Song: Linkin Park, “The Catalyst” (Kannamix ‘Bday’ Remix)Context: Linkin Park comes to US Airways Center tonight. Should be an interesting show given their new sound which some fans might not totally appreciate. While they still sound a little too much like the old Linkin Park for my taste, this remix…
Daytrotter, the taste-making blog featuring performances by up-and-coming acts, is offering a leg up to another Phoenix act.ROAR, the new project by Asleep in the Sea singer Owen Evans, did four tracks for the site, scoring one of their signature portraits and a pleasantly verbose write-up largely concerned with the…
The Love Me Nots have a new album, The Demon and The Devotee, coming out tomorrow. Over the weekend, they put out a “Thringle” — a digital three song single — with some of the tracks.The new stuff is a little dirtier and harder than band’s other recent work. It’s…
An organization called Epilepsy Action got YouTube to take down Kanye West’s new music video for his song “All of the Lights,” according to Stereogum.After receiving numerous calls about people being affected by epilepsy after watching Kanye’s video, Epilepsy Action took a stand and made some phone calls themselves. It is…
Looking for something to spice up an otherwise boring Monday? The folks down at The Rogue Bar in Scottsdale will be throwing a special shindig both today and tonight that will raise money for one of their own and feature an impressive array of local musical talent. The raucous rockers…
Song: Canibus, “Patriots” (Feat. Free & Pras)Context: Queens-bred rapper Canibus will be at Tempe’s Club Red tomorrow night. He’s an interesting dude — a guy who joined the military after scoring a gold record and who is probably best known for his feuds with other rappers — but it’s hard for anyone…
Name: Adrian John Flanagan AKA: DJ FLNGN Current schedule: This weekend I have private gigs, but next weekend I am playing Axis/Radius on Thursday, Afterlife on Friday and School of Rock in Tempe on Saturday. My schedule constantly rotates. Genres spun: I mostly spin electronica and techno. Those are my…
San Francisco’s symphony famously backed Metallica for a two-disc epic called S&M, redefining how many people look at metal in the process. The Phoenix Symphony will back Canadian Christian singer Jim Witter, who has made his living doing knockoffs of popular tours like the Elton John/Billy Joel piano duel in…
Ozzy was to drunk to board the plane that was going to take him to Japan for a tour, so Sharon took one for the team and lied to get concert promoters to pipe down.”Everybody felt really bad. They excused him,” Sharon said.This incident occurred when Ozzy’s drug and alcohol…
Lara Plecas The local artist has a show at Art Detour at her studio The Aviary from March 19 to 21. It is located at 1020 Grand Ave. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I pretty much…
In this week’s print edition New Times writer Chris Hansen Orf — himself a member of a veteran Tempe Americana act — catches up with hard-nosed roots rockers Flathead. The band talks about how they’ve been able to fit on bills with everyone from Meat Puppets to Ralph Stanley, X and The…
Song: The Cool Kids, “Bundle Up”Context: The Cool Kids have their first real record coming out — hard to believe since they’ve been buzzing for so long and have a few mixtapes out. This track, “Bundle Up,” is availible for free download from the duo’s site. The Cool Kids -…
, according to Rolling Stone.Qaddafi’s sons Muatassim and Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi hired the afformentioned artists for their consecutive New Year’s parties. Mariah Carey was paid $1 million to perform four songs at the party, which they held in St. Barts.It is being considered by the general public that by doing…
Here’s some heartbreaking news for Phoenix’s DJ and indie music scenes: Anthony Hart (who goes by the stage name DJ HartBreaks) is planning to vacate the Valley next month and will head for the concrete jungle of New York City. The 29-year-old made his plans known yesterday via Facebook, posting…
There’s a musician’s adage that goes something like “Being in a band is like being married to all of its members at the same time.” It’s not surprising most groups collapse after a few years under the weight of petty personal issues (“You’re a dick, dude!”), or the dreaded, clichéd…
Saturday Night Live has just come back from a commercial break, and tonight’s host, former longtime cast member Dana Carvey, smiles, looks into the camera and says, “Ladies and gentleman, Linkin Park.” It’s the second time that the band has played the show and, tonight, they’re there to play two…
George “No Show” Jones is coming to town, so you’re probably expecting all the cliché jokes (“Well, he’s scheduled to play on Thursday . . .”). But that would be lazy, and, honestly, you can make only so many jokes about a concert not happening. Since the rest of the…
It turns out that Dave Matthews Band won’t be taking the year off after all, according to Billboard.Tuesday afternoon the band made consecutive announcements about “mini-festivals” that they will be playing this summer via their Twitter (@davematthewsbnd). They tweeted, “DMB will host 4 3-day music fests across the US this…
: AgesandAges, “No Nostalgia”Context: I really, really dig Alright You Restless, the debut from this Portland seven-piece that sort of reminds me of Go Team! meets The Decemberists. This is the first song but the entire record is very, very good. Agesandages – No Nostalgia by mmcizmar…
The band was all about sharing their high energy and extreme positivity with the crowd a few months before their annual summer Unity Tour will kick off.Read what 311 fans had to say about the show, and check out our review here:@brodElla311: 311 BABY! 311-3-3-11!!!!!@hellocindy: 311 days left in the…
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’s up with Frankie Muniz’s alleged suicide threat? How fast is the Arcade Fire show at…
Despite Scottsdale’s notorious reputation for dirty deeds and scandalous behavior, every once in awhile folks in Old Town will raise (or lower) the bar with something quite salacious. To wit: The braintrust behind Spanish Fly, the Mexican beach bar that’s coming soon to the spot formerly occupied by Drift, are…
