A lot of things about last night’s CMAs confused me. For example, why was there not a break in the middle so ABC could broadcast Modern Family at its regularly scheduled time? And why did no one (rightfully) interrupt Taylor Swift to point out how much better Beyonce is than…
If you pick up a copy of the brand new New Times (or, I guess, just click this link) you’ll come across my latest Sonic Truth column, a followup to the “Downtown is Ovah” column I penned predicting that the demise of Modified Arts will lead to a shift of…
Fresh off a 2-night stand at Marquee Theatre on Halloween weekend Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers have another big holiday show planned: New Year’s Eve at Celebrity Theatre. I’m not gonna lie, I’m still jonesing for another fall Circus Mexicus in Rocky Point, but this shouldbe a pretty classy evening…
Passion Pit — a band I regard as a poor man’s Hot Chip but every girl I know seems to be crazy about — is coming to The Clubhouse on Sunday, December 6. Like I said, this band, which was started by a guy writing songs for his girlfriend as…
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Band: The Plump Tones, a Prog-leaning Classic rock type band from Chandler. Record: Brown Chicken Brown Cow album Basics: The Plump Tones sound like what they look like: A gang o’ weekend warriors playing some funky, often-instrumental jams. They’re competent but not fully gelled and seem more interested in rocking…
Uh oh: Arty Girl is not gonna like this.At first Friday I noticed that the good folks at Stateside Presents have not heeded the words of advice Lilia Menconi dispensed in her blog criticizing the Monsters of Folk mural that appeared on the side of Eye Lounge last month. (A…
Wanna hear something even crazier? This is actually Enya’s second Greatest Hits record — she also put one out in 1997.
We try not to get too homerish around here, but I’ve gotta share this new video produced by Up on the Sun’s senior freelance photographer Luke Holwerda.The video is for a Jacksonville pop-punk band named Fit For Rivals but it was shot here in Phoenix. Aside form being shot here…
Unless you’re pretty young you probably don’t take notice of teen/tween pop sensations liek Taylor swift until they’re, say, trashed talked by Kanye West or appearing on Saturday Night Live.If so, maybe you don’t know who Selena Gomez is. Gomez who was named after the Selena you probably have heard…
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Yahoo! is looking for a new voice to it’s iconic YahooooOOOoooOOO and Arizonans seem to be cleaning up. Right now the competition is being won by a girl named Tiffany Jo Allen from “Tuscan” Arizona (which is very near “Tucson”) and a localish guy named Carlo Sanchez from San Tan…
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Doug Bale does some cool stuff. The singer-songwriter (here billing his title above his name) not only has a great mid-fi sound that sorta reminds me of Matthew Sweet (check out his stuff below), he’s got a cool web site and some super cool art work. It all works together…
70s rock act The Doobie Brothers will play the main stage at the Fiesta Bowl Block Party in the Mill Avenue District of Tempe. The band, which has sold 50 million records, won several Grammys, and charted 16 top 40 hits (including two number 1 hits), played the half-time show…
I’ve said it before: With very few exceptions (well, really one exception, The Aggrolites) white reggae is a pox upon America. So, believe me, it’s not that I wanted to go see The Dirty Heads play last night’s Red Bull Soundclash at Marquee Theatre. But, since the other half of…
Fact: Before last weekend, I’d never slept in a tent for rock ‘n’ roll. I’m not certain if that’s a confession or a boast. I’ve been to countless concerts in my 29 years, and many of those involved traveling, but before traveling to Indio, California, to camp under canvas for…
Some sad news from Tucson: Solar Culture, the venerable gallery/venue that has a lot in common with Phoenix’s soon-to-be-vastly-different Modified Arts, is on the auction block. The guy who runs it, artist Steven Eye, is apparently not the obvious winner. From Tucson Weekly. There are dark clouds gathering over Solar…
Band: A House Divided, a Phoenix-based four-piece alt-rock band that sounds like the recently re-united Creed. Record: A House Divided EP Basics: I suspect being compared to Creed will be seen as damning A House Divided with faint praise — and I sorta mean it to — but this band…
When I talked to Laci Lester a couple months back she warned me more cool concerts were coming to The Downtown Civic Space (aka Jellyfish Park). Now, we’re getting something pretty cool as The Fair Trade Store, City of Phoenix, and Arizona State University Downtown Campus, bring “The Civic Space…
Mid-November appears to be a great time to stage a concert in an Old Town. The Big Pour will have Everclear (also known as “My Favorite Band of Sophomore Year of High School”), in Scottsdale and Old Town Cottonwood (near Sedona) has three mellowish shows planned for people who don’t…
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