AltWeeklies Wire
Emotionally Direct: Lou Barlow's New Albumnew
Lou Barlow consolidates the music from his past into his newest low-fi solo album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-09-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Fall: 'Your Future Our Clutter'new
The Fall's new album sounds as dynamic and engaging as anything they've done in the last 30-odd years.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Your Future Our Clutter, The Fall
Band of Horses: 'Infinite Arms'new
A label change and a long, labored recording process left Band of Horses just about where it started--with an instantly compelling indie Americana sound.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
06-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Infinite Arms, Band of Horses
The Mission Creeps: Dark Cellsnew
This always-intriguing Tucson act is polishing its sound--a combination of surf, psychobilly, Goth and horror-movie soundtrack influences--to a hard-lacquered sheen.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-25-2010 |
Reviews
The New Pornographers: 'Together'new
Bandleader Carl Newman writes idiosyncratic, impressionistic verses drawn from (one must assume) personal experiences and tumultuous emotions, but the results often are lyrically abstract.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-25-2010 |
Reviews
Batucaxé: The Blessing of the Beatnew
The Blessing of the Beat, the first CD from local Afro-Brazilian collective Batucaxé, includes songs from Brazilian artists, as well as original songs written with South American and African music in mind.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
05-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Batucaxé, The Blessing of the Beat
Rise of the Synthnew
Shawn Foree had previously flirted with several different varieties of synth-based music—noisy synth-punk with electric guitar, and '80s British-inspired electro-pop—but on Warm Brother, he began using elements such as acoustic guitars and live drums, which he'd never used before, and which added a considerable amount of depth and variation.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
05-25-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dosh: All About Ambiancenew
Dosh's Tommy is complex but clean, experimental but listenable.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-28-2010 |
Reviews
Drive-by Truckers: 'The Big To-Do"new
The Drive-by Truckers have created some of the most memorable perverts, drunks and assorted lowlifes of their career on The Big To-Do, an album packed with stories and characters presented with a photojournalist's detached honesty.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-28-2010 |
Reviews
Controlled 'Kairos' from White Hinterlandnew
Kairos, the second album from White Hinterland, is a stripped-down, atmospheric record with up-front, bright vocals.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-28-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: KAIROS, White Hinterland
Baroness: Battered and Bruisednew
Baroness draws on old-world fables and romantic poetry to create its own brand of metal/indie rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-28-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Baroness, Blue Record
MGMT's Second Album is Counterintuitivenew
On Congratulations, MGMT almost entirely avoids their debut's clubby enthusiasm, instead narrating a wistful psych-pop walking tour that's more synthesis than synth-pop.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
04-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Congratulations, MGMT
Quartet From San Francisco Rearranges Rocknew
Man/Miracle's debut record incorporates myriad styles: jam band, world-music rhythms, melodic pop choruses, raw-edged roadhouse rock and plenty of loud guitar.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Man/Miracle, The Shape of Things
Dr. Dog's Latest is Endlessly Catchynew
There's always been an off-kilter joy in Dr. Dog's music, but on the Philadelphia quintet's first album for the eclectic ANTI- Records, there's also an impressive crispness that only enhances the endlessly catchy songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-22-2010 |
Reviews
Pat Metheny: Gadget Gimmick?new
Does the music produced by this amalgam of player piano and one-man-band hold up? Mostly.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Orchestrion, Pat Metheny
