After too many disagreements with his restaurant manager and some trouble with bouncing paychecks, Flavor Flav’s fried chicken restaurant in Clinton, Iowa has closed, according to Pollstar.First and foremost, Flav claims that restaurant manager Nick Cimino “isn’t running the business right,” which is why Flav scrapped one of the restaurant’s…
Well you guys, it’s official — Pitchfork thinks the new name for Phoenix’s premier outdoor music venue, Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, is ridiculous. In a post about the upcoming tour of Kings of Leon (ugh) and Band of Horses, staff writer Tom Breihan had this to say about a select…
Maroon 5 has announced a concert at Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion on September 17.There was some concern the band would skip Arizona on their current tour as some sort of political statement, but Maroon 5, along with Train, is now scheduled to come through the city’s largest outdoor venue with…
JRC The co-owner/founder of The Trunk Space invites you to Dr. Zombie’s Movie Lab of Terror at the venue this Saturday, April 23. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? NPR. It’s the the most “reasonable volume” news in…
Bad news for fans of country legend Loretta Lynn. She’s canceled her upcoming tour, including a stop at May 1 stop at Celebrity Theater. “As y’all know I just went and got my knee done a few weeks back,” a statement reads Lynn’s website. “I am sad to cancel the…
Keith Richards is said to be recording new material at a studio in New York City, according to Spinner.There’s no word yet on whether he’s been working on material for the Rolling Stones, a solo project, or producer and drummer Steve Jordan’s side project band, the Verbs.Rumors have been floating…
Name: Chris Hernandez AKA: DJ Decipha Best Known For: DJing on 101.5 Jamz Current gigs: Right now I do Fridays at Airia and Saturdays at Lucky Strike. Genres spun: I like old school hip-hop and R&B. Lots of New Jack Swing too, like TLC, SWV, and Jodeci from that era…
Ever wonder what the hard partying DJs that put on the weekly dance-party Sticky Fingers have in common with classic rockers Moody Blues? DJ William “Fucking” Reed hasn’t been spinning some glitch-hop remix of “Nights in White Satin” (not that I’m aware of at least), but both the long running…
The music section in week’s print edition of Phoenix New Times is heavy on the metal.Why shouldn’t it be, what with The Big 4 festival featuring Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax going down just a short drive away in Indio, California this weekend. In honor the the occasion I penned…
The Beastie Boys’ bombass release of their short film Fight For Your Right Revisited is finally here, according to Consequence of Sound. Is it just as good as you imagined it would be? No, because it’s even better.There is a lot of rapping, a ton of celebrity cameos, and most…
There’s never been less of a division between electro-pop bands and DJs. Case in point, Next Fest, which hits Sail Inn on April 30. The festival is a veritable who’s who of electronic dance acts, featuring turntablists, live bands, and groups that blend the two formats. …
Take the L out of “lover” because it’s over. Liam and Noel Gallagher of British rock group Oasis, are essentially calling it quits as brothers, according to Spinner.Is this the fiftieth or the fifty-first time they’ve declared this? I’ve lost count. We get it, they hate each other and they’re not…
Dave Mustaine has never gotten over his ouster from Metallica. At least not if you believe what he said to former bandmate Lars Ulrich in the documentary Some Kind of Monster. “It’s been hard to watch everything that you guys do and touch turn to gold, and everything I do…
It’s not everyday that a band’s first gig is also its CD release show. It’s rarer still that such a gig would take place at Tempe’s Clubhouse Music Venue, a 600-capacity venue that typically plays host to up-and-coming national touring acts. Then again, The Artifact isn’t your typical wet-behind-the-ears local…
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. Why was Steve Nash hanging out with Arcade Fire?How was Lil Wayne’s show in Phoenix?Why is…
Song: Megadeth, “I Thought I Knew It All”Context: This track is from my favorite Megadeth record, 1994’s Youthanasia, which was recorded right here in Phoenix. I touch on the recording of this record in this week’s music column, which is all about how Dave Mustaine is Metal’s MVP. Megadeth -…
Welcome to Obscuro, a feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that’s thus far escaped anyone’s attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate, probe and…
A couple of weeks ago, our music feature was on the earliest musical recordings from Arizona, created in 1929 by a cowgirl singer/guitarist named Billie Maxwell. Though her music is obscure to most, a handful of Arizona collectors are on a quest for to obtain a very rare original copy of…
Song: Lil Wayne, “6 Foot 7 Foot”Context: I’m seeing Weezy tonight. Can someone tell me what the fuck bananas have to do with the verses on this song? I’ve consulted Urban Dictionary on the matter and the only connection to slang I see is that the song is about a…
French pop star Yelle played Rhythm Room last week and Up On The Sun cartoonist Robbie Pfeffer was there.As a result, he has some advice for people who wish to blog about such events. Read on for those tips…..
A new commercial for Vitamin Water pairs up Steve Nash and “Barbra Streisand” by Duck Sauce, according to Prefix. What a winning combination.Keeping it classy by wearing a suit and tie to a party and then at a fancy restaurant, Steve Nash plays himself in the ad. There couldn’t be…
However, it’s punk quartet Face to Face who have perhaps the most intriguing just announced show with their June 1 date at the Nile Theater. The Victorville, CA band rose to prominence with the release of their second album, Big Choice, which contained such radio stalwarts as “Disconnected” and “I Know…
