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Shooting Gallerynew
South Tucson's greyhound track skirts the law by doping dogs outside of the city.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-13-2012 |
Animal Issues
Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Young Money/Universal Republic)new
The politics of Roman Reloaded are fascinating and bewildering. On the cover, Minaj dons birthday-cake-frosted whiteface. She's Paris Hilton by way of FLCL.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Whirr: Pipe Dreams (Tee Pee)new
Guitarist Nick Bassett of San Francisco black-metal band Deafheaven has a new, wildly different project, a shoegaze-revivalist sextet called Whirr. This mysterious Bay Area band ambitiously seeks to return rock 'n' roll to the year 1991, when My Bloody Valentine pushed miasmic guitar-pop to its outer limits with the acclaimed Loveless...
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Islands: A Sleep and a Forgetting (Anti-)new
Only a heartless pustule or jaundiced cynic would actively cheer for heartbreak. Still, the history of popular music teaches that albums inspired by heartbreak are often a prickly sort of brilliant.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
04-02-2012 |
Reviews
Overlay Approvednew
The City Council bends to developers, upsets residents of the West University neighborhood
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-31-2012 |
Housing & Development
Many Facetsnew
On their chart-topping second album, the members of fun. get introspective
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
03-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Morals Before Profitnew
Activists demand that former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini resign from a private-prison company's board
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-31-2012 |
Politics
Arizona's Conservative Agendanew
Arizona state lawmakers chip away at support for women's health and continue to push for the urine of the unemployed.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel and Hank Stephenson |
03-29-2012 |
Politics
Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 Itnew
Out of desperation can come redemption. From challenges that threaten to break us, we learn resilience. Dangerous excess can lead to enlightenment.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-26-2012 |
Reviews
A Necessary Evilnew
Ari Picker takes the folk-pop and chamber music of Lost in the Trees on tour to promote a new album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: lost in the trees
Second-Rate on Purposenew
In 'Casa de Mi Padre,' Will Ferrell finally seems fully comfortable being Will Ferrell.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
03-19-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: casa de mi padre
Madi Diaz: Plastic Moonnew
There's something reassuring about the traditional musical values -- catchy vocal melodies, bright hooks, bouncy beats -- that Nashville tunesmith Madi Diaz applies to her chosen form, which is hard to call anything but power-pop.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: madi diaz
Battle Over Ballotsnew
Almost five years after the RTA election, a group of activists keeps fighting for election integrity.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
03-15-2012 |
Elections
Ray of Lightnew
Despite a life wracked by abuse and loss, a Tucson author heals others through his writing.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-09-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Ray, Tucson authors
Life Between the Coversnew
Southern Arizona library expert David Laird contemplates the future of reading.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-09-2012 |
Books
