the experimental expert

PANDORA’S THUMBPRINT RADIO For the A.D.H.D audiophile

Every Noise At Once is exactly what it sounds like — literally every style of music existing in one place simultaneously.

The website describes it as “an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter plot of the musical genre-space.”

Essentially, it’s a sorting hat for genres on the fringe, utilizing nearly 1,500 genres that are

Pandora recently released its Thumbprint feature. This gives users the opportunity to listen to a radio station that plays music based solely on the songs they “thumbs up,” so they can hear everything they like and nothing they don’t. Thumbprint Radio provides the simplicity of the actual radio with the personalization of a hand-picked playlist. Listening to Thumb-

print Radio is like being at a bar and hearing your favorite songs repeatedly rock the jukebox.

NPR MUSIC For the sophisticated listener “All Songs Considered,” a spin on National Public Radio’s award-winning news show, “All Things Considered” proves NPR is about more than just news. NPR Music offers articles, interviews, reviews, mixes, studio sessions and a 24/7 music channel. It also boasts exclusive features like “First Listen,” where users can listen to upcoming albums in their entirety; “Tiny Desk,” intimate, unplugged performances by an array of artists, and “All Songs Considered,” a roundup of new music. The site currently features Japanese bluegrass and an orchestra comprised of instruments made of garbage.

The feature is algorithm-based, but we assume they’re made by tiny little elves who get inside your head to create a carefully curated playlist that is so uncannily accurate to your musical tastes you’d think you’d made it yourself. Not only does the playlist serve as the ideal soundtrack for your week, but it allows you to discover new artists you can then track and listen to on Spotify. This is a perfect feature for people who get stressed out when people ask what kind of music they’re into; you could be jamming out to Ty Dolla $ign one minute and Turnover the next.

DAYTROTTER For the indie kid Daytrotter is the digital version of that one guy who serves as the sonic sage at every party and says stuff like, “If you like Weezer, you’ll love Surfer Blood!” The site hosts recording sessions with emerging indie artists and features nearly 20 bands each week on the website. Each featured artist is drawn by staff illustrators, making the process of sifting through scores of musicians less like a chore and more like reading through a children’s book. Instead of being sorted by genre, the site is categorized by situations in need of a soundtrack like “When It Turns Sexy” and “Goes Great With PBR.” SPOTIFY’S DISCOVER WEEKLY PLAYLIST For the mixtape maven Every Monday, Spotify creates a 30-song playlist for each user based on their listening habits, resulting in somewhat of a hyper-personalized “Now That’s What I Call Music” collection.

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The Music Ninja makes discovering new music as simple as clicking “play.” In fact, the top of the website features the musical equivalent of the tempting “Eat Me” cakes from Alice in Wonderland — an elusive bar that literally says, “Click play to start listening to music!” Yes, it’s really that simple. They are committed to the evolution of music discovery, featuring tunes from emerging artists and well-known names alike.

The (what we can only assume to be actual) ninjas stealthily search around the internet for underrated, under-the-radar tunes and bring them to the masses. In fact, their mission statement is somewhat of a manifesto to eradicate runof-the-mill music from the internet: “We have been trained in the secret arts of auto-tune detection and mediocre bass lines to bring you digestible daily updates of genuine up and coming artists across all genres.”

tracked and analyzed on Spotify. The genres are calibrated in directional clusters — down is more organic, up is more electronic, left is atmospheric and the right is more upbeat.

Users can click an arrow next to every genre to see a scatter plot of artists and what they sound like.

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GILBERT’S LINDSEY STIRLING FINDS PEACE AFTER KEYBOARDIST’S DEATH CARSON MLNARIK • THE ENTERTAINER

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ince her days as a YouTube star, Lindsey Stirling has made violin concerts hip, with her backbends, hip-hop and ballet moves. The costume changes and light show are reminiscent of an EDM festival.

But the fun stopped temporarily for the Gilbert native, who graduated from Mesquite High School. Her latest album, “Brave Enough,” comes from a raw and emotional place for Stirling, who plays Comerica Theatre on Saturday, November 12. It documents the emotional journey she traveled after the death of her best friend and keyboard player Jason “Gavi” Gavati.

“I kind of shut off in every possible way after it happened — especially emotionally,” recalls Stirling, who was a quarter finalist on "America’s Got Talent.” “I just closed up and went numb for awhile.”

