It's a Katy Perry kind of year...Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011's best videos. Enjoy! Quite a few bomb-ass videos have been released ... More >>
Math rock, post rock, prog rock. Whatever you want to call it, it usually doesn't sound very fun. Gloss Drop, the latest record from Battles, defies those notions. The album, featuring guest vocals from Gary Numan, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, and Yamantaka Eye of the Boredoms in the wake of ... More >>
Jason P. WoodburyCheap TimeCheap Time, Vegetable, and Ryan Rousseau and his Desert Children Yucca Tap Room Wednesday, September 14 There are those who like to think of punk as an idea as much as a sound. I like to think I'm one of them, and seeing Tennessee-based rockers Cheap Time, and local ba ... More >>
So your most celebrated and, arguably, talented member just left the band to focus on his solo work. For most bands with only one album to their credit, a departure like this would spell a most certain doom. However, New York experimental rockers Battles aren't most bands.The band's most prolific ... More >>
Coachella's official lineup should be announced very, very soon -- lest anyone forget that this week is usually when the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival makes it big announcement.In lieu of the entire festival lineup, a few acts have already been confirmed for the festival's 2011 editi ... More >>
Tricky Bizzniss
(EsNtion Silver)
It's the only way to live
Long-term lease
Denny Le Nimh, the Yoda of PHX rock DJs, parties with the Kreme posse at Paco Paco for Plus One
Live America 1985
(Melodic)
Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light
(Tommy Boy)
Last Exit
(Kin)
Boyhood passions and local music luminaries collide in Robin Wilson's new concept album-cum-animated series
Tomorrow's Sounds Today (Reprise)
Blank-wave arcade (Saddle Creek)
New Times' critical vultures swoop down to pick at the latest carrion and dross
Squeeze's messy career might require a scorecard, but few tunesmiths can rival the band's catalogue
Trashman observes a trailer-park family cursed by tragedy
In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence
