Todd Walsh Walsh is FOX Sports Arizona’s host for Phoenix Coyotes hockey and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Depends. Sirius ’80s on 8, or Pearl Jam radio on Sirius. What’s the first album…
As we head into 2012, it’s worth stating: The Internet still hasn’t destroyed music. This year saw Napster, the vanguard of first-wave web piracy, officially meet its end and Spotify, a label-sanctioned and completely legal free site that sort of does the same thing, launch to great acclaim. MySpace continued…
In this week’s issue of New Times, I join our friends in café, art, and stage in a look back on 2011, observing trends and noting the good, the bad, and the ugly of the year in the review. I focused on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. We featured a couple…
Now that you’ve checked out our photos and review of last night’s Guns N’ Roses gig at Comerica Theatre, we’ve taken to the Twittersphere to find out what you guys thought of the show. Remember to follow us @phxmusicdotcom and tweet at us to discuss. @musicloverchick: Well Phoenix? Any comments…
A couple weeks ago I made a joke about Phoenix-based metal band Sorrower singing about puppies. According to comments, I wasn’t far off — band member Tim Callaway (sporting the Black Flag logo as his icon, natch) confirms that “the puppy comment was very funny considering our singer’s obssession with…
Every week on Wednesday morning, I call into 106.7 KWSS’ The Morning Infidelity program, and gab about local and national music with the TMI crew: Beef Vegan, Shorty, and Buddha. It’s been quite a year for the station — winning cash from their friendly competitors at X103.9, briefly going off…
Clarence Greenwood and his band, more commonly known as Citizen Cope, are bringing their blues rock to the Marquee.Greenwood sings of sorrows and interesting characters, and his songs have been featured in commercials (you may have jammed out to one of his songs and not even realized it). Citizen Cope, Glen…
We won’t be back in full force until Tuesday, but somethings are just too fun to wait. Brad Dwyer brings us a double dose of funny this week, pondering an age old question in this week’s installment of Record Heat: Coffee or beer? Then, Dwyer provides the soundtrack for a…
Folks, it’s just a few days more until that jolly old elf slides down your chimneys, so we at Up On the Sun have been loading you up with a ton o’ tunes to get you through the season. For instance: Are you in a grinchy mood? Check out our…
Bevin O’Neill O’Neill is a chef at The Grind and Chick Rotisserie Bar (opening soon). When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Arizona sports radio.What’s the first album you bought? The Clash, Combat Rock. What’s the first concert you saw?…
Somewhere in America, Jeff Miller’s ears are burning. The towering vocalist of defunct Bay Area hardcore act Bad Posture, which used to hang with the likes of Dead Kennedys and Flipper during punk’s early-’80s glory days, is getting dissed something fierce by local record store owner Michael Pawlicki. The 49-year-old…
In the four years since releasing her debut album, Urban Myths, North Phoenix native singer/songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews has toured the country with Jimmy Eat World (including a performance at Coachella), been featured in a top style/culture magazine (Nylon, earlier this year), and recorded three more albums. Oh, and she…
It took him 15 years, but Axl Rose did it. Whether you loved it or hated it (general consensus leans toward the latter), Guns N’ Roses released Chinese Democracy, the band’s long-awaited follow-up to The Spaghetti Incident, in 2008. And though the record didn’t exactly tank (614,000 units sold as…
I finally made it into The Ghost of Eastside Records last night, and it was awesome. A little hard to find, sure (someone yank that “Records” sign from Smoke Shop Records, er, Headquarters and hang it up at the new spot), but worth the search. What it lacks in size…
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 are we spinning? Up on the Sun’s best music of 2011 lists. Could Guns N’…
Can you believe we’re nearly finished with December? That means we’re inching ever closer to the Arizona Centennial, and ever closer to our 100 Greatest Songs of Arizona list. We need your help — we’ve got some good suggestions in our 100greatestazsongs@gmail.com inbox, but we need more. What songs have…
Money Power Respect’s list of clientele continues to grow in relevance and notoriety. Off of the heels of Hannibal Leq’s Hype Music deal, MPR stablemate’s Mob Fam recently locked up a deal of their own, signing with local independent music label Nastyboy Records, the label founded by Phoenix’s MC Magic…
You sick of hearing about how awesome Saturday night’s Andrew Jackson Jihad show was? Well, too bad. Some of us weren’t able to make it, as Brad Dwyer illustrates in this week’s installment of Record Heat. Lucky for you (and Brad), we caught a good chunk of the show on…
Depending on your status, either check these guys out again or contemplate what the hell you’ve been waiting for and get your ass to Comerica Theatre this summer.Foster the People, Cults, Lucero and others are among those making stops in the Valley in the coming months.The rest of this week’s…
David Bickford Bickford writes two prominent local blogs, PHX Rail Food and PHX Trail Dude. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I listen to KJZZ for news by day and jazz by night. I grew up listening…
Editor’s Note: As we continue our observations of 2011, Up on the Sun contributor Christina Caldwell looks at the state of venues around town, and speculates about what the Phoenix music scene has and what it lacks. Answering “what makes a perfect music venue” is a tall order; here’s…
In the 1970s, Alice Cooper was the poster child of “the devil’s music,” a sexually ambiguous, mascara-smeared heavy metal demon with subversive lyrics and mock-drama stage theatrics. In 2011? Well, this year marks his 11th Christmas Pudding, an annual variety show-style bash featuring rock stars, magicians, and comedians that has…
