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Country Throwdown, Flyleaf, Alexisonfire and Cute Is What We Aim For help round out the rest of the show announcements from last week. Full list below…
Let’s say you own a record store post-Napster. Now, let’s say that record store burns down.I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t consider re-opening it for more than a split second. Actually, I’m guessing I’d blow town with the insurance money so fast investigators would suspect…
Just when you think it isn’t humanly possible to love Jack (and Meg) White more than you do, go see the new “rock doc”, Under Great White Northern Lights. Not only will you love them a little more, but you’ll also find them more interesting, endearing, and even a little…
I’ve promised my loyal readers a podcast featuring some of the best songs I’ve been listening to in the first three months of 2010.That day is finally here. The podcast is below. You’ll hear 10 songs and a little bit of discussion about each of them. This is my best…
Artist: LocksleyTitle: Be In LoveRelease date: March 16Label: SKH MusicReaders of my daily column, Nothing Not New, might find this essay from The Onion A.V. Club to be interesting. Basically, it asks the question: Are the indie bands of the world releasing too much product? The essay opens by stating…
Arizona-bred DJ Hero Z-Trip broke his clavicle snowboarding last week and has canceled all his shows leading up to Coachella.The Tripster also dropped out of the upcoming A-Team movie soundtrack. The DJ, raised here but now based Los Angeles (apparently this is something The Arizona Republic doesn’t know yet) had…
Stand-up comedian Jim “Hot Pockets” Gaffigan isn’t coming to Dodge Theatre until November 27, but tickets go on sale this morning at 10 a.m.Gaffigan’s 2006 Comedy Central Special Beyond the Pale is certified Platinum, and his memorable stints on “My Boys” and “Law & Order: SVU,” have raised his profile…
This week’s music feature is about Masaki Murashita, the 24-year old lead singer and guitarist of local neo-thrashers Hemoptysis, a band that is rocking SXSW as we speak.Also in this week’s issue you’ll find pieces on Zooey Deschanel’s musical career, and the local post-hardcore band Greeley Estates’ new album, which…
Alex Chilton, singer and guitarist of ’70s rock band Big Star died last night in New Orleans at age 59. The cause of death is suspected to be a heart attack, and Big Star was set to play at this year’s SXSW.The band is cemented in history as a highly…
OK, OK, so they may be from Los Angeles, but the Celtic punk rock band Flogging Molly is one of the best bands around to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with. Not only do they play fun, fast, furious tunes, they also know how to party. According to one fan, the…
Artist: jjTitle: jj no. 3Release date: March 9Label: Secretly CanadianIf you’ve ever found yourself up late at night and unable to sleep, you’ve probably resorted to flipping channels. Of course, you never find anything worth watching at 2:30 a.m., but sometimes those damn infomercials will find a way to hook…
Now this is cool. This week, the soon-to-be-open Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in north Phoenix took delivery of the piano in which John Lennon of The Beatles composed “Imagine,” a tune that some people feel is the best song ever. The instrument – which isn’t the white piano that Lennon…
Is it still the great American Rock ‘n’ Roll dream if the person living it wants to move back to Japan? Ask Masaki Murashita, the 24-year-old lead singer and guitarist of Phoenix thrashers Hemoptysis. Murashita has spent the past nine years in North America — attending high school in Canada…
Phoenix-based Greeley Estates have long been one of the Valley’s most prominent post-hardcore acts. Their last album, Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East, earned the band glowing reviews from sites like Absolute Punk, and the band’s participation in the Vans Warped Tour helped them garner a national…
Back in the day — and by “day,” I mean the mid-’80s — a movie star wasn’t really a movie star until he cut a shitty, self-indulgent music album that bombed everywhere except Soviet satellite states. After a Don Johnson Heartbeat here and an Eddie Murphy So Happy there, the…
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. What are the 12 guys from N.W.A’s first album doing now? Why does Tucson have such…
Wanna hear some free local metal? MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Landmine Marathon’s new album, Sovereign Descent, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 16.In other Phoenix-area metal news, Glendale’s Job for a Cowboy have announced a spring headlining tour that kicks off April 21 in Newport, Kentucky, and…
In case you haven’t heard, The Rolling Stones are preparing to reissue their iconic 1972 album Exile on Main Street this May. There will be original remastered tracks as well as 10 unheard new tracks available.This has gotten plenty of people excited — American Idol producers, who featured some of…
Jay-Z and Jack White have collaborated on a new song.Can this week get any better? I submit that it cannot!While the two had publicly discussed a desire to work with one another, no specifics had ever been announced. White recently broke the news to GQ about the project, but the…
Artist: Xiu XiuTitle: Dear God, I Hate MyselfRelease date: February 23Label: Kill Rock StarsIs anyone else looking forward to the baseball season? Outside of listening to and making music, following baseball is my primary hobby. Living most of my life in Michigan, Indiana, and the Chicago area, I always felt…
There’s no shortage of strip club action in the Valley of the Sun. From high-end gentleman’s clubs like Christie’s Cabaret and Le Girls Cabaret to the low-rent flesh parlors of the West Valley’s skeezier industrial neighborhoods, Phoenix is definitely skin city.Despite what you might think, the buxom babes baring it…
