Matty B Will Blow Your Mind with His 7-Year-Old Raps

Get ready to feel like a major under-achiever.This 7-year-old kid is living thug life to the fullest, and he will absolutely blow you away with his “cover” of Kesha’s “We R Who We R” (Perez Hilton is even raving about it.)Matty B already has an entourage of little girls (see…

Local Rapper Mr. Miranda Exercises His Right to Remain Old School

Dave Miranda might’ve been born 15 years too late. Ask the Phoenix rapper, who performs as Mr. Miranda, about his influences, and he speaks reverently about old-school hip-hop artists like Run-DMC, Gang Starr, Masta Ace, and Ice Cube. Even though Miranda was in grade school when those acts were at…

Roger Waters the Grownup Versus Syd Barrett the Kid

Roger Waters began playing in the earliest incarnation of Pink Floyd right around the time he turned 20 years old. At the time, the music was an innovative reflection of youth culture. It featured psychedelic, experimental sounds, prominent (often dissonant) guitar, and sweet vocal harmonies. We are reminded of this…

Funny Pics: Band Names Taken Literally

There are a lot of stupid band names out there. In fact almost every band name ever created is kind of stupid if you stop and think about it for a minute. Once you do stop to think about the literal meaning of the name it will change from this cool…

Avoid This on Black Friday: New Michael Jackson Video Game

Hopefully you’ve prepared yourself for this year’s lamest Christmas gift. According to Paste, Ubisoft just dropped a Michael Jackson video game available for Nintendo DS and PSP.As if there weren’t enough terrible video games that revolve around dancing already. Yet this one might take the cake. Michael Jackson: The Experience…

The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio

Song: The National, “Bloodbuzz Ohio”Context: This very well might be my favorite single of 2010. Also, being carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees sounds pretty good when the alternative is an airport full of John Wayne wannabes refusing to submit to TSA’s scanners on principle. 06 Bloodbuzz Ohio…

Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

So how do you follow the worst album of your often celebrated career? Smack everyone in the fucking mouth with your bona fide best album. As much as it pains me to admit it — Kanye’s latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is a solid effort that far exceeds…

Gospel Claws, “Summer Nights Lakeside”

Local indie rock outfit Gospel Claws’ first album is causing quite a stir.It’s not hard to see why the band has caught the ear of everyone up to and including National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered with songs like their first single, “Summer Nights Lakeside,” ostensibly about a beach party/assisted…

Mark Your Calendars: Festival Announcements Galore

While music festival season is pretty much wrapped up for the year up, there’s still plenty to get excited about since next year’s festivals are being planned.Announcements have been rolling out one after another this past week. Big news has broken about dates, headliners and lineups for the biggest shows…

Kanye West – Power

Song: Kanye West, “Power” (Remix featuring Jay-Z)Context: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released today. Another strong effort from ‘Ye. Certainly a lot better than that shitty new Dre single, “Kush.” KANYE by ahasver1…

Dr. Dre ft Akon & Snoop Dogg – Kush

Song: Dr. Dre ft Akon & Snoop Dogg, “Kush”Context: Dre’s new single really is a pile of shit. I can’t believe we waited a decade to hear single that has Akon’s overplayed ass on it. If all of Detox is this bad the Doctor needs to keep it unreleased. Dre…

The Many Abs of Usher

We at Up on the Sun are looking forward to tonight’s performance by Usher at Jobing.com Arena. It’ll be nice to see his little song and dance while we wait for the headliner. What’s that? You say Usher is the headliner? Come on now. We all know that the only…

Eastside Records to Close By Year’s End

There’s something of an unwritten law here in the Valley that dictates the following: Anything remotely cool will eventually either die or start to suck. Don’t believe me? Try tuning into KUKQ on your car radio while heading over to the Mason Jar or Jugheads to catch a show, followed…