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2011 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Life of Science Release Animated Video, New Dubstep Remix

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Okay, so let it be known that I'm a nerd -- a supernerd, even -- but I think the dudes of A Life of Science have me beat. The band's label, Sundawg Records dropped two brand new exclusives on Up on ... More >>

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  Nils Lofgren on Old School, Clarence Clemons, The E Street Band, and New Hips

  published Nov 15, 2011

  What were you doing at 17r Chances are it wasn't half as rock 'n' roll as Nils Lofgren. At that tender age, he was playing on Neil Young's seminal record, After the Gold Rush, plopped down at a piano,... More >>

• TedxPhoenix and Mergence Over the Weekend

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Mergence's 11.11.11. Show at Crescent Ballroom The 11.11.11 show featuring Mergence, Kongos, The Technicolors, and Huckleberry was long anticipated. And you could feel that excitement all throughout ... More >>

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  Loudon Wainwright III on 40 Odd Years, Rufus, Martha, and Emotionally Flashing

  published Nov 14, 2011

  The past few years have been busy for prolific songwriter Loudon Wainwright III: he revisited his early records with Recovery, a full-band effort produced by Joe Henry; won a Grammy for his High Wide ... More >>

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  Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

  published Nov 14, 2011

  There's seriously nothing I enjoy more than an hour or two killed in a good record store, but you know, this new-fangled interwebs-thing is pretty good for finding music, too. A couple weeks ago I r... More >>

• Howitzer, Delta Nove, Major Lingo, The Father Figures, and Cory Branan This Weekend

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Sometimes you see a press photo of a band and laugh. Is one guy staring artfully away from the othersr Are they pressed against a brick wallr Are they all making the goofy facer Phoenix-based metal b... More >>

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  Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets

  published Nov 11, 2011

  No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his ... More >>

• We "Drinkify" the Phoenix Bands Featured in Nylon Magazine

  published Nov 11, 2011

  It's always awesome when our fair burg gets some national attention, and this month, Nylon Magazine profiled Phoenix's music scene in its "America Issue." Writer Madeline Giles centered the spot lig... More >>

• McDowell Mountain Music Fest Announces 2012 Lineup

  published Nov 10, 2011

  For the past few years, the McDowell Mountain Music Festival has hosted a mix of jam bands and indie rock fare in the parking lot of the Compound Grill.(Previous years have featured The Flaming Lips, ... More >>

• From Print: Blogs Teased in Our November 10 Issue

  published Nov 10, 2011

  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 did Hoodlu... More >>

• Through and Through Gospel Review, Boris, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, and More in This Week's Issue

  published Nov 10, 2011

  This week's issue bring you the story of Joel Marquard's Through & Through Gospel Review, which finds the songwriter stepping away from the indie rock sound of his band Gospel Claws to explore go... More >>

• Sound Off: DJ Dana on Courtney Marie Andrews, Source Victoria, and Sun Ghost

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists... More >>

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  Odd Future at Marquee Theatre, 11/8/11

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Odd Future hates me. Okay, so not me specifically (at least I don't think), but what I do: write about music. The group's relationship with the media has been complicated. They wound of up on the co... More >>

• Key Losers @ Trunk Space

  published November 10, 2011

  California Lite, the new album from Key Losers, starts off with a fakeout — 15 seconds of weird, rumbling noise — before... More >>

• Real Estate @ The Sail Inn

  published November 10, 2011

  Before being unfairly besmirched by the cast of Jersey Shore, the beaches of New Jersey used to conjure images of boardwalks, of gray... More >>

• Boris Are Heavy as Hell, But They'd Never Call Themselves Metal

  published November 10, 2011

  It's hard to think of a band more gloriously schizophrenic and prolific than Japanese band Boris. The group dropped two records in the United... More >>

• Joel Marquard Makes a Mess of Gospel in His New Solo Project

  published November 10, 2011

  Joel Marquard has a motto: "Life is messy. That's how I like my music." Messy is the right word. How else could you describe Marquard's... More >>

• The Bo-Keys at Rhythm Room, 11/7/11

  published Nov 08, 2011

  While M83 was bringing "epic" sounds to Crescent Ballroom, a very different kind of epic was going down across town at The Rhythm Room. The Bo-Keys, seven pieces lead by Scott Bomar and featuring St... More >>

• Key Losers' Katy Davidson: "Phoenix Is Way Cooler than Portland, In a Lot of Ways."

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Though she didn't start playing music professionally until after she had moved away, Katy Davidson of Key Losers (formerly of Dear Nora) says that Phoenicians seem to be able to sense that she's a nat... More >>

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  Boris' Atsuo: "We Have Never Called Ourselves a Heavy Metal Band"

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Normally, a band releasing three albums in one year would be a big deal. But in the case of Japanese power trio Boris, the rapid-fire output is less surprising than the diversity featured on the album... More >>

• The Rock the R3volution Tour Was Supposed to Galvanize Ron Paul Supporters -- Then It Fell Apart

  published November 3, 2011

  Danny Torgersen and Trevor Denton are two very different guys. We're huddled around a table at Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe on a busy Tuesday... More >>

• Authority Zero Over the Weekend

  published Nov 07, 2011

  As we reported a few weeks ago, Authority Zero is getting ready to head across the pond for a tour of Japan. "Japan has come about from a combination of two things: one, the four records we have rele... More >>

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  Radiohead is Totally Playing Glendale

  published Nov 07, 2011

  It was over a year ago that we speculated that Radiohead, and by extension Thom Yorke, must have vowed "to never step foot in The Grand Canyon State again." Well, if there was such a edict issued by... More >>

• Record Heat by Brad Dwyer (NSFW)

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Plenty of folks like to think of The Rogue has Scottsdale's own CBGB's -- and with that excellently dingy punk rock bathroom, it's hard to argue against the club being one of the best loved dive/rock ... More >>

• Mad Men, Playboy Club, and Pan Am Feature '60s Pop Tracks From Phoenix Courtesy Fervor Records

  published Nov 07, 2011

  March just can't come fast enough for me. I miss Mad Men something fierce, and season four left me with so many questions (I won't spoil anything if you haven't caught up, but man, could Betty have be... More >>