Eric Steven Glomski The director of winemaking at Arizona Stronghold Vineyards is helping host a river trip in the Verde Valley Saturday, July 23, complete with lunch and a wine tasting. Correction: this event has been canceled. See Stronghold Vineyard for more information on future events. When you put your key…
The silly string will fly at the Rogue Bar this summer. Valley electro-pop band Peachcake, known for their interactive shows featuring silly string, stuffed animals, and crazy costumes, will be holding down a residency at the Rogue Bar every Saturday in August.And the lineups look killer. Peachcake will be joined…
Construction paper? Check. Squiggly scissors? Got ’em. Magazine cut-outs of kittens? Definitely. No, we’re not helping our kid sister make a collage; we’re making ironic D.I.Y holiday cards to celebrate Bon Iver Day. That’s right, y’all, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett has proclaimed July 22, 2011 Bon Iver Day. And even…
Fair Ohs manages to take things a step further in the funkier direction on their debut record Everything Is Dancing. Influences abound from West Africa funk to ’60s psychedelic rock, coalescing into 35 minutes of funky, post-punk indie rock…
, according to the Boom Box.Residents of the same West Hollywood condos as Chris Brown have been complaining about the late night dog races that he holds in the hallways. Chris’ habit of parking in handicapped spaces has made them pretty unhappy too.Brown has received parking tickets on multiple occasions…
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…
Barney’s Boathouse’s Tempe location has officially set sail for more upscale, Axe-doused waters. The Arizona State University neighbor and day drinking staple has been sold. A three story, 5,000 square foot bar and restaurant in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale with the same monkier is set to open around Labor Day, says owner Chris…
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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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, 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…
Apparently you can get Funky for free. Now we feel awkward about paying for it this whole time… Del the Funky Homosapien, perhaps best known as the rapper behind trip hop’s Gorillaz, is giving his music away left and right. Like some kind of mad used car salesman. His prices are…
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…
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…
, according to Rolling Stone.Thankfully her new song and video, “My Moment,” isn’t as bed as her mess of a first single, “Friday.”The new song is essentially about the last song. She’s sticking it to the man and addressing her haters by rubbing it in her face that she’s going…
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…
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.
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…
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…
