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Mogwai: Devoid of Wordsnew

Instrumental-rock pioneers Mogwai make both cuddly creations and menacing music.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 09-04-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mogwai, The Hawk Is Howling

Deeper Dancenew

Listeners are in for something special with this debut album by this New York City-based dance-music project.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 08-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Hercules and Love Affair

Ahhnold Rocksnew

Is the world ready for comedy death-metal albums? Evidently As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis thinks so.

Tucson Weekly | Jarret Keene | 08-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Austrian Death Machine, Total Brutal

Very Humannew

After drugs, drama, violence and prison, Cris Kirkwood is back with the Meat Puppets.

Tucson Weekly | Stephen Seigel | 08-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Rise to Your Knees, Meat Puppets

Getting the Job Donenew

Brooklyn's Oxford Collapse hits the road in a van -- with a revered label backing them up

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 08-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: BITS, Oxford Collapse

The Mood's EP 'Synaesthesia' Will Leave You Craving Morenew

The Mood could easily sustain their pop sweetness for another six songs -- although the synaesthesia that could pile up while describing another six songs might do you in.

Tucson Weekly | Annie Holub | 08-21-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Synaesthesia, The Mood

Enjoy Neil Halstead's Latest When the Girlfriend's Awaynew

The twilight-saturated folk-pop of Neil Halstead is a pleasure to listen to, even if, like soy products, his music diminishes manhood.

Tucson Weekly | Jarret Keene | 08-21-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Neil Halstead, Oh! Mighty Engine

Head Like a Kite's Goal: To Make Fun, Playful Party Musicnew

On the two Head Like a Kite albums so far, Dave Einmo mixes analog and digital instruments, recording most of the material in his home studio, sampling his own parts and then recombining them like a hip-hop composition.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 08-21-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Head Like a Kite, There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere

The Late, Great Isaac Hayes: 1942-2008new

He's gone, all too soon. The powerfully built Hayes died Aug. 10, probably from a stroke, while working out on a treadmill in his suburban Memphis home. He was 65.

Tucson Weekly | Tom Danehy | 08-21-2008 | Music

Tags: Isaac Hayes