The Maine (Band)

Weekend: Black Tusk, John O'Callaghan, The Ataris, St. Patrick's Day, and Dustin Wong

Is it just me, or has it been a crazy week? Between all the SXSW craziness (I'm not there, but the sheer amount of reading I've done from people who are feels staggering), the sorta-but-not-really surprise closure of The Clubhouse in Tempe, and trying to stay on top of everything happening on St. P ... More >>

The Maine: With Pioneer, the Mesa Rockers Step Away From Warner Bros.

The Maine, What Laura Says, NOFX, and More in This Week's Issue

What happens when a promising young pop band's album gets rejected by the major label they've signed a seven-album contract with? In the case of The Maine's Pioneer, the band says "screw it," and releases it anyway. Of course, the story is more complicated than that, which singer John O'Callaghan ... More >>

The Maine's John O'Callaghan on New Album Pioneer

​It's been a little over a year since Tempe-based pop-rockers The Maine released Black and White, the band's major label debut. And while the paint still seems wet from that album's promotional blitz (view "the Maine Wall" on Roosevelt downtown on Tumblr), the group is already gearing up for a new ... More >>

The Maine to Wrap Up Tour with Augustana in Tempe

Valley indie rock band The Maine has been one of the city's success stories. The quintet toured with bands like Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls before being signed to Warner Brothers Records in 2009, and their debut for the label, 2010's Black & White, debuted at #16 on the Billboard 200 cha ... More >>

Warner Music Group for Sale: The Multi-Billion Dollar Battle for Ownership Winds Down this Week

Wikimedia CommonsWarner Music Group artist Madonna​Warner Music Group -- home to acts like Led Zeppelin, Green Day, and Tempe-based indie rock band The Maine -- is for sale. If you think it's tough outbidding other eBay users for a rare record, you should see the bidding battle currently underway ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our March 17 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list 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... How does the newly named Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion stack up against the worst venue names in America ... More >>

The Maine at Pollack Tempe Cinemas Last Night (VIDEO)

Victor PalaganoThe Maine perform an acoustic set at Tempe Pollack Cinemas.​You would have thought the new Twilight movie was premiering by the looks of Pollack Tempe Cinemas last night, as a line of girl-after-teenage girl winded around the theater. They were actually there to catch a glimpse of t ... More >>

The Maine Make a Movie

'In Darkness and In Light' Ticket Announcement from The Maine

www.wearethemaine.net'In Darkness and In Light'​Just when you thought Phoenix pop/rock band The Maine couldn't push themselves any further as a band (they already have their own keepsake book and imprint label), the group has managed to make it into the movie business, with their new short film, I ... More >>

The Maine at the Nile Theater Last Night

The MaineAugust 27, 2010Nile TheaterIt was teenage girl heaven at the Nile Theater last night, when local pop rock band The Maine played the last night of their current headlining tour and made a young lady-filled crowd go wild. Singer John O'Callaghan told the crowd the band got to choose their sch ... More >>

The Maine's John O'Callaghan's 25 Craziest Tweets of 2010

​A lot of people started complaining when "the new Twitter" was unveiled. Now when you log on to the popular social networking website, you're subject to a stream of random "popular" Tweets that often contain shout-outs to Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato or cliched inspirational quotes that no one r ... More >>

The Maine's Black and White Has Put Them in the Driver Seat of the Valley's Power-Pop Explosion

The Maine Makes Commercial for Nile Theatre Show on August 27

The Maine is advancing its show at the soon-to-be-reopened Nile Theatre with this little commercial. The most interesting revelations are: 1. The singer, John O'Callaghan has apparently cut his hair much shorter than we're used to seeing in the band's familiar promo shots. 2. O'Callaghan says The ... More >>

American Gods Show Their Love for Hamsters, and Other Local Music News

American Gods​Local metal band American Gods has a thing for hamsters. That's right--hamsters. The group has a song called "Hamster Stomp" on their current album, Ec-10, but don't think the group is serious about crushing those cute little furry animals--a bad-arse pic of one of the rodents graces ... More >>

The Maine Sets Release Date for Black & White Album, Releases New Track

​Tempe kiddie-poppers The Maine have announced the release date for their new record, Black & White, the major-label followup to Can't Stop, Won't Stop. Sire will drop the record, produced by Howard Benson (Papa Roach, Creed, Hawthorne Heights), on July 13. In the least surprising news of th ... More >>

Crowdsourced: Whiskey Six, Fat Tree and More

It's not always easy to keep track of your favorite local artists, especially when some are busy touring around the country. So, here's a round-up of the goings-on of some of the Valley's top musical acts, including The Maine, Fat Tree and Whiskey Six.Rock Along Productions sponsored an epic Battle ... More >>

Digital Summer, What Laura Says, The Maine and More in Crowdsourced

@wyzzerdd Drowning Pool​Last night was an exciting one for fans of rock band Digital Summer. The group best known for its successful grass roots marketing (hand-delivering tickets to fans, putting their logo-covered stickers all over town, etc.) made their triumphant return to Tempe, openin ... More >>

Valley Bands Performing at South by Southwest

The Maine Goes Green: Band Plays Free Show For "America's Greenest School"

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

Hanson Covers Radiohead

Shut your traps, "MMMbop" haters. The Hanson trio proves they know and respect rock legends with this cover of Radiohead's "Optimistic," which has been recently making the rounds on the interwebs, even though it debuted on YouTube more than six months ago. Taylor Hanson gives singer Thom Yorke a run ... More >>

Glamour Kills Sponsors Unsigned Band The Bay State

While pop rock music fans are used to seeing bands like All Time Low and Cobra Starship don the graphic tees and hoodie sweaters of Glamour Kills clothing company, the trendy fashion line (which also sponsors Valley band The Maine) has adopted unsigned Portland, Maine band The Bay State into th ... More >>

Q & A: Every Avenue

The guys in Every Avenue cite hometown heroes Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms as influences, and it's evident judging by the band's sophomore album, Picture Perfect.

AP Tour "Fall Ball '09"

Vans Warped Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion: The Maine, Dear and the Headlights, and Popsters Aplenty Entertain the Twees

The local heartthrobs of The Maine: Better than NOFX and Bad Religion. Until yesterday, I used to loathe the Warped Tour. Not because of the bands or music, mind you, but rather because of some bad experiences I'd had while attending the annual summertime mega-tour. When the Warped Tour first c ... More >>

The Maine Jump To Warner Brothers

Tempe pop-rockers The Maine have jumped from Fearless Records (a pretty decent label in it's own right) to Warner, one of The Big Four, reports Absolute Punk and elbo.ws.The band already had pretty legit distribution, but they're now making an even bigger push, re-releasing their 2008 debut, Cant' S ... More >>

Phoenix’s The Word Alive Are Enjoying a Rapid Rise to Success

The Maine Achieved National Success Thanks to Twitter, MySpace, and Buzznet

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