Michael Lopez

​Inspiration comes from many different places, the radio being one of them. While carousing around town in my hooptie the other day, the Notorious B.I.G./Puff Daddy/Mase 1997 classic "Mo Money, Mo Problems" came on over my speakers, much to my odd delight. After I was done singing Biggie's verse word-for-word...

It seemed to happen when no one was looking, but all of a sudden, Australia has turned into a hotbed of electronic music. Credit Cut Copy's brilliant 2004 album, Bright Like Neon Love, for luring the eyes and hears of music fans Down Under. The attention hasn't hurt Sydney electronic...

So why the hell am I waxing nostalgic all of the sudden? This will be my last post as an Up on the Sun blogger. I have decided it is time to move on from UOTS and from Phoenix, as well. Before I go, I felt like I should share...

Editor's Note: We here at Up on the Sun are sad to announce that we are losing Michael Lopez as a staff blogger. Lopez is moving back to his hometown, Portland, Oregon. Over the past three years, M.Lo has been a distinct voice on this blog and in print. You...

A scenario like this happens more often than not, but there's still hope for those albums initially overlooked -- hope that usually comes in the form of a song that went unnoticed in the first place, yet now begs for repeated listens. That one song can open up an album...