AltWeeklies Wire
Dig the Trashcansnew
A neglected Brit-pop band showcases its unfulfilled ambitions.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-21-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trashcan Sinatras
Sahara Smith: Myth of the Heartnew
Just 22, this Texas singer-songwriter creates delicious country-rock, threaded with folk and blues, and it's a definite plus that she possesses one of the most enchanting voices around.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-08-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Sahara Smith
Goofball Earnestnessnew
Alt-rock buzz band The National supports good causes and fights limited perspectives.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The National
Alien Jane: Evolvenew
When the women-led Tucson band Alien Jane blends alternative, grunge, punk and proto-metal in the ol' concrete mixer, the back-to-basics rock sound it produces is aggressive but catchy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alien Jane
Fish Karma: Halloween in Americanew
A songwriter, satirist and, ahem, singer of no small regard, Karma has become known to dozens for archly humorous and succinctly eloquent compositions such as "Swap Meet Women" and "Die Like a Dog."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-23-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Fish Karma
Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl: Children of Fortunenew
Southwestern-style takes on indie-acoustic folk.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-19-2010 |
Reviews
That Vibenew
Alberta Cross jumps across the pond and falls in love with America
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-08-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alberta Cross
Jivin Scientists/Defacedproperty: Autumnnew
If this album is any evidence, Tucson's hip-hop underground is thriving.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-01-2010 |
Reviews
Where the Song Demandsnew
Tim Baker started the band Hey Rosetta! because he had "a pile of songs, no money and no jobs on the horizon."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Rosetta!
Roll Acosta: The Dawnnew
Jacob (Roll) Acosta is a singer-songwriter and classically trained guitarist who fronts an acoustic folk-pop trio that bears his nickname.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Roll Acosta
Hillstomp: Darker the Nightnew
The third studio album by this raw country-blues-punk duo from Portland starts with "Hammer Ring," which sounds like a field chant filtered through a beat-up old transistor radio, with shots of shallow bucket drums walloping through the distortion.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-13-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Hillstomp
Seeking Standardsnew
The San Francisco-based country-rock band Or, The Whale is trying to create music that will be appreciated decades from now.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-12-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Or, The Whale
Seashell Radio: Not the Same Old Thingnew
Call it a democracy: Seashell Radio is the product of its members varied and diverse musical backgrounds
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-05-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Seashell Radio
Setting Sun: Fantasurrealnew
Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Gary Levitt, who plays most of the instruments on the latest full-length CD from his project Setting Sun, is adept at contrasts.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Setting Sun
Never Satisfiednew
Ariel Pink has come a long way since his early home recordings.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ariel Pink
