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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are Becoming an Indie Sensationnew

When the band's self-titled debut LP was released in February, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart had the attention of tastemakers from The New York Times to Pitchfork and Stereogum, but Kip Berman says it was hardly an overnight turn.

Tucson Weekly | Eric Swedlund | 09-16-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Higher Than the Stars, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Other Than a Tacked-On Skin Scene, There's Nothing Worth Seeing in 'Whiteout'new

Kate Beckinsale's career has officially hit a pothole. Before the boring Antarctica mystery Whiteout, she was in two straight-to-DVD ventures: Nothing but the Truth and the deplorable Fragments. Whiteout should've probably suffered the same fate.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Dominic Sena, Whiteout, Kate Beckinsale

'9': Puppets With Weaponsnew

The message of the mediocre 9: Evil is bad, but cuteness is awesome!

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: 9, Shane Acker, animation

If You May One Day Need to Go to an ER, You Should Support Health-Care Reformnew

The health-care reform debate has stirred strong emotions, but all the attention has been paid to the fury and fear on the right. Take it from me: There's plenty of both on the other side.

Tucson Weekly | Renee Downing | 09-16-2009 | Science

Tags: Health Care Reform, Congress, health care, emergency room

One Border Coyote and His Accomplice Have Been Captured and Released 35 Timesnew

The story the Popes tell opens a window on the world of alien- and drug-smuggling, and the criminals who operate within it. It also shines a light on a system that fails citizens in multiple ways, the most maddening being the number of times these crooks are set free to strike again.

Tucson Weekly | Leo W. Banks | 09-16-2009 | Immigration

Tags: Arizona, Immigration, Drugs, crime, law enforcement, coyotes, smuggling, the border

'Popular Songs' Showcases Yo La Tengo as a Self-Assured and Versatile Bandnew

Yo La Tengo's latest album concludes with three endlessly mesmerizing jams that stretch across the album's final 37 minutes -- and it's some of the most beautiful, cogent music the band has made.

Tucson Weekly | Eric Swedlund | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

To Call 'Blue Roses' Atmospheric Would be a Vast Understatementnew

If Tori Amos stole Harriet Wheeler's larynx and used it to make a baroque folk album with Rufus Wainwright's cabaret sensibility, you'd get Blue Roses, the eponymous debut of Yorkshire vocalist/guitarist Laura Groves.

Tucson Weekly | Sean Bottai | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Blue Roses, Laura Groves

Mount Eerie's 'Wind's Poem' is Best When Quietnew

As the dust settles, it is clear that Phil Elverum's black metal is a different breed.

Tucson Weekly | Michael Petitti | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Wind's Poem, Mount Eerie, Phil Elverum

Fishtank Ensemble Keeps it Extremely Old-Schoolnew

The band combines traditional gypsy music and varied other styles into a gloriously eclectic mixture.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 09-16-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fishtank Ensemble, Samurai Over Serbia, gypsy music

An Impossible Ending Takes 'All About Steve' from Daring to Disasternew

As I watched the movie, which stars Sandra Bullock as an insane stalker, I couldn't understand why it was so hated. It wasn't very good, but it was far from awful, and I was getting some decent -- if uncomfortable -- laughs out of the thing. But by the time the movie ended, I understood.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: comedies, All About Steve, Phil Traill, Sandra Bullock

'Extract' Has Moments of Excellence, but it's No 'Office Space'new

The movie suffers from its inherent sitcom silliness, as well as from a painfully neat ending that ties everything up in a bow and covers it with sugar sprinkles. But Extract isn't a terrible film; it's just a flawed one.

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 09-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: comedies, Extract, Mike Judge