Refusing emotion only worked for so long and Stirling found herself inspired by the writings of Brené Brown, a scholar and author on shame and vulnerability. Adversity is nothing new to Stirling, who previously suffered from anorexia.

“The thing that stuck out to me is she said you can’t selectively numb emotions; if you numb the bad, you numb the good,” Stirling said. “I didn’t want to live a life that was just numbing, I wanted to live a full life.”

From there, the album was born.

The collection and its title track reflect her feelings about the troubling time: If she was “brave enough,” she could have a whole heart again and experience the hard emotions needed to feel joy.

Each song tells a step of the process, from faith and trust to getting up after you fall to independence and gratitude.

Independent success A former Arizona Junior Miss, Stirling has achieved success on her own terms. She's logged 8 million subscribers and 1.3

Bucket list project For the album, Stirling enlisted some of her favorite artists for collaboration.

“Brave Enough,” her third album, has a collaborative feel.

Christina Perri, also a fan of Brown's, lends her vocals to the album’s title track.

Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo sings on “Don’t Let This

Lindsey Stirling w/The Federal Empire, Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com, 8 p.m. Saturday, November 12, $29.50-$58.50.

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No stranger to Arizona Before she released the chart-topper “Shatter Me” in 2014 and was named No. 4 on Forbes’ “Highest-Paid YouTube Stars,” Stirling grew up in Gilbert.

Returning home is always a treat for Stirling, who turned 30 in September.

“People say, ‘Where do you want to go when you have time off? Where do you want to travel?’ Honestly, I travel all the time, I want to go to Arizona,” Stirling says. “I want to get some Cafè Rio and climb Camelback Mountain. That’s my favorite stuff to do, to be honest.”

Stirling specifically asked her booking agents to end the tour in Arizona once again to intensify that coming-home feeling.

“I see so many people in the audience who I know, whom I went to high school with, who I went to church with growing up. It’s so cool and I love that,” she says.

Feeling Fade,” with Christian rapper Lecrae. Her current hit is “Something Wild,” in which Andrew McMahon of Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness sings. The song also appears in the credits of Disney film “Pete’s Dragon.”

Stirling recalls being in the studio writing with McMahon.

She looked at her producer and grinned.

“There were a lot of moments that were like, ‘Wow I can’t believe this person is working with me,’” Stirling says.

She wants her concert to reflect the mood of the album.

She wanted it so much that she was skeptical that it would work.

“It just seemed like I stretched myself too thin, pushed the envelope too far, and now here we are; the show’s running like clockwork,” says Stirling, who had just pulled into Kansas City for a show. “The fans have been loving it and it’s so rewarding to see that happen.”

Stirling described the show as extremely visual and theatrical.

She gave “Mirage,” her favorite song to perform, a Bollywood feel with Hindi visuals, belly dancers and video flashes.

In between songs and clips, she can be seen sharing personal stories and experiences.

Stirling really wanted the tour to tell the same story as the album about being vulnerable.

“I hope that people leave with the resolve to be brave enough in whatever they do,” she says, “We’re all consistently trying to better ourselves; I hope people feel empowered.”

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billion-plus views on YouTube, and wrote a New York Times bestselling autobiography — all without the benefit of a major record label. Stirling’s fan base has proven its size and her impact continues to expand.

When it comes to inspiring those who have supported her for so long, Stirling is eloquent and determined in her advice.

“Don’t be afraid to start,” she says. “It feels overwhelming, like the journey is way too far, but do something. Whether it’s playing open mic night or drawing pictures and posting them on Instagram. Whatever it is, just start sharing what you love because you’ll always be better for it.”

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CALENDAR NOVEMBER 3 Bad Religion w/ Against Me! and David Hause, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $30-$45 Kris Kristofferson, Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m., $25-$95 English Beat w/ 2Tone Lizard Kings, Livewire, 7 p.m., $23 Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons, Last Exit Live, 8 p.m., $12 Jonathan Richman, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $17-$20

