Gin Blossoms

Apache Lake Music Festival 2012: Robin Wilson of The Gin Blossoms, Zero Zero, and More

See also: Apache Lake Music Festival 2011 Features Scenery and Over 30 Arizona Bands See also: Phoenix Music Heads to Tortilla Flat Apache Lake Music Festival 2012 is on: an official website has been launched, and the festival lineup has been announced, featuring scheduled performances from Robin ... More >>

Summerland Tour at Comerica Theatre, 7/3/12

Summerland Tour Featuring Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Marcy Playground, and Lit Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Comerica Theatre See also: Our full Summerland slideshow, featuring Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground, and Sugar Ray. See also: Should We Feel Bad About '90s Nostalgia? See als ... More >>

Summerland Tour Courts the Nostalgia Market

Should We Feel Bad About '90s Nostalgia? A Few Words In Defense of the Summerland Tour

See also: Throwback Thursday: Everclear The announcement of the Summerland Tour (an a la carte delight of prominent '90s soul-patch rock bands Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit,The Gin Blossoms, and Marcy Playground) has me thinking hard about nostalgia. I learned of the tour's Phoenix date, July 3 at Come ... More >>

Cursive and Cymbals Eat Guitars Cover Gin Blossoms

See also: Cursive at Crescent Ballroom, 2/27/12 (VIDEO) See also: Cursive's Ted Stevens on I Am Gemini, Duality, and Line Up Changes We're big fans of AV Club's Undercover Series, where the Chicago-based pop culture site invites bands into its little round room to cover songs from a list compiled b ... More >>

Vinyl Station Makes a Living With Former Gin Blossom and Shows With Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World

The life of a gigging band is pretty rough: Tempe-based alt-rockers Vinyl Station play eight gigs a week to make ends meet, populating Valley bars like the Rogue, Rosie McCaffery's, and Kazimierz Wine Bar with their original tunes and alternative covers. On Sunday, March 25 the band is scheduled t ... More >>

"Found Out About You," Gin Blossoms, 1989

​Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke with local music icon Sara Cina about one of the earliest songs of renowned Tempe band Gin Blossoms. "All the lines you wro ... More >>

More on "Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms

North Dakota, Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Minibosses, Jerry Riopelle, and More This Weekend

See also: Phoenix New Times New Year's Eve Guide Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows (Minibosses, Meat Puppets, Futurekind, Gin Blossoms, Sugar Thieves We owe a lot to The Meat Puppets around here (you know, our name and all), so we're always happy when the Kirkwood boys are back in town. ... More >>

Concerts to Catch This Weekend

​Holy moly, there's SO many shows going on this weekend. But if The Tubes, Cut Copy, The Ataris, Colorstore, or Laconic aren't your thing (what kind of music do you like, anyway?), Up on the Sun has you covered. Here are a few eccentric shows that may have not have popped up on your radar, from ... More >>

26 Miles for This?! Marathon Runners Suffer Through Horrible Headliners at P.F. Chang's "Rock 'N' Roll" Marathon

​You could argue that the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon is as big an annual event as the East Valley has.Especially for the formerly important town of Tempe, which saw Glendale steal away the city's BCS bowl game in 2007. Since then, the East Valley really hasn't had any other high-profile sporti ... More >>

Gin Blossoms - I Don't Want To Lose You Now

​Song: Gin Blossoms, "I Don't Want To Lose You Now"Context: This is a song from the new Gin Blossoms record No Chocolate Cake which I wrote about yesterday. Gin Blossoms - I Don't Want To Lose You Now by cizmar

Gin Blossoms Release No Chocolate Cake, Hope for Comeback Success

​This is the sort of thing that should probably be a big deal in the Valley: Gin Blossoms, possibly the most successful Arizona-based rock act ever, released a new record on Tuesday.It's called No Chocolate Cake and, as singer Robin Wilson told Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic in a recent feature ... More >>

Roger Clyne, Blues Traveler, The Guess Who, Gin Blossoms to Play GreenStock™ Expo

​Heard of GreenStock™?  Me either, but the expo, scheduled for September 17-19 -- the exact same dates as Arizona Fall Frenzy, as it happens -- has a pretty decent selection of acts.They've got big local names (Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Gin Blossoms, The Wiley One) and two veteran na ... More >>

The Sand Rubies Are Arizona's Ultimate Bad Luck Story

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Q & A: Every Avenue

The guys in Every Avenue cite hometown heroes Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms as influences, and it's evident judging by the band's sophomore album, Picture Perfect.

Robin Wilson to Return to Last Exit Tuesday for Second Intimate Performance

Robin Wilson rocks out with his son, a young Gin Blossom-in-training, at a past show.Hey Gin Blossoms fans, did you miss GB lead singer Robin Wilson and guitarist Scotty Johnson's intimate gig at Last Exit last Tuesday? Don't stress. Wilson will be doing a very similar show again Tuesday, Ju ... More >>

Gin Blossoms' Singer and Guitarist to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro (No, Really)

Gin Blossoms guitarist Scotty Johnson (left) and lead singer Robin Wilson (center) will perform Tuesday, June 23 as part of a benefit to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Gin Blossoms' frontman Robin Wilson is one of 30 musicians from around the globe planning to climb Africa's Moun ... More >>

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 i ... More >>

Two Sunday Fun Day Options With Live Music, Half-Off Wine

Looking for something different to do on Sunday fun day? Check out Furio's new Sunday option, which combines half-price bottles of wine and live music, similar to Phoenix's The Vig. But where as The Vig gets their party started around three with a cover act featuring Gin Blossoms guitarist Scotty ... More >>

Concert Review: Electric Six, Local H, Kinch at The Clubhouse on Nov. 10

Local Bands Jam at Mill Ave. Inc. Screening

Jimmy Eat World, Deluxe

Hometown Heroes and Rookie Rockers at Tempe Music Festival

Tempe Music Festival celebrates local bands while welcoming hometown heroes Gin Blossoms and The Meat Puppets

Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson
(You Sound Bitter Music)

The Scene Is Dead, Long Live the Scene

Scotty J's new, non-miserable experience

Bruised Cruise

That sinking feeling

Old Miserable Experience

Can the Gin Blossoms make a comeback?

Jingle Bowls featuring the Phunk Junkeez

Wong Song

Longtime performing musicians at Long Wong's on Mill lament the impending end of an era - or a building, at least

BEST LOCAL BAND

Ticker Tape Parade

Prince and the Paupers

Letters from the week of May 23, 2002

Distilled Gin

The Gin Blossoms re-form again, and this time it might be for more than one gig

Mail or Muse?

Proving that the Voice still carries, we offer a roundup of the latest local discs filling our box

From Mohawks To Mullets

Images from 25 years of Phoenix music

Loverdad

Working for the weekend, indeed

So you want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star

Robin Wilson thought the Gas Giants would be a great new beginning. He had no idea what he was getting into.

Hey Anthology

The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

Up in Smoke

Dead Hot guitarist quits, but band plans to persevere

The Crenshaw Redemption

Marshall Crenshaw goes back to the drawing board and comes up with a shiny new Miracle of Science

Blasphemous Rumors

Let's just get right to it

The Valley Monitor

Slow Gin Fizz

A BLOSSOM SPILLS THE BEANSROBIN WILSON ON SUCCESS, SONGWRITING AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT

EASTSIDE STORY: THE DRAGS COME WEST

THE BEST OF NINETEEN NINETY TUNE

BLOSSOMS BREAKTHROUGH