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2012 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Ladylike, Crescent Ballroom, 5/25/12 (Video)

  published May 26, 2012

  Ladylike, Factories, Gospel Claws, Steff Koeppen and The Articles Crescent Ballroom Friday, May 25, 2012 See also: Ladylike Approaches '70s Pop With Sharp Tools In this week's music feature the men ... More >>

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  Up on the Sun: The Podcast Episode 9 with A Place to Bury Strangers

  published May 25, 2012

  "Loud" is the most common description of A Place to Bury Strangers, the New York-based trio of Robi Gonzalez (drums), Oliver Ackermann (guitar/vocals), and Dion Lunadon (bass guitar). But loud is only... More >>

• Ladylike Says the Honeymoon Is Over

  published May 24, 2012

  See also: Ladylike Approaches '70s Pop With Sharpened Tools Records don't often sound as effortless as Ladylike's self-titled debut. The Tempe-based power-pop combo subtly incorporates disparate elem... More >>

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  Download: Dead Eyes of London's Strutting "You're My Queen"

  published May 24, 2012

  See also: Dead Eyes of London Aim For Loose Grooves In this week's issue of New Times, Lauren Wise speaks with modern-rockers-turned-retro-garage-soul fetishists ... More >>

• From Print: Blogs Teased in Our May 24 Issue

  published May 24, 2012

  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 deceas... More >>

• Ear Candy Teams With Scottsdale Leadership

  published May 23, 2012

  Valley charity Ear Candy -- which gets instruments out of closets and sheds and into the hands of Arizona school kids -- has teamed up with some notable names. Like the dance party residents at Sticky... More >>

• Bill Horist @ Trunk Space

  published May 24, 2012

  "I'm not of the 'avant-garde über alles' mindset," guitarist Bill Horist says on the phone from Seattle, where he's lived and... More >>

• Reggie Watts @ Crescent Ballroom

  published May 24, 2012

  Don't worry if you have trouble categorizing what exactly Brooklyn-based artist Reggie Watts does. Is it performance art? Music? Comedy? It's... More >>

• Ladylike Approaches '70s Pop With Sharpened Tools

  published May 24, 2012

  Free online music service Spotify has plenty of fans (and nearly as many vocal detractors) but let's stick to the facts. According to the music... More >>

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  The Cult's Ian Astbury Ain't No Caveman (He's the Wolf Child)

  published May 22, 2012

  British rock band The Cult have a new album out today, Choice of Weapon. It's good -- a remarkably heavy record without a trace of "heft for the sake of heft." The songs sound exactly like The Cult, b... More >>

• Remembering Robin Gibb, and Show Reviews of Spiritualized, El Tri, and The Dandy Warhols Over the Weekend

  published May 21, 2012

  "The End of the Quaver," Robin Gibb's Greatest Hits Robin Gibb, of legendary psychedelic popsters turned disco kings The Bee Gees, has passed away at age 62. If you first learned of Robin Gibb's dete... More >>

• Record Heat: Minibosses at Bookmans in Mesa by Brad Dwyer

  published May 21, 2012

  See also: Three Nerd Concerts to Celebrate Phoenix Comicon A lot of the time, I open Record Heat with some flimsy parallel between the world of comics and music -- worlds that have been well connect... More >>

• Spiritualized, Crescent Ballroom, 5/19/12

  published May 20, 2012

  Spiritualized Crescent Ballroom Saturday, May 19 See also: Spiritualized's Jason Pierce on Sweet Heart Sweet Light See also: Spiritualized's Jason Pierce on How Amazing The Liver Is J. Spaceman did... More >>

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  Rise Against Ends Boycott of Arizona; Sound Strike Changes Focus

  published May 18, 2012

  We're not going to come out and say that the Sound Strike -- the commercial boycott of Arizona by a group of bands, musicians, and artists launched in May, 2010 -- is over, but we're not not saying th... More >>

• Up on the Sun: The Podcast Episode 8 with Bill Horist, TwinGiant, and More

  published May 18, 2012

  Seattle guitarist Bill Horist has been making records since the early '90s, and he's racked up the kind of avant-garde credentials any would-be guitar mangler would kill for. He's worked with John Zor... More >>

• From Print: Blogs Teased in Our May 17 Issue

  published May 17, 2012

  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. Ever wonder wha... More >>

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  Dee Snider Talks About His New Book, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic, and New Album

  published May 16, 2012

  Dee Snider fronted heavy metal act Twisted Sister in the '70s and '80s, but we'd forgive you for knowing him more for reality TV, radio, voice acting, screenwriting, and hanging out with Donald Trump.... More >>

• Sparta @ Crescent Ballroom

  published May 17, 2012

  When famed post-hardcore/art-rock spazz combo At the Drive-In broke up in 2001, the lines were clearly drawn. Vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and... More >>

• MC Trap Taps '80s Drama and Real Life in Equal Measure

  published May 17, 2012

  In 2008, NBC tried to reboot the legendary '80s program Knight Rider, casting Justin Bruening as the son of David Hasselhoff's Michael... More >>

• KUKQ Phoenix Locks in Programming Schedule

  published May 15, 2012

  See also: KUKQ Returns to Phoenix (Via the Internet) See also: KUKQ Phoenix Launches Online; We Speak With Nancy Stevens, Craven Moorehead, and Jonathan L KUKQ Phoenix -- the Internet radio station b... More >>

• Record Heat: Why the Hell Are You So Sadr by Brad Dwyer

  published May 14, 2012

  See also: Six Against Me! Songs We Can't Wait to Hear Tom Gabel Sing as a Woman In an election year, it's normal for the national conversation to get heated. "War on Women," "War on Marriage," "War o... More >>

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  Drake's Club Paradise Tour, Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, 5/10/12

  published May 11, 2012

  Drake's Club Paradise Tour featuring Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Waka Flocka Flame, J. Cole, and Drake Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion Thursday, May 10 See also: Drake's Take Care Is a ... More >>

• Up on the Sun: The Podcast, featuring Isaiah Toothtaker, DJ Smite's Beastie Boys Tribute, and More

  published May 11, 2012

  See also: Up on the Sun: The Podcast, featuring Mitch Freedoms Soul Jam Selections Welcome to another episode of Up on the Sun's weekly podcast. This week we're joined by Tucson MC/tattooist/direct... More >>

• See Alice Cooper's Dark Shadows Costume at the Musical Instrument Museum

  published May 11, 2012

  See also: Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy When Alice Cooper, Phoenix's resident lord of the underworld/radio personality/Christian... More >>

• Greg Lake Is Not a Fan of "Progressive Rock"

  published May 10, 2012

  Greg Lake says he doesn't have a whole lot of time to listen to music. He's too busy playing it, as he's done since the 1960s, doing time as a member of King Crimson, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, The Go... More >>