AltWeeklies Wire
Resonantly Humannew
While Sea Wolf's songs may seem bleak, they nevertheless brim with vitality.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sea Wolf, Leaves In The River
The Pleasant Contortions of Clinicnew
Another Liverpool quartet heads for the States -- but this group wears surgical masks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kaki King's Sound is Crisp and Cleannew
Dreaming of Revenge has a certain airiness, like the sound of a wide-open space.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kaki King, Dreaming of Revenge
Mark Eitzel Pours His Heart into Every Tracknew
The Golden Age offers more of the same fatalistic and beautiful songwriting that has made Eitzel the Gen X answer to Leonard Cohen.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Wants 'to Stick to What We Know'new
Pershing is a series of endearingly articulate, metaphor-laden conversations with complicated girls -- artsy, spiritual, ambivalent.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kathleen Edwards Brings Sharp Wit and Charm to Her Alt-Country Creationsnew
Over the course of her three studio albums, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has become adept at evoking melancholy, love, heartache, beauty, compassion and righteous rocking in a seemingly effortless fashion, although she probably exercises great care when crafting her songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Music to the Extremenew
Otep's growling third album dances along the knife-blade edge of metalcore and pop, without descending into glammy hair metal.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: OTEP, The Ascension
Tinker and Playnew
Rather than expanding on the syrupy, big sound the Breeders do so well, on Mountain Battles, they stay in a noncommittal, midtempo zone that fails to engage
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mountain Battles, The Breeders
Prepared to Take on All Comersnew
On their second album, the formerly jittery, casual rockers have abandoned some of their tossed-off charm and replaced it with a dire, roaring sound that suits them.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Tapes 'n Tapes, Walk It Off
Session Superstarnew
Dobro legend Jerry Douglas is one of the busiest, most honored musicians you've never heard of.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Funk-Rock Mashupnew
White Denim, on their first big tour, want people to relate to their groove-oriented, assaultive music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Let's Talk About It, White Denim
Manic Anarchynew
The songs on Worldwide both charm and ricochet around your brain long after the disc stops playing.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Worldwide, The Death Set
Improvement Notednew
The second album from Jack White's other band hints that the third album will finally be the one we've been waiting for.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
Uncomfortable Tunesnew
The Fuck Buttons' music works as art -- but you'll probably only want to hear it once.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
Bandwidth and Elbow Greasenew
Boys Like Girls' "overnight success" happened thanks to a lot of hard work.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Like Girls
