Ever since Niki D’Andrea and Mike R. Meyer’s cover story on faux celebrity/singer Sonny Long hit newsstands I’ve been waiting to see what Long would have to say about it. All was quiet until about four hours ago, when Long twittered this:I would like to apologize to all my fans,…
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Sometimes Monday morning just brings you a gleaming, radiant little bit of news that helps the transition into next week all the more smooth and less awkward. It’s no big surprise that I am a gigantic fan of former hair metal frontman/reality TV superstar Bret Michaels. I have watched every…
Yes, this is Up On The Sun’s 2,000th post. Can you believe it?I realize I’m opening a can of words here, but anything you’d like to see change here on the music blog most easily reached by typing www.PHXmusic.com in to your preferred browser’s address bar? More coverage of your friend’s band? Less coverage…
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Watch out Metalhead, there’s a new hair metal cover band in town and they have your old guitarist… Whether they steal a piece of your thunder remains to be seen.Hairforce is a hair metal super group featuring some of Phoenix’s best musicians including G-String, the former guitarist for Metalhead who…
I’ve never been sure why there isn’t more of a rivalry between Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, but, aside from some boy drama, the two country-tinged pop princesses seem to co-exist happily.If you missed Swift’s excellent show at Jobing.com Arena last month, you’ll have a chance to check out what…
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Nick Cave is a bad-ass. Perhaps, the baddest ass around. Consider: in the last few years alone, he’s released two of the best albums of his career — Dig Lazarus Dig!!! with longtime backing band The Bad Seeds and the self-titled debut by side project Grinderman. He wrote the screenplay…
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If you’ve read this week’s music feature Sonny Long you may have a grasp on who he is (at least in his own mind). Is he the next thing in Arizona music or just another dreamer? Read on to find out.While writing this week’s cover story, witers Niki D’Andrea and…
To see Matthew Reveles kicking back in his Tempe home, dressed in blue jeans, a T-shirt, and flip-flops, you might get the wrong idea. Reveles’ long, black hair, flowing beard, and wire-rim specs seem to suggest he’s in a neo-jam band on the order of Phish or maybe even drawing…
You might not think that Tempe “humorcore” band Psychostick and Jill Sobule (a.k.a. that chick who sings the other “I Kissed a Girl” song) have much in common, but it turns out they both have some seriously loyal fans. Last year, with the country mired in a recession, Psychostick and…
In July 2007, Yeah Yeah Yeahs appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, capping the night with “Down Boy,” from their then-current EP, Is Is. “Down Boy” is a dark, sultry song, and the band’s singer, Karen O, swayed in place with odd, theatrical movements, unable to keep a…
It’s a mild Friday evening in May, and the patio at Pure Sushi in downtown Scottsdale is packed with patrons in business casual, sipping sake and discussing everything from the economy to fashion. Sonny Long is standing inside the restaurant, looking out at the plush, white leather couches through the…
We’d been hearing rumblings about a big fall concert (“to rival Coachella!,” some rumormongers claimed) at Tempe Beach Park for a few months now, but it wasn’t until today that we actually heard who’s playing.It doesn’t remotely resemble Coachella, but it is a lot like a three-day version of Edgefest. So if…
These troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what’s going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMusic — one of the largest on the web — made a deal with…
One-time red hot Valley rock band Fivespeed may very well be poised to make a comeback. The band, who haven’t released an album since their 2006 Virgin Records debut Morning Over Midnight, have lined up some gigs. They opened for Stereotyperider at Yucca Tap Room back in February for the…
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We’ve got some stellar news for anyone who’s a fan of local-DJ-made-good Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip): Thanks to the joystick Jedi at Activision and its developer FreeStyleGames, the 38-year-old superstar turntablist (and former Valley resident) will be a playable character in the upcoming DJ Hero video game, which is set…
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Our weekly concert announcements are always a bit of a “Wait, those guys are still alive and playing music” shock, but I’ve never been quite as blindsided as I was seeing Tears For Fears slated to place Tempe Marketplace in July.Yes, Tears for Fears. They’re still around. In fact, the…
