Saturday Night Live has just come back from a commercial break, and tonight’s host, former longtime cast member Dana Carvey, smiles, looks into the camera and says, “Ladies and gentleman, Linkin Park.” It’s the second time that the band has played the show and, tonight, they’re there to play two…
George “No Show” Jones is coming to town, so you’re probably expecting all the cliché jokes (“Well, he’s scheduled to play on Thursday . . .”). But that would be lazy, and, honestly, you can make only so many jokes about a concert not happening. Since the rest of the…
Canibus is probably best remembered for his feuds with LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean, and Eminem, but the Jamaican-born rapper has kept busy in the years since those famous tiffs of the late ’90s and early ’00s. Outside of a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, Canibus has remained prolific…
Michael Benjamin Lerner is a Seattle-based indie rock musician who performs under the moniker Telekinesis. Though he was a solo act before hiring two guns for his latest album, his foil on this particular project has long been Chris Walla, a guitarist who plays in Death Cab For Cutie. Walla,…
THURSDAY 24 Bar Smith: Splash Thursday (reggae, dancehall, Top 40, house) Bobby C’s: DJ Willie B. (old school) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop, Top 40) BS West: Intravenous Thursdays (goth, industrial, electronic, ’80s) Chilly Bombers: DJ Gregg (Top 40, rock, old school) Cream Stereo Lounge: Blush Thursdays (Top 40, hip-hop,…
It turns out that Dave Matthews Band won’t be taking the year off after all, according to Billboard.Tuesday afternoon the band made consecutive announcements about “mini-festivals” that they will be playing this summer via their Twitter (@davematthewsbnd). They tweeted, “DMB will host 4 3-day music fests across the US this…
A story in today’s Arizona Republic should worry all local music fans. The paper reports that Mesa Amphitheatre, a grassy 5,000-capacity outdoor amphitheater has entered a world of hurt as it loses out on big-name acts booked into another city-owned space, Mesa Arts Center, and other competitors.The Republic story paints a picture that’s…
: AgesandAges, “No Nostalgia”Context: I really, really dig Alright You Restless, the debut from this Portland seven-piece that sort of reminds me of Go Team! meets The Decemberists. This is the first song but the entire record is very, very good. Agesandages – No Nostalgia by mmcizmar…
The band was all about sharing their high energy and extreme positivity with the crowd a few months before their annual summer Unity Tour will kick off.Read what 311 fans had to say about the show, and check out our review here:@brodElla311: 311 BABY! 311-3-3-11!!!!!@hellocindy: 311 days left in the…
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’s up with Frankie Muniz’s alleged suicide threat? How fast is the Arcade Fire show at…
Shake! may have ended two years ago, but the original DJs got together last Saturday to celebrate the dance party’s six year anniversary. The Rogue Bar was packed with Scottsdale’s sexiest and strangest patrons, who resurrected the party once more. DJs spun a mix of indie, brit pop, 80’s rock,…
Despite Scottsdale’s notorious reputation for dirty deeds and scandalous behavior, every once in awhile folks in Old Town will raise (or lower) the bar with something quite salacious. To wit: The braintrust behind Spanish Fly, the Mexican beach bar that’s coming soon to the spot formerly occupied by Drift, are…
McDowell Mountain Music Festival named its headliners more than a month ago — Edward Sharpe, Black Joe Lewis and Xavier Rudd probably having the most mass appeal. Now local independent web radio station Creamy Radio has announced the acts playing the local state they schedule. New Times covergirl Courtney Marie Andrews,…
Alas, I must celebrate Japanese metal pioneers Loudness, who are playing an intimate gig at Club Red May 21. I remember first watching the video for their hit 1985 single “Crazy Nights” and simply wondering what the hell was going on — mainly why the hell a Japanese metal band…
311 Marquee Theatre February 22, 2011 Until last night I had never attended a sold out show at the Marquee. I had also never been surrounded by fans chanting any band’s name as loudly as the audience of lovable stoners did last night as they waited anxiously for 311 to…
Matt Pond recorded his most recent album, The Dark Leaves in a secluded New York cabin last year. Looking to get away from the cold solitude of the cabin, he went to Austin a couple weeks ago to begin recording his ninth full-length album.He is about to embark on a…
Sour Soul, a funky indie-rock band from Mexico City, will be at Rogue Bar on March 8.Please, no one mention this to Sheriff Joe. True, the band played 110 other dates north of the border last year, and, yes, they don’t particularly look like the economically-oppressed small-town Mexican day laborers…
Song: Bass Drum of Death, “Young Pros”Context: This band Bass Drum of Death just signed to Fat Possum — home to Band Of Horses, Wavves, Yuck, The Black Keys and many more of the best bands out there. So far I really like what I hear from them. The track…
In this week’s Noise Complaint comic, Up On The Sun cartoonist Robbie Pfeffer imagines what county jail would be like for the typical Phoenix hipster…Enjoy!…
Ciara is down for getting dropped by her record label, according to Billboard. The hip-hop star has shot down rumors that Jive Records has dropped her. However, she said that she wouldn’t be opposed to the company doing so. Over the last two years she has experienced substantial artistic limitations,…
Underneath The Pine is a more mellow — albeit funkier — album than Causers. It definitely has a more live, instrument-driven feel as opposed to that album’s electronic, laptop-centric music. The end result shows Bundick’s wide breadth as a musician — channeling his smoother, more downbeat side. By changing his…
To call balladeer Tim Eriksen’s career varied would be a colossal understatement. Few artists can claim such expansive work: He’s shared stages from CBGB to Carnegie Hall with Nirvana, Weezer, Jack White, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson, playing punk, jazz, world music, folk and gospel. He also appeared on A…
