Phoenix psych rockers The General Electric are knee deep into the recording of their debut LP. The quartet were originally slated to play the Lost Leaf last night but have had to alter their performance schedule as they put the finishing touches on their as of yet, unnamed debut album…
GTL: The process of staying fresh and mint. Stands for “Gym, tan, laundry.” Must be done every day to achieve maximum potential. Side effects may include fist pumping. Coined by the eloquent Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from MTV’s ground breaking Jersey Shore. You gotta GTL everyday to make sure you’re…
In this week’s olde-timey paper edition we told you all about local rapper MegaRan, who delivers slick rhymes and rapid-fire lyrics inspired (mostly) by classic video games like Mega Man 2 and Final Fantasy VII, and is appearing live at Martini Ranch tomorrow night. We also mentioned a couple of…
Thrice has been a staple in the alternative rock world for more than a decade. But even to those paying close attention, the band’s extensive catalog is hard to keep up with. Their eighth album, Major/Minor, was released on September 20 and is –as usual– another stage in the band’s…
Pale Face Sailor, Another Tomorrow, Woodworks, and Every Letter will all be sharing the stage with Quick Henry to bring you a great start to your weekend.If you want to witness the action, check out the scene at the Rogue Bar on Friday night. It all starts at 9 p.m…
What kind of music do you listen to? It’s an honest question that rarely yields an honest answer. After all, the wrong answer could get you shunned in certain circles. However, a more complex question could very easily be, what kind of music does your band play? With lines blurring…
Indie’s Viva Voce, the husband-wife duo of Anita and Kevin Robinson, never had to fall back on “being cute.” Music lead them to each other, not vice versa. They’ve toured extensively over the better part of the last six years, including a stint with The Shins and local boys Jimmy…
You’ll find this week’s issue wrapped up in our annual Best of Phoenix special. This week, Chris Hassiotis takes us into the world of teacher-turned-rapper MegaRan, who is taking the world of nerd-rap by storm. We’ve also got short features on blink-182, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are scheduled to…
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 does NPR’s music blog have to say about Sister Cities? What does Halocene’s Addie Nicole…
If you have trace memories of immortal Houston blues-rock combo ZZ Top, it’s probably of two bears with long beards spinning guitars, a drummer without a beard (named Beard), and legs (“she’s got . . . ’em”). A few years before that, though, just before punk broke, Circus Magazine described…
Depending on your perspective, Incubus was either the last big alternative band of the ’90s or the first big post-alternative act of the 2000s. Make Yourself, the band’s 1999 release, launched them into radio-dominating superstardom, featuring enough concessions to the burgeoning nu-metal scene to fit in with System of a…
Love connections turned musical duos, like The White Stripes and Matt & Kim, often attract attention, but the unique chemistry sometimes steals the spotlight from the music itself. And, yeah, that often happens with Viva Voce, too. Everyone loves a love story, even if the band doesn’t particularly like to…
Breathe In, Breathe Out is the new record from The Zombies. Yeah, those Zombies, the band that recorded “She’s Not There,” “Time of the Season,” and “Care of Cell 44.” The band that recorded Odyssey and Oracle, which created the framework for most modern psychedelic pop. The new record finds…
Growing old in rock ‘n’ roll is one tricky beast, especially when you are Blondie, a band with a catalog defined by youth culture: sleek, sexy, funky, and ever stylish. Panic of Girls, the new record from Blondie, struggles with the contradiction. At 66, it’s hard to think of singer…
Sophia Gunn has been spinning in the Valley for years, which is exactly how she learned to blend old and new elements. She brings her “younger” humble beginnings to some of the Valley’s hottest nights and mashes them with new technology to give her turntabling skills a fresh edge. She…
Man quits day job. Spends hours a day playing video games. Speaks in rhyme. Travels country for weeks, never settling in one place. This could be a cautionary tale. This could be a diagram of a man’s descent into unemployment, antisocial behavior and, ultimately, madness. This could be game over…
It takes only about 40 seconds of “Up All Night,” the first single from blink-182’s new album, Neighborhoods, for the track to feel like a statement. That isn’t to say that what comes before that mark (skittering electronic flourishes and a punk rock riff huge enough for the stadiums) is…
It’s September, which means that most music nerds are deep into their “Albums of the Year” process. I’m no different. I’ve got about 15 drafts of my list, and the name Unknown Mortal Orchestra appears on most of them. The Portland-via-New Zealand band’s eponymous debut alternately recalls Led Zeppelin, Prince,…
Thursday 29 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage (Top 40) Afterlife: Thumpin’ Thursdays (various) AZ 88: Josh One (various) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ Mendez (hip-hop, dance, Top 40) Bobby Q’s: DJ Deuce (hip-hop) BS West: Intravenous Thursdays (goth, industrial, electronic, ’80s) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ JS3 (various) Carly’s Bistro:…
When a legendary band comes out with a new record, it’s easy to get nervous. Such was the case when I received a copy of Breathe Out, Breathe In, the new record from The Zombies, a band celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Could the new songs live up to…
Sunday nights are usually pretty uneventful, but Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand drew a huge crowd of Scottsdale’s finest to Smashboxx on September 25. The turnout was as good as the crowd was attractive. Check out lots gorgeous tans and beautiful teeth in this week’s Club Candids slideshow…
Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, where 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 email…
