If there were ever an artist who has passed the half-century mark in age and is making new works every bit as engaging, if not more so, than what was created in their so-called “prime,” it has to be Nick Cave. Well, we can throw Bob Dylan and his last…
For £7.50 ($12.27), fans can download ten out of a possible twenty tracks, create their own album art and then sell the album — earning £1 every time their particular version is downloaded. Every one of the twenty Tony Visconti-produced tracks can be listened to before being chosen.Drummer Rick Wilson…
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will be honored at Spike TV’s “Guys Choice” awards on Friday, June 10. And what does he get for playing guitar and surviving rampant drug use for almost 50 years? Brass balls, of course. We imagine Richards is one of those “guys who have everything,”…
Today is First Friday, which means a few blocks of central Phoenix will be transformed into an art walk/street fair tonight. But in addition to the art, antics, and people, First Friday offers a variety of live, local music.Here are some highlights of what’s going on where with local music…
Crystal AntlersThe Rhythm RoomThursday, June 2Last night, outside of The Rhythm Room, Damien Edwards of Crystal Antlers explained to me some of the band’s punk cred. “Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag, OFF!) is like our godfather,” the lanky percussionist said, smoking an American Spirit. “He saw us play in…
Devin BerkoThe director is the co-founder of Ber Co. Productions, specializing in music videos, commercials, and creative content. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 103.9-FM. What’s the last song played on your music player? “Jack Sparrow” by…
, according to NME.Australian scientists have concluded that the behavior of great whites was affected in different ways when different kinds of music was played in the water around them.When a diver played the music of AC/DC, the sharks’ behavior became “more investigative, more inquisitive, and a lot less aggressive,” said…
It was just a few weeks ago that we profiled Danny Zelisko Presents, the new venture by the longtime Valley concert promoter and radio DJ. DZP has announced a whole slew of new shows, all scheduled to take place at new downtown venue The Foundry on First boasting a 1,500-capacity…
Veteran Mesa punk band Authority Zero recently released a new video for the track “Big Bad World” from their 2010 album, Stories of Survival. The reggae-tinged song and accompanying video were inspired by the ongoing economic crisis. In a recent blog post on Buzznet.com, lead vocalist Jason DeVore described the…
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.Why is local band Born Loser and the Hangers On launching an LGBT awareness campaign?Were Tegan and Sara…
Bjork has finally started dishing out the details of her upcoming iPad-inspired album, Biophilia, according to Paste.The Icelandic singer made her initial announcement about the album back in March but didn’t say much about it at the time. Now she has revealed that the album was partially made on an iPad.The…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.The Rhythm RoomWednesday, June 1, 2011Spoiler alert: If you’re at all up to date on any recent NASCAR happenings, there will be a totally corny comparison later in this review. For now, however, I will focus my energies on what took place last night at the Rhythm…
Peoria rock band Hogjaw gets classified as “Southern rock” a lot, a tag the band doesn’t shy away from. But there’s more going on than mere Molly Hatchet worship when it comes to the band’s music — a greasy combo of metal, punk, and classic guitar rock influences. The band…
British garage pop rockers Arctic Monkeys’ next album, Suck It and See, hits American store shelves Monday, June 6 — but some stores are going to censor the album cover, according to singer Alex Turner in a recent interview with London radio station XFM 104.9.Turner wouldn’t name specific stateside stores,…
Old 97’s should have hit it big in the late ’90s, when fellow alt-country bands like Whiskeytown were riding the No Depression wave to success. Over the course of their 18-year career, Old 97’s (named after a Johnny Cash cover) have toured consistently with the original lineup. And although they…
Kansas’ 1977 hit “Dust in the Wind” is a pretty serious song. Penned by guitarist Kerry Livgren, it’s straight out of the book of Ecclesiastes, a mournful, solemn existential statement that nothing lasts, no one lives forever, and at the end of the day, we aren’t much more than dirt…
Over the years, Aceyalone (pronounced Ace-ee-alone) has released enough smart, meandering rhymes that his collection could have driven even the most dedicated hip-hop heads to boredom — maybe even himself, if his last two albums are any indication. After a sensible collaboration with RJD2 on the critically acclaimed Magnificent City…
The official blog of old-school OC punk rockers CH3 might not be the first place you’d think to go to in search of a review of Glee. But don’t miss out; it’s well worth a read. Over the course of more than 1,200 words, a CH3 member band articulates a…
Front Line Assembly founder Bill Leeb cut his musical chops in one of the most influential industrial bands of all time, Skinny Puppy. While Skinny Puppy’s known for its dark, gloomy tunes, Front Line Assembly’s taken a flashier (but still ambient) tack. If Leeb’s old band was Dracula, Front Line…
You won’t catch Tim Neilson (a.k.a. Johnny Volume) loading up the latest remixes by The Twelves or fiddling with Serrato Scratch Live on a Macbook when performing during Delinquency. Nope, the 36-year-old keeps thing far more lo-fi during the biweekly punk night at Yucca Tap Room, 29 West Southern Avenue…
Winter’s Bone, the 2010 film adapted from Daniel Woodrell’s 2006 book of the same name, tells the story of Ree Dolly, who must navigate the treacherous, meth-ruined landscape of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri, in search of her erstwhile father, Jessup. The bank is closing in on the home she…
“Gather around, ugly children, and uncle Mushroomhead will tell you a story.” But these are no ordinary stories. The tales told on Cleveland industrial/metal outfit Mushroomhead’s latest album, Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children, are the stuff of nightmares. The band has stated the album title came from an ’80s comic…
