http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/rock rock news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042412_indie_music/is-european-emi-breakup-death-knell-indie-music/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042412_indie_music/is-european-emi-breakup-death-knell-indie-music/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The EU is moving closer to major record-label dominance, which might be good for big business, but it’s bad for fans, artists and the industry as a whole, critics say. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041912_firehose/bass-legend-watt-reunites-firehose-thursday-tucson-gig/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041912_firehose/bass-legend-watt-reunites-firehose-thursday-tucson-gig/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s been nearly two decades since post-punk maestros fIREHOSE have played together, so fans of the band, bass wrangler Mike Watt, and the ‘80s legends the Minutemen might want to catch Thursday night’s gig at Plush. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031712_st_pats/lift-glass-and-sing-along-st-patricks-day-playlist/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031712_st_pats/lift-glass-and-sing-along-st-patricks-day-playlist/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s not St. Patrick’s Day without a pint of Guinness, some soda bread, and amazing music. Here are a few of our favorites. Slainte! 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022412_matlock_congress/punk-rock-legends-heading-congress/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022412_matlock_congress/punk-rock-legends-heading-congress/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com “Whatever happened to the heroes?” If you’re talking punk rock, they’ll be in Tucson. Former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, ex-Stranglers singer Hugh Cornwell and Blondie drummer Clem Burke have elected to make a Friday night stop at Club Congress. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021912_mike_davis_obit/mike-davis-punk-rock-pioneer-dead-68/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021912_mike_davis_obit/mike-davis-punk-rock-pioneer-dead-68/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mike Davis, who helped pioneer punk rock with Detroit’s legendary the MC5, and later played with Tucson’s Rich Hopkins and Luminarios, died Friday of liver failure. He was 68. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020112_festival_el_barrio/tickets-sale-annual-calexico-kxci-street-party/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020112_festival_el_barrio/tickets-sale-annual-calexico-kxci-street-party/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Calexico will bring their desert sound home to Tucson to benefit KXCI when they headline the Festival en el Barrio on April 7. A limited number of $15 tickets are now on sale. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_arizonaonstagewonderettesreview/marvelous-wonderettes-youthful-energy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_arizonaonstagewonderettesreview/marvelous-wonderettes-youthful-energy/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is not a re-creation of ‘50s and ‘60s girl group pop, but an interpretation. This Arizona Onstage production has its own internal logic, more rooted in youthful energy and theatrical performance than in old-timey authenticity. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012012_etta_james_obit/blues-singer-etta-james-dead-73/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012012_etta_james_obit/blues-singer-etta-james-dead-73/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Etta James, who could belt an earthy blues or croon a subtle love song, died Friday morning at age 73. (with music videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120811_john_lennon/happy-christmas-from-john-lennon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120811_john_lennon/happy-christmas-from-john-lennon/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Beatle John Lennon was shot to death Dec. 8, 1980. R.I.P. (with archival videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101311_everlast/jump-around-everlast-under-10-spot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101311_everlast/jump-around-everlast-under-10-spot/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Rapper/folksinger Everlast will take the stage next month at the Rock, and tickets are only $9.21. (with videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092311_weekend/weekend-roundup-whats-hot-even-as-weather-cools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092311_weekend/weekend-roundup-whats-hot-even-as-weather-cools/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The bad news is Emmylou Harris’ performance at the Fox on Friday is sold out. It has been for some time. The good news is there are still plenty of other ways to get your entertainment fix this weekend, starting with Dave Alvin at Plaza Palomino. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092111_rem_break_up/out-time-rem-call-it-quits/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092111_rem_break_up/out-time-rem-call-it-quits/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Iconic rockers R.E.M. have broken up after three decades, the band announced Wednesday. (with videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_bisbee_royale/bisbees-rialto-like-nightspot-gets-royale-moniker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_bisbee_royale/bisbees-rialto-like-nightspot-gets-royale-moniker/#When: 22:07:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: “Now we’ve got a name and we’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll!” was the word this afternoon on the Facebook page of the newly dubbed Bisbee Royale, a nightclub-in-the-making that’s helmed by Rialto Theatre head Doug Biggers. 