See also: Take Cover: Dry River Yacht Club Covers The Beatles See also: Take Cover: Field Tripp Covers Townes Van Zandt See also: Foster the People @ Comerica Theatre, 7/6/12 See also: South Mountain Witness/North Brother Island @ JobotIt’s tough to turn on the TV or radio without hearing a…
You might know Mark David Chapman as the subject of that Mindless Self-Indulgence song or as J.D. Salinger’s biggest fan. Oh, and he killed John Lennon. Yeah, about that… As Reuters reports, Chapman is up for parole again this week, marking the seventh time he’ll appear before New York state’s…
See also: Chasers Sold to New Owners and Becoming Pub Rock, A Music Venue With an In-House Radio StudioOnce a week Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See the New Times print edition to check out the strip…
See also: KUKQ Phoenix Launches Online; We Speak With Nancy Stevens, Craven Moorehead, and Jonathan LSome heavy-duty changes have been taking place behind the scenes at longtime local music venue Chasers over the past week. The dive-like Scottsdale rock bar, which has hosted big concerts and local shows for close…
See also: decker: Love, God, and Sex in SedonaCall it a rough weekend: While on tour in California, Sedona-based folk band decker.’s van flipped over on Friday night, injuring one of the band members. On the road from Santa Cruz to their Los Angeles show, a tire blew out, causing…
The news waits for no one — at least that’s what we read somewhere — so it’s perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of…
See also: Phoenix Rockers Dynamite the Liberator Talk About What’s Been Missing in the Valley Music Scene Alternative funk rockers, Dynamite the Liberator have become regulars around town. The fledgling quartet comprising singer Marcus Terrell Smith, guitarist John J. Yohimbe, bassist Rich Tokatyan, and drummer Chad Calton has made an…
Luke Romero probably has been hard to get ahold of over past few days, likely due to the fact that he’s prepping for one the biggest gigs of his embryonic DJ career this coming weekend. A little over 48 hours from now, the 23-year-old will take over the Relentless Beats…
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. See also: Pet Shop Boys’ New Release Rivals Muse’s Official 2012 Olympic Anthem See also: George Michael: Better Today Than Yesterday? See also: Madness, a Soundtrack to ’80s Fun Houses…
Like scrunchies and Clarissa Explains It All, Alanis Morissette is an integral part of the ’90s. The Canadian singer/songwriter’s enjoyed a solid eight-album career, but there’s no denying that she peaked with 1995’s seminal Jagged Little Pill. A more pop-minded Exile in Guyville or a grunge-lite update on Blood on…
Lee Hazlewood cuts an imposing figure on the cover of the 2012 collection The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides (1968-71). Clad in undertaker black (with a white turtleneck under his coat), he stands with his head cocked slightly, a shaggy bowl-cut hairdo adorning his famously mustachioed face. He’s surrounded…
About 345,000 electronic dance music fans packed June’s Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas, 100,000 more than attended last year. It’s an impressive figure, to be sure, dwarfed only by an even bigger number: the millions of disappointed souls who didn’t go, forced to be content with merely listening…
Though its name has become nearly ubiquitous on concert flyers and Facebook invites, it’s important to note that it hasn’t quite been a year since Crescent Ballroom, the 400-capacity venue spearheaded by indie promoter Charlie Levy and his Stateside Presents company, opened in downtown Phoenix. Why is it important to…
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See also: The R. Kelly Love Letter Cruise Sets Sail in October! It’s a pretty damn pleasurable idea: R. Kelly, a bunch of partiers, on a boat. But R. Kelly announced via his website on Friday, August 10, 2012 that the R. Kelly Love Letters Cruise was off, stating the…
See also: Green Day’s New Song “Epic as Fuck?” Not Even Close. See also: Throwback Thursday: Green Day’s Dookie Last week at a live show in Los Angeles, Green Day revealed another three power punk tracks from their upcoming album, ¡UNO!: “Nuclear Family,” “Wild One,” and most importantly, “Kill The…
She might be person most to blame for the misuse of the word “ironic” in America, but who cares? We’ve always had a soft spot for Alanis Morissette. Jagged Little Pill was such an unforgettable album from the ’90s, and its “pissed off at the world” attitude felt relatable at…
See also: Phife Dawg at Club Red, 6/22/12 See also: Talib Kweli, Club Red, 7/21/12 See also: Elzhi and RoQ’y TyRaid, Chasers Bar & Night Club, 8/1/12 It’s been a good time for Valley hip-hop fans lately. Over the last few weeks major rap players like Phife Dawg, Talib Kweli,…
See also: Johnny Volume Brings the “Delinquency” Punk Rock DJ Night Back to Yucca See also: DJ Johnny Volume Talks Local Punk, Avail, and More See also: Johnny Volume: “[Waylon Jennings] Truly Did Not Give a Fuck…” One of the Valley’s longer-running punk rock nights is about to go D.O.A…
See also: Beck, Modern Guilt (Review) See also: Beck, The Information (Review) Beck is the Tom Sawyer of modern music: he never grows up, and we love him even when he’s annoying or faking his own death. And now, like Sawyer’s famous white fence episode, Beck is getting someone else…
Every Monday morning Up on the Sun features a new comic strip from punk rocker, cartoonist, and full-time dad Brad Dwyer. See the New Times print edition to check out the strip in glorious, inky newsprint each Thursday…
The news waits for no one — at least that’s what we read somewhere — so it’s perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of…
