One of the preeminent rock bands of the 1980s finally has gotten the rock-doc treatment, and local fans of The Replacements will get a chance to see it at 7:30 p.m. today at the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue. Color Me Obsessed is self-admitted Replacements fanboy Gorman Bechard’s…
If you’re a Static-X enthusiast, then you’ll probably like Pighammer, the new album from Wayne Static. Actually, when Wayne Static founded Static-X, his original vision was the concept of Pighammer–more electronic and industrial, not based on live performance. Imagine plenty of the evil disco, compressed guitars and hazy vocals, smothered…
Don’t call it a solo album — that’s what Joel Marquard of Gospel Claws says about The Through and Through Gospel Review, a new record of 12 traditional style gospel songs he recorded mostly alone, save for a few contributions from members of Where Dead Voices Gather, Dear and the…
As you already know by now Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN have officially parted ways. For 20 years Williams’ song, “All My Friends” has opened “Monday Night Football” games. However, after comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, Williams has belted out his last, ‘Are you ready for some football?”…
October is a great time of year for a few different reasons. You’ve got the Arizona State Fair, Oktoberfest, the weather starts to get nice outside, and most importantly, it’s now Octobeard. For those not familiar with Octobeard it’s defined by urbandictionary.com as: A celebration of facial hair, whereby men…
Whatever your stance on Arizona’s music scene, you probably have an opinion or two on the matter. Some of the more opinionated people happen to be local musicians. Anamieke Quinn is one such person who has surveyed the Valley’s landscape only to find it leaves much to be desired. Quinn…
It’s impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what “vampire” means to an entire generation. Now, it’s less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long as a…
Whoever decided to do an outdoor show at Sail Inn on Friday night was certainly a brave person. Until around 10 p.m. the Fall Frenzy on Tempe Town Lake could clearly be heard. Fortunately, the lineup that night were poised perfectly to take on such a challenge and the background…
Tim Minchin is a rather humble lad. Despite having millions of fans in his homeland of the UK, Australia, and here in the states (not to mention awards up the ying-yang) the 35-year-old piano-playing comedian and musician remains pretty modest about his success.”I’m lucky to be doing what I’m doing,”…
Gang Gang Dance, Prince RamaCrescent BallroomWednesday, October 5, 2011Last night was weird. Really weird — but it wasn’t a bum-pissing-on-the-light-rail kinda weird. It was an interesting sense of “exciting confusion” weird. On screen psychedelic videos accentuated by dim red and blue lighting set the tone for what was an evocative,…
Incubus Comerica Theatre October 5, 2011 For some fans an Incubus show may be all about hearing their favorite band’s heavier tracks from back in the day, but for others it’s about enjoying the band’s entire collection. While the new album If Not Now, When? sounds sort of like a…
Get ready for our very own Coachella this weekend. Well — not really. As Christina Caldwell’s feature explains, Apache Lake Music Festival isn’t quite the same thing as that fest, but it does feature over 30 of Arizona’s best bands in a remote setting. We’ve also got shorter features on…
This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What records upcoming records are we most excited to hear? What will the debut record from…
There’s a rollicking charm to Blitzen Trapper’s blend of folk and classic rock that suggests a summer day. Perhaps it’s the bright, sunny ’60s melodies or the way guitars alternate between the crackle of country-fried distortion and jangling acoustics, vacillating between Neil Young and Jerry Garcia like a picnic featuring…
Each spring, thousands of music fans from all across North and South America load their cars with camping gear, illicit substances, and three days’ worth of clothes and head to Indio for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It’s a yearly ritual that involves little showering, more than 100…
He may be armed with a laptop and sample pad, but don’t confuse what Chico Mann — the stage name of Marcos J. Garcia — does on stage for DJing. “I get mistaken for a DJ, and it’s like, ‘Wow, no, this is not DJ,'” Mann says. As a member…
As far as American cities go, Kansas City isn’t at the top of the list when it comes to violence, tunes, and scandal. But that wasn’t always the case, with the city’s music and organized crime worlds inextricably intertwined. Kansas City was a hotbed of jazz in the ’40s, acting…
Since 1999, Huntington Beach’s Avenged Sevenfold has been on a tear. Emerging from the Southern California metalcore scene, the band firmly established itself as a force in mainstream metal, with an eclectic style that draws as much from hair metal theatrics as it does hardcore breakdowns. The band’s five studio…
We’re sure that somewhere, there’s a Lord of the Rings fan — they like to be referred to as “Ringers,” mind you — who is totally comfortable with the opposite sex, doesn’t live in his mom’s basement, and doesn’t spend his days dreaming of Mordor and reciting poems about Tom…
Lindsey Buckingham was always the most punk of the soft-rockers. Never mind his following up Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours with the weird-as-hell Tusk, recording vocals in the bathroom and trying to get Talking Heads with a marching band on the title track; even his Fleetwood hits are models of stripped-down intensity…
Mainstream pop punk fizzled out as a commercial prospect when the Hot Topic demographic traded in their Hurley T-shirts and baggy shorts for guyliner and skinny jeans. But no one passed the memo on to New Found Glory, who have stayed true to the brash, poppy force that defined the…
Sam Groove is one technologically inclined cat. The 25-year-old DJ wields a laptop, iMac, Pioneer DJM-400 mixer, and various MIDI controllers, amps, and more than 10,000 MP3s at his disposal. When he steps up to the stage at Club Red, 2155 East University Drive in Tempe, during Red Light Disco…
