AltWeeklies Wire
Quiet, Melancholy Moods of Orenda Finknew
Now based in Los Angeles, the ex-Azure Ray singer/guitarist recorded her second solo full-length in her old basement in Omaha, Neb., and the modest 8-track approach doesn't hurt the sonic quality.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-02-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Ask the Night, Orenda Fink
New Vistas Ahead for Rammsteinnew
With its sixth studio album, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, Berlin's Rammstein once again delves into a morbid sonic realm of disaffection, chaos and torture with 11 industrial-metal tracks.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-02-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, Rammstein
Gift Guide: Consider Placing Some Great Indie Books Underneath the Treenew
Unemployment is still too high, which means many people are struggling -- so why not buy your friends and loved ones books for the holidays? After all, books are cheap, and if things get desperate, they make great kindling once the power gets turned off!
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-18-2009 |
Books
Tags: Books, Gift Guide
The Melvins' Remix Record 'Chicken Switch' Breaks Every Rulenew
Chicken Switch is ideal for Día de los Muertos with highlights such as Merzbow's "SNOW REM REM IBVZ," which starts out sounding like a midnight game of goblin croquet and ends up hissing in the manner of an Atari 2600 console dropped from a tall building then plugged into a broken Zenith.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Switch, Melvins
Mark Knopfler's Latest Solo Album is a Working-Class Paeannew
Knopfler's sixth solo effort is his best in terms of his material, yet it's his weakest fret-board effort.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-04-2009 |
Reviews
Tom Russell Eschews Modern Indie Rock's Emasculated Songwritingnew
"(Indie-rock) voices have become wimpy, and so has the songwriting," says Russell, 56, matter-of-factly, prompted by my first question: Where have all the real men singer/songwriters gone, and why doesn't indie rock offer any?
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'A New Deal for Native Art' Explains How the Gov't Undermined Indigenous Art During the New Dealnew
Jennifer McLerran makes the case that administrators of New Deal Indian policy, particularly John Collier, then-commissioner of Indian Affairs, insisted on romanticizing pre-industrial forms of indigenous art rather than pushing native artists toward self-sufficiency.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-29-2009 |
Nonfiction
Metal Stalwarts Dying Fetus Take on an Empire With Clawsnew
Pared down to a three-piece Baltimore's Dying Fetus should possess a diminished sonic presence. However, such is definitely not the case with Descend Into Depravity; indeed, the band sounds absolutely recharged.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-07-2009 |
Reviews
Phonograph Straddles the Americana/Post-Rock Fencenew
Bands that escape being pigeonholed are often fun and interesting, but in the case of Brooklyn's Phonograph, perhaps only the latter is true.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-23-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Okno, Phonograph
A.A. Bondy: Devilishly Awesomenew
Bondy's high-decibel background recedes further into his rearview with his second folk-music effort.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-02-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: When the Devil's Loose, A.A. Bondy
Obituary: In the Pocketnew
The death-metal pioneers are content to crush eardrums at medium speed.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darkest Day, Obituary
Blind Boys of Alabama Founder Clarence Fountain Returns With a Soul Albumnew
Stepping Up and Stepping Out stands as an exceptional gospel and soul release that you can spin anytime, anywhere—at a family barbecue, in your car on the way to work, at home alone.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-31-2009 |
Reviews
At War Offers Right-Wing Thrashnew
With its pro-military message, Infidel is purest thrash, centered on fierce guitar riffs.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-28-2009 |
Reviews
'The Legend of God's Gun': Spaghetti Trailblazingnew
Whether you're into jazz, film scores or instrumental music in general, this Gun's aim is dead-on.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Spindrift, The Legend of God's Gun
Gallows Shows Off its Unhesitant Death Rattlenew
With Grey Britain, South London hard-core quintet Gallows unleashes a devastating screed against the stupider features of 21st-century English life.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
