Miley Cyrus’ Vajayjay Can’t Tame Perez Hilton

Everyone breathe a collective sigh of relief: Perez Hilton isn’t going anywhere. Or maybe you want to bash your head in a wall. Regardless, the pink-loving celebrity blogger got himself in quite the predicament this week after he posted a picture of the new Britney Spears, aka Miley Cyrus, on…

Eyes Set to Kill: Broken Frames

Artist: Eyes Set to KillTitle: Broken FramesRelease date: June 8Label: BreakSilenceYou learn something new every day, as they say. Today, I learned that the particularly comical genre of rock music in which one guy screams his brains out while another guy/gal croons some emotive, vaguely melodic line underneath/over the racket…

Who Is Edward Sharpe?

As the only 10-piece evangelical rock tribe in the history of the universe to publicly arouse the curiosity of Jay Z, Beyoncé Knowles, and the assorted occupants of the couple’s four-Escalade entourage, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes have some questions to answer. For starters: Who, or what, is Edward…

Why Iron Maiden Still Matter

To the unfamiliar and/or lame, Iron Maiden may merely seem to be a nostalgia act, a once-great band holding on to the last scraps of fame, drugs, groupies and other rock ‘n’ roll clichés. Their audience consists solely of aging metalheads either unwilling or unable to move on with their…

Devo: Something for Everybody

Artist: DevoTitle: Something for EverybodyRelease date: June 15Label: Warner Bros.You may be asking yourself, “Why does Devo have a new record out?” Is it for the money? Doubtful, because how much money could they possibly make by releasing a major-label record in 2010? And, anyway, aren’t these guys still living…

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 6/17 Issue

This week, New Times ran a box 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. Did Insane Clown Posse really cancel a show at Marquee Theatre when their shipment of Faygo…

Anarbor: Drug Store Diet

Song: Anarbor, “Drug Store Diet”Context: I did not realize that these Phoenix pop-rockers mentioned Sheriff Joe in this song until reading next week’s music feature. Pretty funny. Drugstore Diet by Anarbor…

The Gaslight Anthem: American Slang

Artist: The Gaslight AnthemTitle: American SlangRelease date: June 15Label: Side One DummyOkay, I’m suddenly having a hard time keeping straight my Gaslight Anthems and my Hold Steadies and my Against Me!’s. All three acts are critical darlings who have released albums in the past six weeks. All three seem to be…

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo

Artist: Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTitle: MojoRelease date: June 15Label: RepriseHow many of you have acts that you’d never call yourself a fan of, would never buy one of their records, or pay money to see in concert, yet recognize that the acts have been around for so long and…

Bonnaroo Video and Audio Footage

If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There’s nothing like a constant influx of instantaneously updated reminders that…

Nothing Not New: Podcast #7

Music editor Martin Cizmar and I are back with a new podcast. We’ve got new 10 songs and Martin’s musings on his favorite record from the grunge era. Here’s what’s in store from podcast #7. Crystal Castles: “Empathy” Sleigh Bells: “Infinity Guitars” The Cool Kids: “Strawberry Girls” Ariel Pink’s Haunted…

Sorry Charlie: Tempe Duo Is Electric Mustache’s Big Find

Usually things get snarkyish when Shawn takes over the reigns at Electric Mustache. You know, like the time he called the entire city of Scottsdale out.Not this time.Shawn loves this folkie Tempe two-piece called Sorry Charlie.I can’t say I’m in agreement about Sorry Charlie — I listened to the four…