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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 >>
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December 15, 2011
What Makes the Ideal Music Venue in Phoenix?
Time to stop living in the past, people. Editor's Note: As we continue our observations of 2011, Up on the Sun contributor Christina Caldwell looks at the state of venues around town, and speculates about what the Phoenix music scene has and what it lacks. Answering "what makes a perfect music v ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Five Holiday Gifts for Your Metal-Loving Uncle
Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. It's hard to forget your metal-loving ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Jacki Orr, What Are You Listening To?
Jacki Orr The multi-media artist, humorist, performer and publisher of the ladies' indie adult naughty mag PoolBoy Magazine hosts First Friday Night Live Friday, December 2 at The Firehouse at 11 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door or $5 online here. $7 tix at the door or $5 online here. When ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Los Lobos in Tucson: Derechos Humanos Refuses To Cross Sound Strike "Picket Line"
Drew Reynolds Strikebreakers, rockers, or both? Los Lobos was never officially part of the Sound Strike, the musicians' boycott of Arizona over Senate Bill 1070, Sand Land's notorious breathing-while-brown law. But when the old-school Chicano rock band announced the cancellation of a gig at&n ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Sound Strike Responds To One-Sided Salon.com Article
Zack's been coming to AZ long before 1070 was an issueWhen I read the recent Salon.com article "How a boycott meant to save Arizona is hurting it," I wondered to myself how its author, a woman by the name of Drew Grant, ended up writing such an insipid, one-sided piece about the Sound Strike, a piec ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Steve Earle Caves to Sound Strike Pressure, "Postpones" Tucson Show
Score one for Zack de la Rocha, Javier Gonzalez and the Sound Strike.Steve Earle has bowed to intense pressure from organizers of a boycott of Arizona related to an immigration law that will never take effect, postponing his upcoming Arizona show indefinitely.In a statement, Earle says he was "un ... More >>
Music
February 24, 2011
Roots Rockers Flathead Have Played with Everyone
Score one for Zack de la Rocha, Javier Gonzalez and the Sound Strike.Steve Earle has bowed to intense pressure from organizers of a boycott of Arizona related to an immigration law that will never take effect, postponing his upcoming Arizona show indefinitely.In a statement, Earle says he was "un ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Calexico's Joey Burns on Giffords, Upcoming Show at Corona Ranch
Joey Burns (left) is a big fan of Gabby Giffords. Giffords, in turn, is a big fan of his band, Calexico.In 2008, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was given the chance to choose the "wake- up" music to roust her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, and the rest of the crew slumbering above Earth a ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Could Jan Brewer's Henchmen Close Tucson's Rialto Theatre?
Jan Brewer might shut down Tucson's famed Rialto Theatre.Sounds weird, right? You thought she was so busy flubbing debates, hating on Mexicans and trying to keep her mentally-ill son's rape conviction on the d-low that she'd have bigger fish to fry.Nope. Turns out Ms. Brewer (alma mater: Glendale ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Why Bands Play Tucson Instead of Phoenix
It's possibly the oldest, loudest gripe in Phoenix's music scene: Why Tucson?By that they mean, "Why is this cool band that I really love playing that bumblefuck shithole down South when they could play our sprawling metropolis of interconnected stripmalls?"Electric Mustache's photographer/hatche ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Incoming: Of Montreal, The Walkmen, Dungen, Sea Wolf, Ratatat
Patrick HeagneyThere was a huge slate of show announcements from Stateside Presents today, including a Halloween night show by of Montreal (pictured above) at The Rialto in Tucson.The Walkmen drop by The Clubhouse on September 17, while Ratatat comes to The Venue of Scottsdale on September 25 and ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Cypress Hill Cancels Tucson Show in Protest of SB 1070 (UPDATE)
Sorry, folks: There will be no hits from the bong in Tucson. Latino rappers Cypress Hill posted an announcement on their website saying they will cancel an upcoming show at Tucson's Rialto Theatre because of the law, which requires Arizona law enforcement officers to ask suspected illegal immigra ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Concert Review: Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta
I cannot claim to be an expert on -- or even a dedicated aficionado of -- Latin music. My Spanish skills, though purportedly honed by classes taken over three years in high school and another two semesters in college, are more suited to ordering food and drinks than following the dialog ... More >>
Music
December 17, 2009
Do Not Miss Sergio Mendoza
I cannot claim to be an expert on -- or even a dedicated aficionado of -- Latin music. My Spanish skills, though purportedly honed by classes taken over three years in high school and another two semesters in college, are more suited to ordering food and drinks than following the dialog ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Sonic Youth Reschedules Phoenix Date, West Coast Tour
Mr. Sampras stands in the middle right, between the familiar forms of Kim and Thurston.Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo has fractured his left wrist in that most punk rock of ways -- playing tennis -- requiring the band to reschedule their upcoming west coast tour. The new dates include a stop a ... 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 >>
Music
September 6, 2001
Peace Out
Roger Clyne and company postpone album release; Cousins of the Wize get some Love
Music
December 24, 1998
Critical Mass
A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998

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