From Print: Blogs Teased in Our July 21 Issue

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 the DJs behind Wugazi have to say about their internet popularity? * What…

KONGOS Explains “I’m Only Joking”

Later this month local rock quartet, Kongos will be performing at KWSS FM’s benefit concert in hopes of salvaging the floundering independent radio station. The station has been instrumental in helping the band gain notoriety on the home front, and the band of brothers is eager to do their part…

KWSS 106.7 FM May Be Back on the Air in “Five to Eight Days”

Local independent radio station KWSS 106.7 FM, which went off-air this week, will hopefully be back on terrestrial radio in “optimistically, five to eight days,” according to station manager Frank Magarelli. Magarelli says the station has voluntarily gone off-air while seeking to move to another frequency. “We were working on…

Dogbreth: They Did It All for the Chookie

Tristan Jemsek is not a rock star, nor does he want to be. Sure, some people know him as a member of local polka-punk band Haunted Cologne and as the bass player for raucous blues-punk rocker Ray Reeves, and Jemsek’s new band, Dogbreth, is already signed to an indie label…

Jessica Lea Mayfield Is Only 21, But She’s No Stranger to the Tour Grind

Jessica Lea Mayfield’s slow, countrified roots rock sounds distinctly Midwestern. Having spent the better part of the past three years touring globally, though, 21-year-old Mayfield has found that her aesthetic translates pretty much everywhere. “I feel like I don’t come off the same way in other countries,” she says over…

Imagining a Journey/Foreigner Concert Circa 1983

If time travel ever becomes a reality (and then, inevitably, an industry), wouldn’t it be fun to go back to see our favorite classic bands at various points? The Beatles on their first U.S. tour in 1964, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock in 1969, Guns N’ Roses on their pre-breakout 1987-88…

Pharrell Launches Liqueur For Working Women

d a liqueur for working women, according to Paste.N.E.R.D. frontman Pharrell is releasing Qream, which he says was “created for contemporary women who work hard and want to relax with friends at the end of the day.”One of the aspects of Qream that ladies will like the best is that…

Dear and the Headlights Officially Break Up

Dear and the Headlights, a band we once deemed “the most important band in Arizona,” officially announced its breakup yesterday, via the band’s MySpace and Facebook. “As I’m sure many of you have possibly assumed at this point since there has been absolutely no update as to what we are…

Pictureplane: Thee Physical

However, therein lies the skillful, electronic music sensibilities of Travis Egedy — his music effortlessly whisks listeners away to a bygone era of day-glo, grown men sucking on pacifiers, and an all-night-long rave in a dingy warehouse. Not too bad for the man who coined the term “witch house,” even…

KWSS 106.7 Announces Benefit Show

As we reported yesterday, local independent radio station KWSS 106.7 FM has gone off air, but the station’s still streaming online at kwss.org. Representatives of the station are not making any “official” comments at this time as to why they’re presently not on terrestrial radio, but are expected to go…

Help Unlock a New St. Vincent Track Via Twitter – UPDATE

Fans must include the hashtag #strangemercy in their tweet to help unlock the new song, the progress of which is currently being monitored at strangemercy.com. There are four exclusive videos on the website — unlocked intervals along the way — the first of which features some women conversing, perhaps revealing…

The Riveras Explain “Tied”

Listening to the band’s music can feel like watching an old Western or reading Faulkner. Vocalist and violinist Jody Lew almost whispers her words to the audience, begging them to hear the music engulfing each one. The lyrics contain a story, for sure, but the music provides the setting in which the words thrive.

KWSS 106.7 FM Goes Off-Air, Still Streaming Online

Local independent radio station KWSS 106.7 FM went off the air today.The station, which we profiled in a cover story  this spring, is still streaming online at kwss.org and will continue hosting its popular The Morning Infidelity show from 6 to 10 a.m. MST on the Internet.We called representatives from KWSS…

Lollapalooza: “It Was 20 Years Ago Today…”

It’s kind of hard to imagine that Lallapalooza is 20 years-old. I wasn’t in attendance in 1991, but the event still feels like a cultural touchstone for me (due in no small part to the “Homerpalooza” episode of The Simpsons, which introduced me to Sonic Youth, and cemented my growing…

Andrew Jackson Jihad Announce Knife Man

Everyone’s favorite sardonic folk duo, Andrew Jackson Jihad, have announced details regarding their new album, Knife Man, due out on Asian Man Records on September 20.I spoke with bassist Ben Gallaty about the new record.”Sean [Bonnette, singer/guitarist] gave me a CD of 13 demos in December. The working title for…

Your New Favorite Band: Thundercat

When Bruner isn’t helping out others in the studio and on the road, he records his own bass-driven, jazz fusion music under the name Thundercat. Bruner’s debut Thundercat album, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, is due out August 30. It’s an overwhelming mixture of his bass funk, experimental jazz, and electronic-minded rhythms…

The Black Keys Done With New Album

, according to Consequence of Sound.Dan Auerbach says the next album “doesn’t sound like Brothers. It doesn’t have that open soul feel to it. It’s way more driving and the tempos are really fast.”The Black Keys have not yet announced a release date, a title, or a track list for…

Roar Explains “Christmas Kids”

Roar is a popular band name, but the bewitching vocal-driven pop of Phoenix’s Roar makes them stand out from their hard rock contemporaries. Plus, our Roar recorded a Daytrotter session. As much as I’d like to classify Roar as ’60s pop, indie pop, beach pop, or vaudeville, frontman Owen Evans…