Tucson Weekly Live Reviews

Let me tell you about one night last weekend, a night when I thought I was going to see one band, yet ended up seeing a bunch of different bands … all for you, dear reader. Come with me … on my magical journey to ye olde punk show.

Dephinger are from Phoenix, and therefore: Fuck them!… Continue

Early Sunday evenings at Hotel Congress are normally sedate affairs, but this past weekend served as the exception, as all parts of the hotel bustled with activity.

Past the packed Cup Café, local musician Jimmy Carr rocked an accordion on the Tap Room patio, still draped in fest… Continue

Never Shout Never is the augmented solo project of Christofer Drew, a scruffy teen popster who wants to change the world with love. We sincerely wish him good luck with that.

Meanwhile, he’s galvanizing a devout, squealy teen fan base that apparently will follow him anywhere, even… Continue

One could make the argument that not only is MTV responsible for destroying the music industry (creating an environment saturated with pre-packaged one-hit wonders and record labels obsessed with risk/benefit ratios versus artist development), the network also set in motion the decline of netw… Continue

On recordings, Cuchillo's Israel Marco creates seemingly herb-infused dreamscapes weaving found sounds into melodies that are mostly brooding, but occasionally profoundly comforting.

The band (pictured) is from Barcelona, Spain, but Marco says he grew up a fan of the Beatles and Bob Dylan. The… Continue