Song: Odd Future, “Sandwitches”Context: Just reading over a feature about Odd Future for this Thursday’s paper — you’re gonna love reading about the group’s Arizona connection. Odd Future – “Sandwitches” by brooklynvegan…

Song: The Baseball Project, “All Future And No Past”Context: The Baseball Project, an indie rock band featuring members of R.E.M. and Golden Smog which writes songs about baseball, will be at Martini Ranch tonight. It’s a super-cool project, having featured contributions from guys like Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service singer…

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… When you want to wage jukebox warfare, what are the best songs to take into battle?…

This week’s main music feature is a column I wrote in Austin, Texas after a week of South By Southwest craziness. It was a rough week for Arizona — the most attention anything related to our state got was a panel hosted by boycotters — but Meat Puppets frontman Curt…

Song: Meat Puppets, “Up On The Sun” Context: Have you ever heard the song this blog takes its name from? If not, here you go — it’s mentioned in this week’s music feature so this seems as good a time as any to remind everyone why Up On The Sun is…

It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon, and a quintessentially South by Southwest scene is unfolding at a concert outside Austin’s Waterloo Records. Eager day drinkers clamor to get into a fenced-off parking lot in this recently re-developed section of the city’s main drag, where the old “Keep Austin Weird” mantra has…

Song: Girl Talk, “Play Your Part (Pt. 1)”Context: Quick reminder that Girl Talk will be in Tempe at Marquee Theatre tonight. Should be a hell of a party. 01 Play Your Part (Pt. 1)…

Want a weird review of the new Strokes record?How about one that starts like this:”Everyone has those kinds of friends, those friends you grow estranged from during the course of life but still keep in touch. You’ll hear from them every year or so, maybe get a Facebook update…”Now imagine…

Last week was Spring Break at Arizona State University which means the streets of Tempe were silent as most date-rapers and date-rapees their victims were out in Lake Havasu (note: for the love of God, not Rocky Point, please don’t be in Rocky Point! Your mother is sick with worry! She can’t…

​The creatively-titled The Grateful Dead Movie, directed by Jerry Garcia, will be back in theaters for one night. That night is April 20 — 4/20 — which adds to the fun.  The film was shot in 1974 at one of the band’s legendary five-night stands at the Winterland Ballroom in San…

Song: The Appleseed Cast, “February”Context: Appleseed Cast’s show in Tempe tonight is pretty much the last drip of Southby run-off for the year. Enjoy it! The Appleseed Cast – February…

​There may or may not be a Rebecca Black concert at Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in June.Some outlets, such as our sister paper in Orange County, have reported the fliers for Black’s mall tour are not a joke. The New York Times had reported the same thing but is now backpedaling.If there…

Song: Foster The People, “Pumped Up Kicks”Context: LA’s Foster The People play Day 2 of South By Stateside tonight at Sail Inn. I caught their show Saturday at SXSW and was really impressed — you want to see them in a small venue like that when you can, trust me…

Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! It’s Ireland’s national holiday, and this year it’s a splendid day to spend in church, praying to ol’ Patrick, the mighty saint who cured our isle of snakes ages ago. What’s that, you plan to take off work to drink shitty green beer instead?…

Last week we told you about how local indie-shoegaze act Lisa Savidge is about to head out on tour, and planned to kick things off with a gig at Mesa’s Goathead Saloon.   Unfortunately, that gig got axed. Today is St. Patrick’s Day, of course, and it would seem the band’s brand…