2011-09-20T22:07:45-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080111_flam_chen/flam-chens-electropolis-sparks-arcosanti-night/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080111_flam_chen/flam-chens-electropolis-sparks-arcosanti-night/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Flam Chen, Tucson’s nationally known fire troupe, gave their latest production an electric premiere in Northern Arizona. (with photo gallery and videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080111_mtv_birthday/happy-birthday-mtv-wish-you-still-played-music/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080111_mtv_birthday/happy-birthday-mtv-wish-you-still-played-music/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s been 30 years since MTV changed the music business, bringing us the Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star,” along with a second British Invasion, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and making it okay for white suburban kids to listen to rap. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072511_winehouse_matters/why-amy-winehouse-matters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072511_winehouse_matters/why-amy-winehouse-matters/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As the news filtered across the social media sphere about the death of singer Amy Winehouse I found myself strangely saddened by this loss. After all, wasn’t this just another celebrity whose life had run amok in a very predictable fashion? 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072311_amy_winehouse_dead/amy-winehouse-found-dead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072311_amy_winehouse_dead/amy-winehouse-found-dead/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home Saturday, reports said. In recent years, Winehouse’s struggles with alcohol and drugs have overshadowed her musical career. (with videos) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062011_winehouse/hello-athens-amy-winehouse-gives-worst-concert-history-belgrade/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/062011_winehouse/hello-athens-amy-winehouse-gives-worst-concert-history-belgrade/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Amy Winehouse has canceled the next leg of her European tour, after an opening gig described as “the worst concert in the history of Belgrade.” (with video) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060411_sand_rubies/sand-rubies-say-adios-with-final-show/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060411_sand_rubies/sand-rubies-say-adios-with-final-show/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com After a quarter-century of solid songwriting, countless club gigs and a brief flirtation with the big time, Tucson’s prototypical desert rockers played a final show this week. Much like their city, the story of the Sidewinders/Sand Rubies is as much about what could have been as about what came to be. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060211_oz_sharks_acdc/hells-bells-ac-dc-rocks-aussie-sharks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060211_oz_sharks_acdc/hells-bells-ac-dc-rocks-aussie-sharks/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Scientists in Australia are claiming that great white sharks, also known as white pointers, are attracted by music from the Australian rock band AC/DC — particularly “Shook Me All Night Long” and “Back in Black.” 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051711_mexico_music/from-punk-rock-techno-alternative-music-surges-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051711_mexico_music/from-punk-rock-techno-alternative-music-surges-mexico/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Alternative Latin music is making new strides into the U.S., with Mexican bands packing venues from coast to coast. The strength of alternative Mexican music on both sides of the Rio Grande attests to sweeping changes in the two nations in the last decade. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050611_calexico_kimmel/video-calexico-jimmy-kimmel-live/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050611_calexico_kimmel/video-calexico-jimmy-kimmel-live/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com If you were too occupied with Cinco de Mayo festivities Thursday night to catch Tucson’s musical ambassadors on TV, here’s a video of them performing “Crystal Frontier” on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” with Mariachi Luz de Luna. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041511_street_closures/weekend-events-close-downtown-streets/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041511_street_closures/weekend-events-close-downtown-streets/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com While some Tucsonans might look forward to an eventful weekend Downtown, motorists traveling through the area may be stymied by streets closed for Saturday’s Spring Club Crawl and Sunday’s bicycle race. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040511_cobain/17-years-after-look-and-listen-kurt-cobain/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040511_cobain/17-years-after-look-and-listen-kurt-cobain/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It’s been 17 years since Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain took his own life, and nearly 20 since the band stormed their way up the charts with their second album, “Nevermind.” 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031711_st_pats/st-patricks-day-playlist/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031711_st_pats/st-patricks-day-playlist/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Here are a few of our favorite Irish songs. Slainte! 