Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong

Freshness to a Tired Genrenew

Bitter:Sweet's sounds not unlike a pop standard from a classic Broadway musical, but updated for a 21st-century dance club.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 08-15-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Drama, Bitter:Sweet

Influence Influxnew

My Morning Jacket may be adept at stirring up the musical melting pot--but the live album Okonokos remains the best example of their magic

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 08-07-2008 | Reviews

Tags: My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges

Health: Glorious Nosemakersnew

Whether you call Health, the critically acclaimed Los Angeles band has one of the most radical remix albums in recent memory.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 07-24-2008 | Reviews

Tags: health, Health//Disco

Harvey Milks Assaults the Sensesnew

Harvey Milk share their brand of blues rock with audiences west of the Mississippi for the first time.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 07-24-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Harvey Milk, Life ... The Best Game in Town

Creative Trippinessnew

The Warlocks and their droning, psychedelic rock continue to fascinate.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 07-18-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Warlocks, Heavy Deavy Skull Lover

Southwestern Electronic Faves ... music video? Prepares to Take the Next Stepnew

The duo recently played the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, and that brought them to the attention of National Public Radio, which featured the band in an article on its music Web site. Now they are preparing for their first tour.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 07-10-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: ... music video?, Now That My TV Has Wings I'll Never Be Lonely

Surviving Sun City Girls Tour to Honor Fallen Bandmatenew

It could be argued that Sun City Girls were--alongside the Meat Puppets -- one of two of the most interesting, prolific and, perhaps, influential bands to emerge from the Phoenix independent music scene of the 1980s.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 07-03-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mister Lonely, Sun City Girls

The Fleet Foxes Embrace Varied Source Materialsnew

The group's sound is an intricate architecture of baroque, psychedelic rock with addition of the infectious melodies of classic pop music. They accomplish this with not only the standard weapons of rock 'n' roll, but with instruments such as tympani, mandolin, organ, dulcimer and koto.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-26-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fleet Foxes

The Prolific Robert Pollard's Latest is a Doozynew

The hardest-working man in indie rock has released an album that's an unadulterated joy.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-19-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Robert Pollard, Robert Pollard Is Off to Business

The Spill Canvas Makes Music for Young-Adults Who Will One Day Grow Out of Itnew

The high-octane and painfully earnest material here is like that of Dashboard Confessional or Jimmy Eat World, before they decided to stop whining and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-19-2008 | Reviews

Tags: emo, No Really, I'm Fine, The Spill Canvas

Adrienne Young Tours to Help the Local-Foods Movementnew

Young makes acclaimed homegrown music and is a vocal activist for sustainable agriculture and the movement supporting the growing, buying and consuming of organic and locally grown foods.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-19-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: food, organic, locavores, Adrienne Young, Room to Grow

Al Green Unleashes His Best Material in Decadesnew

Although he reunited with famed producer Willie Mitchell for his previous two albums, legendary R&B singer Green has delved into the world of neo-soul to create his latest CD, and the resulting songs sound both classic and contemporary at the same time.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Al Green, Lay It Down