AltWeeklies Wire
Parts and Labor's Latest Album Was Created with Some Help from Fansnew
While recording Receivers, the band put out a call to its audience to submit audio samples of any kind that would then be incorporated into the music. Hundreds of samples showed up, and the band was able to use them all, working the snippets of sound into its combination of psychedelic rock, noise-punk and electronic music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Talkdemonic's Latest is a Musical Alchemynew
On Eyes at Half Mast, the band blends a variety of instruments to create down-home-flavored electronic instrumental tunes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Talkdemonic, Eyes at Half Mast
Matthew Sweet's New Album is Missing Somethingnew
Ever since his power-pop masterpiece Girlfriend, Sweet has suffered from perennial comparisons to that landmark album. Well, the suffering continues.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Sweet, Sunshine Lies
A Place to Bury Strangers Aims to Give Fans a Mind-Altering Experiencenew
Oliver Ackermann, guitarist and singer with A Place to Bury Strangers, describes his band's music as "immersive," saying he hopes it affects listeners in the same manner as might a mind-altering drug.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bang Camaro Takes the Best of the '80s and Makes it Their Ownnew
The secret ingredient in Bang Camaro is its infectious group vocals that call to mind the spunky rock choruses pioneered by such acts as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bang Camaro
Mugison Whips Up a Maelstrom of Righteous Noisenew
The Icelandic artist's approach may leave you a little cold at first -- call it kitsch glitch -- but by the fourth song, you'll believe.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mugiboogie, Mugison
'Welcome Here Again' is a Rosy Soundtrack for the Rising Sunnew
The first album from this fiddle-and-guitar duo in a decade emphasizes quiet restraint and elegant melodies.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-25-2008 |
Reviews
Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers Create No-Nonsense Honky-Tonk Musicnew
From out of the great Pacific Northwest come Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, armed and taking no prisoners with their contemporary take on classic country, rockabilly, Western swing and Bakersfield-style honky-tonk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Hearts and Daggers' Takes You on Listening Adventuresnew
Violinist-vocalist Petra Haden teams up with accordionist Miss Murgatroid (née Alicia Rose), and it turns out to be far from the dry, conservatory exercise you'd expect: This is cutting-edge stuff.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-18-2008 |
Reviews
Richie Havens' Feeling Potential Againnew
Havens' fine new album proves, among other things, that a new era and a new social climate can restore meaning and depth to a song long taken for granted.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Listen to Ratatat, Then Dancenew
Ratatat takes in global influences to create their own blend of electronic and rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mogwai: Devoid of Wordsnew
Instrumental-rock pioneers Mogwai make both cuddly creations and menacing music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mogwai, The Hawk Is Howling
Deeper Dancenew
Listeners are in for something special with this debut album by this New York City-based dance-music project.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hercules and Love Affair
Getting the Job Donenew
Brooklyn's Oxford Collapse hits the road in a van -- with a revered label backing them up
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: BITS, Oxford Collapse
Head Like a Kite's Goal: To Make Fun, Playful Party Musicnew
On the two Head Like a Kite albums so far, Dave Einmo mixes analog and digital instruments, recording most of the material in his home studio, sampling his own parts and then recombining them like a hip-hop composition.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