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120810_john_lennon/happy-christmas-from-john-lennon/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120810_john_lennon/happy-christmas-from-john-lennon/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Beatle John Lennon was shot to death Dec. 8, 1980. R.I.P. (with archival video) 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102610_sexpistols/london-underground-ring-bloody-sex-pistols/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102610_sexpistols/london-underground-ring-bloody-sex-pistols/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Amid government budget cuts, Brits are mum while the French rage. What gives? 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080210_smashingpumpkins/pumpkins-smash-into-rialto-sept-1/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/080210_smashingpumpkins/pumpkins-smash-into-rialto-sept-1/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Smashing Pumpkins will play Tucson’s Rialto Theatre on Sept. 1, the venue announced Monday. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072110_eltonjohn/elton-johns-tucson-concert-postponed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072110_eltonjohn/elton-johns-tucson-concert-postponed/#When: 07:54:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Elton John’s concert at the Tucson Arena has been postponed one night to Thursday. 2012-05-24T07:54:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071610_calexico_live/calexico-live-nuremberg-free-download/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071610_calexico_live/calexico-live-nuremberg-free-download/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Listen to Calexico perform favorites like “Roka” and “Crystal Frontier” in this free download/stream of a 2009 live show. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062510_1070_letter/sb-1070-outraged-artists-should-speak-out-arizona-not-boycott/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/062510_1070_letter/sb-1070-outraged-artists-should-speak-out-arizona-not-boycott/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Guest Opinion: An open letter to artists boycotting Arizona: By not performing in Arizona, artists are harming the very people and places that foster free speech and the open exchange of ideas that serve to counter the closed-mindedness recently displayed by the new law. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060810_bristol/the-music-capital-youve-never-heard-of/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060810_bristol/the-music-capital-youve-never-heard-of/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com You probably think of London as Britain’s musical capital: It is where musicians get discovered, where music moguls sit in skyscrapers and decide on the next big thing, and where artists land the elusive record deal. But a smaller city has knocked off London’s crown. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060710_halloates/cant-go-that-hall-oates-cancel-phoenix-show-over-sb-1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/060710_halloates/cant-go-that-hall-oates-cancel-phoenix-show-over-sb-1070/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Hall & Oates, the rock and soul duo popular in the ‘80s, will not perform in Phoenix because of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052810_soundbite_boycott/muscians-form-coalition-boycott-arizona-over-immigration-law/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052810_soundbite_boycott/muscians-form-coalition-boycott-arizona-over-immigration-law/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Several musical acts have formed a coalition – The Sound Strike – to organize boycotts of Arizona in wake of the state’s new immigration law. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051310_weekend/weekend-preview-boycott-this-edition/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_songwriter/songwriters-abound-downtown-thursday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_songwriter/songwriters-abound-downtown-thursday/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Thursday night brings two double bills to downtown. Los Angeles-based chanteuse Jessica Fichot will play with Gabriel Sullivan at Solar Culture, and Band of Annuals members support songwriter David Williams, who will be joined by Amy Rude at the Red Room. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_glee/glee-tour-embroiled-gay-straight-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051210_glee/glee-tour-embroiled-gay-straight-debate/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com While the young stars of “Glee Live! In Concert” prepare to open their tour with a two-night stand in Phoenix, show creator Ryan Murphy published an open letter today calling for a boycott of Newsweek magazine. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050710_brokensocialscene/mess-more-new-broken-social-scene-album/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050710_brokensocialscene/mess-more-new-broken-social-scene-album/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A week with Broken Social Scene’s “Forgiveness Rock Record” suggests that it will eventually sound like its predecessor on anti-depressants. The lows are filled in with putty, but the highs get sanded off in the process. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050610_under_sullivan/under-influence-gabriel-sullivan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050610_under_sullivan/under-influence-gabriel-sullivan/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gabriel Sullivan is one of the hardest-working musicians in Tucson. If you have seen local live music in the last year or so, chances are good you have seen Sullivan onstage. Now, he prepares to debut his composition for string quartet at Chamberlab I. