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2011 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Wild Flag Is Indie Rock's Female Supergroup

  published October 27, 2011

  In 2010, former Sleater-Kinney guitarist and NPR blogger Carrie Brownstein announced she was starting a new band. A MySpace page went up. No... More >>

• Top Five Concert Picks For This Weekend: Bob Log III, Method Man, Authority Zero, Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns, and Broadway Calls

  published Nov 04, 2011

  You've got to be one bad, weirdo mofo for King Khan, leader of The Shrines, 1/2 of King Khan and BBQ show (before duo went bust), and about a thousand other obscure soul-funk-garage releases, to dedic... More >>

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  Immortal Technique to Play Sound Strike Benefit Show in Phoenix

  published Nov 04, 2011

  "There is no better time, or more perfect setting, for the powerful voice and uplifting message of Immortal Technique." That's how a Sound Strike press release reads regarding an upcoming performance ... More >>

• Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Birthday parties for 13-year-olds are usually pretty awkward (or maybe I'm thinking of my own, just-sorta-pubescent 13th birthday), but that doesn't seem to be the case with Hoodlums Music's 13th birt... More >>

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  Nobunny, Mangled Men, JJCNV, and Andrew and his Feisty Felines at Yucca Tap Room, 11/2/11

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Nobunny, Mangled Men, JJCnV, and Andrew and his Feisty Felines Yucca Tap Room Wednesday, November 2, 2011 I think my favorite part of my recent JFA/skate punk oral history was Brian Brannon's descri... More >>

• Sun Ghost, Captain Squeegee on Ron Paul: Excerpts From Our Interview

  published Nov 03, 2011

  We've done a lot of coverage on the Rock the R3volution tour, from its announcement to almost inevitable collapse. The confluence of music and politics has always been interesting to me. Political art... More >>

• Odd Future, Rock the r3volution, tUnE-yArDs, and More in This Week's Issue

  published Nov 03, 2011

  This week's issue is a weird one. In our feature, Danny Torgersen and Trevor Denton of Captain Squeegee and Sun Ghost discuss the Rock the R3volution tour, a musical celebration of Ron Paul. Yeah -- ... More >>

• From Print: Blogs Teased in Our November 3 Issue

  published Nov 03, 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 does Henry... More >>

• Sound Off: Peachcake's Stefan Pruett on Moe'Z Art, Hemoptysis, and Decker

  published Nov 02, 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 >>

• Active Child's Pat Grossi on Irony, and Sounds From Another Era

  published Nov 02, 2011

  The '80s. Pretty much since they ended, there has been mini-to-full-scale '80s revivals every few years, with New Wave, dance punk, vintage hip-hop and other sounds of the cocaine-decade repurposed by... More >>

• Celebrate National Novel Writing Month with Five Musician/Novelists

  published Nov 01, 2011

  People like to dedicate the month of November to specific tasks. Say, growing a mustache (Movember) or writing a novel (National Novel Writing Month). One dude who clearly knows how to do both is Nick... More >>

• Halloween at Bar Smith

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Last weekend was full of fun Halloween parties, and Bar Smith exceeded expectations with this week's edition of Sticky Fingers. Don Bolles of The Germs headlined this hipster dance party full of movie... 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 >>

• YUS @ Crescent Ballroom

  published November 3, 2011

  Okay, so we're going to come clean. When we saw that Phoenix-based electro/indie/hip-hop dude YUS had a tune called "Hunger Strike" on his... More >>

• Halloween Otoacoustic Emissions at St. Augustine's Church in Tempe

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Otoacoustic Emissions at St. Augustine's Church in Tempe Monday, October 31, 2011 According to the Billboard Contemporary Christian Music charts, "Courageous," by the Georgia-based band Casting Crown... More >>

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  Roger Waters is Coming Back To US Airways Center

  published Nov 01, 2011

  The last time Roger Waters pulled a big marketing stunt, it made a lot of people really mad -- so I'm not at all surprised that the piggy bank that showed up yesterday at the New Times building proves... More >>

• Rock The R3volution Tour Goes Belly Up, Tempe Show Still Scheduled

  published Oct 31, 2011

  On the official Rock the Revolution site, presidential candidate Ron Paul says: "I always knew that if you were going to have a revolution, you needed two things. Young people, and music." Well, it ... More >>

• Up on the Sun's Halloween (Video) Mixtape

  published Oct 31, 2011

  We know it's a school/work night and all, but it's still Halloween, which means you have a perfect excuse for shucking off the Monday blues and getting creepy. There's plenty going on around the Valle... More >>

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  Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

  published Oct 31, 2011

  It's happened to us all. You're excited to catch a show, and in your over-exuberance, you wind up drinking too much and missing the whole thing. This week's installment of Record Heat finds Brad Dwye... More >>

• Weekend Roundup: Loren Battle, Don Bolles of The Germs, Anvil, Charlie Shooter, Honey Tonk CMAs

  published Oct 28, 2011

  Regardless of where you end up this Halloween weekend, do us a favor: show up in costume. Halloween may not be until Monday, but that's a school night, so we won't blame you for getting 'yer spookifi... More >>

• Sound Off: Audioconfusion's Jalipaz on Brian Chartrand, Gay Kiss, and Brown G.O.D.

  published Oct 28, 2011

  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. I... More >>

• Rockabilly Reunion: Three Days, A Whole Lot of Hair Grease

  published Oct 28, 2011

  Did you know there was a Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennesseer Did you know that the Hall of Fame has officially endorsed Tempe's Rockabilly Reunionr Well, according to the Reunion's site... More >>

• RoQ'y TyRaiD Releases Occupy Single

  published Oct 28, 2011

  Phoenix-based rapper RoQ'y TyRaiD is no stranger to political discussion via hip-hop. His last album, The Podium, featured songs culled from weekly appearances on the Redy Set Radio Show on 99.3 The B... More >>

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  Henry Rollins on Occupants, the Occupy Movement, and the Radio

  published Oct 27, 2011

  There aren't a lot of middle-of-the-roaders when it comes to Henry Rollins. You love him or you hate him, and he gives you plenty of chances to do either: He hosts a radio show on KCRW (doing remarkab... More >>

• Skrillex, Wild Flag, Das Racist, and More in This Week's Issue

  published Oct 27, 2011

  Former emo boy Sonny Moore is bringing dubstep to the masses as Skrillex. Benjamin Leatherman examines the roots of the bass-heavy genre and examines its rise in popularity. Meanwhile, indie rock supe... More >>