​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...

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 ...

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 son...

The Last Place, upon further listens, is a solid, well-rounded indie rock record. The album chronicles a failed relationship, a topic that lends itself rather well to Kennedy's songwriting abilities. Army Navy have, thankfully, managed to inj...