by Bob Hanshaw Contributing Writer “You’re appropriating me? I’ll take it. I think of myself as a Tucson musician now.” So says Matt Rolland, a founding...
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The Rifle: Rib to Rib EP
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor The Rifle’s profile reads, “Making music (secretly) in Tucson”, but after listening to Rib to Rib, the secret will soon be...
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5 Fresh HipHop Singles
Passage and Ma Bell “Gangster and the Guru” The perfect surprise requires both the thing you never expected and the exact thing you wanted, usually without...
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Tucson Portraits: Chris Pierce
by Bob Hanshaw Contributing Writer “I’m totally self-taught,” Chris Pierce explains. “Everything that I know about the instrument, everything that I know theoretically, I’ve either learned...
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Tucson Portraits: Jordan Prather of Commercial Appeal
Jordan Prather is tired of waiting around. Faced with the prospect of marketing his new electro-pop project, Head Over Heart, in a city without much of...
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5 Rad Music Videos
Katterwaul “No Free Meals” For more on Katterwaul, check out Tucson Portraits: Brittany Katter of Katterwaul. Book of Shred “Don’t Wait” Kathryn Rose “Consistency” Lenguas Largas...
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3 Rad New Albums: Prom Body, Numb Bats, Watch For Rocks
Prom Body Naughty By Natural I first hopped on the Prom Body train when I came across Creep the Strange (their 2013 full length) last year. The brainchild...
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Tucson Portraits: John Melillo of Algae and Tentacles
by Bob Hanshaw Contributing Writer “I want to play with everybody, all the time, as much as I can.” This is John Melillo’s musical credo. And...
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4 Singles, Get Yer Singles!
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor Very Scary “Middle of the Night” Very Scary throws everything it has at “Middle of the Night” and this raucous rocker is a burner...
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Throwback Thursday: The Resonars, Tramps & Thieves, White Dress
The Resonars The Resonars This morning I woke up in the year 2014, listened to an album from 1998 that sounded like it was recorded in...
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Tucson Portraits: Laura Kepner-Adney
by Bob Hanshaw Contributing Writer “The story of my winding up in Tucson could fill up an entire article,” says Laura Kepner-Adney, and it may well...
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5 Rad Music Videos
Captain Squeegee “The Factory” DaDadoh “What Up World” Chicha Dust “Como Un Ave” The Daddyo’s “Sleep” The Cons “Whats it Gonna Hurt?
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