NOVEMBER 4 Sum 41, Livewire, 7 p.m., $21 Sugar Thieves, The Rhythm Room, 9 p.m., $8 James McMurty, Crescent Ballroom, 7 p.m., $17-$20 Gonzo, Last Exit Live, 8:30 p.m., $10-$12 Azizi Gibson, Club Red, 7 p.m., $12-$15 The Amplified Jazz Experience Vol. 2, Tempe Center for

the Arts, 8 p.m., $38-$67

NOVEMBER 5 Kellie Pickler w/ Montgomery Gentry and Craig Morgan, Harley Davidson of Scottsdale, 4 p.m., $20 Hayden James w/ Elderbrook & Luke Million, Crescent Ballroom, 8:30 p.m., $15-$18 Zac Harmon, The Rhythm Room, 9:15 p.m., $10-$12 The Pubes w/ The Haymarket Squares and The Lefty Loosies, Last Exit Live, 9 p.m., $7 Keller Williams Kwahtro w/ Zach Deputy, Marquee Theatre, 8:30 p.m., $25 DJ Manchester, Rips Bar, 9 p.m., $5

NOVEMBER 6 Astronautalis, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $15-$18

Our Last Night w/ Hands Like Houses, Joe’s Grotto, 6 p.m., $17 Tauk w/ Jay Allan & The Uncommon Good, Last Exit Live, 9 p.m., $10-$12

NOVEMBER 7 Daughters w/ The Body, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., $15 No Parents w/ White Fan, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Puddles Pity Party, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $25-$40 Alan DeQuina, Old Town Tavern, 7 p.m., free

NOVEMBER 8 Attila, Livewire, 6 p.m., $18 Death Grips, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $27 Boogie w/ Denzel Curry, Club Red, 7 p.m., $16-$19 The Waters, Dubliner Irish Pub and Restaurant, 9:30 p.m., free Steve and Alix, Old Town Tavern, 8 p.m., free

NOVEMBER 9 The Wonder Years & Real Friends w/ Knuckle Puck, Moose Blood & Seaway, Marquee Theatre, 6:30 p.m., $22.50 STRFKR w/ Psychic Twin & Gigamesh, Crescent Ball-

room, 8 p.m., $25-$28 Dalton Rapattoni, Last Exit Live, 6 p.m., $18-$25 Diarrhea Planet, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Steven Wilson, Celebrity Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $50-$130

NOVEMBER 10 Health, The Rebel Lounge, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Sir Harrison Band, Wells Fargo Garden at Mesa Arts Center, 12:30 p.m., free Zona Road, Whiskey Row, 5 p.m., free Suicide Boys w/ Germ, Ramirez, Shakewell, Mikey the Magician & Don Krez, Club Red, 7 p.m., $18-$100 Car Seat Headrest w/ Naked Giants, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $15-$18 Adam Torres w/ Thor & Friends, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Animals as Leaders w/ Intervals and Plini, Livewire, advance tickets: $20

NOVEMBER 11 Chance the Rapper (rescheduled), Mesa Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., sold out Futuristic w/ Beez, J.Rob the Chief and Ali Tomineek, Livewire, 7 p.m., $15-

$100 Reggae Showcase, Marquee Theatre, 6 p.m., $10 Aunt B w/ Ruca, Last Exit Live, 9 p.m., $5 Arizona Opera, Symphony Hall, 7:30 p.m., $25-$120 Bingo Players, Maya Day and Nightclub, 9 p.m., $21 Led Zepagain, Showroom at Casino Arizona, 7:30 p.m., $15 Havana Cuba All-Stars, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., $29-$59

NOVEMBER 12 Lindsey Stirling, Comerica Theatre, 7 p.m., $29.50-$58.50 Rae Sremmurd, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $35-$95 Bear Ghost w/ AutoPilot, Last Exit Live, 9 p.m., $8-$10 DJ Sean Watson & Jared Alan, Crescent Ballroom, 10 p.m., free Lisa Prank, The Rebel Lounge, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Bob Anderson, Ovations Showroom at Wild Horse Pass, 8 p.m., $25-$50 9 String Theory, Higley Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., $25 Hunny, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $15-$18 DJ Pete Salaz, DJ Flipstylz, & DJ Senbad, Bar Smith, 9 p.m., $10

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Sum 41, Livewire, 7 p.m., $21 If you haven’t snagged tickets to Sum 41’s next tour date, you might be feeling like you’re “In Too Deep” and trying to keep all the blood in your head … instead of going under. This pop punk band originated in 1996 and has become a force to be reckoned with live, playing often more than 300 dates a year.

