Tucson Weekly

Torche—the ‘e’ is silent—come to Tucson to promote one of the year’s best metal albums

First things first: The "e" in Torche is silent.

You pronounce the name of the 4-year-old heavy-rock band as simply "torch." It’s not "tor-shay" or "tor-sha" or any froo-froo variation thereo… Continue

Gang Gang Dance brings to mind a joyous collision of multicultural dance music

Remember that massive, sexual-spiritual rave from The Matrix Reloaded? That’s among the more prominent visions crowding my mind’s eye when I hear Gang Gang Dance’s latest album, Saint Dymphna.… Continue

Vic Chesnutt is in many ways an iconic figure. His biography reads like a punk-rock Dickens novel, with a plethora of characters, comedy and drama.

A car accident at 18 left him paraplegic. He was “discovered” by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, and has played with musicians as varied as Widespread Pan… Continue

It's slight--a tiny (and tinny) track not quite 90 seconds long--but in many ways, it represents everything about Deerhoof.

Near the end of their wonderful, brassy new album, Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars), Deerhoof play a little joke on listeners called “This Is God Speaking.” Over el… Continue

In the spirit of involving its listeners in the creative process, the Brooklyn-based band Parts and Labor included many contributions from its fans on its latest album, Receivers.

While recording the album (which was released last week on Jagjaguwar Records) during the past year, Parts… Continue