Arizona is undeniably rising as an electronic music scene. With the help of promoting companies such as Relentless Beats, the unquenchable thirst of electronic music-goers is approaching satiation. This year, Diplo, one of the keystone artists in EDM, put on his label's yearly event, Mad Decent Block Party. The Mad Decent Block Party has expanded since last year, so, as a returner, I didn't feel like the event was redundant in any way. The most substantial change that I enjoyed was the expansion from one day to two.

Bingo Players came to the Dirty T as part of their 2016 Summer Tour. I can assure you it was “LIT”.

The show started out with a couple local psych bands. Flower Festival started the night off with some dreamy lofi indie pop.  Slow Moses then kept the jazzy psych pop vibes going with their set. They have gained a pretty good following around the downtown Phoenix music scene with their first album Charity Binge which came out earlier this year. Then Mild High Club came out led by Alex Brettin, the mastermind behind the project. The band is touring in support of their new album Skiptracing, out via the legendary label Stones Throw.

"How was your summer?"