DISTORTING THE HOUNDS

If you’ve been reading this column regularly, you may have noticed that there’s been an abundance of new local CDs being released. That’s because we’re in the midst of New Local CD-Release Season, one of two such periods in the calendar year—the other being in the f… Continue

Michael Young discovered the guitar in his seventh-grade music class. He says the teacher heard him messing around on the guitar and made a big deal out of it. Young may have been unaware of his natural talent, but his teacher wasn’t.

The teacher recommended music lessons to Young’s mother, wh… Continue

Bryan Sanders, with the Tucson funk band 8 Minutes to Burn, says he spends too much time hanging out and talking about politics, when positive action is needed most. Thus, Sanders organized Iraq Aid 2008, a concert featuring local groups, at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 24, at the Hut. Cover is $8, and all p… Continue

Although most of the elements in the Liverpool band Clinic's music--psychedelic, blues, Motown, punk, ultra-lounge, glam and dub—sound familiar, this creative quartet seems consistently able to rearrange them into shockingly pleasant contortions.

“When we put the songs together, we are always… Continue

As an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with nine Grammys on her shelf, Bonnie Raitt has long had the luxury of picking her spots in appearing at high-profile benefits, guest-starring on tribute albums and performing duets with the likes of Ray Charles, Willie Nelson and B.B. King.

People forget, however, that in 1983, after 12 years and eight releases with Warner Bros., Raitt was unceremoniously dumped from their roster, and for several years went without a label. In 1988, whe… Continue

For a California project, Sea Wolf sounds uncannily like the Pacific Northwest. An opening vignette on Leaves in the River evokes a mood of night fog and drizzle that never lets up, even in this set's most clamorous tracks.

Sea Wolf resides in the sophisticated imagination of Alex Bro… Continue

When people think of heavy metal, certain words come to mind: black, anger, loud and ... cellos?

Bringing what can be referred to as cello/stringed metal, Finland's Apocalyptica have returned with a new studio effort, Worlds Collide. No longer will the group be thought of as just… Continue

Gabriel Perez, the drummer for local death-metal/grind-core/thrash band Limbless Torso, has been playing the drums since he was 2; he'll turn 11 this Monday, May 19. His band (all adults, except for him) has been criticized by the Phoenix New Times for having such a young drummer while playing… Continue

Tucson and the international music community lost a friend and gifted musician last week when Chris Gaffney succumbed to liver cancer on Thursday, April 17, at age 57.

In a largely underappreciated career that spanned about three decades, Gaffney had released solo albums, was the f… Continue

Here's a Club Crawl(TM) dispatch from the good folks at PortalTucson.com. Look for people saying and doing things they probably regret doing on video! Continue