Did you guys know that loud music entices bar patrons to drink more and faster? I read this factoid in the back of a Men’s Health Magazine a while back and it prompted me to look further into this phenomena. According to WebMD, there is a French study that says…
Shotgun Willie will be “on the road again” before we know it.You know what that means: it’s time to start shopping for a new cowboy hat.Willie Nelson, Jenny Owen Youngs, Tommy Trash and other artists will be bringing their shows to the Valley very soon.The rest of this week’s shows…
As a rule, I think band’s should rip off as much as they can from Hall and Oates. I’m not talking some goofy, ironic appreciation of the fashion or mustache, I’m talking musically — Hall and Oates are badass, and their string of hit singles is an enduring example of…
New Year’s may have been a couple days ago, but let’s be honest: you probably still have a lingering headache after partying too hard. That’s okay, we’ve got you covered with our Songs To Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions, Eight Songs for Your Walk of Shame, and now…
It would seem Jacob Adler likes “difficult” music. A member of experimental outfits Zeelab, Integers Are For Counting, and Taraf Degrief, as well as avant-garde instigator behind St. Augustine’s Otoacoustic Emissions Halloween droning church service, Adler also teaches Advanced Rhythm at ASU. This Saturday, January 7, Adler will be hosting…
Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We’ve got you covered with another installment of What’s Selling. Feliz año nuevo, friends. The first What’s Selling list of 2012 is full of familiar faces, with Drake’s Take Care owning the…
So right about now you’re looking that weight rack right in the eye, cursing yourself for getting fat in the first place. But not to worry. For years, musicians have been recording songs for just this kind of thing. Your New Year’s Resolution is easier to achieve if you just…
Peoria-based indie popsters Boys and Frogs have a flair for the dramatic: witness the bands excellent and creepy videos. But the cover for the trio’s new mixtape, Sorry For the Weight (a pun regarding the wait for the band’s follow-up to their last LP, Rain Dance Snowed In) takes the…
In 2010, Billboard Magazine’s annual album sales evaluation read thusly: physical sales were sinking like a septic tank full of concrete, except for vinyl. Sales of records were up 14 percent to 2.8 million units that year. Don’t go proclaiming vinyl an industry savior. It’s hardly enough to resuscitate the…
Roll Acosta is helping us start 2012 off on the right foot with just that.Don’t miss the band’s residency at the Rogue Bar. They’ll be playing every First Friday for the first four months of the year. Best of all, they’re amping things up a bit by giving a theme to…
First, a scene from NBC’s 30 Rock: Tracy Jordan: Do you mind if I google myself in your office? Liz Lemon: Sure, Tracy. Tracy: Can I use your computer? Liz: How else are you gonna do it? Today’s installment of Record Heat (Up on the Sun’s very first post of…
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Jobing.com Arena Friday, December 30, 2011 See also: Our complete Trans-Siberian Orchestra slideshow. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a lot like Christmas itself: The pretty lights are a good distraction from how over-the-top and annoying it can be. Both have some classy elements and are good for family fun, but…
See also: Phoenix New Times New Year’s Eve Guide Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows (Minibosses, Meat Puppets, Futurekind, Gin Blossoms, Sugar Thieves We owe a lot to The Meat Puppets around here (you know, our name and all), so we’re always happy when the Kirkwood boys…
You are one paycheck away from being homeless. Me likewise. Our tomorrows hang on tinder hooks but The Love Me Nots’ future in this business of show is for certain. Why? Because no one else can do what they do when they do what they do it to you, that’s…
The best late night shows have continued to book stellar talent and impress the masses with both old and new acts this year. Many a musical guest graced the stages of Letterman, Leno, Lopez and more.Certain moments stood out to us as particularly notable. Even though quite a few of…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s some of the most memorable music stories from 2011. Enjoy! Well kids, another year of local music has…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s most outrageously offensive musical outfits. Enjoy! We’re not particularly renowned for our sense of style here at Up…
Costume parties and masquerades are only supposed to happen during the Halloween season, right? Not if it’s up to organizers behind this weekend’s Goblin King Masquerade Ball or the Fast Times at Sandbar High parties, who are encouraging revelers to flash back to the 1980s for their parties on New…
It’s been a good year for Mouse Powell. The Tempe-based rapper’s late-fall release Where It’s Cloudy made big waves, landing on music editor Jason P. Woodbury’s Top Local Releases of the year list, and Powell finished out the year performing with The Grouch and Eli. The record signs a deserved…
See also: Five Songs to Ring in the New Year Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, Futurekind Phoenix New Times New Year’s Eve Guide Well, it’s that time. Another year has come to a close. 2011 was weird,…
When I interviewed Stephen Steinbrink and Christian Filardo for this a column in this week’s paper about Kickstarter, I had no idea that they had teamed up for Condensed Nothing, a new cassette from Steinbrink issued on Filardo’s Holy Page Records label. Drawing on recordings made between December 5-23, the…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s coolest Latin tunes. Enjoy! If the 2010 Latin Grammys are any indicator, last year was a big year…
