AltWeeklies Wire
The Mission Creeps: Halloweennew
All Hallows' Eve lasts all year for Tucson horror-rock band the Mission Creeps. This excellent thematic album employs surf-rock, blues stomps, high-Gothic drama, sci-fi soundtrack music and rockabilly twang to help you get your spook on.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-01-2012 |
Reviews
Filling the 'Void'new
After adding two new members, Dr. Dog reaches a whole new level
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
09-29-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
V Lundon and Tell Me Something Good: Mallory's Missing Camera (Self-Released)new
Forgive the comparison: As V Lundon and Tell Me Something Good's Mallory's Missing Camera begins with a swell of Brian Eno-esque ambient organ, echoes of U2's 1987 landmark album of Southwestern obsessive-compulsive disorder, The Joshua Tree, come to mind...
Tucson Weekly |
Joshua Levine |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
Darlings of Denvernew
The Lumineers embark on their first headlining tour, with a hit record to their credit.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: folk-rock, The Lumineers
Foxygen: Take the Kids Off Broadwaynew
Rarely is bedroom pop played with such hyperactive abandon. Foxygen, the duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, present a debut album that never sits still, careening wildly, even within individual songs, across a wide range of pop, rock and avant-garde influences.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Welcome to 'Algiers'new
Calexico releases its first studio recording in four years.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
AmoChip Dabney: Not Out of Words (Microchip)new
For anyone familiar with AmoChip Dabney's various stage personas, this all-instrumental improvisational suite for piano is probably the last thing you'd expect to hear. A multi-instrumentalist excelling on saxophones, keyboards and bass, Dabney is the consummate pro.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-13-2012 |
Reviews
Where He Needs To Benew
Legendary punk frontman Keith Morris seems revived by OFF!
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Keith Morris
The Tallest Man on Earth: There's No Leaving Nownew
A couple of years after his breakthrough sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, Swedish singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson has toned things down for There's No Leaving Now, but it's still a beguiling, dark work.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-30-2012 |
Reviews
Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universenew
For his latest comeback—and first album of new material in 18 years—this R&B titan of the 1960s and '70s went to England.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Sasha Go Hard: Do You Know Who I Am?new
Young rapper/vocalists like Rye Rye and Azealia Banks epitomize a post-millennial sass that's all about eclecticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Coming of Agenew
Brandi Carlile's genre-busting new album debuts in the Top 10
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
OCD Rhymesnew
Aesop Rock continues to bring originality to the hip-hop world.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-10-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: aesop rock
Alana Is Now Readynew
After a nudge from her famous beau, Tucson native Alana Sweetwater gets her first big taste of music-business success.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blind Divine: The One Hundred Box Setnew
Many musicians release boxed sets, but those are usually career retrospectives or best-of collections. Meanwhile, Tucson's Blind Divine recently issued a set of five CDs of all previously unreleased material...
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-25-2012 |
Reviews
