Subject: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

• The Mighty Quins: Tegan and Sara at Marquee Theatre on April 28

  April 28, 2008

• The Chemical Brothers

  Come With Us (Astralwerks)

  February 21, 2002

• Letters

  Letters from the week of May 29, 2003

  May 29, 2003

• Killing Time

  The Killers move forward into the past

  August 26, 2004

• Coachella Artists Start Leaking

  The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, the Killers, No Age, Noah and the Whale, Late of the Pier, Los Campesinos!, Peanut Butter Wolf, the Presets, Sébastien Tellier, Themselves, Tinariwen. Confirmed DJs: DJ Gina Turner, DJ Hipnotic S

  January 13, 2009

• Coachella Offers Layaway Options

  With the economy in the toilet and massive layoffs occurring daily, the Coachella Music Festival, which announced its lineup today, is offering two layaway options for people wanting to purchase three-day passes and avoid paying the lump sum at once.Considering that these passes go for $269, this is a smart choice for Coachella, which is offering a pay-half-now, pay-half-later option or a three-payment plan in which you can pay 10 percent of your order total, plus Ticketmaster fees, with the

  January 30, 2009

• Amy Winehouse Leaves Coachella Lineup; A Nation Weeps

  I respect Amy Winehouse, so I chose a nice picture of her, not one that makes her look like a messIn news that should come as hardly shocking, Amy Winehouse has officially been dropped from her Saturday slot of this year's Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival lineup. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind when she ditches out on a concert is "what drug is it this time?" Amazingly enough, it is not drug abuse that is keeping the former Mrs. Fiedler-Civil from performing in April. It'

  March 9, 2009

• St. Vincent Announces Date at Modified

  Oh, the musical genius that resides in that head is overwhelmingFormer Polyphonic Spree member Annie Clark, better known to the world as St. Vincent, will be bringing her fantastic brand of dark, melodic indie pop to the Valley this May. The former member of Sufjan Stevens' band will release her new album, Actor, on May 5 as a follow-up to 2007's remarkable Marry Me. Clark's live shows are notorious for showcasing her thundering stage presence and her penchant for grooving (and spazzing out) t

  March 17, 2009

• Dear and the Headlights: Phoenix's Great Hope?

  Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro's that Miniature Tigers played.I caught up with them for a late Friday afternoon show at the Tiniest Bar in Texas (which was also possibly the most remote bar in Texas, 16 blocks from the heart of Si

  March 22, 2009

• Tokyo Police Club

  March 27, 2008

• Outside Lands Festival Dubs Beasties, Pearl Jam Worthy Headliners

  Pear Jam is set to rock it on out at this year's Outside Lands FestivalAs we all eagerly await the set times to be announced for this weekend's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival announced its initial lineup. The headliners for the second edition of the festival, set to take place August 28-30, are the Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, and some schlub named Dave Matthews, who apparently leads some sort of band. The Beasties continue their reign of terror ov

  April 14, 2009

• The Arizona Republic is Laughably Out Of Touch With Local Music

  Is this the best band in Phoenix? The Arizona Republic is about to say so.I actually try to keep Republic-bashing to a minimum here on Up on the Sun, but, as you'd probably expect of one of the largest papers in the country to never win a Pulitzer, the Gannett-piloted drone just keeps embarrassing itself.The latest example? Their "Best Local Band" category in the reader voted knock-off of New Times vaunted Best Of Phoenix issue. Here are your choices, folks:Asses of EvilGin BlossomsGreenwichIsle

  April 14, 2009

• That '70s Sound

  Wolfmother brings the buzz

  December 7, 2006

• Cayenne Shame

  Why throw an indie festival if no one will come?

  November 24, 2005

• Bauhaus

  More like Wow!haus

  November 3, 2005

• Coachella Set Times Released - Let the Madness Begin

  Set times are confirmed! Set your Coachooser accordingly!Well the long wait is over: those in power at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Goldenvoice) have released the set times for this weekend's affair. An initial glance at things shows a pretty smooth flow for the weekend, with minimal conflict for fans of the same genres. Picking the set times for such an eclectic lineup is never an easy task, but this year looks to be like another success for Goldenvoice. The complete set time

  April 14, 2009

• Coachella 2009: Friday Picks

  So I know Coachella isn't quite the planning nightmare SxSW is -- given that there's less than a tenth of the bands playing, and it's at a single site -- but I've learned my lesson and have planned things carefully. I thought I'd share it with you. I'll be there Friday only, to check out our boys Dear and the Headlights, who open things up on the Mohave stage at 1, but if there's any demand for picks, I'm happy to provide them for the other two day in similar fashion. Feel free to complain about

