Radius hosted Electroball, its first 18-and-over rave on Wednesday, November 23. Axis was closed off, but guests had plenty to be thankful for at this pre-Thanksgiving bash. DJs Henry Dilema, Sean Watson, and EddieNMarco provided the house, hip-hop, and dubstep beats while the crowd danced under a cover of fog,…
By this time you should be out of your turkey coma, foraging through your garage for that shabby box labeled: Christmas Lights. All that talk about department stores jumping the gun after Halloween is behind us, because it’s time to show your Christmas cheer and light the night skies with…
There won’t be any pulsating electronica beats or brutal dubstep drops coming from Rockbar Inc. in Scottsdale. Instead, Craftsman Court’s newest nightspot (which opened during Thanksgiving weekend) will be the home of killer guitar riffs, sweet licks, and epic drum solos. According to co-owners Brian Mrochinski and Alex Mundy, the musical…
Even with rumors rumbling that the Big Four (soon to be three?) will cease producing CDs at the end of 2012, Seattle-based label Light in the Attic has teamed with Rhino Handmade to help distribute ultra-deluxe compact discs. Turns out, certain people (collectors) still want some physical, musical products, provided…
If you want to get noticed on the internet, cats are an easy way to do it. If you have any doubts, just watch this Catvertising video. Roar, a local pop/indie band got hip to the cat formula for its most recent music video, “I Can’t Handle Change.” Sporting a…
Legendary concert promoter Barry Fey’s Twitter bio is pretty revealing: “Its Barry Fey. I am a rock promoter. I have promoted a few shows here and there. Maybe you have heard of me?” Fey, “The Rockfather,” retired from the business in 1997, but not before establishing himself as one of…
With the impending arrival of Filter Magazine’s Phoenix newsletter, it feels like a lot of eyes are on our music scene. Here’s hoping Filter digs in and really investigates. I did so in April 2010, attempting the goal of going out to a different show every night for the entire…
We’re used to being shown a whole lot of fliers here at Up On The Sun. Each of them is artistically unique in its own way. But none of them has ever struck me quite like this one.What Laura Says has an absolutely beautiful flier for their upcoming show at…
For as much awareness that has been brought upon HIV in recent years, it’s still called an “unhuggable” disease because of the stigmas and misconceptions surrounding it — though, no, hugging someone with AIDS will not cause you to catch it yourself (duh).In an effort to educate community members and…
After Thanksgiving comes and goes, it seems like just about everyone gets into the holiday spirit. Even the creepy, strange and misguided among us (which describes most of the lovely Up on the Sun staff, now that we think about it). We’re not sure what these artists were thinking when…
Like most of you, I was pretty surprised by that Radiohead concert announcement, but you know, this one might actually take the cake: Guns N’ Roses is coming to Comerica Theatre on Tuesday, December 27. G N’ R fans might be soured by the current lineup (Axl backed by DJ…
In a profile of Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem I wrote for this week’s issue, I relayed the tale of 42-year-old local radio producer and metalhead Anthony “Spanky” Pranke. Pranke and a few of his chums endeared themselves to Mayhem bassist Necrobutcher and a Norwegian TV crew while they were…
Holiday shows suck. At least the kind your mom is going to drag you to. You know the drill: some over-rated, over-the-hill songstress belting out every cliché Christmas song she can think of, including “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.” God, that song is just the…
In “Take it Or Regret It,” one of my favorite pieces of music writing this year, songwriter and Seattle Weekly columnist John Roderick wrote: Music writers aren’t engaged in a conspiracy of bitterness and bad taste (at least not most of them), they’re just trying to make their deadlines. When…
The ’70s stunna is going to help you get your adult contemporary groove on when he comes to Phoenix.Neil Diamond, Social Distortion, Handsome Furs and other bands will be bringing some stellar performances to the Valley soon.The rest of this week’s shows after the jump…..
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. Now that Black Friday is mercifully behind us, we can move on to Music Store Monday. A day that doesn’t require you…
Busy giving thanks over your four-day weekend? Don’t worry, here’s what you missed at Up on the Sun: Sister Cities and Doctor Bones The Rogue Bar kicked off Saturday night with a charismatic and interactive performance by Doctor Bones followed by local charmers Sister Cities. Both bands were on point…
Just in time for today’s repeat of Record Store Day on Black Friday, here’s some killer news for Valley vinylphiles and music nerds: Michael Pawlicki, one of the co-owners of the now-defunct Eastside Records, will be opening a pop-up-style record store near the Yucca Tap Room sometime in the coming…
Though malls and retail have already been doing it for a couple weeks, we’re going to go ahead and make an official statement: It’s now totally okay to listen to Christmas music. And while plenty of Xmas jams are mind numbing, annoying earworms, there’s always some good to be had…
Jacki Orr The multi-media artist, humorist, performer and publisher of the ladies’ indie adult naughty mag PoolBoy Magazine hosts First Friday Night Live Friday, December 2 at The Firehouse at 11 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door or $5 online here. $7 tix at the door or $5 online here…
Although no one in the music industry with a whiff of official about them is on record as saying so, it’s been widely reported throughout the blogosphere that the remaining three major record labels will cease manufacturing CDs before the end of 2012. For those who came of age during…
From Keith Richards’ blood transfusion to Ozzy Osbourne’s bat-biting, rumor and lore have been critical to rock music’s appeal, and no act maintains a more infamous collection of legends than Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem. To make a long and bloody story short (but still bloody): In 1991, Mayhem singer…
