My Morning Jacket

Poll: What's Your "Forbidden Song"?

I think everyone has a "Forbidden Song." What's that? It's like, whenever I hear the tune "Freebird," whether in the car or at some party or whatever, I have to turn it off. It's like an obsessive-compulsive decision and I will be forever agitated until that song is no longer playing. I'm not psy ... More >>

Lucero's Brian Venable on Metallica Being Dead to Him, ATO Records, and Women & Work

Memphis rockers Lucero have a timeless quality, a lowdown, from-the-gut, blue-collar rock 'n' roll sound that could have been recorded any time since the late '60s (save for a few flashes of class of '77 punk strut). Timeless, but not timely, according to guitarist Brian Venable. After nearly a de ... More >>

Bevin O'Neill, What Are You Listening To?

Bevin O'Neill​Bevin O'Neill O'Neill is a chef at The Grind  and Chick Rotisserie Bar (opening soon).  When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Arizona sports radio.What's the first album you bought? The Clash, Combat Rock. ... More >>

15 Favorite National Songs: Jason P. Woodbury

Michael Kiwanuka​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next week, we'll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! I'm already regretting this one. I left so much off this list it hurts, deserving songs from the li ... More >>

Ewan Currie of the Sheepdogs on Rolling Stone, Their Next Album, and Crosby, Stills & Nash

Emma McIntyre​Earlier this year The Sheepdogs became the first unsigned band to land on the cover of Rolling Stone after they won the magazine's Choose the Cover contest. Although they toured extensively before they entered the contest, their world was turned somewhat upside down when they finally ... More >>

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

http://www.flickr.com/photos/letfunbegin/2162038913/​Remember when you used to buy your music from, you know ... an actual music store? We do too. Valley storefronts like Stinkweeds, Revolver Records, Hoodlums, and Zia Record Exchange continue to be reliable sources for music fans to find their mu ... More >>

Details Revealed About 'Muppets: The Green Album'

Jason Segel's forthcoming movie The Muppets will feature a stellar soundtrack, according to Consequence of Sound.Muppets: The Green Album is a collection of classic Muppet hits being covered by some pretty talented rocker stars. The soundtrack, titled The Green Album, gets a slightly ironic twist, c ... More >>

My Morning Jacket: Circuital

My Morning Jacket - CircuitalToday marks the last grasp for the month of May -- a rather solid month, I might add, for new releases. So far, I've covered Fleet Foxes, Gang Gang Dance, Friendly Fires and, now, Kentucky indie rockers My Morning Jacket. Circuital, the band's sixth LP, is their first fr ... More >>

Diddy Temporarily Changes His Name...Again

​A million name changes weren't enough for Sean Combs. Apparently, it was time for another one, according to Paste.Rapper and producer Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, can't seem to ever settle on a name. Even this time he feels that his new alter ego will only be suitable for a week.His new ... More >>

Lollapalooza Unveils Lineup: Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse

​Lollapalooza has revealed an absolutely killer lineup for its 20th-anniversary show, according to Consequence of Sound.Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, and Muse are at the top of this summer's impressive bill. Other big names scheduled to perform include My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circ ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie to Stream New Music Video as They Shoot It

​The music video for Death Cab For Cutie's latest song "You Are A Tourist" is about to be made, but it won't be a typical music video shoot, according to Pitchfork.Death Cab has chosen to make a live stream available to allow their fans to watch the music video creation process as the video i ... More >>

Pavle Milic, What Are You Listening To?

