Albums by the band Harvey Milk should come with airbags to ensure that the monstrously heavy collision of sound doesn't snap the necks or smash the faces of listeners.

Deep, dark and slow, the music of Harvey Milk reeks of an unholy union of the Melvins, Big Black and Black Sabbath, with no sm… Continue

You may not recognize Eef Barzelay's name, but you might recognize his former band's name, Clem Snide.

And even if you don’t recognize that, you’ll recognize Barzelay’s distinctive voice and rock stylings: One of Clem Snide’s songs, “Moment in the Sun,” was used as the theme to that TV show… Continue

THE JIMMY BUFFETT OF THE SOUTHWEST

So the other night at the Wolf Parade show at the Rialto, I was shooting the shizz with a co-worker--OK, it was Jim Nintzel.

He told me that I needed to embrace modern culture (I’m an incorrigible Luddite) by ditching my gimpy PC for a shiny n… Continue

Whether you call Health avant-garde, art-punk or just glorious noisemakers, the critically acclaimed Los Angeles band has given us one of the most radical remix albums in recent memory.

A passel of dance-music producers have remade and remodeled tunes from Health’s acclaimed debut release of… Continue

Damaris Drewry is singing next Thursday at the Galeria Mistica. She also has more than 20 years of experience in counseling, and a doctorate in psychology.

The link between music and counseling might not be immediately apparent, but it does exist.

“My music and my private counseling are… Continue

Denise Grimes, known as Ivanna S. Pankin on the roller-derby circuit, graduated from the UA in 1997 and went on to found roller-derby leagues in Phoenix and Las Vegas. She is currently back in Tucson and running Sin City Skates with her girlfriend, Trish the Dish. For more information about Sin City S… Continue

When Journey released their classic hit "Don't Stop Believing" in 1981, they had no idea that it would be a metaphor for their sold-out performance Saturday night at Casino del Sol's AVA.

Hours before Journey took the stage, there was a feeling in the air that this would truly be a unique nig… Continue

Among the most common questions a novice rock critic might ask an artist during an interview is, "What are your influences?" In fact, the query has become as much of a cliché, albeit often used ironically, among music cognoscenti as is shouting "Freebird" at a concert.

But very quickly into a… Continue

While Tucson cannot claim a homegrown band as influential as San Pedro, Calif.'s Minutemen, the two cities have both had a thriving music scene since the early '80s, sparked by a handful of sympathetic clubs and a cluster of neighborhood party houses. Both towns continue to be a popular destination f… Continue

My sister Beth now lives in Boston--- some of you may remember that she played bass for Nowhere Man for a while, and has played viola for venerable local bands such as Truck and Pathos. Now she's playing viola for a Boston band called Eksi Ekso, and they've just released a new album called I Am Your Bastard Wings, and it's awesome. And I'm not just saying that because my sister plays in the band (it's actually not her playing on the record--- she join… Continue