AltWeeklies Wire
Hercules and Love Affair: Blue Songsnew

Hercules and Love Affair's Blue Songs is the flowering of the word discothèque, the stringing of it across 57 minutes.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Hercules and Love Affair
Youth Not Wastednew

'I Am Number Four' could be the next big young-adult film franchise.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Six Strings and 21 Fretsnew

Guitar prodigy Joe Bonamassa is all grown up.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-23-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Bonamassa
Bieber Fever!new

Our reviewer walked in expecting to goof on ‘Never Say Never’ … but he was charmed.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-23-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Never Say Never, Justin Bieber
Culture of Harsh Rhetoricnew
This weekend's massacre follows a culture of harsh right-wing rhetoric.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
01-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
The Skinnynew
A community reacts to a massacre.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel, Hank Stephenson |
01-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner
A Troubled Voicenew

Jared Loughner's online writings offer possible clues about his motivations, his psyche.
Tucson Weekly |
Dan Gibson |
01-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jared Loughner
Media Watchnew
The history behind Dupnik's criticism of vitriolic radio, TV; KVOA picks football over continuous shooting coverage.
Tucson Weekly |
John Schuster |
01-12-2011 |
Media
Tags: Tucson Shootings
A Morning Massacrenew

One of Tucson's darkest times began shortly after 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
01-12-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
Tears and Heroesnew

Southern Arizonans mourned and prayed while the world watched.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
01-12-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Ciara: Basic Instinctnew

Ciara is often a pale imitation of Janet Jackson, jiggling athletically in her underwear through a string of music videos. Ciara feels engineered to sell records to men; Janet felt engineered to sell records.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
01-10-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Ciara
The Crazed Internet Rantings of Jared Loughnernew

There are certainly themes that run through his videos and postings: the unconstitutionality of various institutions, remarks about "rare birds" and the use of language that would imply that Loughner didn't expect to be around for long, but otherwise, it's impossible to make sense of most of it.
Tucson Weekly |
Dan Gibson |
01-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot In Tucsonnew

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Critical Condition After Being Shot in Brain; Five Dead, Including 9-Year-Old, Judge John Roll.
Tucson Weekly |
Tucson Weekly Staff and Contributors |
01-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner
Crash and Bangnew

No Age likes to avoid the straightforward -- and make sure you don't call the music lo-fi.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: No Age
Selfish Stubbornnessnew

'White Material' is a well-done yet puzzling war movie
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-06-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: White Material