For all its merits of recognizing artists’ contributions to modern music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by rule, honors musicians for work they created at least a quarter-century earlier. Thus, you have creaky 50- or 60-year-olds performing the music of their youth at the induction ceremonies, leaving a…
AKA: DJ Medik Current club nights: Tuesdays and Saturdays at Chilly Bombers, it’s all videos. I’ve gotten into doing my own video remixes. It’s actually pretty cool. And then I do Sangria Luxe Lounge on Friday nights. On Thursdays I’m at Renee’s Grand Avenue Tavern. Preferred genres: Depending on the…
Artist: Eddy Current Suppression RingTitle: Rush to RelaxRelease date: March 9Label: Aarght! RecordsHad a real cool time on the radio Thursday with the Blaze’s Sarah Ventre. We played a bunch of my favorite songs from 2010, and I wound making numerous references to the Australian band Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Their…
Lots of local bands have managed to put out an album. When it comes to local bands who have put out more than one album, the list gets exponentially smaller. The Earps are about to join that semi-prestigious multi-album club with their forthcoming sophomore effort, Get a Room. Get a…
The Newport Folk Festival is historically significant, not just because of its ever-exciting, often bleeding edge lineup, but because in 1965 Bob Dylan decided to plug in and play electric, much to the dismay of a large portion of the crowd. That set forever changed people’s ideas about where folk…
Yes, a four-hour block of Phoenix New Times guest DJs is about to hit Arizona State University’s student radio station, The Blaze.Tune in to hear clubs editor Benjamin Leatherman at 11 a.m., me (music editor Martin Cizmar) at high noon, Nothing Not New columnist Jay Bennett at 1 p.m. and…
Artist: Let’s WrestleTitle: In the Court of the Wrestling Let’sRelease date: March 23Label: MergeAlong with a few New Times comrades, I’m gonna be on Arizona State University’s radio station, the Blaze. Our block of guest DJ starts at 11 a.m. with clubs editor Ben Leatherman. Martin Cizmar, me, and web…
They cheat on their boyfriends, they throw bras on-stage, they get excited about divorce…and they Tweet.Audience members from last night’s AP Tour were quick to take to the Internet during the show and after their parents drove them home from Marquee Theatre, and here’s what they had to say in…
This week’s music feature is on N.W.A’s Eazy E, and how his death from AIDS shook the rap world. The column is the culmination of Martin Cizmar’s 12-day series, The Posse Project.You can also find our list of Paul McCartney’s worst songs, and the ten best wrestling themes. That should…
With Wrestlemania coming to Glendale on Sunday, pro wrestling fever is taking the Valley by storm. In addition to the big event itself, there are numerous auxiliary events happening all weekend, including a Friday gig at Club Red by World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho’s heavy metal band, Fozzy. In honor…
Fun fact: Cy Young, the winningest pitcher in major-league history and the human yardstick by which all other hurlers are measured, is also baseball’s all-time king in career losses. Does that compromise his legacy? Hell, no! Cy Young had to be flippin’ good to go out there and lose 316…
Over the past two weeks we tracked down everyone on the cover of N.W.A’s first album N.W.A. and the Posse. Who is who? Click the twelve guys in the above photo to see what they’re up to now…
As the story goes, Eazy E became a rapper by accident. In 1987, the man then known as Eric Wright hired his future N.W.A bandmate Ice Cube to write a song called “Boyz-n-the-Hood” for another group signed to his upstart label, Ruthless Records. One of the guys in the other…
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. Who was the white guy on the cover of N.W.A and the Posse? Z-Trip broke his collar…
Artist: GoldfrappTitle: Head FirstRelease date: March 23Label: MuteTake a look at the record cover you see to right of this text. Head First by the dance-pop band Goldfrapp sounds exactly like you’d think a record with this cover would sound like. And that’s either gonna be something right up your…
Do you you like free music? Do you like French rockers Phoenix? If you answered yes to either, then today is your lucky day. Thomas Mars & co. have made a recent live recording, Live in Sydney, available for a free download. The eight-song offering spans 38 minutes and features songs solely…
M. Ward truly has found his muse in Deschanel. The actor really can sing, and it is her vocals that carry the album. The marriage of M. Ward’s slick, befitting production and Deschanel’s light, cherubic vocals takes listeners of Volume Two to a simpler time, when AM radio was king…
Artist: She & HimTitle: Volume 2Release date: March 23Label: MergeMy editor has claimed this project a triumph for no other reason than I’ve chosen the new over the old — sort of. See, I told Martin Cizmar a while back that I wanted to review tonight’s Ray Davies concert. I…
Arizona State’s student radio station is always a fun throwback to the glory days of college radio, and perhaps the best showcase of that spirit is the annual Guest DJ Week.The long-running tradition — which I participated in last year — started yesterday with restaurateur Chris Bianco and local musician…
Artist: Broken BellsTitle: Broken BellsRelease date: March 9Label: ColumbiaIf you’re a supergroup and you don’t go for broke from the outset, you’ve lost me. That’s kind of the way I feel about this debut record by Broken Bells, the new collaboration by Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley and James Mercer…
The band had this to offer about the leak:”Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us.”A free download is a pretty noble idea…
It’s not always easy to keep track of your favorite local artists, especially when some are busy touring around the country. So, here’s a round-up of the goings-on of some of the Valley’s top musical acts, including The Maine, Fat Tree and Whiskey Six.Rock Along Productions sponsored an epic Battle…
