Heritage Hump Day – Dead Hot Workshop

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

Heritage Hump Day: Sugar High – “Swallowed Bombs”

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

Heritage Hump Day: Trunk Federation, “Truck Lover” (1998)

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

Heritage Hump Day: Haggis, “Turpentine”

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector’s item of a much beloved…

Heritage Hump Day: The Pistoleros, “1000 Miles”

From now on, when someone asks you what the day in the middle of the week is, no longer need you say, “err, hump day.” Now you can say “It’s Heritage Hump Day!” That’s because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big…

10 Albums by Famous Bands Who Were Starting to Hate Fame

Editor’s note: Since Oct. 6, 2012 (the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut single “Love Me Do,” we’ve been on a half-century celebration cycle in which we are scheduled to relive every Beatles innovation, every release of the Beatles’ landmark career in real time, right until the…

12 Bands Who Tried (and Failed) to Imitate A Hard Day’s Night

Editor’s note: Since Oct. 6, 2012 (the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut single “Love Me Do”) we’ve been on a half-century celebration cycle in which we are scheduled to relive every Beatles innovation, every release of the Beatles’ landmark career in real time, right until the…

Local Band The Lovelost Make Sorely Needed Romantic Music

Not sure if Spanish is indeed the loving tongue, but it wasn’t two minutes into “Peregrina,” the opening track of The Lovelost’s debut album, Foreign, before I decided I loved the Lovelost. It didn’t matter if Ixchel del Castillo was singing about a Mexican telenovela star or a mineral water;…

How The Beatles Trampled a Singing Nun on Their Way to the Top

Sister Smile, a.k.a. the Singing Nun, held the top spot on the charts prior to the Fab Four’s explosion onto the American music scene. Editor’s note: Since Oct. 6, 2012 (the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut album Love Me Do), we’ve been on a half-century celebration…

Museum Wants Your “Tempe Sound” Artifacts

Anyone who may have been there on the last night of business of a Tempe venue will tell you it’s a lot like the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. Nita’s Hideaway, Long Wong’s, 6 East, Hollywood Alley — none of these beloved nightspots went down without a fight. In some…

Doors Drummer John Densmore Fights for the Band’s Legacy

It’s probably a good idea to avoid people who quote Doors lyrics in everyday conversation — unless, of course, it’s John Densmore, timekeeper for the legendary group. He earned that right, having to live with those words and Jim Morrison’s predilection for acting them out onstage and in real life…