Stephen Chilton

Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton, What Are You Listening To?

Maria VassettStephen Chilton​Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton The Valley-based music promoter has more than 20 events he's producing, which may be found at www.psykosteve.com When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? When I am in the car, I ... More >>

Ignite Phoenix's Music Coordinator, Erika Delemarre, Brings Local Tunes to Valley Creatives

Jeff AmbroseTobie Milford performing solo at Ignite Phoenix #9 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts​For almost three years, locals have flocked to Ignite Phoenix to check out what their peers are passionate about, by watching 5-minute, 20-slide presentations that expose audience member ... More >>

21 Questions: Psyko Steve

Welcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favorite hangout of a notable Phoenician and ask the "big" questions. This week we met up with local concert promoter Psyko Steve at Carly's Bistro.Name: Stephen "Psyko Steve" ChiltonAge: 27Occupation: Concert PromoterNew Tim ... More >>

Stephen "Psyko Steve" Chilton, What Are You Eating?

​Stephen Chilton The owner/talent buyer for Psycho Steve Presents is promoting a show tonight at the Rhythm Room with Nobility Obliged. What'd you eat for dinner last night? Last night my roommate barbecued for the holiday. Lots of great meat. Favorite food: I always enjoy lamb when I eat anywh ... More >>

Press Club Honors Staffers

Arizona Press Club Names Up On The Sun "Best Features Blog"

​It brings me great joy to report that Up On The Sun was named the Best Features Blog in the state by the Arizona Press Club in a ceremony Saturday night in downtown Phoenix. Niki D'Andrea, Jonathan McNamara, Stephen Chilton and I made up the winning team. (Full results here.)The "Best Features Bl ... More >>

Phoenix New Times Takes 13 First-Place Awards in AZ Press Club Competition -- Including Designer of the Year

Jasmine Hobeheidar and Peter Storch sweep two Press Club design categories, take three first places, and Storch wins Designer of the Year. ​ Phoenix New Times writers won 26 awards - including 13 first-places -- over the weekend at the Arizona Press Club awards banquet for work publishe ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 5/13 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a box in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What do music editor Martin Cizmar and local promoter Stephen Chilton think is going to happen with downtown Mesa ... More >>

By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Courtney Marie Andrews Is the Biggest Star in the Valley's Blooming Pop-Folk Scene

Getting Ovah It: CenPho Scenesters on Why Downtown Phoenix Is Still the Hub for Valley Music

10 Music Documentaries You Should See, Pop Music Takes Over Broadway, New Magnetic Fields

Electric Mustache: 10 Music Documentaries You Really Should SeeElectric Mustache: Turn Back O Man @ Local First Festival 11/7/09Idolator: Fergie Calls Kanye West "Gay Friendly" (But Not a Gay Fish)Idolator: Eat It, 'Les Miz': Pop Music Takes Over BroadwayNME: Steven Tyler onstage with Joe Perry: 'I' ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 8, 2009

Tempe Music Festival, Country Thunder, Bruce Springsteen and (Way) More Over the Weekend

Wait! Before you check out all the content from our weekend coverage, grab a big cup of coffee and relax. It was a big weekend and as such, there's a lot here. Take it in and enjoy it.  Tempe Music Fest 2009 This weekend Tempe Music Fest 2009 united us once again from scattered Valley citizenry t ... More >>

All-American Rejects Jam During Super Secret Practice in Tempe

Kelly WilsonThe All-American Rejects get their rock on Friday during a super secret jam session in Tempe. The All-American Rejects held a super secret show Friday in a warehouse on the northeast corner of McClintock and Broadway. OK, it wasn't a show as much as a jam session in preparation of Sat ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World's Clarity Anniversary Show Impressive

Luke Holwerda All week we've been sharing personal essays about Jimmy Eat World's Clarity, online and in print. Sadly, I don't have a Clarity story because I wasn't in to the Mesa emo/pop act until my college paper got an advance copy of Bleed American, the follow-up to Clarity, in July 2001. But ma ... More >>

'The Heart is a Drum Machine' Draws Big, Loud Crowd For Premiere

The Voyager Golden Record, sent in to deep space with a selection of Earth's music, is an important part of the film.It's not often a movie with Elijah Wood, Juliette Lewis, George Clinton, Wayne Coyne and a host of other big names premieres in Phoenix, so it probably wasn't surprising that The Hear ... More >>

Greetings from Up on the Sun's Newest Contributor

Greetings, Up on the Sun readers! My name is Stephen Chilton and I am the newest addition to the Up on the Sun writing crew. Some of you may know me by the moniker under which I've promoted Valley concerts since 2000, Psyko Steve. I want to fill you in on what I will be contributing and what I wi ... More >>

Downtown Phoenix Scenesters Vent to City Officials that Light-Rail Service Should be Extended Past Midnight on Weekends

Downtown Phoenix scenesters want the light rail to run past midnight (and so should you)

Local bands feel pain at the pump as they hit the road this summer

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