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Run Boy Run's Grace Rolland Steps Out on Her Own With Rising Sun Daughter EP

By Gerrit Feenstra

May 15, 2019

“Good music is worth something.”

Trees Speak Go Out on a Limb With an Improvised Double Album

By Serene Dominic

Dec 18, 2018

New Times speaks with the band about their unconventional artistic process.

Vince Staples Announces 'Smile! You're On Camera' Tour Starting in Arizona

By Douglas Markowitz

Dec 12, 2018

The Long Beach legend hits the Van Buren in February.

10 Must-See Acts at Tucson's HOCO Fest 2018

By Amy Young and Douglas Markowitz

Aug 23, 2018

Go south, young music fan!

An Exclusive First Look at Steff and the Articles' "Keep You Around" Video

By Ashley Harris

Apr 6, 2017

From their upcoming album, Timekeeper.

Phish's Mike Gordon and All-Star Grateful Dead Tribute Added to Tucson's Gem & Jam Festival

By David Accomazzo

Dec 6, 2016

The festival just might be the jammiest festival in Arizona.

The Music of Orkesta Mendoza is Borderless

By Jason P. Woodbury

Nov 23, 2016

Beginning in the 1930s, “border blaster” radio stations began lining the southern divide of the United States. Unencumbered by American frequency restrictions, these Mexican superpower stations — dubbed “X stations” after the first letter of their corresponding call signs — pumped music via high-wattage frequencies across much of North America...

10 Tucson Hip-Hop Artists You Should Be Listening To

By Heather Hoch

Nov 1, 2016

When we threw down the list of Tucson's 10 most buzzworthy bands, you might have noticed a handful of glaring omissions. We didn't forget. The Old Pueblo is proving itself to be a home for hip-hop with innovative events, a bunch of great artists, and its own Tucson Hip Hop...

Check Out the Lineup for the 2016 Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee

By David Accomazzo

Oct 31, 2016

For the fifth year, a slew of Phoenix bands will pack their vans and head down to the Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee on November 11-13, and New Times has the exclusive scoop on the 101-artist lineup this year. Yes, the festival takes place in Bisbee, the haunted mining...

10 Tucson Bands You Should Be Listening To

By Heather Hoch

Sep 26, 2016

If you think Tucson bands are all about desert rock and Calexico, it’s time to take another look at Arizona’s second city. From Hotel Congress to the Rialto Theatre, 191 Toole to The Flycatcher, the Old Pueblo almost always injects a little local into every live show. So snatch up...

Calexico Travels to Mexico with Sergio Mendoza and Gets Unexpected Results

By Eric Swedlund

Sep 30, 2015

They're subtle — and sometimes sung in Spanish — but the questions that are scattered across Calexico's Edge of the Sun carry the thrust of the album's themes. Where? What? Why? The questions are prominent on an album about progressing, searching, and moving. And they're at the core of interactions,...

Dan Stuart of Green on Red Returns With Marlowe's Revenge

By Jason P. Woodbury

Jul 13, 2015

Songwriter Dan Stuart has been at it for more than three decades, but his upcoming album, Marlowe's Revenge, shows he's still in full possession of his verve, ranking among his finest albums with Green on Red, the band he founded in the early '80s, which brilliantly straddled the lines between desert rock,...

Sidepony Music Festival Ponies Up to Bisbee Pride

By Jeff Moses

Jun 19, 2015

While negativity towards transgender people was making waves in Tempe the Phoenix-centric Sidepony Express Music Festival in Bisbee has been working on an event with Bisbee Pride to shine some light on the artistic contributions made by transgender people. This will be the first year that Sidepony Express and Bisbee...

Prom Body Leads a New Wave of Tucson Bands

By K.C. Libman

Mar 4, 2015

Phoenix might have an issue with Prom Body. The Tucson-based scuzzy-yet-musical punk outfit has tried again and again to play in the Valley to no avail, plagued by misaligned schedules or vehicular woes. Their luck may be turning around, however, as the band has two shows scheduled in the coming...

Borderland Fuzz Fiesta in Tucson a Fabulous Collection of Stoner Rock Talent

By Joshua Wyrick

Feb 19, 2015

In 1969, Mike Matthews of Electro-Harmonix debuted what would become one of the best-selling guitar pedals of all time: the Big Muff. Gaining age and popularity through legendary performers like Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Dinosaur Jr., the pedal remains an indispensable part of any fuzzhead's collection, recalling the golden...

Shooda Shook It Brings Weird Tucson Funk to Phoenix

By Heather Hoch

Nov 18, 2014

Tucson's Shooda Shook It are, well, a little weird. But the relatively new group is that kind of weird that is both an entertaining spectacle, while also laying down some solid funky dance music. Fronted by twins Kee Kopps and Dawn Copps, the group has only been playing live for...

Bob Log III Will Write a Song About Your Favorite Butt for $200

By Reyan Ali

Sep 3, 2014

Ever known an ass you really, really loved to an unimaginable degree -- a behind that spoke to you like no other? If so, Bob Log III has a doozy of a sales pitch for you. On his website, the semi-mysterious one-man band is now selling custom-written songs about butts,...

Copper & Congress Find New Life in Trip-Hop

By Joshua Levine

Aug 26, 2014

Tucson's Copper & Congress is a self-described "indie soul" trio of singer/guitarist/keyboardist Katie Haverly, bassist Patrick Morris, and drummer Julius Schlosburg. "We formed in 2012," Haverly recalls. "We had a different drummer and guitar player. Patrick and I have been together since the beginning. Our guitar player quit and our...

La Cerca's Big Sound Comes from Small Influences

By Joshua Levine

Aug 20, 2014

La Cerca singer/songwriter/guitarist Andrew Gardner is an idealist. No, he's a cynic. In any case, he's a master songsmith who speaks most articulately through his guitar playing. He found his calling in the early-'90s twee-pop of Beat Happening and Unrest, along with New Zealand indie bands like the Clean. The...

Sometimes, the Most Punk Rock Thing to Do Is Make Pop Music

By Joshua Levine

Aug 19, 2014

Whether it says more about Jordan Prather or Tucson's downtown music scene that the Head Over Heart singer/multi-instrumentalist likens himself to a punk rocker is up to you, but what's certain is that he sees himself as an outsider in his community. "I remember reading in an Arcade Fire interview...

Hi, Tucson!

Ryan Alfred Steps Out on His Own

HOCO Fest's 2019 Lineup Shows Local Love

Hi, Tucson!

Ryan Alfred Steps Out on His Own

HOCO Fest's 2019 Lineup Shows Local Love

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