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January 7, 2009
Merriweather Post Pavilion Already Best Album of 2009
The Jury may still be out on whether Merriweather Post Pavilion is the best album of 2009, but the band has best album art of the year, or the past few years for that matter, locked up in some people's eyes, including mine.As Domino Records gets ready to release the vinyl version of Animal Collectiv ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
Animal Collective, John Frusciante, Atmosphere, and Lady GaGa are Just Some of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange
The animals of B'More foursome Animal Collective. Do y'all smell that? No, it's not the repulsive scent of the titanic dump those Pittsburgh Steelers bastards dropped on the PHX's collective hopes and dreams for Super Bowl championship. I'm talking about something much, much better: The glorious ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
New Release Tuesday: The Von Bondies
My guilty pleasure of 2009 so far goes to Detroit rockers The Von Bondies Yes, it's Tuesday again, so you know what that means: more new music. This week, I have chosen to focus my energy on The Von Bondies' new album, Love, Hate And Then There's You. Now I know what you're saying: "Their las ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Andrew Bird, Franz Ferdinand, Bon Iver, and Courtney Marie Andrews are Just Some of What's Selling at Stinkweeds Record Exchange
The phenomenally talented Andrew Bird. It sucks pretty hard that Tucson gets all the cool shows these days. Like Andrew Bird, who's making a stop in the Old Pueblo this Saturday to gig at the Rialto, but won't make a stop in Phoenix. This truly blows, since we've been digging on the talented singe ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Shout Out Out Out Out: Dumb Name, Album of the Year
Album art compliments of the 1973 French sci-fi film Fantastic PlanetIt's just barely March and I already have a solid pick for my favorite album of the year. Animal Collective gave us Merriweather Post Pavilion and I fawned over it. It's a solid offering, scaling back the Baltimore act's weirdness ... More >>
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April 1, 2009
Amazon Trots out Their "100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time"
Amazon takes their shot at indie rock's 100 greatest albumsThe fine folks over at amazon.com decided that the time was ripe to assemble a list of the best indie rock albums of all time. Indie rock is a genre either really easy to define or kind of confusing to define, but that sentiment did not hol ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
Top Ten of 2009: Michael Lopez
Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Michael Lopez, a New Times contributor, and regular blogger at Up on th ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
New Animal Collective Video "Brothersport"
Animal Collective's newest video for "Brothersport" certainly gets its 5 minutes' worth. Psychedelic omelets, anyone?In the wee hours of this morning/last night, Animal Collective posted the video for their track "Brothersport"at myanimalhome.net. The sneaky bastards have outdone themselves thi ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Pazz and Jop is Out!
Albums Winner: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal CollectiveSingles Winner: Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys This year's annual collection of the opinions of thousands of music critics regarding the best albums and singles of the year has arrived. The poll was started in 1974 by ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Katy Perry Coming to Phoenix (Thank Her Sponsor, Schick Razors!)
Skankstress Katy Perry just announced a tour date for Phoenix's Comerica Theatre on August 3.It's part of a "California Dreams" tour that starts on June 7 in Atlanta and runs through August 14, the second show in Katy's hometown Santa Barbara, California. Tickets, priced pretty modestly at $3 ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
White Stripes' Most Endearing Moments
The White Stripes: Oh-so-sweet. (We will miss you Jack and Meg!)Let's face it. The White Stripes is was a band that without question defined music for this generation. Whether you liked them or not (and most everyone did, at one time or other) they were constantly in the news, challenging convent ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Panda Bear: Tomboy
Panda Bear - TomboyThe ides of April are upon us and they bring with them what I believe to be 2011's finest month for new music. No one release is as anticipated quite as much as Tomboy, the fourth album from Animal Collective founding member Panda Bear. We last heard from Panda Bear -- né Noah ... More >>
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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 >>