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Montreal

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Grimes and Born Gold at Rhythm Room, 2/27/12

    Grimes and Born Gold Rhythm Room Monday, February 27 Montreal-based Claire Boucher, known as Grimes, not only has a stirringly sweet voice that she layers like K-pop frosting but also a penchant for weaving bombastic beats inside ambient textures. Her latest record on 4AD, Visions, manages to embod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Destroyer Announces Phoenix Date This Summer

    ​Up on the Sun favorite Dan Bejar and his band Destroyer released their newest album Kaputt more than a year ago. We liked it then, we liked it at the end of the year, we like it now still. It's a charming ode to the smooth sounds of late-'70s/early-'80s yacht rock, cannily balancing the line betw ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Dirty Dancing

    ​Up on the Sun favorite Dan Bejar and his band Destroyer released their newest album Kaputt more than a year ago. We liked it then, we liked it at the end of the year, we like it now still. It's a charming ode to the smooth sounds of late-'70s/early-'80s yacht rock, cannily balancing the line betw ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2012

    Handsome Furs @ Crescent Ballroom

    ​Up on the Sun favorite Dan Bejar and his band Destroyer released their newest album Kaputt more than a year ago. We liked it then, we liked it at the end of the year, we like it now still. It's a charming ode to the smooth sounds of late-'70s/early-'80s yacht rock, cannily balancing the line betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Five New Food Trucks Join Phoenix Street Food Coalition, More on the Way

    T-Licious Teazy Tacos​Whoever said the food truck fad was on its way out better get his engine checked. Thanks to Food Truck Fridays at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market and the upcoming Phoenix Food Truck Festival on October 22, grabbing grub from a motorized vehicle never tasted so good. N ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2011

    Dirty Beaches @ The Trunk Space

    T-Licious Teazy Tacos​Whoever said the food truck fad was on its way out better get his engine checked. Thanks to Food Truck Fridays at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market and the upcoming Phoenix Food Truck Festival on October 22, grabbing grub from a motorized vehicle never tasted so good. N ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Arcade Fire

    T-Licious Teazy Tacos​Whoever said the food truck fad was on its way out better get his engine checked. Thanks to Food Truck Fridays at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market and the upcoming Phoenix Food Truck Festival on October 22, grabbing grub from a motorized vehicle never tasted so good. N ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Fired Up

    Grammy winners come to Phoenix

  • Music

    March 17, 2011

    Get Primed for Day 2 of South by Stateside

    Grammy winners come to Phoenix

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Incoming: Coheed and Cambria, Flosstradamus, Of Montreal, Rick Ross, Toad The Wet Sprocket

    Toad The Wet Sprocket - bastion of the 1990s​Clubs editor Benjamin Leatherman describes this week's just announced shows thusly: "huge fucking week."Things are so fucking huge that Martin Cizmar went ahead and already announced the Janet Jackson show slated for this April -- yet there are still pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well

    ​Song: Sufjan Stevens, "I Want To Be Well"Context: I'm finally getting around to hearing the new Sufjan Stevens record while editing a feature on him for next week's paper. Am I the only one that noticed you could slip an of Montreal song in the middle of The Age Of Adz without anyone noticing? Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    What's Selling: Stinkweeds

    ​Music fans at Stinkweeds went after a lot of alt-rock this week.Blonde Redhead was the CenPho store's most popular album. Ra Ra Riot's summer release The Orchard made the top 10 as well, along with The Walkmen's new album Lisbon.1. Blonde Redhead, Penny SparkleSee the entire list after the jump.. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Behind Arcade Fire's New Album Art: Check Out the Photographer's Explanation

    ​Arcade Fire is officially one of the biggest bands in the world. Like, their latest tour dates, announced yesterday, feature a stop at Madison Square freakin' Garden.How did it happen? If I had to pinpoint the band's best attribute, I'd say it's an uncompromising attention to every detail. Simply ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Besnard Lakes

    ​Arcade Fire is officially one of the biggest bands in the world. Like, their latest tour dates, announced yesterday, feature a stop at Madison Square freakin' Garden.How did it happen? If I had to pinpoint the band's best attribute, I'd say it's an uncompromising attention to every detail. Simply ... 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

