No. 6 A Perfect Circle – Countdown of the Best Concerts of 2010
Over the last days of 2010 Up On The Sun will be counting down the best live shows of 2010. Today we look at the No. 7 show of the year, A Perfect Circle at Marquee Theatre…
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#10 – 50 Cent at Celebrity Theatre- Countdown of the Best Concerts of 2010
Over the last days of 2010 Up On The Sun will be counting down the best live shows of 2010. Today we look at the No. 10 show of the year, 50 Cent at Celebrity Theatre…
PhoenixHipHop.net Announces Nominees for 2010 Online Hip-Hop Awards (Vote Here!)
Local hip-hop website PhoenixHipHop.net posted the nominees for its 2010 Online Hip-Hop Awards this weekend. Unlike those stingy bastards at the Grammy Awards, who only dole out five nominations per category, Phoenix Hip-Hop errs on the side of inclusiveness, with just about everyone who’s done anything in local hip-hop this…
Brother Ali at Club Red Last Night
Brother Ali, The Grouch, Eligh and Los RakasClub RedDecember 3, 2010The Grouch might have been the headliner last night at Club Red in Tempe, but it seemed pretty obvious that Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali was the main draw on this stop of the How The Grouch Stole Christmas Tour. The…
BrokeNCYDE’s SeVen Sounds Off On New Album, Haters, and Why They Don’t Need Street Cred
In barely more than two years, Albuquerque “crunkcore” pioneers BrokeNCYDE have become one of the most hated bands in the world.Look up one of their videos on YouTube, and you’re guaranteed to find a raging debate in the comments section between BrokeNCYDE fans and people who think it’s the worst…
Metalstock Cancer Benefit To Feature 24 Bands, No Cover
Two dozen bands. Nine hours. Two stages. One good cause. No cover.Oh yeah, and no moshing.This weekend’s Metalstock show is almost a dream come true for Valley metalheads, if only Club Red would do away with that pesky “no moshing” policy. Metalstock organizer Tad Zaccard has assembled quite a line-up…
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A Perfect Circle at Marquee Theatre Last Night
A Perfect Circle Marquee Theatre November 4, 2010 There was a palpable sense of excitement in the air before A Perfect Circle took the stage at a sold-out Marquee Theatre last night. It’s not often you go to a concert and feel like you’re part of a rare and significant…
Reign of Vengeance Frontman Marshall “Fucking” Beck On His New Book and Upcoming Gig With Job For a Cowboy’s Jon Rice
Why wait for the weekend when you can start your Halloween festivities on “hump day”? Marshall “Fucking” Beck, one of the Valley’s most prolific and controversial heavy metal musicians, is getting a head start on the season with a Halloween bash at Martini Ranch Wednesday night. Beck is scheduled to…
The Top 10 Most Annoying College Football Fight Songs
I’m just gonna come right out and say it – college football is the best sport in the world. Unlike professional sports, where lockouts and strikes by multimillionaires are commonplace and players allegedly collude to form all-star teams in an attempt to “earn” an easy ring (I’m looking at you,…
Knox Discusses His New Album, His Influences and the Local Hip-Hop Scene
Phoenix rapper Knox is the hip-hop equivalent of a throwback jersey.His new album, From the Ashes, came out last Tuesday, September 14, but with its old-school beats and Knox’s retro flow, it sounds like it could have come straight out of hip-hop’s “golden era” of the early ’90s.The album is…
Benefit Show for BORG Drummer Scheduled for This Weekend
Local anti-meth rockers Beyond Our Recognitions of God are playing a benefit/fundraiser show tonight night at UB’s in Mesa for their drummer, Jon Landato, who was stabbed in the neck during an altercation last month following a gig at Goathead Saloon.Landato has made a full recovery, but spent several harrowing…
Random, DJ John Blaze Release Free Albums
The calendar says it’s September, but it must feel like Christmas for Valley hip-hop fans thanks to a pair of free, downloadable releases from PHX hip-hop mainstays Random (aka Megaran) and DJ John Blaze. Random recently released a free 10-track album, Heroes, Volume One, as a gesture of thanks to…
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You Hang Up at Martini Ranch Last Night
When I received a phone call a few days ago from our esteemed music editor, Martin Cizmar, asking me to review the You Hang Up show at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale, I agreed almost immediately. As frequent New Times readers already know, Martin has a little bit of, ahem, history…
Slayer, Megadeth and Testament at Dodge Theatre Last Night
Slayer, Megadeth and TestamentAugust 27, 2010Dodge Theatre About halfway through Megadeth’s set last night at Dodge Theatre, it hit me like a ton of bricks: we won! We actually won! By “we,” I mean thrash metal, of course – the bands, the fans and the music. After nearly three decades…
Soulfly’s Max Cavalera Discusses Upcoming D-Low Memorial Show and the Possibility of a Sepultura Reunion
For Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera, music has always been a family affair. Cavalera, along with older brother Iggor on drums, was a founding member of Brazilian thrash/death metal legends Sepultura in the mid ’80s before bolting the band to form Soulfly in 1997. After Iggor also left Sepultura in 2006,…
Deceased, Rumplestiltskin Grinder, Vehemence, Hemoptysis, and Chaos Ascending at UB’s
Deceased, Rumplestiltskin Grinder, et al.UB’s Restaurant & BarAugust 8, 2010 In most Christian sects, Sunday is typically reserved as a day of rest, but last night at UB’s there was no rest for the wicked, as six bands converged on this Mesa club to provide a night of demonic delight…
Landmine Marathon at Yucca Tap Room on 7/31/2010
Landmine MarathonYucca Tap RoomJuly 31, 2010Fresh off a month-long U.S. tour, Landmine Marathon looked anything but tired last night at the Yucca Tap Room in Tempe. In their first ever gig at the Yucca, the band tore through a brief-yet-ferocious set that spanned all three of their albums and left…
Greenhaven Provides Theme Song, Voice-over Narration for New Versus TV Show 3-Gun Nation
Veteran Valley hard rock/metal outfit Greenhaven is about to get some national exposure, thanks to a new TV show on the Versus sports network. 3-Gun Nation, a competitive shooting show that requires contestants to navigate an obstacle course while shooting targets with a rifle, shotgun and pistol, has chosen “Waterloo,”…
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Built to Spill (Oh, Yeah, and Kings of Leon) at Cricket Pavilion on 7/10/10
Finally playing on a stage befitting their status as one of the best rock bands of the past 15-20 years, Built to Spill put on an excellent show at Cricket Pavilion Saturday night, and, as a bonus, they even brought along some plucky, young, Southern rock upstarts from Nashville to…
Trap Releases New Mixtape
Trap just released his second mixtape, I Never Sleep, last Friday, but the Phoenix rapper/producer shows no signs of slowing down. Trap says he still has several other upcoming projects in the works, including a highly anticipated collaboration with Hannibal Leq and Lo called Monstaz Ink. For now, though, local…
Landmine Marathon Debuts New Video for “Shadows Fed to Tyrants”
How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for “Shadows Fed to Tyrants” by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn’t have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a…
The Summer Set Gears Up For (Go Figure) a Busy Summer with Hot Topic In-Store Appearance and Vans Warped Tour
Fresh off a successful run on the AP Tour this spring, Scottsdale pop rockers the Summer Set are not slowing down. The band returns to the road this week as part of the annual Vans Warped Tour. The genre-bending mega-festival kicks off this Friday in Carson, Calif. and makes a…