See also: Rise Against Ends Boycott of Arizona; Sound Strike Changes Focus See also: Five Sound Strike Bands We’d Like to See Perform in ArizonaYeasayer @ Crescent Ballroom, 9/3/12 Last night had all the ingredients for a great performance: a band fresh off the Soundstrike, a sold-out show, a cool…
See also: Mergence and Quick Henry Unite See also: Quick Henry’s Musical Recipe: Equal Parts Passion, Soul, Jameson and Ginger AleWhile most people took some well-deserved time off to mark the Labor Day holiday, consummate Tempe blues rockers Quick Henry used the extended weekend to log in some time at…
See also: Peachcake Explains “You Matter” Video See also: Peachcake Is Still Sweet — But Growing Up, Too Local electronic pop band Peachcake is used to putting out fun, dance-y music with existential lyrics, and their latest single, “The World Is Our Platform to Mean Something,” is no exception. You…
Once again reminding us the record industry resembles the band on the Titanic playing as it sinks, Rolling Stone reported “9 Ways Musicians Actually Make Money Today.” To be blunt, it’s pretty stupid…
Once a week Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See the New Times print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
Tycho @ Crescent Ballroom | 9/2/12To set the scene for this show, I should let you know I took some 25i-NBOMe. This research chemical is so new that it doesn’t yet carry with it any scary taboos, let alone a nickname that makes it more sellable on the streets. Apparently,…
The news waits for no one — at least that’s what we read somewhere — so it’s perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of…
Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom Lesson of the day: don’t overestimate the obscurity of a band. Or, at least check ticket sales. I went to Purity Ring confident that standing room would be still available for me and my girlfriend, but I was the only one able to get in…
Yeah, yeah, yeah…we get it Mondays suck (we’ve read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week…
Word has broken that an altercation took place early Sunday morning at the Rogue Bar in Scottsdale that resulted in two people being stabbed. According to Scottsdale Police officials and a number of posts on Facebook, a dispute took place between patrons of the music venue about 1:30 a.m. during…
Editor’s Note: It’s with heavy hearts that Up on the Sun reports that Mark Erickson, local songwriter and musician known for his roles in Colorstore, Gospel Claws, Sweetbleeders, and Roar, has passed away. Longtime Phoenix New Times music writer Serene Dominic brings us this note of remembrance. Our condolences are…
Tedeshi Trucks Band, B.B. King, Robert Cray @ Comerica Theatre| 9/1/12See also: Derek Trucks Talks Family Life on the Road See also: The full B.B. King SlideshowLet’s get something straight: last night’s show at Comerica Theatre was not a B.B. King show. It was a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert. B.B…
The Tallest Man on Earth @ Crescent Ballroom| 9/1/12It’s not hard to find a folk singer strumming a guitar in public. Stumble into a coffee shop or look out on the street corner and you’re bound to find someone doing it. Finding someone in one these spots who also happens…
Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom|8/31/12 Lesson of the day: don’t overestimate the obscurity of a band. Or, at least check ticket sales. I went to Purity Ring confident that standing room would be still available for me and my girlfriend, but I was the only one able to get in…
See also: Download: The World Record’s Sublime Guitar Rock Hit “She’s Not a Liar” See also: Take Cover: Bogan Via Covers Department of EaglesWishful thinking often leads to wishful drinking. The results are usually disastrous, but in Source Victoria’s case, it resulted in a great Built to Spill cover. “We…
Rehab @ Rhythm Room| 8/30/12Not since bearded-era Jim Morrison have rotund drunks been celebrated with such crazed enthusiasm. Not that I could ever compare last night’s Rehab show at The Rhythm Room to even the most spaced-out of Morrison’s career and consider it fair. But I did learn a few…
See also: Five Artists ESPN Should NOT Tag to Replace Hank Williams Jr.Hear that buzz in the air? No, not the whirring noise coming from your trees. I’m talking about the electricity caused by the click-clack of cleats; the smell of freshly cut grass and iron-tinged blood. Ah, yes –…
As August comes to a close, I had the challenge of picking a fifth and final topic for Drug Month. There were plenty of options–alcohol, tobacco, Quaaludes, club drugs, bath salts, and so on, but I decided to go in a different direction this week. How about anti-drug songs? They’re…
As anyone who’s seen the Leo DiCaprio flick Catch Me If You Can is likely to attest, being a commercial pilot is a certainly a pimp experience. Sky captains certainly command plenty of respect (unless they’re unlucky enough to get caught on tape spewing vulgarities), which is one of the…
Ryan Gaumont Gaumont is a member of local sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth and is a stand-up comedian. See him perform at Stand Up Scottsdale! in Scottsdale this Friday, August 31 at 9 p.m. For more details, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on…
Curious about what’s going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don’t fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend…
Seminal politically-charged Swedish hardcore band, Refused, made music well ahead of its time. No debate – these guys were the real deal. “We wanted something more than what was on offer and we gave it our best shot. It didn’t pan out, we went out and played it and people…
