Jeff Lusby-Breault and Mike Seitz of Enormodome never really thought their collaborations would go past entertaining themselves. The longtime friends — one in Flagstaff and one in Phoenix — took a quick-and-dirty approach when they started writing songs together, and they were surprised to find that their gritty rock songs…
Eating Mexican food and getting drunk on tequila is so much more fun when there’s good music. And on this Cinco de Mayo, the Rhythm Room is the place to be if you’re 21 or older and want high-quality local tunes while you’re sipping margaritas. More than 10 Rhythm Room…
Miss Krystle has no problem holding her own on stage, thanks to operatic vocal chops and bright red hair that’s as fiery as her personality. But the former beauty pageant queen turned local YouTube sensation vows audience members will keep all eyes on her five-member backing band of local musicians…
ParamoreComerica TheatreApril 29, 2013 After losing two founding members, Paramore made a show of their new self-confidence Monday night at Comerica Theatre, standing in front of a giant backdrop displaying nothing but three marks. It’s been almost three years since Paramore last hit up the Valley, but at their show…
Paramore is looking lighter these days. Since the band released its most recent album almost four years ago, it lost founding members Josh and Zac Farro. The experience is documented on Paramore’s newly released self-titled disc, which contains several songs about singer Hayley Williams’ feelings about a split the brothers…
Back when Nate Ruess was a part of Valley band The Format, it was difficult to imagine him becoming the superstar he is today. After all, in “I’m Actual,” from Dog Problems, he sang, “Can we please take this hour and talk about me and my hatred for corporate magazines?…
Well, give Fall Out Boy the award for most appropriately titled new single, “The Phoenix.” Four years after they broke hearts around the world by announcing an indefinite hiatus, the pop-rock group is back with a new album, Save Rock and Roll, due for release April 16. This isn’t the…
Alas, after three years of asking Valley dwellers about their musical tastes, What Are You Listening To? is coming to an end. Today, Up on the Sun has been gracious enough to feature my own tastes as the farewell blog, and after week after week of putting this blog together,…
She’s a multimillion-selling crop (country-pop) artist, a perfumer, and a maneater. Head over to your local Albertsons and take a gander at the greeting cards section and you’ll discover Taylor Swift is also adept at slapping pictures of cute puppies onto cardstock and writing gems such as “Wow. Just Wow,”…
Doug Hopkins Hopkins is the star of the Discovery Channel show, Property Wars. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Definitely Howard Stern. If I am not listening to Stern, I’m usually listening…
Pick up a copy of this week’s issue of New Times, and you’ll learn all about Haley Grigaitis, frontwoman for the feel-good, reggae-infused local band Ruca. Though she and her band are climbing the music ranks now, having played the TMI Radio Showcase at South by Southwest last week, she…
Haley Grigaitis was in the closet. Literally, in the closet. The 17-year-old hung heavy coats around her, ensuring she was shrouded in pure darkness and any sound she made would go unheard. Even though she grew up with music-freak Deadheads for parents, she didn’t want them to hear her sing…
Dave Andrea Andrea owns Brat Haus in Scottsdale. For more info, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Howard 100 on Sirius. What’s the first album you bought? Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy. What’s the…
Hoon is an anchor of FOX 10 Arizona Morning. He’ll be serving as emcee for the 2013 Phoenix Heart Walk on Saturday, March 23 at 8 a.m. at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix. Hoon was game to play a round of “What Are You Listening To?” with Up…
You’ve got to give mad props to a band that supports its frontman even after the group disintegrates. Such is the case with Chris Wallace, former singer of the now-defunct The White Tie Affair, who has found more mainstream success on his own than his band ever did. While TWTA…
Dear Spence, When your singer, who goes by the name of Daniel David Spence on Facebook, first approached me on Facebook to become my “friend,” I strongly considered accepting his request to friend me. After all, I work in digital marketing as a social media strategist, and I accept everyone…
Chad HorstmanHorstman is the CEO of Yandy.com, an online lingerie and costume retailer.When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The radio is pretty bad. I usually stream Pandora.What’s the first album you bought? Bon Jovi.What’s the first concert…
Sadie Such Such is the owner/photographer/producer at Sadie Such Photography and Films. Learn more here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I think I may have left it on the country station last time I was in…
Paramore doesn’t need the Farro brothers to go on. So long, founding brothers Josh and Zac. Frontwoman Hayley Williams is soldiering on, bad haircuts and all. It looks like the band’s big move into maturity might just abandon the sparkly pop that made the band famous. Who cares that it…
Sara McClellan McClellan is the freelance writer, creative mentor, and brand consultant behind Intuitive Horizon. She is also author of The World Needs Hope and is an inspirational speaker on hope, grief, and empathy. Learn more here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio,…
Larry Ortega Ortega is the owner of Obliq Art, which is participating in Arizona Center’s Art Detour Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? It would…
Pink @ US Airways Center|1/23/13 Oh, what fun it is to be the opening city for a two-month-long tour. Pink got to work out the kinks of her The Truth About Love Tour when she played in Phoenix last night to kick-off her love-themed show. “I’m so glad we got…
