His major label debut, channel ORANGE, was only released digitally a week ago and physically yesterday, but I’m going to wager a guess: You’re sick of hearing about Frank Ocean. The singer/songwriter has been the subject of hundreds of insightful think-pieces, a talking point in the (necessary) discussion about hip-hop…
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Through and Through Gospel Review Crescent Ballroom Saturday, July 14, 2012 See also: Download: Gospel Claws’ New Song, “Pale Horse Dry Cleaning” See also: Joel Marquard Fought Cancer and The Indie Community Chips in To Help Him Out Despite Joel Marquard’s adamant assertion that the Americana/roots sounds of his full-blooded…
See also: Joel Marquard Fought Cancer and The Indie Community Chips in To Help Him Out In this week’s issue, Anthony Sandoval brings us the story of Gospel Claws/Through and Through Gospel Review songwriter Joel Marquard’s battle with testicular cancer. We’re happy to report that he beat it, and proud…
What do Eminem, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, 50 Cent, and Beyoncé have in common? The all make cameos in this week’s cover story, “Fast Cars and Rap Stars: How a Sugar Daddy’s Empire Crumbled on Everyone Involved,” by Ray Stern, telling the strange tale of…
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Swedish EDM duo Rebecca and Fiona are excited about coming to America. Like, really excited. “It’s so fun to come to America, [where EDM] is exploding, where the big audiences are,” says Fiona Fitzpatrick. “Honestly, it’s a bit scary because it’s so out of control. We’re used to playing to…
Talib Kweli doesn’t seem to like downtime. Last year he released the celebrated Gutter Rainbows, and Idle Worship, a nu-soul collaboration with singer-songwriter Res, teamed with Yasiin Bey (his partner in Black Star) for the Colbert Report, and took to the streets for Occupy Wall Street. It’s difficult to figure…
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Zach Booher, 22, of Tempe pop-punk band While We’re Up was killed in a car accident the morning of Sunday, July 8. The band was touring as part of the Vans Warped Tour. The accident occurred in Wisconsin, while the band was en route to Shakopee, Minnesota…
Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick, known to EDM aficionados as Rebecca and Fiona, are two performers on the rise. Their collaborations with Kaskade, Adrian Lux, and Basutbude have earned them recognition in their homeland, Sweden, but with the release of their debut I Love You Man (due Tuesday, July 10…
The Beach Boys @ Grand Canyon University Arena 50 songs for 50 years. It’s hard to imagine any band getting away with it, right? It’s even harder to imagine it being exceptional, but that’s the best word I can use to describe what The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Mike Love,…
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Motörhead, Slayer, Slipknot, and more Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Friday, July 6 See also: Why Isn’t Corey Taylor of Slipknot Listening to Metal? See also: What Mayhem Band Has the Craziest Fans (According to Tom Araya of Slayer)? See also: Motorhead, Slipknot, Anthrax, and Slayer Unite for Mayhem Fest See…
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This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up on the Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How did Phoenix pop-rock band The Wiley One Celebrate UFO Day? What does heavy metal band…
Some music has a setting, a place that feels woven into its sound. For The Beach Boys, one of rock ‘n’ pop’s most enduring groups, the setting always has been California. But the Golden State makes for remarkably varied terrain, and while early singles like “409,” “Little Deuce Coupe,” and…
“Two thousand eleven was kind of like, you know, indie rap’s first big year,” Los Angeles rapper Open Mike Eagle told Up on the Sun in April. “The things that were seen more as interesting — especially in terms of coverage of rap music — were, like, acts that are…
