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Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend
May 17, 2013 in Up on the Sun
One brand-new way to validate your musical tastes in front of your friends: Tell them that you were a fan of Huey Lewis and the News before he put on...
Justin Timberlake: Phoenix Tickets Are on Sale Today, Can Get Extremely Expensive
May 17, 2013 in Up on the Sun
The Office Finale and Five More Signs Your Indie Music Is Getting Old
May 16, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Google Play Music All Access Is the Goofiest-Sounding Spotify Competitor Ever
May 16, 2013 in Up on the Sun
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Insane Clown Posse's Mighty Death Pop Tour Comes to Flagstaff Bearing Deep Cuts
May 15, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Nanette GonzalesBegin applying your facepaint now, just for the practice: Insane Clown Posse is coming to Flagstaff on June 2. They'll be playing the Pepsi Amphitheatre, and they promise that...
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Top 10 Miranda Lambert Songs about Brutal, Brutal Revenge
May 15, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Ma'am, please step away from the acoustic guitar.I don't come by country music fandom naturally; people who do tell me that there are many reasons to enjoy the music of...
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Okay, It's Time to Stop Saying Vampire Weekend Sounds Like Afropop (or Graceland)
May 15, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Vampire Weekend -- the album -- sounded a lot like Graceland, inasmuch as most of us hadn't heard that bright Afropop guitar tone on any other albums in the intervening...
RIP Crabcore: Attack Attack! Are In Phoenix Tonight (But Things Have Changed)
May 13, 2013 in Up on the Sun
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Watch the New Arrested Development Trailer: "Final Countdown" Is Rehabilitated
May 13, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Arrested Development ruined the Segway. Lots of things ruined the Segway -- don't get me wrong -- but the first time Gob Bluth made his dramatic, perfectly self-confident entrance into...
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Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Weekend
May 10, 2013 in Up on the Sun
So are you a Tribute-John guy, or a Tribute-Paul guy? Or a Tribute-George guy, I guess? This question and more answered in this week's list of five Phoenix-area shows this weekend....
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Top 10 Overproduced Matchbox Twenty Moments I Enjoy in Spite of Myself
May 10, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Matchbox Twenty tickets go on sale today at noon -- the show's July 26 at Comerica Theatre -- which means that this weekend is a time for you to reflect...
Du Hot Club de Bizarre - Crescent Ballroom - 5/8/2013
May 09, 2013 in Up on the Sun
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Will Pandora and Spotify and the Internet Ever Figure Out How to Pay Artists?
May 08, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Jon slundMusic-discovery apps like Spotify and Pandora are free, but they have social costs. Among them: Every six months or so, we get an open letter from an artist who...
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The Beach Boys (Kind Of) Are Coming to Flagstaff for Mother's Day
May 07, 2013 in Up on the Sun
One of these Beach Boys will be coming through Flagstaff.Until very recently, it was not necessary to point out that the Beach Boys who were on tour were not necessarily...
Rivers Cuomo's J-Pop Album Is Out in America, Whether You Want It or Not
May 07, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Justin Timberlake to Play Phoenix In December, When Suit and Tie Is Appropriate
May 06, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Matchbox Twenty Will Play Comerica Theatre, Lots of Songs You Remember on July 26
May 03, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Bob Parsons Gave Madison Rising 10 Grand for Their Post-Grunge Star-Spangled Banner, Apparently
May 02, 2013 in Up on the Sun
The Monkees, Without Davy Jones, Are Coming to Phoenix. Would You See Them?
April 30, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Prince Marquee Theatre Shows Now Moved to One Per Night
April 29, 2013 in Up on the Sun
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Twitter #Music Doesn't Get Why Friends Give Friends Music
April 29, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Friend-to-friend: Valotte still sounds unnervingly like John Lennon singing a bunch of okay-ish songs.Twitter #Music -- the music-discovery service from the people who brought you #SomaliDirectionersLoveZayn-style declarations of collectivist fandom...
3rd Eye Girl, a New Backing Band, Will Join Prince in Tempe
April 29, 2013 in Up on the Sun
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Five Reasons You'll Want to Have Seen Prince at the Marquee Theatre
April 26, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Pop music is obsessed with youth, but it's also obsessed with itself. Result: An endless procession of youthful musicians from pop golden ages who are rapidly becoming capital-h Historic figures....
Black Sabbath to Play Phoenix August 30 on 2013 World Tour
April 25, 2013 in Up on the Sun
Flagstaff Hullabaloo Brings El Ten Eleven, Cool Air to Festival Circuit June 1-2
April 25, 2013 in Up on the Sun
