From time to time, we ask two of our senior music scribes to chat about a significant occasion in Tucson music. This is one of those times: Club Congress’ 25th Anniversary shindig this weekend. Here’s what they had to say.

Stephen Seigel: Well, Gene, once again we find ourselves having… Continue

AUTUMN COLOR

It’s finally starting to feel like fall in the Old Pueblo: Club Congress’ annual Labor Day shindig—which you can read all about in a conversation I had with Weekly music writer Gene Armstrong on this very page—rolls in this weekend; the winners of our own… Continue

In light of the fact that I was feeling too lazy to change my T-shirt before going to the Rialto to see The Tubes last Thursday, it was nice to see singer Fee Waybill putting in the effort of making his signature costume changes between song blocks. Thirty-five years after the release of its… Continue

Forget Interpol. Tucson’s Early Black lets loose a sonic flood of darkly epic and soul-crushing gothic shoegaze that will leave you cowering at the foot of your mama’s bed, begging for her to hold you tight and keep you safe from the big, bad world—or at least from the desperate sphere delineated… Continue

If this album is any evidence, Tucson’s hip-hop underground is thriving. These 16 tracks are the result of a collaboration by MC Runt (aka James Owens, of Jivin Scientists) and producer Defacedproperty.

Throughout, Autumn is a refreshing blend of influences from Wu-Tang to Gang Star… Continue

The Static Session is the latest band from the O’Gorman brothers—bassist Scott (whose nom de rock is The Senator) and singer-guitarist Christopher. The two are Tucson music stalwarts: In the late ‘90s they were tucking Christian messages into the arena-sized, British-inspired rock of White Chrome Splend… Continue

Donald Murray is a shadowy figure who has had a good time hanging around the downtown Tucson music scene on and off since 1987. He has supported many bands with his cash, but enjoys getting in free on the guest list, too. His unfinished novel features a character who has made a New Year’ s re… Continue

Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week ending Aug. 29, 2010

1. Limbless Torso

Limbless Torso EP (Eat the Gun)

2. Truancy

Forced Arrival EP (self-released)

3. Gestapo Khazi

Gestapo Khazi LP (Deadbeat)

4. Various Artists

Shut the Fuck Up and Listen Vol. 3 7” EP (P.I.G.)

5. Boogie Nazis (cassette)

Pearl Harbor Sessions (self-released)

6. Taser Breath

Taser Breath 7” EP (Goin’ Ape Shit)

7. Tou

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The Big Stuff

Band/Musician of the Year

Ryanhood (R), 39.3 percent

Runners up:


2. Golden Boots (C), 25.4 percent

3. Cosmic Slop (R), 21.6 percent

4. Fourkiller Flats (C), 13.6 percent

Up-and-Coming Artist(s) of the Year


Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta (C), 33.1 percent

Runners up:

2. Race You There (R), 24.9 percent

3. Triple Double Band (R), 24.1 percent

4.… Continue

It was about 13 years ago when Joey Burns and John Convertino, then the rhythm section for influential local act Giant Sand, put together a quiet little album of home recordings under the name Spoke. That self-titled album was released by a small German label.

Soon, though, the group changed its name to Calexico—and… Continue