Tucson Weekly
Founded in 1984, the Tucson Weekly has become an iconoclastic institution in this sprawling desert boom town with a population approaching 1 million. With its reputation for diverse, compelling journalism with an edge, the paper has built a readership of...
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- Market Served: Metropolitan Area
- Address: 3725 Mona Lisa Rd. Ste. 125, Tucson, AZ 85741
- Phone: (520) 797-4384
More by Gene Armstrong
Deafheaven: Vulnerable and Violentnew
Whether they're playing black metal, shoegaze or some collision of the two, Deafheaven are among the most acclaimed acts in music right now
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-27-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
J.D. Wilkes & the Dirt Daubers: Wild Moonnew
What began as an old-timey unplugged side project for psychobilly trailblazer J.D. Wilkes and his pinup-gorgeous wife, Jessica, has evolved on their third album into a swaggeringly electric band that specializes in swamp blues and twangy garage-abilly. Fans of Wilkes' Legendary Shack Shakers will appreciate the after-midnight roadhouse energy of the Dirt Daubers, but this group also crafts concise songs with oodles of melodic hooks that all might have been hit singles in an alternate jukebox universe...
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-16-2014 |
Reviews
Howe Gelb: The Coincidentalistnew
On his latest album of avant-twang and alternative folk-rock, the Giant Sand leader and Tucson music-scene godfather sings in an almost spoken drawl, by turns gruff and sweet, that may be familiar to longtime fans. But here it's mixed up close, like an intimate, whispered confidence, as if Gelb were spinning old stories in the privacy of your living room...
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-07-2013 |
Reviews
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Feeding the Monsternew
From the forthcoming book: Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security by Todd Miller.
Tucson Weekly |
Todd Miller |
03-18-2014 |
Excerpts
Tags: Border Patrol Nation, Todd Miller
Death on Two Railsnew
Salvadoran journalist rides the deadly migrant trail.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
01-16-2014 |
Books
Tags: Oscar Martinez, The Beast
Drugs 'R' Usnew
Narcoland exposes corruption that fueled the rise of Mexican cartels.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-05-2013 |
Books
A Dry Heatnew
Gary Nabhan's new book looks at what we're going to eat as our planet's temperature rises
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-12-2013 |
Books
An Excerpt From Simple Dreamsnew
From her new memoir, Linda Ronstadt's look at her musical life in Tucson and what took her to L.A.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ronstadt |
09-12-2013 |
Books
