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American Idol: Scott MacIntyre, Other Phoenix Folks, Impressing
So we’ll have more American Idol in Phoenix coverage for you later, but I couldn’t resist putting up a quick post on Scott MacIntyre, the visually impaired singer from Scottsdale who’s about to win America’s heart. MacIntyre is, indeed, gifted, and he and his family are one of the most…
Party Crasher: Jumpdown Sessions Vol. II
The partygoers at the Draw 10 are whipped into a frenzy by DJ Unknown Error at Jumpdown Sessions Vol. II. Click here for more pictures from the event. It’s just after 11 p.m. on a Saturday night and the Party Crasher feels like his eardrums are about to burst. Standing…
Kanye West, Ludacris, and Nickelback are Part of What’s Selling at Zia Record Exchange in Phoenix
The “Louis Vuitton Don” is moving units down at Zia Record Exchange. Although Kanye West’s emotionally-wrought 808s & Heartbreak didn’t prove as big a smash with most fans and critics as his previous discs, it’s still a quality album (our music editor Martin Cizmar considers it one his faves of…
Anarbor Take(s) Action! on National Tour
Local pretty boy rockers Anarbor will be hitting the road with Cute is What We Aim For for the Take Action! Tour starting Feb 11.The tour is put together by Anarbor’s emo-pop-rock label, Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization, Sub City, and also features Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina,…
Flavor of the Week: Lemonade
Pitchfork isn’t always wrong. They may be horribly opinionated with a healthy self-image (read: full of themselves), but they manage to get things right every once in a blue moon. Case in point: Lemonade. The trio from Brooklyn and San Francisco fall into the “experimental” category, sometimes an inescapable kiss…
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New Site For Light Rail Boozers
A new web site is aiming to do for booze what the PHX Rail Food blog did for dining. We’re not sure who’s behind it, but a new site called Light Rail Beer has a nifty map not unlike the one we put together for our massive Night Train project…
Club Candids: Doc and Eddy’s
For more things inappropriate, click the slideshow.It’s no secret we frequent the bigger night events in this town, but our very favorite part of Club Candids is discovering a new place.Not that Doc and Eddy’s is new to anyone else in the area. In fact, it’s a stand-by sports bar…
Jim Jones Canceled Friday at The Marquee
Jim Jones has canceled his show scheduled for the Marquee Theatre on Friday, Jan. 16. No reason was given and we haven’t even seen a press release yet, but we caught it on Lucky Man’s site. Also, Jones doesn’t have concert dates on his MySpace or the DipSet site, so…
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To Anyone Thinking the Light Rail is No Fun: Try Taking Off Your Pants
For seven years now New York improve troop Improv Everywhere has celibrated their own holiday on the New York subway system called No Pants Day. On January 10th Phoenix residents were finaly able to join the Holiday on our new Light Rail. …
Coachella Artists Start Leaking
The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, the Killers,…
German Rockabilly Band Plans AZ CD Release
One of the funny little things that came out of World War II is the way the Conquered Peoples of Germany and Japan joyously adopted American popular music from the time, and continue to do so. Japan, of course, has a thriving jazz scene and Germany, apparently is still in…
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NIN Prove Radiohead was Right: FREE SELLS
Amazon just announced their list of the Bestselling Albums of 2008 on their MP3 digital service. At first glance you might not think much of the list: Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, 3 Doors Down, Beck, and Radiohead are all near the top of the list. What is remarkable and…
G. Love & Special Sauce, Eric Hutchinson Coming to Marquee in March
It’s a safe bet the music aficionados reading this post or new contributor Michael Lopez’s posts on Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective are not going to care much about this news, but here on Up on the Sun, we cater to all musical tastes, so it’s imperative we share this…
Craig Ferguson Could Read Me the Phonebook
As Americans, there are a lot of things we don’t agree on. But if there’s one thing I think we can all get behind, it’s this: British/Irish/Scottish accents make everything better. You could call my mother a dirty slut in your boring old American accent and I’d want to punch…
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Greetings from Up on the Sun’s Newest Contributor
Greetings, Up on the Sun readers! My name is Stephen Chilton and I am the newest addition to the Up on the Sun writing crew. Some of you may know me by the moniker under which I’ve promoted Valley concerts since 2000, Psyko Steve. I want to fill you in…
Valley Electro-Pop Band Mr. Meeble Offers Free Music and Beer at Video Shoot
Free kegs of beer. Need we say more? Well, if we must, let’s just say that Phoenix electro-pop trio Mr. Meeble is shooting a live video this weekend, and not only is the show free, but the beer is, too…
Fleet Foxes To Grace SNL’s Music Stage
As reported on this past Friday, Fleet Foxes have been named the musical guest for this Saturday’s episode of Saturday Night Live with host Rosario Dawson. Lorne Michaels booked the band to perform a week after sugary-sweet teen pop-star Taylor Swift graced the stage, ushering in the second time Fleet…
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Light Rail Sit-in Called Off As Organizer Loses His Nerve
[jump] Bellinger talked tough in his initial Facebook post announcing the event, using some fairly incendiary words to rally others around the cause of keeping light rail open until 2 a.m.”When people have a safe way to get home late at night they don’t drive drunk, and people don’t get…
What Should Go On Our Blogroll?
We’re going to be overhauling the links to other music and culture blogs on the right hand side of the page (the “blogroll,” as the kids call it) and we thought we’d solicit your suggestions. We’re looking for critics, labels, promoters and fans but not band blogs. We’re most interested…
Just Announced: Shaq and Cedric, The Maine, Dokken
It’s almost quittin’ time Friday which means it’s time we brought you this week’s concert announcements. Nothing too big this week, just a little Dokken, some AP Tour and confirmation of the Dave Matthews Band show we told you about a month or so ago.There’s also “Shaq & Cedric the…
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Miniature Tigers Recruit Phantom Planet Guitarist Darren Robinson
Darren Robinson, now a (temporary) member of Miniature TigersIf you happen to be attending the Miniature Tigers performance tonight at Modified Arts (which we wholeheartedly recommend), you’ll probably notice there’s been a small change to the indie trio’s line-up. Namely, the addition of a new guitarist into the mix. Darren…