First, a scene from NBC’s 30 Rock: Tracy Jordan: Do you mind if I google myself in your office? Liz Lemon: Sure, Tracy. Tracy: Can I use your computer? Liz: How else are you gonna do it? Today’s installment of Record Heat (Up on the Sun’s very first post of…
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Jobing.com Arena Friday, December 30, 2011 See also: Our complete Trans-Siberian Orchestra slideshow. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a lot like Christmas itself: The pretty lights are a good distraction from how over-the-top and annoying it can be. Both have some classy elements and are good for family fun, but…
See also: Phoenix New Times New Year’s Eve Guide Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows (Minibosses, Meat Puppets, Futurekind, Gin Blossoms, Sugar Thieves We owe a lot to The Meat Puppets around here (you know, our name and all), so we’re always happy when the Kirkwood boys…
You are one paycheck away from being homeless. Me likewise. Our tomorrows hang on tinder hooks but The Love Me Nots’ future in this business of show is for certain. Why? Because no one else can do what they do when they do what they do it to you, that’s…
The best late night shows have continued to book stellar talent and impress the masses with both old and new acts this year. Many a musical guest graced the stages of Letterman, Leno, Lopez and more.Certain moments stood out to us as particularly notable. Even though quite a few of…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s some of the most memorable music stories from 2011. Enjoy! Well kids, another year of local music has…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s most outrageously offensive musical outfits. Enjoy! We’re not particularly renowned for our sense of style here at Up…
Costume parties and masquerades are only supposed to happen during the Halloween season, right? Not if it’s up to organizers behind this weekend’s Goblin King Masquerade Ball or the Fast Times at Sandbar High parties, who are encouraging revelers to flash back to the 1980s for their parties on New…
It’s been a good year for Mouse Powell. The Tempe-based rapper’s late-fall release Where It’s Cloudy made big waves, landing on music editor Jason P. Woodbury’s Top Local Releases of the year list, and Powell finished out the year performing with The Grouch and Eli. The record signs a deserved…
See also: Five Songs to Ring in the New Year Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, Futurekind Phoenix New Times New Year’s Eve Guide Well, it’s that time. Another year has come to a close. 2011 was weird,…
When I interviewed Stephen Steinbrink and Christian Filardo for this a column in this week’s paper about Kickstarter, I had no idea that they had teamed up for Condensed Nothing, a new cassette from Steinbrink issued on Filardo’s Holy Page Records label. Drawing on recordings made between December 5-23, the…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. We’ve been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This installment takes a look at 2011’s coolest Latin tunes. Enjoy! If the 2010 Latin Grammys are any indicator, last year was a big year…
Sunorous is going to be shaking down the Lost Leaf starting at 10 p.m. Saturday night. Your eyes will be bugging out of your head from the band’s great jazzy grooves.It’s always great to support local musicians, but this time there will be extra perks because this gig is free!…
Where was your favorite place to catch a concert this past year? We’re willing to bet all the cash we got in our Christmas stockings it was at the much-ballyhooed Crescent Ballroom. Or maybe at the Tempe Tavern or Scottsdale’s Roxy Lounge. All three of these pimp live music palaces…
Todd Walsh Walsh is FOX Sports Arizona’s host for Phoenix Coyotes hockey and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Depends. Sirius ’80s on 8, or Pearl Jam radio on Sirius. What’s the first album…
Got any big plans for New Year’s Eve? The party monsters of Warsaw Pact Entertainment most definitely do, as they’ll celebrate the coming of 2012 during the Epic Red Cup Massive New Year’s Eve Extravaganza on Saturday, December 31. Taking place at an undisclosed location in the Valley, the all-night…
As we head into 2012, it’s worth stating: The Internet still hasn’t destroyed music. This year saw Napster, the vanguard of first-wave web piracy, officially meet its end and Spotify, a label-sanctioned and completely legal free site that sort of does the same thing, launch to great acclaim. MySpace continued…
Thursday 29 16th Street Sports Bar: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Thumpin’ Thursdays (various) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ Danny Peru (old school, Latin, Top 40) Crescent…
In this week’s issue of New Times, I join our friends in café, art, and stage in a look back on 2011, observing trends and noting the good, the bad, and the ugly of the year in the review. I focused on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. We featured a couple…
Phoenix fans of the Tempe-based outfit Eyes Set To Kill have another reason to love the balmy Valley winters — they keep the beloved band (fronted by sexy rockers Alexia and Anissa Rodriguez, both listed on Revolver’s Hottest Chicks in Metal roster) in town and off the tour bus due…
Now that you’ve checked out our photos and review of last night’s Guns N’ Roses gig at Comerica Theatre, we’ve taken to the Twittersphere to find out what you guys thought of the show. Remember to follow us @phxmusicdotcom and tweet at us to discuss. @musicloverchick: Well Phoenix? Any comments…
Guns N’ Roses Comerica Theatre Tuesday, December 27 See also: Our complete Guns N’ Roses and Sebastian Bach slideshow. Our interview with Guns N’ Roses bassist Tommy Stinson. The line stretched around Comerica Theatre, and snaked all the way down Adams, placing us just across the street from the stucco…
