Did you know there was a Guinness world record for the most sombreros assembled in one place? Well, apparently there is, and local rockers Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers wants to break it at the CD release party for their new album, Unida Cantina. Cantina, the recording of which is the…
That last-ditch effort would be Gimme Some, the sixth album from Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John. Much like The Strokes the week before them, PB&J have to live up to their most prized album — 2006’s Writer’s Block. On that particular album, the trio joined forces with the Shout…
, according to Telegraph.Now that the digital era has taken over, vinyl has become a niche market, which generally makes sales insignificant enough that they aren’t generating a profit for Mercury anymore. Furthermore, handling excess stock causes Mercury Records some monetary loss in the market for music singles as well.Physical…
According to this Facebook event page, West Coast rapper Game is set to appear at Tempe’s School of Rock on Saturday night.The info states that 101.5 Jams will be on hand, and DJ Mikee will be spinning, as well as promising appearances from Nu Jerzey Devil, Brannu Legit and the…
Song: Odd Future, “Sandwitches”Context: Just reading over a feature about Odd Future for this Thursday’s paper — you’re gonna love reading about the group’s Arizona connection. Odd Future – “Sandwitches” by brooklynvegan…
Song: The Baseball Project, “All Future And No Past”Context: The Baseball Project, an indie rock band featuring members of R.E.M. and Golden Smog which writes songs about baseball, will be at Martini Ranch tonight. It’s a super-cool project, having featured contributions from guys like Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service singer…
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… When you want to wage jukebox warfare, what are the best songs to take into battle?…
, according to Billboard.B.o.B. has just dropped his hot new diss track “No Future,” in which he’s quite adamant about standing his ground as an established rapper.”Body blow, upper cut, I do more than bruise ya / Keep f*ckin’ with me, you ain’t gon’ have no future,” B.o.B. sings about…
Devin Fleenor doesn’t DJ much any more. In fact, he hasn’t performed behind the decks in three years. So when the Mr. Meeble member busts out with a DJ set, you know he’s going to throw everythign he can at the club. Such will be the case next Saturday at…
Tony Morales Morales is the pit master at Big Earl’s BBQ and owner of Desert Smoke BBQ. Cheer him on at the Arizona Barbecue Festival this Saturday, March 26 at the Scottsdale Waterfront. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play…
This week’s main music feature is a column I wrote in Austin, Texas after a week of South By Southwest craziness. It was a rough week for Arizona — the most attention anything related to our state got was a panel hosted by boycotters — but Meat Puppets frontman Curt…
Song: Meat Puppets, “Up On The Sun” Context: Have you ever heard the song this blog takes its name from? If not, here you go — it’s mentioned in this week’s music feature so this seems as good a time as any to remind everyone why Up On The Sun is…
Cut Copy are proud to announce their Grand Canyon State debut in Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre on Friday, August 12.Their Tempe show is preceded by a date at Spain’s Low Festival on July 22 — that means Cut Copy is actually going out of their way to come play Arizona…
U.S. fans of Japanese Music face one, ever-present obstacle in their quests to discover new J bands: They’re not here. Up on the Sun constantly monitors upcoming concerts from Japanese bands. In good years, that means three or four shows; not exactly a great variety of acts.No, the best bet…
You’ve never danced your ass off harder than you thought you ever could until you’ve been to a Girl Talk concert.Everyone at the Marquee Theatre was going nuts throughout Greg Gillis’ entire set. Gillis kept up with the crowd’s energy and nearly exceeded it as he kept the remixes coming.Read…
It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon, and a quintessentially South by Southwest scene is unfolding at a concert outside Austin’s Waterloo Records. Eager day drinkers clamor to get into a fenced-off parking lot in this recently re-developed section of the city’s main drag, where the old “Keep Austin Weird” mantra has…
In a recent interview with Cowbell Magazine, Mountain Goats songwriter John Darnielle says, “I grew up a geek, so I wasn’t good at sports. A lot of us maintain those biases, but those biases are silly. Sports are awesome.” Darnielle doesn’t appear on the new record by The Baseball Project,…
It’s been eight years since 100 people died in the Great White nightclub fire in Rhode Island. Not even through the first song of its set at The Station in West Warwick, the band was interrupted when pyrotechnics sparked a fire that caused a grisly stampede in which scores of…
Song: Girl Talk, “Play Your Part (Pt. 1)”Context: Quick reminder that Girl Talk will be in Tempe at Marquee Theatre tonight. Should be a hell of a party. 01 Play Your Part (Pt. 1)…
Want a weird review of the new Strokes record?How about one that starts like this:”Everyone has those kinds of friends, those friends you grow estranged from during the course of life but still keep in touch. You’ll hear from them every year or so, maybe get a Facebook update…”Now imagine…
Last week was Spring Break at Arizona State University which means the streets of Tempe were silent as most date-rapers and date-rapees their victims were out in Lake Havasu (note: for the love of God, not Rocky Point, please don’t be in Rocky Point! Your mother is sick with worry! She can’t…
The creatively-titled The Grateful Dead Movie, directed by Jerry Garcia, will be back in theaters for one night. That night is April 20 — 4/20 — which adds to the fun. The film was shot in 1974 at one of the band’s legendary five-night stands at the Winterland Ballroom in San…
