William Fucking ReedReed deejays Sticky Fingers every Friday night at Bar Smith. For more info, visit Sticky Fingers’ official website. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Currently, my car radio defaults to KWSS 106.7-FM, which hosts my Friday/Saturday…
In case you couldn’t tell from my previous Throwback Thursday posts, I have a soft spot for the ’90s. I’m a millennial, so it’s easy for me to wax nostalgic over boy bands and raunchy comedies. Last weekend was quite the stroll down memory lane thanks to American Reunion, which…
As a music writer who is not musically inclined, it’s always fascinating to me to catch up with bands and musicians when they’re not on the stage. For this week’s issue of New Times, I hung out with Former Friends of Young Americans for a profile of the local shoegazers…
Dusk has barely begun her descent on downtown Phoenix when anti-genre conformists Former Friends of Young Americans gather for band practice at frontman Toby Fatzinger’s home in the historic Garfield neighborhood. The area is known not only for being one of the city’s oldest and largest historic districts but for…
There was once a time when the name M. Ward was reserved for only the hushiest kind of record collectors, the kind of dudes who scratched John Fahey and Leo Kottke records off their wish lists one by one, who didn’t think alt-country was a dirty word, the kind of…
One of the best moments of the current season of NBC’s Parks and Recreation (in a season full of great moments) was the show’s spot-on NPR spoof in the episode “Born and Raised.” Interviewing on a sort of a Fresh Air-meets-Talk of the Nation show hosted by Dan Castellaneta, Amy…
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 you need to know before heading to Coachella? How did the Trunk Space’s 8th…
Numerous residents of Queen Creek and around the San Tan Valley have spent the past few days cleaning up a rash of grafitti and vandalism that was inflicted upon their homes and property by a pack of unknown hooligans. Here’s the kicker: The vandalism was likely inspired by weirdo rap…
See also: The Psychedelic Pop of Mike Condello Remembered With Two New Releases When we were working up our 100 Songs That Defined Arizona list, one name was mentioned more than any other by our readers and consultants, and that name was Mike Condello (1946-1995). Known best for his work…
Sometimes, the songwriting process itself is enough to inspire songs, which is how local pop-tinged rock band Crash Coordinates churned out their current single, “Repetition Compulsion.””(Vocalist/guitarist) Chris Kalla and I were inspired by the frustration of having to write a lot of songs for our upcoming full-length,” says guitarist Chris…
Guess who’s looking a lot older and more strung out than last time anyone saw him? Good ol’ Jason Mraz. You’d think that someone who has “the remedy” would easily be able to keep himself from looking like an aging schlub of a musician. Au contraire, mon frère. Simply observe…
See also: Fatigo Covers Depeche Mode The Love Me Nots’ Nicole Laurenne and Michael Johnny Walker have been married for four years, but if it wasn’t for The Doors, they may have never met. “That song, [“Soul Kitchen”], my old band used to cover it,” says Laurenne. “We used to…
See also: Laurie Notaro’s Eight Food(ie) Terms Past Their Expiration Dates We’re a music blog, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t passionate about our food, too. When we’re not blogging about music festivals and reviewing shows, we’re reading about farmers’ markets and edible grasshoppers at our sister blog, Chow Bella…
Jeez, was Mad Men strange last night or what? Last night’s episode was probably the closest the show has come to acting like a horror flick, with all the blurry, murderous details, and the blood splattered headlines (of course there was that moment with the John Deere tractor in season…
Ad Hoc, a DIY/experimental music blog collective created by editors of Pitchfork’s defunct sister site Altered Zones, recently succeeded in raising over $37,000 for the project through a Kickstarter drive and will be going live in the coming weeks. Editors Ric Leichtung and Emilie Friedlander, after ending Altered Zones in…
Underground Cities has come a long way in the past few years. The band’s upcoming full-length album made our list of local releases to look forward to this year and the band is about to embark on its first national tour. The album was initially predicted as a February release,…
Kyle UnfugUnfug is the morning show co-host with Johnjay and Rich on 104.7 KISS-FM. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? 104.7, baby! What’s the first album you bought? Salt-n-Pepa! The album with “Shoop” on it (Very Necessary)! Still know…
Arguably one of the best things to come out of last night’s American Idol episode was the emergence of a video on Yahoo! that Jennifer Lopez beau Casper Smart appeared in back in 2009. The loose-limbed dancer starred as a dancing bee in the Haagen-Dazs produced video in an effort…
Turntablists of Arizona, you’d better start practicing. A little more than two weeks from now, one of the biggest DJ contests ever will be bringing its regional battle to Phoenix and your shit better be tight. The DMC World DJ Championships, widely considered to be the most premier turntablist contests…
I couldn’t have asked for a better time to hear about the Summerland Tour. While waiting for a coffee in Venice Beach, California, I was browsing Up On The Sun on my phone and saw that Everclear was coming. I knew what I had to listen to, because I rolled…
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. Who are the hottest women in metal? Want to hear exclusive music from Isaac Brock of…
Donald Glover has it all wrong. At least from a historical perspective, anyway. How many times does the actor-turned-musician thing work? Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time,” anybody? But for the most part, Glover doesn’t fit the mold. Though he is best known for his role as Troy Barnes on…