  April 15, 2009

• James Morrison

  April 16, 2009

• Anger Machine

  Trent Reznor channels his rage into strong new songs

  May 26, 2005

• Mixing It Up

  Variety is the spice of Coachella

  May 12, 2005

• A quick music roundup

  Coachella lowdown, plus new local showcase

  March 24, 2005

• Two Much

  Tegan and Sara's twin-powered pop is no ordinary sister act

  March 17, 2005

• Coachella 2009: Sunday Picks

  Music Editor/Ambassador of the Funk Martin Cizmar got things kicking with his Friday picks for this year's edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, so I figured I should divulge my picks for Sunday's lineup. My sensibilities are different than most people's. Last year's Coachella lineup was my favorite out of my 3 years attending the festival, but this year has loads of potential and could outdo last year's triumph. Let me just say that I do not claim to be an expert at attendi

  April 15, 2009

• Happy Together

  The Pixies are reunited, and it feels so good

  September 16, 2004

• Finding The Cure

  August 19, 2004

• Green Party

  May 13, 2004

• Mirage

  May 13, 2004

• Elefant

  March 11, 2004

• The White Stripes

  The Detroit-based garage/blues duo comes to Mesa

  September 25, 2003

• Trance Inducer

  U.S. trance music king Christopher Lawrence meditates on where the music and its culture head next on Exposure IV

  July 10, 2003

• A Scar is born

  July 3, 2003

• Catching a Thief

  Radiohead's unreleased new album is already a hit with Valley hipsters – even if it's not the real thing

  May 15, 2003

• Scenes From Nowhere

  A Coachella diary from that other desert to the left

  May 8, 2003

• Jam Land

  Local improv musicians converge on Sail Inn for 4:20 Fest. Sedona may lie in their future.

  May 1, 2003

• Z Be Trippin'

  Phoenix DJ angles for the big fish in the SoCal electronic pond

  March 6, 2003

• Beauty and the Beat

  Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

  December 20, 2001

• Nothing but Love

  Things are looking up for Southern California electro-break pioneer Überzone

  September 27, 2001

• Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

  Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came on after local boys Dear and the Headlights like The Beatles at Shea Stadium -- but since Franz Ferdinand and I were both in Indio Friday night, and at the Marquee Saturday, I'm gonna do it. By that st

  April 19, 2009

• Austin City Limits Jumps on Festival Bandwagon, Announces Lineup

  Austin City Limits: recycling this year's festival headliners so you don't have to The lineup for the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced and it is teeming with top-notch talent. The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews Band round out the top slots of Outside Lands Lollapalooza this year's edition of the ACL, adding Kings of Leon, Theivery Corporation and Ben Harper to the big name mix. While I commend ACL for sticking to younger acts, at least by Coachella's standards

  April 28, 2009

• New Release Tuesday: Phoenix

  Francophile rockers Phoenix release their 4th album today and, thus, give me a reason to use the term "francophile" On this momentous last Tuesday in May, It's safe to say that it's been a pretty remarkable month for new releases. I have dedicated my entire month's worth of Tuesday posts to new albums I felt necessary to share with those willing readers (I will recap after the jump for those needing a refresher). This Tuesday marks the release of the fourth album by French rockers Phoenix -- Wol

  May 26, 2009

• Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

  May 28, 2009

• Doggass Productions Presents This Friday at the Sail Inn: 4 Bands, 2 Comics and Another Fellow

  Yes, a didgeridooist. I see it, too.Yes, as you can see by the poster for the event, that "fellow" is a didgeridooist. It sure does take balls, in this day and age, to put yourself out there and to play that instrument in the hopes of entertaining people. Hell, booking music and comedy is a slippery slope, but that hardly seems to bother Doggass Productions. They have quite a night of music, comedy, art and aboriginal tree pipes lined up for the willing patrons of Tempe's Sail Inn.

  June 10, 2009

• How Dear and the Headlights Became the Most Important Band in Arizona

  June 25, 2009

• Adam Freeland

  July 2, 2009

• Phish Festival 8: Photos From The Ultimate Hippie Halloween

  ​ Martin CizmarSee more pics from Phish Festival 8 in our slideshow. ​​It's odd to think of Phish's massive Festival 8 in Indio, California as "intimate" but that's exactly what some of the band's long-time fans were saying this weekend. The 3-day fest held at the same Indio, California polo grounds where Coachella is staged every spring might not have been as big as, say, Coventry, but some might say it was nice to be on the West Coast, where torrential rains don't flood concert fields, c

  November 2, 2009

• Go Phish: Hippie Music Is on the Downswing — and That Sucks

  November 5, 2009

• Pavement Set to Headline 2010 Sasquatch! Festival

  Pavement announced they will play a non-NYC US date in 2010 as they will headline the Sasquatch! Festival​As others have to eloquently put it: holy shit, Pavement is headlining the 2010 Sasquatch! Festival!The band announced that they were reuniting for 2010 not too long ago, yet their announced dates were either in NYC or abroad, leaving fans that  live pretty much anywhere else out in the dark. This Saturday brought the optimistic news that Pavement will headline the 2010 Sasquatch! Mus

  November 9, 2009