Arroyo Deathmatch, a folk punk band from New Mexico, will be playing their hearts out Sunday, January 1 at Conspire. Ari and Her Banjo, Hug of War and Josue Rodriguez will be joining them as well.Those in attendance are urged to please bring donations for the Arroyo Deathmatch to help…
By now it’s news to no one that the United States Postal Service is in trouble. As detailed by Nick Greene earlier this month at Village Voice’s Running Scared, this means print media is in for a punch (you know, while it’s down and everything), your bills are going to…
Maybe I’m still bummed that Santa won’t pay my bills or leave fancy camera equipment under my tree, but Christmas is lame. The holiday makes people mean and greedy — it must have something to do with all that obnoxious music and eggnog, which is only sort of bearable with…
Money Power Respect’s list of clientele continues to grow in relevance and notoriety. Off of the heels of Hannibal Leq’s Hype Music deal, MPR stablemate’s Mob Fam recently locked up a deal of their own, signing with local independent music label Nastyboy Records, the label founded by Phoenix’s MC Magic…
You know, Up on the Sun has a lot of faith in local music, but we don’t have much faith in the marketing abilities of young musicians. Yeah, I understand that you’re busy with your craft, but you can’t just sit around hoping the press will recognize your genius as…
I went to a lot of shows this year. Thanks to last.fm, I can conform that I went to at least 56 concerts, not counting the numerous times I swung by Yucca Tap Room or Crescent Ballroom just for fun. That’s one show every six and a half days! I…
You sick of hearing about how awesome Saturday night’s Andrew Jackson Jihad show was? Well, too bad. Some of us weren’t able to make it, as Brad Dwyer illustrates in this week’s installment of Record Heat. Lucky for you (and Brad), we caught a good chunk of the show on…
Depending on your status, either check these guys out again or contemplate what the hell you’ve been waiting for and get your ass to Comerica Theatre this summer.Foster the People, Cults, Lucero and others are among those making stops in the Valley in the coming months.The rest of this week’s…
Andrew Jackson Jihad at Crescent Ballroom Some guy spat on my face, I have random bruises all over my legs, and even though I only drank water, I reek of beer. The crowd booed and yelled “fuck you” to Andrew Jackson Jihad…looks like Andrew Jerkson Jerkwad needs to go back…
Andrew Jackson Jihad Crescent Ballroom Saturday, December 17, 2011 See the full slideshow of Andrew Jackson Jihad at Crescent Ballroom. Some guy spat on my face, I have random bruises all over my legs, and even though I only drank water, I reek of beer. The crowd booed and yelled…
Alice Cooper, Rob Halford, The Tubes, Brian “Head” Welch, and more Comerica Theatre Saturday, December 17 See the full slideshow of Alice Cooper’s Welcome 2 My Pudding at Comerica Theatre. They don’t call it a variety show for nothing. Most of the crowd for last night’s Welcome 2 My Pudding,…
Field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses combined with eerie, ambient electronics. Sound like your idea of holiday cheer? Exactly. There probably won’t be a lot of green and red at Saturday, December 17’s Lustmord gig at Club Red, but that’s the idea. Since the early ’80s, British musician…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. Over the next week, we’ll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! Okay. I’m done. Spent. No more lists. The reissues list was hard. The show list was hard. The songs and…
In spite of limited commercial success, The Quakes are one of the most influential bands in the tatted up, creepers-and-pompadour subgenre psychobilly. The band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986 and relocated to London shortly thereafter, where they established a reputation as a fearsome live combo. “There was no…
Alright, slacker. There’s no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we’ll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. Yo yo yiggity yo, son…
Tommy Stinson can’t slow down. The guy stays busy — playing bass in Guns N’ Roses (clocking nearly 14 years in the band, only Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed have been in the band longer), releasing solo records (like this year’s excellent One Man Mutiny), and playing in Soul…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. Over the next couple days we’ll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. This entry comes from Chase Kamp, a Phoenix musician and writer. Kamp began writing for Up on the Sun with…
Fa la la la la, and all that jazz. Getting tired of holiday music? We’re not. Well, that’s not entirely true. We’re well tired of the lousy, saccharine, abominable Christmas music that clogs the airwaves. Is it worse when a radio station switches over to all-Xmas-all-the-time, or when a radio…
David Bickford Bickford writes two prominent local blogs, PHX Rail Food and PHX Trail Dude. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I listen to KJZZ for news by day and jazz by night. I grew up listening…
As reported by our sister blog Jackalope Ranch, Tempe’s Open Source Project is scheduled to close at the end of the month, making it another entry is a sad string of venues closures. But the doors won’t be shut before local prog-rockers The Oxford Coma have their way with the…
Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun’s 2011 Review. Over the next week, we’ll be counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Enjoy! Is it just me, or was 2011 weird? Like, really weird? Lou Reed and Metallica made an album together. It…
Alright, slacker. There’s no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we’ll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. Even if your hipster sibling…
