It’s true that the posters tabbed as a Flier of the Week often tend toward the gimmicky, trading on a cheap laugh or a little shock value. Sometimes, though, we like to pick a poster that’s a little more artsy. This one for What Laura Says, Yellow Minute, Chaska and…
Some people look to holy texts for guidance on how to live their lives. Me, I look to George Thorogood. See, George is from Wilmington, Delaware, and I grew up in nearby suburban Philadelphia. Around those parts, Thorogood was, and is, a god. When I was a little kid in…
Given the name Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, it’d be reasonable to assume that the lo-fi songs of one-man band Owen Ashworth are cringe-worthy emo stuff that reasonable adults know to avoid. You know the kind of music: It works best with a new driver’s license and Boone’s Farm. It’s…
THURSDAY 23 Bikini Lounge: INTOXICA! with DJ HFE (blues, R&B, rock, rarities, vintage) Bobby Q’s: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Club Red: The Blunt Club with Pickster One, Element, & more (hip-hop, soul, funk) Copper State: Copper Club with DJ Kavi, & guests (hip-hop) Drinx: ROC Thursdays with…
Southern rock never dies; it just hangs on the sidelines until another of its native sons takes up the mantle. Maylene frontman Dallas Taylor is another artist picking up the greasy licks, hard-charging boogie, and country-fried rawk codified by acts like The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and .38 Special. Taylor’s…
The cover of Asher Roth’s latest album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, employs all the subtlety of a sledgehammer in its portrayal of the rapper passed out on a grocery store shelf surrounded by white bread. The cover is a presumably self-deprecating statement about Roth’s status as the latest suburban,”white-bread”…
The music editor cornered me. “Hey,” he said, all friendly-like. “The Wiggles are coming to town. Want to review the show?” Damn, I thought. I really should cut my bangs to cover the “MOM” tattoo on my forehead. I don’t blame the music editor. As the mother of young children,…
The Motor City is the site of the three-day Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Meanwhile, Miami holds the ginormous Ultra Music Festival during the annual Winter Music Conference. And jolly old England hosts a half-dozen turntablist throwdowns, including the Global Gathering and Creamfields. Could The Big Event at Firebird Lake, 20000…
Castanets auteur Ray Raposa resides in a sparse, windblown expanse where his creeping country-folk echoes through the cavernous emptiness, shimmering for a moment like hot summer road haze. His songs creak under the weight of portentous pauses before pushing forward, his voice shuddering as if he might buckle at any…
A funny thing has happened in country music in the past decade or so. Acts such as Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and Keith Urban and Sugarland (who share a bill this week) have risen to prominence playing music that is nothing like your father’s country music. In fact, it’s not…
Pals since elementary school, The Donnas marked their 16-year anniversary of friendship and slumber parties with a greatest-hits album, released earlier this month. The poppy, punk-rock ladies from California jokingly titled the disc Greatest Hits Vol. 16. It’s filled with B-sides, rarities, and live renditions of faves like “Take It…
Yo La Tengo still has it. Don’t believe us? Check out this new track “Here to Fall” from their upcoming album Popular Songs. Download the track and start rocking out here. For more news from Yo La Tengo, check out www.yolatengo.com or twitter.com/therealYLT…
Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it’s name from Metallica’s 1986 release, Master of…
As announced via the Matablog, Matador Records’ blog, seminal indie rockers Yo La Tengo have announced a spiffy new fall tour, complete with a date at the Marquee Theater October 14. This is in support of their new album, Popular Songs, due out September 8. This is a boon for…
Beyond The NowSubject to Change (Self-released) Grade: CIt’s hard to believe, but tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of Woodstock 1999. Though organizers have done everything they can to protect the Woodstock brand since, distancing themselves from the fiery debacle in Rome, New York, if you ask me the event was…
Most Tool fans at U.S. Airways Center last night were more focused on the stage than their phones, trying their best to take in the laser show — or get a glimpse of enigmatic frontman Maynard James Keenan as he lurked in the shadows — instead of texting their friends…
Considering how (ahem) totally awesome the Mars Volta show at Dodge Theatre was last year, I’m very surprised anyone in Phoenix would shell out $40 to see them, but you’ll have the chance to Saturday September 5, as the band comes back to the Dodge. They do have a Grammy…
By Mike R. Meyer and Martin CizmarWhen it comes to divisive ’90s alt-rockers, we at Up On The Sun like to hedge our bets. So, as we did for the Beck and Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction shows, we dispatched two music critics to Tuesday night’s Tool concert at Phoenix’s US Airways Center…
Despite my advice to stop moshing to peddle steel, it seems ex-hardcore kids are continuing their infiltration roots music. In fact, the Revival tour with Chuck Regan (Hot Water Music), Jim Ward (At The Drive-In, Sparta) and Joey Cape (Lagwagon) will be coming back around this year, stopping at The…
Local indie-rock outfit Roveen have hit a rough patch or so it seems from the writing on the wall, quite literally actually, their MySpace page. The transmission on their van, which they use for touring, died on their way to a recent show in San Diego.”Our van is done for and we…
Although they’ve been on the quiet side the last few months, local favorites Source Victoria are back with two shows in the next two months. First up, the guys will play Phoenix’s The Rhythm Room Wednesday, July 22 for an all-ages show with LA indie-rock act JP Inc. (formerly Pleaseausaur) and…
Portland — by way of Alaska — indie rockers/genre-mashers Portugal. The Man release their fury of an album The Satanic Satanist today, and the effort is one of polish and whimsy. The band’s sound jumps from indie rock to folk to blues with a little taste of soul. However odd it…
