Electric Mustache: Video: Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes” Spin: Rihanna To Testify At Chris Brown Hearing Rolling Stone: Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward Form Monsters Of Folk Supergroup Spin: Bonnaroo Day 1: The Best & the Worst Rolling Stone: Green Day Bring New “Breakdown” Tracks To “Rock Band”…
Rolling Stone: Mars Volta Frontman Hints At Possible At The Drive-In Reunion Pitchfork: Black Lips’ Jared Swilley Attacks Wavves Waved Rumor: Aerosmith – ‘Toys in the Attic’ in entirety this summer Idolator: Jordin Sparks Still Has A Cold Spin: Sonic Youth Debut New Album in NYC Idolator: Phil Spector’s Wall Of…
In the increasingly formula-following rap game, Phoenix rapper Willy Northpole likes to do things a little differently. For example, because he’s signed to a Def Jam imprint run by hip-hop superstar Ludacris, you’d think he’d be lining up the star to give his debut a little extra juice. Nope. Not…
Put simply, Loretta Lynn is the “Queen of Country Music.” The just-turned-74 singer occupies rarefied air in the pantheon of country musicians, and deservedly so. She’s enjoyed a slew of chart-topping hits since the early ’60s, including “Don’t Come Home A- Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” “One’s on the…
You can count the number of Valley residents who have made a major splash in country music on one hand, even if that hand has lost a finger in a farm equipment mishap. There’s Glendale’s Marty Robbins, he of the famous gunfighter ballads, the awesome ‘stache, and the part-time gig…
Yes, as you can see by the poster for the event, that “fellow” is a didgeridooist. It sure does take balls, in this day and age, to put yourself out there and to play that instrument in the hopes of entertaining people. Hell, booking music and comedy is a slippery…
Electric Mustache: Photos: Crystal Antlers at The Ryhthm Room 6/8/2009 Spin: Vampire Weekend’s New Record: “Higher, Lower, Faster! Spin: Blur post rehearsal footage online – video Rolling Stone: U2’s Bono and the Edge Talk “Spider-Man” Musical Pitchfork: The Smashing Pumpkins Hire a 19-Year-Old Drummer? So Much Silence: Mos Def performs Quiet…
Dave Longstreth is an antsy dude. The driving force behind experimental indie-rock band Dirty Projectors, Longstreth is always shifting his lineup to accomodate his ever-evolving sound. It often makes for albums that share the same basic aural sensibilities, yet they differ just enough to act as a triumph over the…
NME: Paul McCartney: ‘I want to work with MGMT’ – video Pitchfork: Radiohead Open Digital Store, Sell In Rainbows CD 2 Electric Mustache: Mp3: Rock Plaza Central “(Dont You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men” Rolling Stone: Guitar Hero: Van Halen Nixes Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar Spin: Jack White Plans Solo…
Ever since Niki D’Andrea and Mike R. Meyer’s cover story on faux celebrity/singer Sonny Long hit newsstands I’ve been waiting to see what Long would have to say about it. All was quiet until about four hours ago, when Long twittered this:I would like to apologize to all my fans,…
Idolator: Jordin Sparks Is Out Standing In Her BattlefieldElectric Mustache: Tonight In Phoenix: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Crystal AntlersRolling Stone: Jay-Z Calls For “Death Of Auto-Tune” With “Blueprint 3″ CutPLM: Phoenix Women Who RockArizona State Press: “Figuring Prominently” displays eclectic mixIdolator: Vintage Topless Britney Pictures Leak, World Continues To Spin On…
Sometimes Monday morning just brings you a gleaming, radiant little bit of news that helps the transition into next week all the more smooth and less awkward. It’s no big surprise that I am a gigantic fan of former hair metal frontman/reality TV superstar Bret Michaels. I have watched every…
Yes, this is Up On The Sun’s 2,000th post. Can you believe it?I realize I’m opening a can of words here, but anything you’d like to see change here on the music blog most easily reached by typing www.PHXmusic.com in to your preferred browser’s address bar? More coverage of your friend’s band? Less coverage…
Pitchfork: Kim Gordon Disses “The Radiohead Model” So Much Silence: Miniature Tigers on The Interface Spin: Coldplay’s Next Record “Might Be Bad” NME: T.I. marries longtime girlfriend ‘Tiny’ Rolling Stone: Daryl Hall on His “Oddball” Life in Hall & Oates, Web Series Waved Rumor: Rock Clip of the Week -…
Watch out Metalhead, there’s a new hair metal cover band in town and they have your old guitarist… Whether they steal a piece of your thunder remains to be seen.Hairforce is a hair metal super group featuring some of Phoenix’s best musicians including G-String, the former guitarist for Metalhead who…
I’ve never been sure why there isn’t more of a rivalry between Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, but, aside from some boy drama, the two country-tinged pop princesses seem to co-exist happily.If you missed Swift’s excellent show at Jobing.com Arena last month, you’ll have a chance to check out what…
Spin: Hot Download: A-Camp’s ’80s Cover Rolling Stone: Lil Wayne Pens Ode To Kobe, “Rebirth” Pushed To August 18th Electric Mustache: mp3: Yo La Tengo – “Periodically Double Or Triple” Pitchfork: Mastodon Get Their Own Pair of Vans Idolator: The Most Beguiling “Weird Al” Yankovic Cover You Will Hear All Week…
Nick Cave is a bad-ass. Perhaps, the baddest ass around. Consider: in the last few years alone, he’s released two of the best albums of his career — Dig Lazarus Dig!!! with longtime backing band The Bad Seeds and the self-titled debut by side project Grinderman. He wrote the screenplay…
Spin: Jay-Z’s ‘Blueprint 3’ Out This SeptemberRolling Stone: The Biggest, Oddest (and Most Unique) Sound in New YorkPitchfork: Santigold’s Label Attempts to Block Santigold MixtapeNME: Grammys ditch polka category for 2010 AwardsSpin: Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman Perform Together in NYCPitchfork: Black Keys Work With Mos Def, Jim Jones Idolator: MGMT Warns…
If you’ve read this week’s music feature Sonny Long you may have a grasp on who he is (at least in his own mind). Is he the next thing in Arizona music or just another dreamer? Read on to find out.While writing this week’s cover story, witers Niki D’Andrea and…
To see Matthew Reveles kicking back in his Tempe home, dressed in blue jeans, a T-shirt, and flip-flops, you might get the wrong idea. Reveles’ long, black hair, flowing beard, and wire-rim specs seem to suggest he’s in a neo-jam band on the order of Phish or maybe even drawing…
You might not think that Tempe “humorcore” band Psychostick and Jill Sobule (a.k.a. that chick who sings the other “I Kissed a Girl” song) have much in common, but it turns out they both have some seriously loyal fans. Last year, with the country mired in a recession, Psychostick and…
