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Matthew Reveles: A Glass of Whiskey and Some Sad-Bastard Music Are All He Needs

Phoenix’s Latino Rockabilly Set Turns the Beat Around

Agnostic Front

O Henry

Outspoken punk icon speaks out

Sir Hank

Take this punk poet home to meet Dad at your own risk

Blood Brothers

Fans and promoters of hardcore shows examine the genre's distinctive styles

Never A.S.S.ume

From eclectic to electric, Spankers dish it out

The Dames CD Release Party

Boys, booze, and a big sound

Stan Ridgway

Magic follows former Wall of Voodoo front man

Dame Nation

AZPunk.com brings locals out of the garage

Asylum Street Spankers

See A.S.S. at the Rhythm Room

Old School

Two thirtysomething skateboarders attempt to resurrect Phoenix's skate-punk past

Cretin Hopping

Veteran roadie John Calleo brings together four rock veterans for the one-off Ramones tribute Rocket to Russia

Deer Tick Gets Sweaty At Modified

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

Danny Dirtnap and The Video Nasties Are "No Hope Kids"

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

Rapper Cage’s Depart From Me is Hardly a Rap Album

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

Don’t Let Earthmen and Strangers’ Ryan Rousseau Use Your Gear

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

Dirty Projectors Go From Covering Black Flag to Being Sublimely Inventive

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Hanny's Anniversary, Black Fag, and More

Man-candy mixmaster Jared Alan will be holding court tonight at Sanctum.​Officially, the re-launch for Jared Alan's notorious fauxShow Night at its new home isn't taking place until next Friday. Unofficially, however, the hunky hipster DJ is kicking things off a whole week early with an under ... More >>

Henry Rollins Returns to Tempe in February

Michael BucknerHenry Rollins is scheduled to perform on Sunday, February 21, at the Marquee Theatre.​Henry Rollins works like clockwork. It seems like the tough-as-nails punk poet and pundit graces the Valley with a spoken-word gig during the even-numbered years, and 2010 will be no exception. Rol ... More >>

Asylum Street Spankers

Michael BucknerHenry Rollins is scheduled to perform on Sunday, February 21, at the Marquee Theatre.​Henry Rollins works like clockwork. It seems like the tough-as-nails punk poet and pundit graces the Valley with a spoken-word gig during the even-numbered years, and 2010 will be no exception. Rol ... More >>

Henry Rollins

Michael BucknerHenry Rollins is scheduled to perform on Sunday, February 21, at the Marquee Theatre.​Henry Rollins works like clockwork. It seems like the tough-as-nails punk poet and pundit graces the Valley with a spoken-word gig during the even-numbered years, and 2010 will be no exception. Rol ... More >>

Your Guide to Navigating Blogger-Created Genre Names

​ "What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>

Bordertown Devils

​ "What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ The Rhythm Room

​ "What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>

Lane Dawson: Love Letters (1985)

If only the record came with a copy of the letter Lane Dawson's writing...​ Welcome of Obscuro, a new weekly feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attentio ... More >>

OFF!: First Four EPs

​Artist: OFF! Title: First Four EPs Release date: November 23 Label: Vice Records In 2010, few things seem more ridiculous than a punk supergroup anchored by two guys who made their most indelible marks on American punk rock nearly 30 years ago. But, damn, OFF! pulled off an unlikely feat, ma ... More >>

Henry Rollins Reveals He Produced an Album For Killer Charles Manson

​At a benefit event he recently hosted for Los Angeles radio station KCRW, former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins revealed that he produced an album for serial murderer and cult leader Charles Manson, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Rollins produced a handful of Charles Manson's acoustic "p ... More >>

No Age at The Trunk Space Last Night

Melissa FossumDean Spunt​ No AgeThe Trunk SpaceSunday, January 30, 2011The Los Angeles noise rock duo No Age has toured relentlessly during the past year. They were originally scheduled to play at The Clubhouse Music Venue in December, but rescheduled the end of their U.S. tour for last night ... More >>

X103.9's Throwdown, Telekinesis, Black Fag, Civic Space Jam, and Other Weekend Events

​Henry Rollins might not dig Black Fag, but don't let that dissuade you from attending their gig this weekend in Scottsdale. According to the MySpace blog for the over-the-top gay Black Flag tribute act, Hank was reportedly a little gruff when Black Fag's frontman attempted to invite him to part ... More >>

Black Fag at The Rogue Bar Last Night

Benjamin LeathermanBlack Fag The Rogue Bar Saturday, February 26 Henry Rollins, circa 1982, is an absolute archetype of manliness. Covered with tattoos and boiling over with testosterone, Hank the Tank thrashed his way through live gigs and dispensed plenty of punches as the frenetic frontman for B ... More >>

A Band of Screw-Ups at KWSS-FM Work at Waging a 100-Watt Revolution

Benjamin LeathermanBlack Fag The Rogue Bar Saturday, February 26 Henry Rollins, circa 1982, is an absolute archetype of manliness. Covered with tattoos and boiling over with testosterone, Hank the Tank thrashed his way through live gigs and dispensed plenty of punches as the frenetic frontman for B ... More >>

