Late night television was packed with some pretty memorable musical moments in 2010. With the craze over young Willow Smith’s first single “Whip My Hair” came an unforgettable cover by Jimmy Fallon featuring Bruce Springsteen on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon back in the middle of November. Fallon played the…
In the spirit of the new year, the New Times is feeling festive, so we’re featuring two fliers this week! Also, all of this week’s coolest fliers are coming from shows at the Rogue Bar.Personally, this flier caught my eye because it reminded me of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’…
In the final issue of the year we’ve got some great year-end recap stories. There was always someone or something shaking up the Phoenix music scene in 2010, including the Sound Strike, the unfortunate death of Carnegie of rap duo Silver Medallion, openings and closings, and more. On a lighter…
Nothing says eye-catching, understated awesomeness like this flier does.Tommy Miller, frontman of the Sweet Repose, designed the flier, which he actually created with PowerPoint in order to keep the design simple.”I wanted to spell the band’s name in an upside down human pyramid,” Tommy said. “It ended up looking like…
Despite what you may have concluded from yesterday’s list of the stupidest music stories of 2010, this year in music wasn’t all that bad.In fact, a funny blog of Photoshopped album covers was created, a concert for dogs was proposed, and musicians exchanged some choice words.As promised, here are the…
Luke HolwerdaOver the last days of 2010 Up On The Sun will be counting down the best live shows of 2010. Today we look at the No. 2 show of the year, Paul McCartney at Jobing.com Arena…
Every year a few ridiculous stories get squeezed in between the serious ones. In honor of the year coming to a close, it’s time to poke some fun at those who entertained us by making the stupidest headlines in music news in 2010.In no particular order, here are some real…
Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish are now proud parents of a baby boy, according to MTV News.The pair welcomed Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John into the world on Christmas Day. Man, what a name.The surrogate mother is unidentified. Regardless, the baby is “healthy and doing well,” the couple…
Yeasayer’s new album Live at Ancienne Belgique was released on Christmas, according to Pitchfork.The concert, which was recorded on October 28, 2010 in Brussels, has been released as a 13-track live album that is available for download on the band’s website.As a Christmas treat from the band, fans get to…
Holiday cover songs were popular this season, but there’s something else that has been getting just as much attention. It seems to be that the latest and greatest trend among rock bands, particularly indie bands, is forming supergroups.Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison (George Harrison’s son), and Joseph Arthur were the leaders…
Gorillas have just dropped a music video for their new song “Phoner to Arizona,” according to NME.Phoner to Arizona” is the first track on Gorillaz’ new iPad album The Fall, which they wrote while on the road during their North American fall tour this year.The Fall will be released as…
The rumors are true: local record store Eastside Records will be closing up shop at the end of the year. Although they haven’t been hosting wild shows since the mid-90s, they’ve still got an impressive collection of rarities that rivals that of any other local record store. Moreover, their employees…
What’s a nice way to give a show a classic holiday touch? Peep this flier.Anamieke Quinn, a folksy singer with a strong, spunky voice, designed the flier with a little inspiration from artist Gil Elvgren. “His girls tend to have a wholesome and pure yet sultry and playful allure, which…
Girl Talk’s audio tapestries — constructed entirely of sampled beats, verses, and hooks — are challenging the long-held definition of “musician.” With the recent release of Girl Talk’s latest album, All Day, Pittsburgh-based Gregg Gillis continues to skirt copyright issues, sampling other artists’ music without paying or asking permission, and…
The week leading up to Christmas has been a little light in shows overall, but with plenty of holiday-themed shows around the Valley.Fans of all genres enjoyed some killer awesome shows this past week, including Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Infected Mushroom, The Judds, Sweet Pie, and Trapt.Read…
This week’s print edition of Phoenix New Times ran a shortened version of an interview with Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk, the mashup mastermind who will tear the Marquee Theatre apart brick by brick on March 23.As promised, here’s the full transcript of that interview — all 4,200 words of…
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.What happens when a local band begs a music journalist to review their work via Craigslist?How bad…
Two men broke into 50 Cent’s Farmington, Connecticut mansion, according to MTV News.Clearly 50 Cent hasn’t had the best of luck lately. Last week he was sued for copyright infringement, and now this happens. Shit, man.Considering how stupid this story is, it might be one of my favorite stories of…
Guitarist and drummer Josh and Zac Farro have amicably split from Paramore, according to Rolling Stone.The band posted an official statement on their website in which the remaining members of the band express their understanding and sadness for Josh and Zac’s departure from Paramore.The Farros had given the rest of…
We’ve nearly got another year in the books, and with a great year came a great collection of fabulous music videos from musicians representing a wide variety of genres. So we’re counting them down, in the far-too-usual fashion.The best part of this year end list?Kanye West is not #1.Crazy, I…
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters is set to make an appearance in a new Muppets film, according to NME.In the movie, Grohl will be taking the place of Animal in the Muppets’ band while Animal goes to anger management classes.Jack Black and Lady Gaga will be making cameo appearances…
Part of G-Unit isn’t feeling so hot right now. Rapper and actor 50 Cent is being sued for copyright infringement, according to Billboard.It turns out that rapping about how you’ve got tons of money isn’t always a good thing. Atlanta rapper Caliber is filing a lawsuit against Fitty and the…
