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  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Downtown Phoenix Teeming With B-Ball Fans As Big NCAA Games Loom

    Tipoff is less than two hours away at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix, and the streets are teeming with folks from "back East." It actually feels like a "real" city, a real downtown.   ​We're speaking of the NCAA West Regionals, which include four Sweet 16 teams, one which wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Zola Jesus: "I Have This Fantasy . . . of Being a Pop Star."

    When she was young, Nika Danilova trained to sing opera but often lost her voice due to performance anxiety. When Danilova began performing as Zola Jesus in Madison, Wisconsin, her harrowing voice slowly grew confident among thickets of tape hiss and ambient synths. On her latest full-length, Conatu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Top 10 Albums of 2011: Chase Kamp

    Peaking Lights​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next couple days we'll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This entry comes from Chase Kamp, a Phoenix musician and writer. Kamp began writing for Up on the Sun w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Secret Entrances and Cocktail Books with Jim Meehan of New York's PDT

    blogs.villagevoice.com ​The tender: Jim MeehanThe bar: PDT (113 St. Marks Place, New York, 212-614-0386) http://pdtnyc.com/The pedigree: Meehan began bartending in Madison, Wisc. At the tender age of 18. He moved to New York in 2002, and after jumping around several other restaurants and bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Tennis' Patrick Riley on Growing Up in Arizona, Working with Pat Carney of The Black Keys, and Living With His Wife on a Sailboat

    Joe McCabe​ Best Beach Wavves Coast House Fossils. There are plenty of "beachy" bands out there, and most of them combine 60's pop melodies with boatloads of reverb. Tennis plays off the nautical theme -- on in name, but in origin: the Colorado husband and wife team were initially inspired by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Top 10 Cities That Spend the Most on Fast Food: AZ City Makes the Greasy Cut

    David McNew, Getty Images​Value meals, super sizing, quick trips through the drive thru -- America loves fast food. Wedging itself into nearly every nook and cranny of our society, its everywhere. And some cities in the good ol' 'U.S.of A. take advantage of it more than others. So says the mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Coming Soon: Fuzzy's Taco Shop

    ​We can't help but wonder how long this one is going to last.  It looks like Texas-based Fuzzy's Taco Shop is the next to take a stab at the restaurant black hole at 414 S. Mill Ave.  Over the last several years, ever since The Spaghetti Company bailed on the space, it s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Mad City Chickens Flock to Phoenix

    Bust out your best pick-up line. It's time to pick up a chick and head to the movies. Okay, cheesy lines (and trailer) aside, Desert Urban Gardens is presenting the film Mad City Chickens this Monday, May 16th at Filmbar. Show time is 8 pm with limited seating, but an early arrival is not a bad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    The Decemberists Coming to Mesa Arts Center

    ​Huge and old-timey show announcement today: The Decemberists will play Mesa Arts Center on August 11.The date comes at the end of the Portland indie-folk act's extended summer tour, which is in support of their January record, The King Is Dead. No support for this date announced yet but other leg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Arizona Dems Plan Rally in Support of Wisconsin Workers

    ​In case you hadn't heard, Madison, Wisconsin, looks more like Cairo, Egypt, these days, with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of Governor Scott Walker's new budget and the effect it has on the bargaining rights of union workers, namely, the most coddled of all government emplo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Let the Games Begin

    ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Let the Games Begin

    ASU leaves Cupcake City for the first time

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    Mates of State

    East coasters to document one of downtown’s best art venues

  • News

    May 20, 2010
  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Bisbee's St. Elmo's Bar a Day Drinking Road Trip Dream

    Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? Copyright © 2001 by Daniel Ter-Nedden​"What are you lookin' at, girl?" A man in sunglasses asks me through the window of a beat-up gray van (complete with closed curtains in the back windows) as he slowly pulls up to the do ... More >>

  • Film

    April 1, 2010

    How Treme Can Get It Right

    Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? Copyright © 2001 by Daniel Ter-Nedden​"What are you lookin' at, girl?" A man in sunglasses asks me through the window of a beat-up gray van (complete with closed curtains in the back windows) as he slowly pulls up to the do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Aaron Johnson, What Are You Eating?

    Ernest Allen Aaron Johnson eating a Gringo Starr at That's A Wrap!​Aaron JohnsonThe local poet hosts First Friday Ignite at The Firehouse this Friday, April 2. What'd you eat for dinner last night? All-you-can-eat sushi at Koi Sushi Bar and Grill (4372 West Olive Ave., Glendale). Favorite food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Job for a Cowboy Tour Dates and Landmine Marathon Album Stream

    Job For A Cowboy​Wanna hear some free local metal? MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Landmine Marathon's new album, Sovereign Descent, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 16.In other Phoenix-area metal news, Glendale's Job for a Cowboy have announced a spring headlining tour that kicks o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Anarbor Announces Massive Tour, Gets Song On "The Hills"

    Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their seco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Austin's The Meat Puppets Have New Album, Tour

    The Meat Puppets of Austin, Texas Austin, Texas based-band The Meat Puppets (How much do you old Mill types hate seeing that? But that's how they bill themselves!) have a new album, Sewn Together, coming out next month and will tour extensively in support of it, playing everywhere in the continenta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Tim and Eric From Adult Swim Coming to Tempe

    Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 25, 2008

    We May Be Losing Cultural Cornerstones Like ASU’s “Duke” Reiter and SMoCA’s Susan Krane, but Just As Much Talent Is Coming to the Valley As Leaving It

    Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Eurotrashed

    It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. At least nobody died

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Naked Aggression

    Cheeseheads for peace

  • News

    February 15, 2007
  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    Club Directory

    Cheeseheads for peace

  • Music

    February 14, 2002

    Gone Hollywood

    Turntable virtuoso Z-Trip returns to the desert in triumph

  • Music

    August 31, 2000

    Sonny Outlook

    Sonny Vincent, still on the road less traveled

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    Trash Compactors

    Pop music may be in its most confused hour, but Garbage is covering all the genre bases

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Code Blues

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Calendar

    December 12, 1996

    Pic Hits for the week

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    November 14, 1996

    Recordings

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    September 21, 1995

    SEVEN EVIL CLOWNSTHE BLUE MEANIES' G-FORCE CARNIVAL IS A WILD RIDE THAT'S NOT FOR SKA PURISTS

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    TAKING A QUACK AT PUBLIC RELATIONSTALKING DEAD DUCKS AT THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR PLANT

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    December 1, 1994

    KING HEROD OR ROCK 'N' ROLL JESTER?GALEN HEROD TAKES YET ANOTHER STAB AT QUITTING HIS DAY JOB

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    August 25, 1993

    CLAWING THEIR WAY TO THE TOPWHEN IT COMES TO PUNK-METAL, YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO PAW

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • News

    July 14, 1993

    FIZZIN' EXPEDITIONPOPPING QUESTIONS ABOUT MEXICAN COKE

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    June 2, 1993

    THE ART OF NOISE IF MUSIC HAD A LOUVRE, AUSTIN'S ED HALL WOULD BE HUNG

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

  • Music

    May 26, 1993

    PLAYINT THE SKIN GAME

    A Tempe activist wins the first round in a civic skirmish to soften the city's innovative rental-housing rules. But look for a new and improved version later this year, after landlords and tenants forge a compromise code.

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