Black Flag (Band)

Bad Religion Experiences a Punk Renaissance

Black Lips, Andrew Jackson Jihad and Destruction Unit at Marquee Theater

Black Lips, Destruction Unit, Andrew Jackson Jihad @ Marquee Theatre|4/6/13I do this thing with movies where if it's a director I like, I refuse to view trailers, read interviews or any news whatsoever related to the film until I've seen it in theaters. I did this with No Country for Old Men, The Ma ... More >>

Nobody's Tool: Maynard James Keenan Would Rather Talk About His Other Bands

Top 5 Punk Albums of 2012

Happy New Year loyal punk fans. If you really tied one on and you're nursing your hangover by chugging some Pedialyte, punk music may be the last thing you want to listen to. But 2012 was a great year for punk releases, which made this list difficult to narrow down to a top five. See also: -10 ... More >>

Hardcore Band Gay Kiss Almost Called Its Record Blud Sugah Sexxx Magik

"This whole interview is just going to be us trying to figure out how an assembly line works" I am at the house of Mark Glick, the founder of Anxiety Machine records, along with all the members of the hardcore band Gay Kiss. Together we are packing copies of their soon to be released LP. Record and ... More >>

The Misfits, Guttermouth, Strung Out, The Vandals, Celebrity Theatre, 11/9/12

6 Rounds of Punk with The Misfits, The Vandals, Strung Out, and Guttermouth @ Celebrity Theatre| 11/9/126 Rounds of Punk is a dream come true for fans of good ol' punk rock. Okay, so maybe not in 2012, but it would have been a dream lineup a decade or two ago. When tours like this happen, it's often ... More >>

Title Fight's Ned Russin on Superstorm Sandy and the Elusive Definition of "Hardcore"

By Mike Bogumill Title Fight's growth has been well documented. Starting with a series of 7-inches in the mid 2000s, the band has evolved from teenagers playing fast pop punk songs influenced by Lifetime and Saves the Day, to young adults playing gruffer, darker music that's not quite as easy to pi ... More >>

Titus Andronicus and Ceremony at Crescent Ballroom, 11/6/12

Titus Andronicus and Ceremony @ Crescent Ballroom, 11/6/12"Good night, good luck, and four more years!" said Patrick Stickles as he high-fived fans from the stage as Titus Andronicus wrapped up a solid set that ran almost two hours. The night wasn't as political as it could have been, both bands o ... More >>

Street-Punk Band The Glass Heroes Refuses to Die

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Underground Rock Pioneers Saint Vitus Return

Hydra Head Records: A Personal Recollection

See also: Packrat, Boyfrndz, and Feuding Fathers Help Make Math Rock Look Easy See also: Henry Rollins Won't Tell You Who to Vote For (But He Really Thinks You Should Vote) See also: Keith Morris of OFF! On That Time The Band Got Arrested For Taking Used Cooking Oil in Phoenix See also: Six Desert M ... More >>

Scott H. Biram: "I Can Yodel, I Can Even Hambone."

​He stomps. He hollers. He yodels and howls. Scott H. Biram also plays guitar, shakes tambourines and basically, utilizing various effects, makes more of a racket on stage then one man should be allowed the pleasure. But it is a pleasure for Biram, whose music has been featured on FX's Sons of ... More >>

Shavedneck and AZ H.I.P. Flyers Offer Glimpses into Arizona's Punk Past

​The Sun Club in Tempe. Mad Gardens on Van Buren. The Stumble Inn down in Tucson. In another lifetime (read: more than 25 years ago) these and a dozen other scuzzy dives around Arizona were all ground zero for punk rock.Flash forward to present day and many of the aforementioned spots have lo ... More >>

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

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 Aiken's brand new Fender signature bass and the band took shots to celebrate as they tore ... 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 >>

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 >>

Frank Turner Discusses Touring, London Riots, and Drinking With Grandma

Frank Turner has been enjoying unexpected success as a solo folk/punk musician after the demise his hardcore band, Million Dead. Turner has garnered an international fanbase over the past few years, touring relentlessly with bands like Social Distortion, Flogging Molly, and The Gaslight Anthem. His ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

Jimmy Rollins in Old MC Hammer Video, Jackson Film a Hit, Nirvana Live at Reading Trailer

Sound of the City: And Now Let's Play "Find Jimmy Rollins In The MC Hammer Video"So Much Silence: Dfactor: Shake ItIdolator: I Can't Wait For Lil Wayne To Create A Whole Mixtape About The Cake Created In His LikenessWaved Rumor: Sea Wolf, Sara Lov Friday at Modified (PHX)Electric Mustache: Video: Ta ... More >>

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

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 >>

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

Phoenix’s Latino Rockabilly Set Turns the Beat Around

O Henry

Outspoken punk icon speaks out

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

Stan Ridgway

Magic follows former Wall of Voodoo front man

Old School

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

The Cool Index

Phoenix has always been hot. But can it ever be cool?

Cretin Hopping

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

From Mohawks To Mullets

Images from 25 years of Phoenix music