    January 8, 2010

    Kings of Leon Start New Fashion Line

    ​I realize this may be a highly unpopular thing to say, but I think it's time for the Kings of Leon to go on sabbatical. The Tennessee quartet and their overplayed songs have found just one more way to make being a hipster more obnoxious and, yes, more expensive. The Followill boys, who once cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Club Candids: Retro Hi-Fi at SideBar featuring Jojo Flores

    Adriane GoetzJojo Flores (left) makes a rare Phoenix appearance at SideBar Sunday night.​Who says there's nothing to do on a Sunday night? Well, to be fair, there wasn't a whole lot going on. Thankfully the folks behind Retro Hi-Fi at Sidebar pulled out the big guns, in this case Montreal's Jojo ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2009

    The King Khan & BBQ Show

    Adriane GoetzJojo Flores (left) makes a rare Phoenix appearance at SideBar Sunday night.​Who says there's nothing to do on a Sunday night? Well, to be fair, there wasn't a whole lot going on. Thankfully the folks behind Retro Hi-Fi at Sidebar pulled out the big guns, in this case Montreal's Jojo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Kanye West, Lady Gaga Plot Tour: Phoenix is First Stop

    ​Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye's last tour, I'm super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael Lopez.Full concert dates bel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Circus Maximus

    Ten million Cirque fans can’t be wrong -- and they’re not

  • Film

    June 18, 2009

    Away We Go: Writers Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida Give Birth to a Beautiful Screenplay

    Ten million Cirque fans can’t be wrong -- and they’re not

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    Italian Rapscallion

    Brains, beauty have Cleveland comic on the cusp

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

    Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Music

    January 8, 2009

    How The Loveblisters Got Their Buzz Back

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Local Indie Types Offer Up Their Best of 2008 Lists

    From the this-is-super-cool-but-would-have-been-way-too-much-work-for-us file comes this: Our man Murph has put together a nice assortment of best of 2008 lists by local indie types on his blog, So Much Silence.Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World and Kevin Murphy himself are both in love with Frightened R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    The Best Album of 2008? Sorry 'Science,' I Go With Girl Talk

    Can an album comprised solely of samples really be an artistic achievement? Honestly, I'm a little bit torn about naming Girl Talk's Feed The Animals the best album of the year. After all, it is a record made up entirely of mashups, so, strictly speaking, there's not a note of new music in this ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Q-Tip, Of Montreal, Rise Against, And Lil Rob Are Just Some Of What's Selling At Zia Records In Phoenix

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Hot Links: NY Times and Montini Slam Arpaio, Colin Powell Endorses Obama, Mr. Blackwell Croaks, and Sarah Palin's Stripper Clones.

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 16, 2008

    Plants and Animals

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Describing the undescribable

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    We Are Scientists and The Stills at The Clubhouse on Oct. 13

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    Wolf Parade bites back at critiques of At Mount Zoomer

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Farewell gigs

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Nomen Omen: The Worst-Named Bands Playing at SxSW This Year

    By Benjamin Leatherman Since the global retail industry has decided in it's great wisdom that the day after Halloween is the official starting point for the annual Christmas season, we feel it's our duty to inform the public of the following: You've only got 43 shopping days left to track down gi ... More >>

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    The Arcade Fire

    Stop, drop it like it's hot, and roll

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Pass It On

    Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Wolf Parade

    Apologies to the Queen Mary
    (Sub Pop)

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Mixing It Up

    Variety is the spice of Coachella

  • Music

    May 5, 2005

    Endurance Test

    It's taken more than great hooks for xrayok to get noticed

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Stars

    Set Yourself on Fire
    (Arts & Crafts)

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    Lemme Hear Your Bawdy Talk

    Poets get physical at Erotic Poetry Jam

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2002

    Gasping for Aerial

    Big-top production melds Chinese culture and acrobatics

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Art, Madness and Tony La Russa

    Letters from the week of October 31, 2002

  • Music

    March 7, 2002

    Tunnel Vision

    Bullfrog and Kid Koala look to bridge the band-DJ divide

  • Music

    February 14, 2002

    The Sunshine Fix

    Age of the Sun (Emperor Norton)

  • Film

    July 19, 2001

    The Bore

    Strong actors make a weak stab at wiseguy chic in The Score

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    Godspeed you black emperor!

    Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Kranky)

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    Slow Strokes

    Once dominant, U.S. swimmers have fallen back in the Olympic pack. And some observers are questioning whether Gary Hall Jr., the world-class sprinter from Paradise Valley, has the work ethic to find gold in Atlanta.

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