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Dave Grohl's Sound City Documentary Is Coming to FilmBar in Phoenix

Maybe you're a Foo Fighters fan and maybe you're not, but it's impossible to deny that frontman Dave Grohl knows how to milk the "famous rockstar" thing. He plays on records with his friends, teams up with his idols, and drums every now and then just to remind everyone that he's really, really good ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Ryan Gaumont, What Are You Listening To?

Ryan Gaumont Gaumont is a member of local sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth and is a stand-up comedian. See him perform at Stand Up Scottsdale! in Scottsdale this Friday, August 31 at 9 p.m. For more details, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would ... More >>

The Young Rock in the Great Wide Open

The Young Rock in the Great Wide Open

Golden State, Jordan Page and Captain Squeegee Play Ron Paul After Party

Golden State​Here's a familiar story: Conservative candidate plays a rock song at a rally, liberal artist complains. Ronny Reagan and Bruce Springsteen. Mike Huckabee and Boston. Michele Bachmann and Tom Petty. Ron Paul, on the other hand, has a handful of diehard musician fans that are willing to ... More >>

Shurman Finds Inspiration in Independence

Now that we all know most record companies are the loss leaders for their conglomerate parent company we always believed they were, you kinda wish just once someone at the label would say "I don't know how to do my job" instead of "We don't have a way of marketing you." That was the speech Aaron Be ... More >>

Bob Seger @ US Airways Center

Five Favorite Shows of 2011: Jason P. Woodbury

Kurt Vile at the Rhythm Room​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. Over the next week, editor Jason P. Woodbury and the staff will countdown their favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. A lot of people imagine this job as nothing but us writers lo ... More >>

Blind Boys of Alabama Founding Member Jimmy Carter: "We're Testing the Water, and I Hope We Don't Drown."

Blind Boys of Alabama​Ladies and gentlemen, The Blind Boys of Alabama have gone country. Well, kind of. The long running gospel group, which formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind way back in 1939, released Take the High Road in April of this year. Featuring Hank Williams Jr., Willi ... More >>

Foo Fighters at US Airways Center, 10/16/11

Maria Vassett​Foo Fighters US Airways Center October 16, 2011 Last night I got my face melted off by one of the greatest acts in present-day rock 'n' roll. Everything about the band's show, from the guitar showdown to their two hour and 45 minute set, proved why the Foos deserve their place on to ... More >>

Those Darlins at The Rhythm Room, 7-27-2011

Victor GonzalezKelley Darlin of Those Darlins​Those Darlins The Rhythm Room Wednesday, July 27 Better Than: a "Snaggle Tooth Mama" Ah, the South. Damn I miss it. Geographically speaking, the southern states have produced some of the best music this country's ever heard--Buddy Holly, Hank ... More >>

Larry Crowne: Tom Hanks Ages Into Midlife Obsolescence

Stevie Nicks' In Your Dreams: Yes, It Really Is Her Best Album in Years

​Phoenix resident Stevie Nicks' new album, In Your Dreams, was released today. Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield has already given the album rave reviews, calling it Nicks' best album in a decade. It's hard to argue with that, especially considering that Nicks hasn't released an album in a deca ... More >>

13 Must-Hear Songs from the First Third of 2011 ( Mp3)

Toro y Moi​Did you know that a third of a year is called a tertile? Now you do!The first tertile of 2011 (great word, right?) comes to end at the close of this month, which seems like a good time to get caught up on the best songs from the first part of the year. Hey, it's never too early for a be ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World, Rx Bandits, Ed Kowalczyk, and Other New Year's Eve Concert Options

Rx Bandits are scheduled to perform on Friday, December 31, at Scottsdale's Ultimate Block Party.​Without being too hyperbolic, New Year's Eve is a major night when it comes to revelry. Besides the endless amounts of nightclub events and parties that will take place in an around the PHX, some big ... More >>

