Email Author Jason P. Woodbury

2012 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Of the Painted Choir: Warmly Familiar

  published Dec 27, 2012

  As 2012 draws to a close, we'll be looking forward to the 2013 and spotlighting 13 Phoenix bands that will be making a mark on the Southwest throughout the new year. We wrote a bit about Of the Painte... More >>

• Samuel L and the Cool J's: Mod Soul and Pure Pop

  published Dec 27, 2012

  As 2012 draws to a close, we'll be looking forward to the 2013 and spotlighting 13 Phoenix bands that will be making a mark on the Southwest throughout the new year. This blog entry from Jason P. Wood... More >>

• Americana Act The Senators Ain't Living In The Past

  published Dec 26, 2012

  As 2012 draws to a close, we'll be looking forward to the 2013 and spotlighting 13 Phoenix bands that will be making a mark on the Southwest throughout the new year. Jason P. Woodbury brings this upda... More >>

• Merry Christmas From Up on the Sun

  published Dec 25, 2012

  Merry Christmas, dear readers. We're taking the day off to enjoy our holiday, and we hope you're having a great one. We'll resume our blogging activities tomorrow, with leftover cookies in tow. Se... More >>

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  10 Best Things I Heard in 2012

  published Dec 24, 2012

  So long, 2012. You were a weird, uncomfortable, and scary year. You were also wonderful, at times so unbearably wonderful that I thought my brain was going to explode as I struggled to wrap my head ... More >>

• Psychic Blood, & Otro Mundo @ Trunk Space

  published December 27, 2012

  I don't know what's going on in western Massachusetts, but if Psychic Blood's Drrrty 7-inch is any indication, it's something fucked-up.... More >>

• Body of Light: Goth Pop Machine Music

  published Dec 20, 2012

  As 2012 draws to a close, we'll be looking forward to the 2013 and spotlighting 13 Phoenix bands that will be making a mark on the Southwest throughout the new year. This entry concerns Body of Light,... More >>

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  Top 10 Reissues and Compilations of 2012

  published Dec 20, 2012

  2012 is at its end, and just like I did last year, I thought it would be good fun to try and recap the reissues and compilations I couldn't seem to get off my phonograph this year. So here they are: T... More >>

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  G-Owens: R&B Singer's The Feeling Has Pop Appeal

  published Dec 19, 2012

  As 2012 draws to a close, we'll be looking forward to the 2013 and spotlighting 13 Phoenix bands that will be making a mark on the Southwest throughout the new year. This entry comes from Jason P. Woo... More >>

• Local Punk Rockers Memorialize Joe Strummer One Last Time

  published December 20, 2012

  Keith Jackson stops short of officially canonizing Joe Strummer — but seriously, just short of it. "I don't know how to... More >>

• decker. @ Crescent Ballroom

  published December 20, 2012

  The snare drum hits that open Sedona-based decker.'s forthcoming new record, Slider, sound like shotguns. It's an appropriately menacing... More >>

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  Clay Aiken on Christmas, American Idol, and Donald Trump

  published Dec 17, 2012

  At one point during our early morning interview, singer and performer Clay Aiken yawned. It was a deep, expressive yawn. He did not ask to be excused, but he didn't need to: Aiken is among the most ... More >>

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  Sonoran Pop Festival + Sacred Bones Mojave Celebration: "Incestuous...In The Best Possible Way"

  published Dec 13, 2012

  In this week's issue of New Times, I chart the conversation that occurred when I sat down with J.S. Aurelius and Alexander Jarson of Tempe's Ascetic House, a creative "collective" that releases art, v... More >>

• Rockzone Records in Tempe to Close This Month

  published Dec 12, 2012

  It seems the record store world is in a constant state of shuffle in Phoenix. Recent months have seen Zia Records move up the road to its biggest location yet, Eastside Records reborn on Forest Ave.... More >>

• Tempe's Ascetic House Blurs Lines at Upcoming Sonoran Pop Festival

  published December 13, 2012

  "Ascetic House is operated out of the West Temple, a small shed in the Sonoran Desert, and much of the artwork, music, and publications were... More >>

• David Bazan Band

  published November 29, 2012

  David Bazan was a pretty cool Christian in 2002. His band, Pedro the Lion (of which Bazan was the sole consistent member) had a string... More >>

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  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jobing.com Arena, 12/6/12

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ Jobing.com Arena|12/6/12Who is Bruce Springsteen anywayr The street rat poet singing about characters straight out of West Side Storyr The balladeer casting ... More >>

• Mountain Goats' John Darnielle on Transcendental Youth and Fatherhood

  published Dec 06, 2012

  John Darnielle has recorded under the name "The Mountain Goats" since the early '90s, and in that time his records have gone from crude boombox recordings to polished, sprawling efforts. The fidelity ... More >>

• David Bazan, Rhythm Room, 12/5/12

  published Dec 06, 2012

  David Bazan Band (with members of Jimmy Eat World) @ Rhythm Room|12/5/12David Bazan's grandma spent the evening at the merch table. I'm not sure when exactly it struck me, the realization that Bazan's... More >>

• ZZ Top @ Wild Horse Pass and Casino

  published December 6, 2012

  How's this as a recipe for unmitigated disaster? Three exceedingly old white dudes head into the studio with the guy who produced the last... More >>

• The Mountain Goats @ Crescent Ballroom

  published December 6, 2012

  There are at least three sets of noted Diaz brothers: Nick and Nathan of mixed martial arts fame; Lu and Hugo, known for producing hip-hop and... More >>

• DMX Singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Sounds Exactly Like You Imagine It Would (C'mon!)

  published Dec 03, 2012

  "I know the lyrics," DMX states, with steely clarity. Then he proves it. The song in questionr Johnny Marks' 1949 Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Made popular by Gene Autry, Bing ... More >>

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  A Charlie Brown Christmas & Fantagraphics' New Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking are Peanuts Christmas Classics

  published Dec 03, 2012

  It's easy to get bummed out by Christmas -- especially when the "holiday season," with all the crass consumerism, bad music, and awkward family gatherings, seems to kick off earlier and earlier each y... More >>

• David Bazan on Pedro the Lion's Control

  published Dec 03, 2012

  In this week's issue, we dig in with David Bazan, the songwriter behind Pedro the Lion, who's touring in support of the 10-year anniversary of that band's landmark record, Control. We ended up with mo... More >>

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  Lauryn Hill, Celebrity Theatre, 11/28/12

  published Nov 29, 2012

  Lauryn Hill @ Celebrity Theatre|11/28/12"Life out of context is living ungodly," Ms. Lauryn Hill sings in "Black Rage," the new song she's named her 2012 tour after. Built over a jazzy interpolation... More >>