AltWeeklies Wire
Surviving Sun City Girls Tour to Honor Fallen Bandmatenew
It could be argued that Sun City Girls were--alongside the Meat Puppets -- one of two of the most interesting, prolific and, perhaps, influential bands to emerge from the Phoenix independent music scene of the 1980s.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mister Lonely, Sun City Girls
Weezer's Red Album: Vacuously Tolerablenew
The group's latest CD may be OK when played on a crappy boombox at a pool party; otherwise, it makes a great coaster.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
06-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Weezer, Weezer (The Red Album)
The Careful Dynamics of Shearwaternew
Like any great album, the subtleties on Rook are what make it mesmerizing.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rook, Shearwater
Jeremy Jay's Present Vintage Rock on His Debut Full-lengthnew
Recorded by Calvin Johnson at his Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Wash., A Place Where We Could Go presents Jeremy Jay as the K Records version of Buddy Holly--classic, vintage rock, but delivered with that K Records raw and relaxed aesthetic, which, said Jay, comes partly from the vintage equipment in Johnson's studio.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Fleet Foxes Embrace Varied Source Materialsnew
The group's sound is an intricate architecture of baroque, psychedelic rock with addition of the infectious melodies of classic pop music. They accomplish this with not only the standard weapons of rock 'n' roll, but with instruments such as tympani, mandolin, organ, dulcimer and koto.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fleet Foxes
N.E.R.D. Has Charisma in Spadesnew
N.E.R.D. again delivers amazing beats and shows great instincts for how to get the club hopping.
Tucson Weekly |
Kristine Peashock |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: N.E.R.D., Seeing Sounds
The Prolific Robert Pollard's Latest is a Doozynew
The hardest-working man in indie rock has released an album that's an unadulterated joy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
The Spill Canvas Makes Music for Young-Adults Who Will One Day Grow Out of Itnew
The high-octane and painfully earnest material here is like that of Dashboard Confessional or Jimmy Eat World, before they decided to stop whining and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
Cryptacize Revolutionizes Musical Theaternew
The band is trying to find that happy medium between commanding the attention of rock fans with sparse instrumentation and beneath-the-surface theatricality.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cryptacize, Dig that Treasure
Mat Brooke Gets Upbeat with Grand Archivesnew
Eschewing the mopiness of Carissa's Wierd and the country-esque Southern sound of Band of Horses, Archives was envisioned as a more uplifting band, heavy on lush vocal harmonies -- four of the five members sing -- and a peaceful, easy vibe that recalled the Laurel Canyon scene of Los Angeles in the early-to-mid-'70s.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
06-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Adrienne Young Tours to Help the Local-Foods Movementnew
Young makes acclaimed homegrown music and is a vocal activist for sustainable agriculture and the movement supporting the growing, buying and consuming of organic and locally grown foods.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Patterned Lyricism of School of Languagenew
Somewhere between Elf Power or Sparklehorse and the jukebox in the Mos Eisley Cantina is an adequate reference point for School of Language.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: School of Language, Sea From Shore
Al Green Unleashes His Best Material in Decadesnew
Although he reunited with famed producer Willie Mitchell for his previous two albums, legendary R&B singer Green has delved into the world of neo-soul to create his latest CD, and the resulting songs sound both classic and contemporary at the same time.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Al Green, Lay It Down
Hayden's Newest Album is Original, Interesting and Government-fundednew
Part of the reason we're seeing so many talented Canadian bands these days has to do with the fact that they can actually get government funding for making music.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hayden, In Field and Town
Martin Dosh: Creatively Satisfiednew
Dosh's mad-scientist alchemy results in a compelling instrumental alloy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dosh, Wolves and Wishes
