Brent Cowles, otherwise known as indie rocker, You Me and Apollo, spent 2010 as a Phoenix resident, cultivating his place in the music community before moving back to Fort Collins, Colorado. Earlier this month, he released Cards with Cheats, a 13 song album available online and has a release party…
Last week Up on the Sun put out a last-minute request over Twitter for a local band to submit a cover of Modern English’s “I Melt With You.” Well, we kind of biffed it and asked for a cover of The Cure’s “I Melt With You,” which our astute readers…
July is almost upon us, which means we’re more than halfway through 2011. It’s already been a busy year for local music, with dozens of Valley bands releasing new albums, playing local shows, and heading out on tour. We’ve picked eight of our favorite local albums released so far in…
Underground Cities The Sail Inn Wednesday, June 29 No amount of preparation or wishful thinking guarantees a successful tour, but certain measures will improve a band’s odds. That old adage about “being in a band is like being married” is fitting, since petty arguments about snoring or stink cause more…
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 do members of local band The Comseticators have to say about their song, “Apple”? •…
Right after a rough breakup with her British boyfriend Henry Allsopp, Courtney Love has allegedly stolen photographer David LaChapelle’s car, according to Spinner.Love said she was going to pick up director Brett Ratner so she could bring him to LaChapelle’s exhibition at the Lever House, but she never returned.Ratner has…
Though they never achieved the notoriety enjoyed by some ’90s Cali punk peers, Face to Face’s fans are legion among the punk faithful, particularly skaters. Led by frontman Trever Keith (the quartet’s sole remaining original member), Face to Face’s songs race like nitrous funny cars fueled on slashing guitar hooks…
The Commodores are mostly known for their slow jams — tunes like “Sail On,” and “Easy,” featuring former frontman Lionel Richie’s exceptionally smooth voice. But the band also excelled at high-energy funk: “Brick House,” with Clyde Orange on vocals, became one of their biggest hits and still jams hard, even…
Most people don’t think of the bass player as being integral to any band, especially when the band is named after the singer. When Otep, the namesake nu-metal group of vocalist Otep Shamaya, lost original bassist Jay “Evil J” McGuire last year, they lost the only remaining original member of…
Year: 1987. Scene: A seedy Chicago bar. Groovie Mann and Buzz McCoy meet and bond over underground horror flicks and degenerate tabloid chronicles of sex, sleaze, and the occult, then plan to create their own “B movie” band. Result: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. With 13 albums in…
The year 1986 was memorable for numerous reasons: There was the Challenger space shuttle explosion, the Iran Contra scandal, Hands Across America, and the return of Halley’s Comet, among other things. It was also the year that we saw debut albums from some of hair metal’s biggest acts — which…
Many, many years ago — before the age of digital music mojo and studio wizardry, and right around the time “rock ‘n’ roll” was deemed a dirty term by apple-pie America and you couldn’t see Elvis’ hips gyrating on TV — what we now call “garage rock” was literally just…
Djentrification has always been known for his eclectic taste, as evidenced by his genre-bending sets at 602Tuesdays at the Bikini Lounge, but with his new night, The Palace, at FilmBar, 815 North Second Street, he’s taking things to a whole new level, spinning solely world music. “Man, there’s a lot…
There’s comfort in knowing exactly what you’re going to get from a concert. People talk about the first Lollapalooza, when Nine Inch Nails stormed off the stage because the heat fried their electronics, or when the dudes from Wavves were upset with each other for some reason and quit mid-show,…
Phoenix-based indie rockers St. Ranger don’t have an album out. In fact, the band has released only two songs at this point, the Grizzly Bear-esque “Ohnowoe” and the fidgety, intricate, nearly prog “Shark Week.” So why did national music blog My Old Kentucky Blog feature the band in May, and…
THURSDAY 30 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage, & DJ Android (Top 40, dance) Afterlife: Thumpin Thurzdays (various) AZ/88: Josh One (rare groove, urban funk) Bar Smith: Splash Thursday (reggae, dancehall, Top 40, house) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (jazz, blues, country, R&B, rarities, vintage) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ…
Fridays in Old Town Scottsdale are defined by crowded bars full of beautiful people, loud music, and long lines outside of clubs. Myst was no exception — all three levels of the club were packed with dancing and socializing patrons enjoying Dream Fridays. Check out this week’s Club Candids slideshow…
As a discerning music lover, you’ve no doubt been asking yourself, “Are any bands deemed “Best New Music” by the tastemakers at Pitchfork coming to Phoenix this summer?” Well yeah, a couple, including Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile, and Cut Copy. But if you were to ask yourself “Will…
There isn’t very much literature out on San Diego’s Tape Deck Mountain, but don’t let that detract you. When you’re releasing EPs and singles on cassette tape, that whole digital information trail tends to not be so effective. If you’re lucky, you might be able to get your hands on…
After suspending print issues last August, Paste magazine returned yesterday with a new and improved digital format. Readers will now be treated to weekly issues of the music and culture magazine, via a new mPlayer.The mPlayer will include the popular Paste New Music Sampler, as seven weekly music downloads paired…
, according to Billboard.The band is selling three of their four-legged structures that stand over the stage. They each take up 29,000 square feet.Plans are currently being discussed “to send them into different places around the world and have them installed as permanent venues,” U2 tour director Craig Evans said…
The Whisperlights The Duce Tuesday, June 28, 2011 The Whisperlights are now two-for-two for hosting fun and exciting CD release parties. Almost a year ago to the date, the band released their debut EP, Wake Up Dead, at the Yucca Tap Room. To celebrate their first full-length album, Surfaces, the…