The Eagles at US Airways Center: They Can Still Sing the Hits

Luke HolwerdaThe Eagles long after hell froze over in Phoenix.​"We should just close our eyes, and maybe they'll sound the same," she says about The Eagles, the band we're headed to see.  I'm sitting next to her in our crowded light-rail car. She smells of strong perfume, too strong, but her ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Thanksgiving Weekend

The Limit Club is scheduled to perform on Friday at The Firehouse in downtown Phoenix.​Turkey Day is almost upon us, which means there's five straight nights of drinking and debauchery ahead. There's gonna be plenty of fun and frolicking to be had starting tonight through Sunday, with much of it h ... More >>

Concert Review: Kurt Vile and the Violators at Modified Arts

BY MIKE ESCOTO Shawn Anderson courtesy of ElectricMustache.com​In preparation for Tuesday night's concert at Modified Arts I spent a good chunk of my day listening to the latest album from Philadelphia singer/songwriter Kurt Vile. Although Vile (yes that is his real name) has released three solo a ... More >>

Page the Village Idiot Is Anything But

Hey, dude, I know that song! A look at a trio of new all-covers albums by power pop stars

Shout FactoryMatthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs make beautiful music together... other people's music, that is.​ Covers albums, by their very nature, are a mixed bag. Not only are their songs usually drawn from disparate sources, but the quality of interpretations varies wildly as well. Beyond ... More >>

Jack's Mannequin Out Shines Chart-Topping The Fray as Opener at Dodge Theatre

Luke HolwerdaThe Fray and Jack's Mannequin made the perfect touring partners when their show stopped into the Dodge Theatre Tuesday. Both bands produce piano-driven melodies and songs that can get haunt your head for days. Both tend to attract a late teen to twentysomething crowd of starry-eyed girl ... More >>

Deer Tick Gets Sweaty At Modified

Despite sweltering heat and scarce air conditioning, about 160 folks crammed into Phoenix's Modified Arts last night to watch the much-hyped Deer Tick as they rolled into town in their converted school bus to support their new record, Born on Flag Day.  The boys, lead by singer/songwriter John ... More >>

5 nights of pints

Pint-size guide to Phoenix's Irish Pub scene

¡Viva la Revolución!

A rogues' gallery of rock 'n' rollers reflects upon the USA's big day

Crowe Flies Home

A mess, but not a disaster

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers

¡Americano! (Emma Java)

Warren Zevon

The Wind (Artemis)

The Thorns

The Thorns (Aware/Columbia)

Laura Minor

Salesman's Girl (HighTone)

Damien Jurado and Gathered in Song

I Break Chairs (Sub Pop)

Hairy Plotters

Ignoble savages go ape in Human Nature

Tucson Confessions

Mark Insley does an emotional detox in the desert and creates an Americana gem

Nicks of Time

Pop's gold-dust woman bounces back from drugs, depression and sluggish sales

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Casal in the Air

Neal Casal Anytime Tomorrow (Morebarn Records)

Handpickin'

Pete Yorn at Nita's Hideaway

Flashing Red

New compilation finds the local indie scene burning brightly

Gotta Have the Phunk

Valley rap-rock pioneers return with a new record

Frisbie

The Subversive Sounds of Love (Hear Diagonally)

The Vision

Native American singer-songwriter Bill Miller's formula for change is right there -- in his music and his life

Don Henley

Inside Job
(Warner Bros.)

Jive Talkin'

Local rap metalers ink a bionic record deal

Recordings

Where There's a Will

Trashman goes to blows over Hagar's Halen

Talent Show

Paul Westerberg gives up on the charts, and rediscovers his muse

Dust From Ashes

Median Income

Homeless people hawk three different publications on curbs all over the Valley. What's brought about the proliferation of street sheets, and who, if anyone, benefits?

ROCKABILITY REGAINED

AFTER A LONG HIATUS, COLIN WINSKI REDISCOVERS HIS MUSICAL ROOTS