Chyro Arts

Revitalizing your tired ass strip mall is a performance venue in the no mans land b/​w Tempe & Scottsdale that places like Green, The Jeans Buyer, The Rogue Bar and Papago Brewing Co. inhabit.
Bring me your tired, your bored, your hipsters who can’t afford the ASU area rents and Scottsdales condos and drop them off at an abandoned storefront where a good time is sold instead of a velour two piece sweatsuit or a rhinestone dog collar!
Stoked for Sebastian Grangier in Tempe, AZ (only weeks after MSTRKFT at Myst), I bought my tix way in advance at Stinkweeds but was in anticipation of the space-​Chyro Arts-​where the fuck is that? Everyone said the same plaza as Papago Brewing, where I have enjoyed Chimay on tap, but couldn’t think of where it was-​it is actually the last (or 1^st) space facing Scottsdale road.
From their great website (very well organized, clean, with a schedule of performances and explanation of their mission), I knew it wouldn’t be mailed in. The space is well designed, with big couches on the side, a counter in the front w/​some drinks advertised (but no drinky drink)…you know, its hard to explain since it is so non-​descript in a way, but if you looked at the stripped down bare bones of Green without all the cheerful decorating, this would be it.
Getting an admissions stamp from them enabled us happy hour prices at British Open which was a nice touch between bands setting up.
The band seemed too loud, not well mixed, I am not sure if the acoustics were off, so while I enjoyed a lot of the music the night, I wondered if the narrowness of the space kind of created a vacuum for vocals or what. But the space is so intimate I don’t think it is really possible to have a bad view of the band.
I look forward to supporting this venue and checking out their plays.