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MC Magic on Havana Brown's "We Run The Night"

By MC Magic
Why I Want to Date a Cowboy (Just Once)

By Melissa Fossum
Five Phoenix Shows to See This Week

By Phoenix New Times Staff
Can We Stop Making Up New Metal Subgenres?

By Lauren Wise
Los Dias de la Crescent photos

By Phoenix New Times Staff
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By Benjamin Leatherman
Miranda Lambert at Desert Sky Pavilion

By Caleb Haley
Five Shows To See In Phoenix This Weekend

By Dan Moore
A Record Store Geek on the Music Generation Gap

By Steve Wiley
Cody Canada: Cross Canadian Ragweed "Is Over"

By Caleb Haley

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Kopecky Family Band Gets In the Christmas Spirit at The Musical Instrument Museum

By Melissa Fossum Tue., Dec. 4 2012 at 9:15 AM

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Kopecky Family Band

This week's Take Cover session is a little different, as it's the first time we've featured a touring band. Kopecky Family Band drove 16 hours straight from Norman, Oklahoma, to the Musical Instrument Museum to play a few songs and explore the museum.

Tonight the band is scheduled to perform its first Arizona show at Crescent Ballroom. Check out Kopecky Family Band playing a couple of original songs and a Christmas favorite in an intimate setting after the jump.

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Take Cover: Yus Covers Broadcast

By Melissa Fossum Thu., Nov. 8 2012 at 9:00 AM

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Yus

Broadcast built a dedicated fanbase with its innovative mix of '60s nostalgia and electronic beats. If you've never heard the band, imagine Nico singing for Stereolab.

Youceff Kabal, who performs under the stage name of Yus plays piano and slows the song down a bit for his version of "Michael A Grammar."

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Take Cover: Partners in Crime Cover Hella

By Melissa Fossum Thu., Oct. 18 2012 at 10:00 AM

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Partners in Crime

Two seems to be the perfect number when it comes to experimental rock music: Death From Above 1979, Lightning Bolt, Japandroids, and No Age manage to make a lot of noise for two-person bands, and Hella is no exception.

Local metal/post hardcore duo Partners in Crime follows this tradition by creating intricate songs with weird time signatures.

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Take Cover: Medicine Tent Covers Ike & Tina Turner

By Melissa Fossum Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 4:00 AM

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Medicine Tent hanging out outside of Gangplank

Soul legends Ike & Tina Turner were renowned for their personal lives as much as their music career. In songs like "Should'a Treated Me Right" and "A Fool in Love," you can't help but cheer Tina on. In spite of the couple's strife, they were responsible for some great songwriting.

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Take Cover: The Father Figures Cover The Cure

By Melissa Fossum Thu., Oct. 4 2012 at 8:45 AM

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The Father Figures

Local punk vets The Father Figures have been pretty busy lately. The band is headed to the studio next week to record a full length album that will tentatively be released in mid-November. The trio has a couple of big shows to look forward to, sharing the stage with PiL and X before the end of the year.

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Take Cover: Rough Tough Dynamite Covers Rod Stewart

By Melissa Fossum Fri., Sep. 28 2012 at 5:00 AM

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Rough Tough Dynamite

There are plenty of ways to show someone that you think they're sexy. Some methods are subtler than others, but Rod Stewart wants ladies to be direct and just reach out and touch him.

Tempe rockers Rough Tough Dynamite take a culinary approach with their synthed out surf cover of "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?," which they did exclusively for Up On The Sun. Check it out after the jump.

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Take Cover: The Captives Cover The Cure

By Melissa Fossum Tue., Sep. 18 2012 at 6:30 AM

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The Captives

See also: Take Cover: Fate of the Galaxies Cover The Cure

Robert Smith is a weird dude-- his disheveled hair and smeared red lipstick make his appearance as recognizable as his vocal style. It was only natural for Tom Laman, vocalist of The Captives to include some theatrics in his Cure cover. He sat on the ground and played with a flashlight while singing and avoiding being poked by a mic stand as the band covered "In Between Days."

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Stan Devereaux & the Funky Suns Cover Marvin Gaye and Dyke and The Blazers

By Melissa Fossum Tue., Sep. 11 2012 at 5:00 AM

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We're getting funky with this week's Take Cover, as Stan Devereaux & the Funky Suns perform soulful jams two songs for your enjoyment. Devereaux asked me to film Marvin Gaye's hit from the Boogie Nights soundtrack, "Got to Give it up," but the band continued jamming with a cover of classic Arizona song, the legendary "Funky Broadway." by Dyke and The Blazers.

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Source Victoria Covers Built to Spill

By Melissa Fossum Fri., Aug. 31 2012 at 9:30 AM

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Source Victoria

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Wishful thinking often leads to wishful drinking. The results are usually disastrous, but in Source Victoria's case, it resulted in a great Built to Spill cover.

"We played it once when we were drunk," says singer/guitarist Brendan Murphy. "I screwed up the lyrics, which is typical for me."

The band practiced some more and decided to play "Randy Described Eternity" for us. Check it out after the jump.

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South Mountain Witness Gives Foster the People the Old-Timey Treatment

By Melissa Fossum Tue., Aug. 21 2012 at 8:00 AM

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South Mountain Witness

See also: Take Cover: Dry River Yacht Club Covers The Beatles
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See also: Foster the People @ Comerica Theatre, 7/6/12
See also: South Mountain Witness/North Brother Island @ Jobot

It's tough to turn on the TV or radio without hearing a Foster the People song, so it was only a matter of time before someone chose the band for Take Cover.

South Mountain Witness, a string band with members of Dry River Yacht Club and Field Tripp, keeps its sound varied by combining historical Americana with contemporary songs.