AltWeeklies Wire
Manchester Orchestra's Latest Is Personal and Densenew
On its second full-length album, Manchester Orchestra layers guitars and more guitars, like flights of angels or squadrons of fighter planes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-20-2009 |
Reviews
Blues Stalwart Paul Geremia Is Coming to a Town Near Younew
An adept finger-style guitarist, natural singer and expressive songwriter, acoustic blues artist Paul Geremia has spent the last 40 years playing folk- and country-blues, creating a personal style influenced by his heroes, such as Howlin' Wolf, Son House and Skip James.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-14-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Carrie Rodriguez Balances Melody and Dissonancenew
Live in Louisville is marked by Carrie Rodriguez' impassioned delivery and the explosive performance of her band.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-07-2009 |
Reviews
Silversun Pickups' 'Swoon' Produces a Musical Fugue Statenew
The second full-length album by this young Los Angeles quartet melds pop-rock conventions with robust guitarscapes, hypnotic rhythms and lyrics that juggle angst, trepidation and beauty.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-23-2009 |
Reviews
The Horrors Dig Vinyl and Other Old-School Music Formatsnew
The five young Londoners in The Horrors say they play music largely because of their mutual love for many of the same things adored by rabid music fans like you and me.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Vivian Girlsnew
There's something immensely charming about the raw pop-punk of the 2-year-old band the Vivian Girls, a harmonizing pop-punk trio from Brooklyn who trade in short, sharp songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Vivian Girls
A Bit of Hawaii Is Traveling Around the Mainlandnew
Slack is back: George Kahumoku, Jr. brings the Hawaiian Treasures Celebration Tour to Tuscon.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-26-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Approaching 90, T-Model Ford Keeps the Blues Goingnew
Blues guitarist T-Model Ford has incredible energy and vitality for a man of any generation.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Larkin Grimm Uses Music to Express Her Different Way of Seeing the Worldnew
Larkin Grimm is an amazingly talented singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose raw, dynamic and sometimes hallucinatory songs effectively communicate a perspective unlike anyone else's.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jazz Guitarist Says His Musical Restlessness Keeps Things Interestingnew
It's not hyperbole to say that Charlie Hunter has had a hand in redefining the state of jazz. During a recent phone conversation from his home in New Jersey, the genial Hunter posed as many questions as he answered.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Different Shades of Irish Greennew
Beoga blend traditional Irish with tango, blues, polka, gospel, pop and even New Orleans second-line music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-26-2009 |
Reviews
Canadian Singer-Songwriter on Her First Headlining U.S. Tournew
Canada's Serena Ryder brings a brand-new album on her first headlining U.S. tour.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Or, The Whale's 'Light Poles and Pines'new
This glorious debut album by the San Francisco combo is perfect in its own right--rockin' contemporary alt-country feet planted firmly in the past and the future.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-05-2009 |
Reviews
Titus Andronicus's 'The Airing of Grievances'new
This is either the best band named for a Shakespeare play, or the best album name borrowed from a Seinfeld episode; either way, fans of manic, raucous jangle-pop should take heed.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-05-2009 |
Reviews
Celebrating Blue Note Records' 70th Anniversarynew
In honor of Blue Note's 70th anniversary, the label assembled an all-star band, dubbed the Blue Note 7, to play a celebratory three-month concert tour and record an album of classic tunes from the label's vintage hard-bop years.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
