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.How was watching Green Day like a nostalgia trip for one reviewer?What happens to teenagers when they’re…
It’s a pretty slow week for just announced shows, but be that as it may, this week truly is a case study in quality over quantity. D.C. punk revivalists Ted Leo & The Pharmacists lead this savvy pack of announcements, and they are a band who knows how to have fun…
This week’s music feature is on X Japan’s breakthrough into the American music scene. They recently performed in the U.S. for the very first time and made their debut at Lollapalooza. The Japanese metal super group has grown to have an impressive cult-like following, and seems to be the first…
In this Thursday’s issue writer Dan Gibson provided an excellent analysis of why Paramore’s singer is forever tethered to her rather boring band.”The Paramore Paradox: Why Hayley Williams Can’t Leave the Band That Made Her Famous” is here.The piece caught Ms. Williams eye, it seems. She’s since blogged it and…
Song: T.I., “Outro”Context: Really loving Fuck A Mixtape. As always plenty of real talk from T.I.P. — love the barcode bit. T.I. – “Outro” by cizmar…
[jump] What seems like a rather simple concept is beautifully accomplished by the heretofore anonymous music critic behind the mini-discogs. Take, for example, The Replacements: How could you possibly sum up Weezer’s entire career better than that in a shorter amount of time? You simply cannot — hence the brilliance…
Former Britney Spears bodyguard Fernando Flores, 28, is filing a lawsuit against the pop star, according to Billboard.Flores claims that Spears would be nude in his presence, dressed up in provocative clothing for him, made sexual advances, and would even have sex in front of him. Have some class, Britney…..
“Who are these guys, anyway?” a photographer standing next to me asks, firing his camera like a machine gun. In front of us, assembled on a small platform, is a five-piece band, glammed-out with feathered hair, studded collars, ornate crosses and skulls, and cloaks of faux fur. I could tell…
Hayley Williams says she’s not leaving Paramore. Even though she sang the hook on B.o.B’s “Airplanes,” one of the biggest songs of the summer, and seems perfectly set up to stop splitting Paramore’s paychecks five ways, you have to take her at her word. Why? Because Paramore is possibly the…
Not to be confused with Wolf Parade, AIDS Wolf, Wolfmother, Patrick Wolf, Wolf Eyes, Peanut Butter Wolf, Steppenwolf, Howlin’ Wolf, and the approximately 13,947 other “wolf” bands, Sea Wolf is the nom de indie folk of Los Angeles singer-guitarist Alex Brown Church. It may also be the least “wolf-like” of…
If Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke had a less talented baby that grew up, went to Duke University, and joined a frat, the result would be Mike Posner. His music sounds as if it came from an episode of Jersey Shore and is inundated with name-branded shout-outs for such products…
THURSDAY 9 27th Avenue Bar: R&B Thursdays (old-school R&B) Afterlife: Filthy Thursdays with Silent J, Casanova, Marc Elliot, Cris Castro, & more (dubstep, electro, breakbeats, drum ‘n’ bass, underground hip-hop) Airia Nightclub: Ladies Night with DJ Circle, & D-JR (hip-hop, Top 40, remixes, house, electro) AZ88: Josh One (rare groove,…
The bank account of Pickster One is probably growing exponentially by the day, what with everything that the obscenely talented turntable artist has piled on his plate lately. Besides his longstanding Blunt Club residency and his Tuesday joint at the new Rocky Point Cantina in Tempe, the 33-year-old spends his…
Nothing says soft rock quite like Michael Bolton. This year marks the silver anniversary of the debut album from the notoriously cheesy adult-contemporary hunk. Yup, it’s been 25 years since Bolton started wooing the fairer sex with his vibrato-filled crooning. But the 57-year-old singer hasn’t always been into the smooth…
Nowhere is the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” more applicable than the music business. This is why you could probably use a refresher course on Los Angeles fuzz-rockers Autolux. Six years ago — that’s nearly two decades in blog time — Autolux had a lot going for them…
Even if you enjoy the music of Kings of Leon — and with the older stuff, that’s acceptable, but I’m warning you that now is the time to jump off the bandwagon — those shitting pigeons were a harbinger of doom. The Kings’ most recent album is the straw of…
When I was 13 years old, my family and I moved to Arizona from Tennessee, passing through Oklahoma on the drive. Crossing the border from Arkansas into the Sooner State, we broke into a jovial, off-key sing-along. You know that Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!? The musical’s signature song memorably…
Name: InterpolTitle: InterpolRelease date: September 7Label: Matador The good news is that in the battle of 2010 Joy Division acolytes, Interpol’s new record is miles ahead of the one released earlier this year by Editors. The bad news is, that ain’t sayin’ much. Editors seem to copying Joy Division’s sound…
Grab that box of crayons, sharpen your colored pencils, and dampen your water colors: Tempe rockers Gospel Claws announced a poster coloring contest. Contestants can download the poster, drawn by Jennifer Campbell, here and read up on the official rules here. The quintet will pick their favorite entry on October 10 and use…
When Phoenix metalcore band The Word Alive told a New Times reporter it was “about time” the year-old band got signed it was clear the guys were either really smart or really cocky.It’s apparently the former: The band’s new full-length, Deceiver, landed at #96 on the Billboard Top 100. They’re…
It seems like just yesterday our old pal Psyko Steve was pushing some sort of indie rock bowling event thingy he was trying to put together. Turns out the event was a smashing success — as was its successor — so now we’re looking forward to the The 3rd Annual…
The three-day Labor Day weekend was filled with all manner of wild wingdings throughout the Valley. Some party monsters kept it going strong for four straight nights, including the dudes, dames, and dimes that hit the Crown Room in Scottsdale on Monday, September 6. No one seemed to mind the…