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KELLIE PICKLER W/ MONTGOMERY GENTRY AND CRAIG MORGAN Harley Davidson of Scottsdale, 4 p.m., $20 For those with a redneck side or a reality TV fetish, a concert by country music sweetheart and “American Idol” alum might be just what you’re missing. Pickler will have lots to chat about between songs like “Best Days of Your Life” and “Red High Heels,” having launched her own reality show in the past year. Stick around for other country classic acts Montgomery Gentry and Craig Morgan.

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NOVEMBER 15 Gogol Bordello, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $29 Il Divo, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $48-$125 Transviolet w/ LANY, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $17-$20 Nekromantix, Club Red, 6 p.m., $16-$18 Devils Brigade w/ The Loveless, Club Red, 6 p.m., $16-$18 The Waters, The Dubliner Irish Pub & Restaurant, 9:30 p.m., free Ringo Starr, Celebrity Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $67-$127 Djentrification, Bikini Lounge, 9 p.m., free

NOVEMBER 16 Mac Miller, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $30.50-$47.50 Karl Blau w/ Lake, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Harry Luge, Jolie’s Place, 6 p.m., free Scott Jeffers, The Dubliner Pub & Restaurant, 9:30 p.m., free Rocket 88’s, Chopper John’s, 7 p.m., free DJ KNS Bigandbad, Yucca Tap Room, 9 p.m., free

MAC MILLER Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $30.50-$47.50 This 24-year-old rapper and producer has made a name for himself in rap music by taking the independent route. His album “Watching Movies with the Sound Off” is a staple in any collection with its mix of psychedelic and verse. Fans can look forward to hearing classics like “Knock, Knock” and cuts from his new album, “The Divine Feminine.”

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Lupe Fiasco, Livewire, 7 p.m., $28 Ms. Lauryn Hill w/ Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $40-$100 The Darts w/ Harper and the Moths and Shovel, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $6-$8 MANGCHI w/ Kid Koala, Last Exit Live, 9 p.m., $10-$12 Amy Grant w/ Michael Smith & Jordan Smith, Grand Canyon University Arena, 7:30 p.m., $35-$110 Barbra & Frank - The Concert That Never Was, Chandler Center for the Arts, 3 p.m., $29 Steven Moeckel w/ Phoenix Youth Symphony, Orpheum Theatre, 3 p.m., $6-$11 Bee Gees Gold, Higley Center for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m., $31-$36 The Noodles, Cactus Jack’s, 4:20 p.m., free Bill Dutcher, Cocomo Joe’s, 1 p.m., free

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WHY PHOENIX COULD BE EDM’S NEXT HOT SPOT JARED MCDONALD • COLLEGE TIMES

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espite being one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., the Phoenix area lacks a robust musical identity when compared to heavyweights such as New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta and Seattle.

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THE POPULARITY OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC, OR EDM, IS CHANGING THAT.

The genre has exploded into the mainstream over the past few years, changing the musical landscape in America and creating a genre unlike any other. EDM lends a few qualities that may be perfect for aspiring Arizona musicians and existing Valley venues. It may not become an Arizona trademark — think Seattle grunge or Atlanta hip-hop — but it is an accessible genre that the Valley is already set up for; it’s ripe for business34 es and musicians alike.

EDM IS TRANSFORMING THE VALLEY’S NIGHTLIFE The Valley boasts a healthy nightlife with plenty of bars, clubs and other venues that are filled to the brim throughout the week. Valley nightlife can be low-key, but it’s definitely there.

Many venues around the Valley have been booking more EDM DJs in response to the burst in popularity, says Steve LeVine, owner of Steve LeVine Entertainment. LeVine has embraced the genre for years and watched it steadily grow in the Valley

and beyond. He works with venues such as the Marquee Theatre, Livewire, Maya and W Scottsdale to book DJs and organize events and festivals.

“Years ago, it was all about the resident DJ,” says LeVine. “On occasion, we’d bring in a huge DJ and it would be massive.

People thought, ‘Oh, so-and-so brought in a huge DJ; we need to bring in a DJ.’”

This trend continued across the Valley, LeVine says, until EDM largely surpassed hiphop as many venues’ music of choice.

“Venues want DJs with great histories that can sell tickets and play good music,” he continues. “They definitely want the big shows and the big DJs, but you have to book the small guys first.”

That’s where local DJs come in. Venues seeking to play more EDM with guest DJs need to turn to local, up-and-coming DJs first. This offers an ample opportunity for aspiring musicians to play shows to crowds of hun-

gry EDM fans, probably more so than any other genre in the Valley. Between Mill Avenue and clubs in Scottsdale, the Valley has no shortage of venues to take advantage of EDM’s mainstream popularity.

