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 best videos. Enjoy! Quite a few bomb-ass videos have been released this year. Some of them were goofy…
You’ve got to admit, Up on the Sun has been doing a pretty kick ass job of making the holiday music season, dare we say it, bearable. From posts that include the Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck series, to “Un-Christmas” and Metal songs for Christmas lists, we’ve pretty much got…
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. Today’s list comes from contributor Melissa Fossum. Maybe I’m too indecisive for my own good, but year-end lists are always a challenge. Most Up on…
Folks, it’s just a few days more until that jolly old elf slides down your chimneys, so we at Up On the Sun have been loading you up with a ton o’ tunes to get you through the season. For instance: Are you in a grinchy mood? Check out our…
Bevin O’Neill O’Neill is a chef at The Grind and Chick Rotisserie Bar (opening soon). When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Arizona sports radio.What’s the first album you bought? The Clash, Combat Rock. What’s the first concert you saw?…
Do you miss the polyrhythmic guitars and glottal growls of Packrat? Well, the band misses you, too. So much that they’ve reformed after a brief hiatus to offer some math-rock cheer to the Trunk Space on Christmas Eve Eve. Boasting the divisive declaration that “Nirvana sucks” on their Facebook page,…
Everyone loves The Beatles. Anyone who says they don’t “get” The Beatles is simply saying it for the sake of playing devil’s advocate. Yeah, it’s annoying, but we tolerate those people because we’re open-minded folk who appreciate an opposing point of view. Even if it’s wrong. On Friday, November 4,…
The Compound Grill, the Phoenix venue and eatery has hosted its share of touring classic rock veterans like Mickey Hart and Timothy B. Schmit. “I’ve heard of them,” you say, “but this Paul Gurvitz and the New Army has me scratching my recognition meter.” Well, with his brother Adrian Gurvitz,…
So, they say the holidays are a time for family, for friends, for gratitude. Well, okay, then. Here’s something we’re grateful for: Our local bands who contribute to the ever-developing Valley culture. For example, there’s A Boy Named Sioux, Rob Toner’s lauded outlaw country band. The band’s celebrating local culture…
One of the more curious entries in last year’s Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics’ poll was a fan-made (not commercially released) compilation of early Bob Seger material titled Never Mind the Bullets, Here’s Early Bob Seger. The album was ranked 111, beating out releases by Tom Petty, Elton…
Somewhere in America, Jeff Miller’s ears are burning. The towering vocalist of defunct Bay Area hardcore act Bad Posture, which used to hang with the likes of Dead Kennedys and Flipper during punk’s early-’80s glory days, is getting dissed something fierce by local record store owner Michael Pawlicki. The 49-year-old…
Despite the near-constant backbiting and backstabbing that seems to take place in the Valley’s music scene, it’s kinda cool that artists will band together to help out an old friend in their time of need. To wit: A slew of old-school DJs and music-scene veterans will gather on Sunday, December…
In the four years since releasing her debut album, Urban Myths, North Phoenix native singer/songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews has toured the country with Jimmy Eat World (including a performance at Coachella), been featured in a top style/culture magazine (Nylon, earlier this year), and recorded three more albums. Oh, and she…
It took him 15 years, but Axl Rose did it. Whether you loved it or hated it (general consensus leans toward the latter), Guns N’ Roses released Chinese Democracy, the band’s long-awaited follow-up to The Spaghetti Incident, in 2008. And though the record didn’t exactly tank (614,000 units sold as…
Thursday 22 Afterlife: Thumpin’ Thursdays (various) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ Danny Peru (old school, Latin, Top 40) Crescent Ballroom: Boomstick! with Jared Alan, BC/AD, President Gator, Fast Eddie, & more (various) Dollhouse Cocktail Lounge: DJ Jon…
I finally made it into The Ghost of Eastside Records last night, and it was awesome. A little hard to find, sure (someone yank that “Records” sign from Smoke Shop Records, er, Headquarters and hang it up at the new spot), but worth the search. What it lacks in size…
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 are we spinning? Up on the Sun’s best music of 2011 lists. Could Guns N’…
To say that just a few celebrations will be taking place on New Year’s Eve is a huge understatement. Pretty much any and every drinking or dining establishment will be counting down the seconds until 2012 before popping corks at midnight.So the question is not if you’ll be celebrating on…
Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If you would like your songs to be considered for future Sound Off columns, please…
The true test of any bar’s popularity isn’t if it’s crowded on Friday or Saturday (every place is like that), but rather if it’s just as busy on an off night like Sunday. Based upon the amount of people that crammed themselves inside SideBar during Retro Hi-Fi on Sunday, December…
Big ups to Wayne Coyne and the gang, who took on approximately one project in every month of 2011 and somehow managed to pull it off. They’re one of the greatest and weirdest psychedelic bands out there, and you’ve got to love ’em.Let’s take a trip down memory lane and…
Punk is a dish best served in a confined space. Wait, that’s all wrong isn’t it? Proverbs are always calling to me; Klingon or otherwise. But let’s get back to the point here. A lot of people are pretty damn excited about the sort-of-rebirth of Eastside Records and with good…