Pavle Milic​Pavle Milic You can find the co-owner of restaurant FnB at the Old Town Farmers' Market in Scottsdale every Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? If my wife drove, it's highly likely that NPR will ... More >>

First Ever Twitter Cover Band Created

​A group called Tw1tterband (@tw1tterband) has become the first Twitter music group, according to Paste.The project began when an Englishman named Richard Newman decided to reach out for singers, musicians and producers via Twitter to make a cover song together in honor of his two year Twitter ann ... More >>

Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys Headlining Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival​ Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, and The Black Keys will be headlining the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival for its 10th year, according to the Bonnaroo website.The good people who run Bonnaroo have put together a bomb-ass lineup. Other artists confir ... More >>

Wedding Music: Getting Hitched? Check Out Matrimony's New Musical Canon

Kanye Finally Apologizes with New Song for Taylor Swift

​It took Kanye West long enough to give Taylor Swift the musical apology many say he's owed her for a long time. In fact, it took him almost a year. But finally, the apology has arrived in the form of a song called "Devil in a New Dress." Surprisingly, he actually sounds remorseful. Good to know ... More >>

The Roots: How I Got Over

​There may not be a track released the rest of the year that has an ounce of the substance and effortless polish of "Dear God 2.0" off of How I got Over -- the long-awaited new album from The Roots.The song employs a genius guest vocal from Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk fame ... More >>

Calexico, Sharon Jones, Andrew Bird, to Play Newport Folk Festival

Arizona's Calexico.​The Newport Folk Festival is historically significant, not just because of its ever-exciting, often bleeding edge lineup, but because in 1965 Bob Dylan decided to plug in and play electric, much to the dismay of a large portion of the crowd. That set forever changed people's id ... More >>

Sasquatch Announces 2010 Lineup

The 2010 lineup for the Sasquatch! Music Festival has been announced, and it is, my friends, rather impressive (finally)​​It's been a long time coming, but the Sasquatch! Music Festival -- held annually at Washington's Gorge Amphitheater over Memorial Day weekend -- has come of age. Too long the ... More >>

Tea Leaf Green Plays The Compound on New Year's Eve

​San Francisco's Tea Leaf Green -- a sort of neo-folkie indie rock outfit that recalls My Morning Jacket and a lot of 60s acts from their native city -- will play burgeoning North Phoenix venue The Compound Grill on New Year's Eve. I really dig their sound (mp3 below).If you live up north this wou ... More >>

Are Monsters of Folk Really a Supergroup?

Stream Some New Monsters of Folk Tracks

Jim James, Connor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis equals Monsters of Folk​Excited for supergroups? Disappointed that the Dead Weather's album isn't quite as good as you think it should be? Well let Monsters of Folk -- Connor Oberst, Jim James (Yim Yames, whatever), M. Ward and Mike Mogis -- ease yo ... More >>

Monsters of Folk Coming To Phoenix Oct. 21

 Seems like it's been a long time since a any Phoenix promoter felt like shelling out the big bucks it takes to rent the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre downtown for a show. It appears the inaugural tour by Monsters of Folk, an ironically-named side project featuring My Morning Jacket's Jim ... More >>

M. Ward

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Good Morning

My Morning Jacket

Bright Spots

The Good and the Not So Good

My Morning Jacket

Because jam is a breakfast food

My Morning Jacket

Okonokos: Double Live Album
(Ato Records)

Living With Post-War

M. Ward's recipe for political change: Let's ignore the president

Appleseed Cast

Less Swedenborgian than you might think

Top 10 sellers at Stinkweeds, 1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

A Pack of Mutts

Music's "designer dogs"

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

Pass It On

Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift

Morning After

My Morning Jacket breaks through a breakup with Z

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds, 1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

Burning the Faithful

New copy-protected CDs screw over the only honest customers the music industry has left

Crowe Flies Home

A mess, but not a disaster

Top 10 selling CDs at Stinkweeds Record Exchange (1250 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe) for November 27 through December 5

Shorties

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth the attention.

What's Selling

Refried South

Southern rock, once stigmatized and left for the comedians, has entered a new era of appreciation

Road Hoggin'

Indie innovators My Morning Jacket soak in the greasy spoons on the way to your town

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Letters

'N Sync? Get real

My Morning Jacket

At Dawn (Darla)