AltWeeklies Wire
Martin Dosh: Creatively Satisfiednew
Dosh's mad-scientist alchemy results in a compelling instrumental alloy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dosh, Wolves and Wishes
The BellRays Crank Out One Big Partynew
Through almost 20 years of touring and lineup changes, the BellRays have evolved.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Firewater Shares Its Travel Recordnew
A trip through Asia and into the Middle East colored Firewater's music.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Firewater, The Golden Hour
Eliza Gilkyson Explores Shadow and Lightnew
After growing up around music, Gilkyson never thought of doing anything else.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beautiful World, Eliza Gilkyson
Jamie Lidell Cranks Out Fresh Retronew
On his new album, Lidell is a "nostalgic pioneer of sound."
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jamie Lidell, Jim
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Don't Separate Band Life and Personal Lifenew
The eight-piece Indianapolis-based group practices an ornately arranged and charmingly shambling version of pop-rock, alternately dubbed chamber pop and urban folk.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catch the Legendary Dickies While You Still Cannew
Talking to the two remaining original members of the Dickies, America's longest-running punk band, is like taking a stroll through the punk-rock history books.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dickies
Resonantly Humannew
While Sea Wolf's songs may seem bleak, they nevertheless brim with vitality.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
The Pleasant Contortions of Clinicnew
Another Liverpool quartet heads for the States -- but this group wears surgical masks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Wants 'to Stick to What We Know'new
Pershing is a series of endearingly articulate, metaphor-laden conversations with complicated girls -- artsy, spiritual, ambivalent.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kathleen Edwards Brings Sharp Wit and Charm to Her Alt-Country Creationsnew
Over the course of her three studio albums, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has become adept at evoking melancholy, love, heartache, beauty, compassion and righteous rocking in a seemingly effortless fashion, although she probably exercises great care when crafting her songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Session Superstarnew
Dobro legend Jerry Douglas is one of the busiest, most honored musicians you've never heard of.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Funk-Rock Mashupnew
White Denim, on their first big tour, want people to relate to their groove-oriented, assaultive music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Let's Talk About It, White Denim
Bandwidth and Elbow Greasenew
Boys Like Girls' "overnight success" happened thanks to a lot of hard work.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Like Girls
Mutts on the Movenew
A slimmed-down (read: eight-person) version of Poi Dog Pondering loads into the van for a rare tour.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 7, Poi Dog Pondering
