Title: Midnight Glass, the duo’s 2009 LP.Basics: Phoenix’s Travis Bunn and Calvin Markus have a pretty decent following compared to most acts reviewed here in You Asked For It. They have already had plenty written about them, including one guy who deemed Midnight Glass the best album of 2009. While I…
Stand-up comedian Jim “Hot Pockets” Gaffigan isn’t coming to Dodge Theatre until November 27, but tickets go on sale this morning at 10 a.m.Gaffigan’s 2006 Comedy Central Special Beyond the Pale is certified Platinum, and his memorable stints on “My Boys” and “Law & Order: SVU,” have raised his profile…
This week’s music feature is about Masaki Murashita, the 24-year old lead singer and guitarist of local neo-thrashers Hemoptysis, a band that is rocking SXSW as we speak.Also in this week’s issue you’ll find pieces on Zooey Deschanel’s musical career, and the local post-hardcore band Greeley Estates’ new album, which…
Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of ’70s rock band Big Star died last night in New Orleans at age 59. The cause of death is suspected to be a heart attack, and Big Star was set to play at this year’s SXSW.The band is cemented in history as a highly…
Still bitter about the fact that the White Striped snubbed Phoenix on their last nationwide tour? Then it’s probably a good idea if you avoid watching their new documentary/concert film Under Great White Northern Lights.The flick (which is a visual compliment to a live album of the same name) contains footage…
OK, OK, so they may be from Los Angeles, but the Celtic punk rock band Flogging Molly is one of the best bands around to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with. Not only do they play fun, fast, furious tunes, they also know how to party. According to one fan, the…
Since Scottsdale band Threefold Fate describes their sound as “desert rock,” it’s no surprise this flier for the Saturday, March 20 show at Mesa’s Goat Head Saloon contains a smattering of desert-inspired images. That sunset the woman’s looking at is pretty awesome, considering the sky is both yellow and green and…
”An old broom knows the dirty corners best.” -Old Irish proverb There’s nothing like St. Patrick’s day falling on a Wednesday to separate the men from the boys. By “men” I mean the poor saps cursed with the responsibilities of grownup life, leaving them unable to really let lose mid-week…
Artist: jjTitle: jj no. 3Release date: March 9Label: Secretly CanadianIf you’ve ever found yourself up late at night and unable to sleep, you’ve probably resorted to flipping channels. Of course, you never find anything worth watching at 2:30 a.m., but sometimes those damn infomercials will find a way to hook…
Now this is cool. This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed “Imagine,” a tune that some people feel is the best song ever. The instrument – which isn’t the white piano that Lennon…
This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A’s first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with MC Ren, a rapper/writer who joined N.W.A just before the group’s meteoric rise and stayed…
“Not Bob Lindbeck!” huffs a disclaimer on the band’s MySpace page. Hey, we can dig it. You pay your dues, you put in 10 years of really solid, Being There-era-Wilco-inspired alt-country, you get one of your songs on a freakin’ iMac commercial . . . and still, people mistake you…
You know how death-metal dudes like to growl in their songs — raspy and guttural, like they’re passing broken earthenware through their belly buttons — and then alternate those sounds with clean, pitchy vocals? Raspy, soft, raspy, soft. Well, Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell was one of the first…
It’s hard to dislike Titus Andronicus. Even if you’re not a fan of main man Patrick Stickles’ distinctly Conor Oberst-aping vocals, it’s nearly impossible not to get swept up in the band’s momentum, a flurry of classic bar-band bravado and strident indie rock. Their debut album, The Airing of Grievances,…
Mike Herrera made a name for himself as the frontman of the Bremerton, Washington, three-piece punk band MxPx. That band formed in 1993 when the original members of the group — vocalist/bassist Herrera, drummer Yuri Ruley, and guitarist Andy Husted — were in high school. The band quickly became a…
Is it still the great American Rock ‘n’ Roll dream if the person living it wants to move back to Japan? Ask Masaki Murashita, the 24-year-old lead singer and guitarist of Phoenix thrashers Hemoptysis. Murashita has spent the past nine years in North America — attending high school in Canada…
The weather’s finally warmed up and spring is about to make its official debut in mere days. Sounds like the perfect time to get your ass outta the house and into the great outdoors. The members of the Ministry of EDM will celebrate the start of the season with a…
Phoenix-based Greeley Estates have long been one of the Valley’s most prominent post-hardcore acts. Their last album, Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East, earned the band glowing reviews from sites like Absolute Punk, and the band’s participation in the Vans Warped Tour helped them garner a national…
THURSDAY 18 27th Avenue Bar: Ladies Night with DJ Moy, & DJ Jared Paul (Top 40, hip-hop, Latin) Acua: Neon Gorilla with Tricky T, & guests (electro) AZ88: Mr. P-Body & Friends (classic and old-school grooves) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays…
When most married couples enter their 60s, they think about retirement and all that comes with it. You know, buying a cozy little home in Scottsdale where they can spend the remainder of their golden years just taking it easy, playing golf, and spending time with the grandkids. Fred and…
Back in the day — and by “day,” I mean the mid-’80s — a movie star wasn’t really a movie star until he cut a shitty, self-indulgent music album that bombed everywhere except Soviet satellite states. After a Don Johnson Heartbeat here and an Eddie Murphy So Happy there, the…
This week, New Times ran a box 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 are the 12 guys from N.W.A’s first album doing now? Why does Tucson have such…
