See also: Record Heat: Avant-Garde by Brad Dwyer I didn’t make it out to Meat Market Vintage’s grand opening party, but I did stop in last week. If you’re looking for a well-curated stock of vintage duds, the place is a goldmine. I couldn’t fit into the Mike Oldfield “Tubular…
See also: Shooting at Nipsey Hussle Concert in Tempe Last Night Injures 13 People. Suspects Still at Large Tempe police have arrested one suspect and are currently searching for two others in connection with last night’s massive shooting outside of the Clubhouse Music Venue during a hip-hop concert. According to…
See also: Tempe Police Arrest Suspect in Connection With Clubhouse Shooting, Will Also Investigate Music Venue Itself Violence and panic erupted outside of the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe last night as a fight between concertgoers at the Nipsey Hussle show escalated into a shooting that wounded 13 people. According…
Recent Dark Lord Records (with distribution by Sony) signees Chemicals of Democracy are heading to Europe for Hammerfest, where they’ll be performing alongside Anthrax, Exodus, Skindred, and more. But the dudes aren’t leaving town without a bash. Tomorrow night they’ll be showing off songs from their new record, American Scream,…
The name Bigie Meanmugg doesn’t just allude to Shaun Cheney’s stature or appearance. Its also a tip of the hat to the big sound of his frenetic disco-house and electo mixes, which have a flair for R&B smoothness, and knob-twisting bombast. He’s also got ample talents in graphic design, as…
Atlanta’s O’Brother may seem like a real life version of The Soggy Bottom Boys from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (just Google the band’s name), but name and hometown are the only things the band and film have in common. O’Brother uses three intricate guitars to play a combination of…
I respect Prescott for a handful of things: eclectic art, historic buildings (Prescott has hundreds on the National Historic Registry), and for being host to the world’s oldest rodeo. And, of course, Whiskey Row, where a friend and I decided to take a shot of Jameson at every bar before…
Korn and Sluggo Comerica Theatre Thursday, March 1 James Blake would’ve been in absolute hell watching Korn last night. The waifish English electronica producer, who’s loudly decried the overflowing machismo and thuggish aura of Americanized dubstep, would’ve seen his worst nightmare writ large and lit with high-tech spotlights. More than…
Amid his own investigation by the feds, Sheriff Joe Arpaio held a press conference yesterday afternoon to discuss the preliminary findings of his “cold-case posse” that suggests President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is in fact a forgery. Arpaio and lead investigator of the volunteer posse Mike Zullo say that the…
Since spiraling into the seemingly imminent demise of all Valley radio stations into a “classic” rock format, X103.9’s trademark shows have had the choice to go extinct or find a new way to get the alt out. Former X103.9 DJ Craven Moorehead, who hosted the popular Ska Punk Show for nearly…
Jose GarcesThe Iron Chef and James Beard award-winning chef is executive chef of Distrito, Old Town Whiskey and Garces Trading Co. To-Go at The Saguaro Hotel. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I have Sirius/XM in my car, and…
As any DJ-producer hyphenate will tell you, it takes a huge investment of both time and money to get into the beat-crafting game. It also helps to have some primo equipment and a few skilled and savvy mentors to help guide the way if you have any hopes of becoming…
See also: Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder Song” Remixed as a Bizarre Gangsta Warning to Snitches Tucson-based rapper and tattoo shop owner Isaiah Toothtaker proudly boasts the title “felon rapper” on his Facebook. As if to further prove the point, he’s worked up a collaborative album with incarcerated rapper Max B…
For a little less than a year now, Tucson has been the arena to a rap battle royale called, The Voicebox Battles. It’s a place where wordsmiths throw verbal jabs, lyrical left hooks and insulting uppercuts at one another, all in the name of battle supremacy. Although this showdown takes…
In 1998, after grunge ground down and MTV flirtedwith electronica before getting completely in bed with reality TV, David Bash founded the International Pop Overthrow Festival to give support to a fractured pop scene that had probably given up all hopes of being signed to a major label since The…
See also: Five Reasons We Still Love DMX See also: DMX: Going Old School on New Album? Settled right of Main Street in the heart of Mesa, you would have no idea just by looking that Saltmine Studios is the recording home of legendary artists, producers, and hit tracks. The…
Amir Bar-Lev’s Re:Generation Music Project is a truly sensational demonstration of the music that can be made when people have an open mind. As DJ Premier said in the film, “Music can’t die as long as someone keeps on making it fresh, and that’s what we did.” The Re:Generation Music…
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. Want to hear a single from hip-hop bikers Black Harley Riders? Want to watch Stephen Malkmus…
This week in Phoenix New Times (on stands and online now): I hang out at the Palo Verde Lounge with Tempe-based blackened rock ‘n’ roll sextet TOAD, and discuss the band’s righteous Rotten Tide. M.T. Richards chats with Christopher Owens of indie power-poppers Girls, whose unusual religious upbringing informs his…
Saul Williams’ credentials don’t hint at anyone you’d expect to associate with a genre as innocuous as pop music. After all, the outspoken wordplay wizard cut his teeth as the MC offspring of black activists, rose to prominence via the slam-poetry circuit, is a published and uncompromising poet, and gave…
In the unlikely event that Al Stewart can’t make his scheduled March 2 concert, Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar could definitely fill in. Maybe he’s Stewart’s illegitimate love child, because, seriously, what are the odds two unrelated people could have that high, nasally vocal timbre? Either way, check out Destroyer’s “Painter…
Three-chord alternative isn’t new, especially in Tempe. In the ’90s, bands like The Refreshments and Gin Blossoms rode the style all the way to the major-label bank. Unfortunately for Darkness Dear Boy, they seem to be running a couple of decades behind. But the Tempe-based band, which just celebrated its…
