Thin Lizzy

JEFF the Brotherhood @ Rhythm Room

Heartless Bastards Songwriter Erika Wennerstrom Takes Aim

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Vintage Violence: TOAD's Rotten Tide Oozes Analog Menace

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Top Cover Songs of 2011

Charles Bradley​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011's best videos. Enjoy! The idea of The Beatles, The Pixies, Tom Waits, and Elton John sh ... More >>

Metal Goes Pop: Five Examples of Doing It Right

​Yesterday our compatriots at Country Grind announced that heavy rockers Torche and Part Chimp will team for upcoming Chunklet-issued 12-inch record that finds Torche covering legendary lo-fi rockers Guided By Voices. Torche have always been a metal band unafraid to embrace big pop sounds, and th ... More >>

Lynch Mob

​Yesterday our compatriots at Country Grind announced that heavy rockers Torche and Part Chimp will team for upcoming Chunklet-issued 12-inch record that finds Torche covering legendary lo-fi rockers Guided By Voices. Torche have always been a metal band unafraid to embrace big pop sounds, and th ... More >>

Hollywood Saints: Other People's Music From the Heart

​Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look up on the stage at Naked Dave's Music's Tempe location, where hair-metal cover band Hollywood Saints pract ... More >>

The Acoustic Brotherhood

​Welcome to The Grand Tour, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com takes you inside practice spaces, tour vans and seedy apartments occupied by Phoenix-area bands. This week we give you a look up on the stage at Naked Dave's Music's Tempe location, where hair-metal cover band Hollywood Saints pract ... More >>

Israeli Gears

Monotonix bring licks with chutzpah

Alabama Thunderpussy

Open Fire
(Relapse Records)

Lullabies for the Deranged

Wallow in the mire of the year's best scuzz rock

Seedy Release

Lurid Lifestyles of the Broke and Not-So-Famous

Pop Rocks

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

Every Time I Die

Gutter Phenomenon
(Ferret Music)

The Hold Steady

Brains, sweat, and booze

Alabama Thunderpussy

Fulton Hill
(Relapse)

Original Soul

This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

Dark Impulses

At night, downtown Phoenix is a ghost town – except for a few bright spots

They Still Be Trippin'

It's dirty but true: Former Arizonans the Supersuckers keep on rockin' on their profanely titled new album

Yo La Tengo/Dump

Summer Sun (Matador) A Grown-Ass Man (Shrimper)

Ever More?

Everclear keeps perfecting its fiery punk pop. But is their demise in sight?

It Ain't Good -- So What?

Sometimes, the best music is the stuff you wouldn't dream of praising in public

Tales From the Dark Side

Troubled singer/songwriter Billy Sedlmayr teams up with guitarist Rich Hopkins for a collection of songs that chronicles a life spent on the fringes

Book 'Em

Taking a look at some of the best music literature from the past few months

Texas State of Mind

The South by Southwest music conference might've been a disappointment this year, but there are still plenty of questions left to be answered

12LB. Test

Harm's Way (Miles of Music Recordings)

Hammer of the Gazas

Chicago's Gaza Strippers take it all off and show their scars on a high-powered sophomore album

Trans Am, I Said

Maryland post-rock trio drives it into the Red Line

Unholy Union

When porn star Raylene and Pantera double for a Zia in-store, music becomes an afterthought

Rollins Rock

Once the figurehead of '80s punk, Henry Rollins now looks to arena favorites of the '70s for hard-rock inspiration while exploring yet another chapter in his ever-diversifying career

Letters

Once the figurehead of '80s punk, Henry Rollins now looks to arena favorites of the '70s for hard-rock inspiration while exploring yet another chapter in his ever-diversifying career

Paperback Writer

Trashman pours his beer-fueled soul into a saga of Guns n' Mooks

Hearts Full of Napalm

Three decades after the fact, L.A.'s Streetwalkin' Cheetahs make good on that old Detroit Rock City promise

Molten Wax

Three decades after the fact, L.A.'s Streetwalkin' Cheetahs make good on that old Detroit Rock City promise

Everybody Get Up!

Glory Revival pillages rock 'n' roll history to create its own unique myth

Pic Hits for the week

Glory Revival pillages rock 'n' roll history to create its own unique myth

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Glory Revival pillages rock 'n' roll history to create its own unique myth