EDM IS SERIOUSLY ACCESSIBLE. EDM is an extremely broad genre that includes artists that have merged pop music and pop culture, such as The Chainsmokers and more experimental artists like Aphex Twin. EDM has become a musical catch-all, capable of adapting and fusing with virtually any genre.

“The music is changing.

You’ve got country music being remixed by DJs. You have hiphop tracks infused with dance music and now you have (producer) Matoma and all the tropical house sounds,”

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says LeVine. “If somebody doesn’t like dance music, now they’re like, ‘Wait a second, what is this genre?’”

Skrillex and Damien Marley’s 2012 song “Make It Bun Dem” fused dubstep and reggae. A Tribe Called Red blends EDM, hip-hop and First Nations music, which is a musical style that emerged from aboriginal tribes in Canada. EDM welcomes musicians from any and all musical genres to innovate and explore within an increasingly popular genre.

“Everybody can start DJing with their own computer equipment,” says LeVine.

“Because of that, you have so much creativity coming out of people’s houses, their bedrooms if you will.

“All the ‘bedroom DJs’ can really just make track after track after track. You put out that one good hit, and now all of a sudden you’re a producer. ” EDM is also largely a solo act, freeing aspiring DJs from

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EDM: FAD OR FOREVER? EDM is often compared to disco, and in many ways, it picked up where disco left off.

Disco ultimately jumped the shark, and people are speculating whether EDM is destined for the same demise.

The “EDM bubble” has more to do with the festival culture than the music itself.

According to LeVine, DJs are often overpaid because venues across the world are all demanding the same superpopular artists. Ticket prices skyrocket as a result.

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“There’s going to be ups and downs in the genre,” says LeVine. “I think the (ticket) prices need to become realistic. At some point it’s just too expensive to enjoy the genre.”

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“Because of the friendly competition here, people have a lot of choices” he adds. “EDM is here to stay, it’s not going anywhere.”

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(APRIL 22 – MAY 20)

Your ego is at an all-time high. Rock what you got because people are taking notice. Now, whether they’re paying attention to your cute outfit or that nacho cheese stain is up for interpretation.

The mid-semester meltdown has got you questioning everything. What am I doing with my life? Who do I want to be?

Is my major right for me? The answer is no, honey, Underwater Basket Weaving is not right. Not right at all.

Cuffing season is a real thing and the upcoming holidays have got you feeling lonely. Luckily, you have a special someone on the horizon, but you better think twice. Do you really want to pay for all those extra gifts?

You’re all about cutting loose ties this month. Goodbye to the girl who stole your pencil last week, or worse, your girlfriend. Be careful with your verbiage in your vengeful subtweets on Twitter though — you still owe her $50 and she did NOT forget….

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This month shows an increase in energy and self-confidence. Put this to good use by making extra stops at the fridge during your binge watching sessions this weekend. It’s a 10-foot walk to get those Twinkies, but it’s one that’s worthwhile.

Success is at your heels this month; bask in all your glory. After all, who else can miss six weeks of the same class and still squeak by with a C on the midterm?

A challenge is coming, presenting an obstacle in the way of your dreams.

Of course, this obstacle is just your alarm clock and your dream is to sleep forever. The beeping isn’t going away though, so either get the heck up or press “snooze.”

Everything is finally going right in your life — your haircut looks good, you aced that test, you nabbed that good parking spot at the game. It’s the perfect time to go on a shopping spree, but don’t spend all your rent money this time; you don’t want a repeat of last month’s hot mess.

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Creativity is in the stars for you. Show everyone that extra special spark you possess. Trust me: people will be impressed when you pair Nikes with joggers and a Disneyland sweatshirt at your afternoon lecture. And when you start eating a bag of Cheetos from last month for lunch? Iconic.

Here today, gone tomorrow. You might be getting out of a rocky relationship, but you’ll find someone — or should I say something — new soon. Have you tried a pumpkin spice latte? Rumor has it they’re nature’s cure to loneliness.

Your reflexes are renewed and you’re ready for whatever the world throws your way. Whether that’s a super hard, 12-page essay or an excuse email telling your professor why you couldn’t complete it on time, you’ve got it under control.

The holiday season has got you thinking about family more than ever. Don’t be afraid to call your parents and tell them how much you miss them this week.

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