Davila 666 Last Night at The Yucca Tap Room

​Davila 666Yucca Tap RoomTuesday, March 22One of the great things about rock & roll is its lack of language barrier. I don't need to speak Nigerian to know that the Nigeria 70 comps rule -- don't need to learn Japanese in order to turn Boris up too loud -- or understand German to zone out to A ... More >>

Angry Commenter Who Has Never Read Pitchfork Condemns Music Writer for "Sounding Just Like Pitchfork"

Band of Horses: A band some believe Pitchfork.com "is shoving down everyone's fucking throat."​A scathing comment has been left on a blog post extolling the virtues of an upcoming Band of Horses concert at a local venue.In the comment, an irate reader states that post in question is exactly the so ... More >>

CH3 @ Rips Ales & Cocktails

Band of Horses: A band some believe Pitchfork.com "is shoving down everyone's fucking throat."​A scathing comment has been left on a blog post extolling the virtues of an upcoming Band of Horses concert at a local venue.In the comment, an irate reader states that post in question is exactly the so ... More >>

Pictureplane: Thee Physical

Pictureplane - Thee Physical​It's hard not to imagine yourself smack dab in the middle of 1994 when listening to Thee Physical -- the latest effort from Travis Egedy's Pictureplane project. First, the magic eye album art grabs your attention, only to have said attention skewed towards Egedy's diva ... More >>

A Perfect Circle at Comerica Theatre, 7-25-11

Maria Vassett​A Perfect Circle Comerica Theatre July 25, 2011 It was just this past November that the members of A Perfect Circle ended their six-year hiatus by performing a trio of shows at Tempe's Marquee Theatre. Each of the three shows had the group focusing on one of their three albums ... More >>

JFA Celebrates 30 Years of Skate Punk

Maria Vassett​A Perfect Circle Comerica Theatre July 25, 2011 It was just this past November that the members of A Perfect Circle ended their six-year hiatus by performing a trio of shows at Tempe's Marquee Theatre. Each of the three shows had the group focusing on one of their three albums ... More >>

More Oral History of Phoenix Skate Punk

​Over the past couple weeks I interviewed key members of the early '80s Phoenix skate punk. The results, printed in this week's issue, coincide with this weekend's JFA 30th Anniversary show at Hollywood Alley. Everyone I spoke to was funny, insightful, and has a genuine lifers; people doing it ... More >>

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

​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 remarkable things like following up a Curtis Mayfield cut with a jam by Japanese drone-rockers Boris ... More >>

A "Black" Bands Primer: In Celebration of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears​ Okay, seriously. Here us out. This is not a list of bands containing black people (some do, some don't), it's a list of bands with "black" in their band names. I came up with the idea shortly after The Black Lips performed at The Rhythm Room, and waited for a ... More >>

The Other F Word: Punks Are All Grown Up

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears​ Okay, seriously. Here us out. This is not a list of bands containing black people (some do, some don't), it's a list of bands with "black" in their band names. I came up with the idea shortly after The Black Lips performed at The Rhythm Room, and waited for a ... More >>

10 Favorite Shows of 2011: Melissa Fossum

Melissa FossumM83 wasn't #1, but I like this picture a lot.​ I went to a lot of shows this year. Thanks to last.fm, I can conform that I went to at least 56 concerts, not counting the numerous times I swung by Yucca Tap Room or Crescent Ballroom just for fun. That's one show every six and a h ... More >>

Arizona Rock Bands Benefit No-Kill Animal Shelter Halo

​A couple weeks ago I made a joke about Phoenix-based metal band Sorrower singing about puppies. According to comments, I wasn't far off -- band member Tim Callaway (sporting the Black Flag logo as his icon, natch) confirms that "the puppy comment was very funny considering our singer's obssession ... More >>

The Adolescents and Youth Brigade Represent Punk Well Into Middle Age

​A couple weeks ago I made a joke about Phoenix-based metal band Sorrower singing about puppies. According to comments, I wasn't far off -- band member Tim Callaway (sporting the Black Flag logo as his icon, natch) confirms that "the puppy comment was very funny considering our singer's obssession ... More >>

Youth Brigade's Shawn Stern on The Adolescents, Punk, and BYO Records

Youth Brigade​How is it that a band that hasn't released a full-length album since 1996 continues to tour? "If we didn't get new fans coming out, we'd probably would have quit awhile back because it would get really boring playing for just people our age because they're not always as fun," s ... More >>

Strung Out at Clubhouse Music Venue, 1/28/12 (VIDEO)

Photos by Melissa FossumStrung Out, Clubhouse Music Venue, Jason Cruz, Chris Aiken​ Strung Out Clubhouse Music Venue Saturday, January 28, 2012 Strung Out plays in Vegas tonight, but that didn't stop the band from having a good time in Phoenix last night. Frontman Jason Cruz showed off Chris ... More >>