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The Metal Shakespeare Company Brings the Ax Down on the Bardnew
Jason Simms is quick to point out that the metal the Metal Shakespeare Company invokes is neither death nor thrash, since "methinks our death-metal-and-thrash cousin wouldst suit perhaps another poet."
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
07-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Veils Bring Their Weird Yet Wondrous Music to the U.Snew
Finn Andrews says that he's flattered that anyone would pay attention to his work. "I sometimes wonder why anyone enjoys anything I do," says the singer-songwriter and leader of the London-based rock band The Veils.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Son Volt's Brand-New Album Gets Back to the Basicsnew
With American Central Dust, Jay Farrar returns to familiar musical territory -- pedal-steel moans and shimmers, fiddle flights and trills, percussion passing time or skipping a beat, all surrounding Farrar's guitar in his signature melange of folk, country, blues and ballad pop.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
07-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Atlanta's The Coathangers Simply Want to Dress Up Like Themselvesnew
For the four girls in the Coathangers, starting a band wasn't about paying homage to any sort of musical deity, nor was it about some kind of artistic/musical vision. It was just about doing something with friends that sounded fun.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
07-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Arizonan Bandstand: Sergio Mendoza y la Orkestanew
Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta, a Latin-jazz big band now just reaching the age of six months, has already grown to become an increasingly popular draw in Tucson nightclubs and around the Southwest.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-25-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Occidental Brothers Share Their Love of West African Musicnew
To say the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International plays African music is accurate, but rather vague. Considering that Africa is the world's second-largest continent and contains dozens of countries and countless musical styles, that's a broad generalization.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bela Fleck Honors the Banjo's African Originsnew
Ever since banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck discovered many years ago that his instrument has origins in Africa, he has longed to make an album of traditional African folk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
White Rabbits' Sophomore Album Is Frighteningly Goodnew
It's Frightening is the kind of mature, monumental release that succeeds where many sophomore releases fail.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Two Brooklyn-Based Trios Head for Tucson in a Quest for Catharsisnew
On their respective new albums, Au Revoir Simone and The Antlers—a pair of New York bands now on tour together—address coping with emotional upheaval in different, yet equally successful ways.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Windy and Carl Bring Their Abstract and Dreamlike Music to Tucsonnew
Windy and Carl build environments of sound, allowing tectonic plates of electronic sound to shift through the music. Hearing the music is visceral and emotional: It's a deep, rich and rewarding experience. And there's not a sequencer, synthesizer or sampler to be found.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blues Stalwart Paul Geremia Is Coming to a Town Near Younew
An adept finger-style guitarist, natural singer and expressive songwriter, acoustic blues artist Paul Geremia has spent the last 40 years playing folk- and country-blues, creating a personal style influenced by his heroes, such as Howlin' Wolf, Son House and Skip James.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-14-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Horrors Dig Vinyl and Other Old-School Music Formatsnew
The five young Londoners in The Horrors say they play music largely because of their mutual love for many of the same things adored by rabid music fans like you and me.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vetiver Hits the Roadnew
With a new album out on Sub Pop and a lengthy stretch of 49 shows this spring, Vetiver is garnering attention far beyond its San Francisco home, and transcending the freak-folk label the band has casually endured.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Vivian Girlsnew
There's something immensely charming about the raw pop-punk of the 2-year-old band the Vivian Girls, a harmonizing pop-punk trio from Brooklyn who trade in short, sharp songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Vivian Girls
HEALTH's Two Albums Will Not Cause Drowsinessnew
HEALTH's DIY punk ethos is evident throughout their raucous, succinct and frenzied eponymous debut. But for those who can't get past the occasional grating dissonance contained within HEALTH, there's DISCO.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
03-26-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