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_folkfest/tucson-folk-festival-celebrates-25-years-downtown/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042810_folkfest/tucson-folk-festival-celebrates-25-years-downtown/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com This weekend, to celebrate its 25th year, the Tucson Folk Festival will feature approximately 115 acts on four stages, workshops, a New Artists’ Stage at the Tucson Museum of Art, featuring short, impromptu sets by festival players and others, and food and craft vendors, in addition to the headliners. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042010_under_gardner/under-influence-andrew-gardner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042010_under_gardner/under-influence-andrew-gardner/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Andrew Gardner is the singer and lead guitarist of local indie pop veterans, La Cerca. The band plays twice this weekend, opening for Spindrift at the Red Room on Thursday, and for Hairsprayfireandgirls at Plush on Saturday. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042010_localnatives/local-natives-play-solar-culture-tuesday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042010_localnatives/local-natives-play-solar-culture-tuesday/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Local Natives’ debut album “Gorilla Manor” (Frenchkiss Records) is in most music snobs’ highest rotation lately, and tonight, the band will grace the smallest, best-sounding venue they are likely to encounter for a very long time. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041310_under_ruley/under-influence-gene-ruley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041310_under_ruley/under-influence-gene-ruley/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson guitarist Gene Ruley has launched a new endeavor with singer/songwriter Betsy Scarinzi, bassist Jason Steed and drummer Alan Anderson. Saturday, Silverbell will kick off the Club Crawl on the Hotel Congress outdoor stage. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040910_kfma/muse-silversun-pickups-raise-bar-kfma-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040910_kfma/muse-silversun-pickups-raise-bar-kfma-day/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On Sunday, Tucson alt-rock FM kings, 92.1 KFMA host their yearly festival at the Pima County Fairgrounds. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040710_dylan_china/bob-dylan-still-too-outspoken-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040710_dylan_china/bob-dylan-still-too-outspoken-china/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com London’s Daily Mail reported yesterday that Bob Dylan’s planned tour of Southeast Asia has been scrapped because Chinese authorities canceled planned concerts in Beijing and Shanghai. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040710_elton/elton-john-play-tucson-july-21/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040710_elton/elton-john-play-tucson-july-21/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Singer Elton John announced a Tucson date on his upcoming summer tour this week. Tickets for his July 21 concert at the Tucson Convention Center go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., and are expected to sell out quickly. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040610_growden/musician-mark-growden-finds-his-bearings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040610_growden/musician-mark-growden-finds-his-bearings/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On the heels of his newest and finest release to date, “Saint Judas,” musician Mark Growden arrived in Tucson to practice new songs with a Tucson ensemble, and to play a pair of shows at The Screening Room this weekend. They are simply not to be missed, by longtime fans or uninitiated music buffs. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040110_weekend/weekend-preview-easter-weekend/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032610_dissard/local-singer-marianne-dissard-offers-free-album-online/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032610_dissard/local-singer-marianne-dissard-offers-free-album-online/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com When a prominent local voice offers our readers a free 15-song download, we at the Sentinel are thrilled to tell you all about it. Thus, we present Marianne Dissard’s “Paris One Takes” 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032510_weekend/extra-extra-get-your-weekend-plans-here/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031210_pressboxbash/celebrate-sentinel-launch-press-box-bash/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031210_pressboxbash/celebrate-sentinel-launch-press-box-bash/#When: 07:54:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Friday’s show features Howe Gelb performing Johnny Cash’s “Live at San Quentin”, new punk band Cadillac Steakhouse, bluesman Tom Walbank, Sonoran gypsies Bajo Turbato, and Jazz Telephone with Mr. Tidypaws. 2012-05-24T07:54:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032310_underlopez/under-influence-leila-lopez/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032310_underlopez/under-influence-leila-lopez/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On Sunday, I met with Leila Lopez in her childhood home off of 4th Avenue. Lopez is celebrating the release of her second CD, “Fault Lines,” at Solar Culture Gallery on Saturday with an early, all-ages show. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031610_under_sabatino/tasha-sabatino-drums-name-love/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031610_under_sabatino/tasha-sabatino-drums-name-love/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In the first installment of ‘Under the influence,’ drummer Tasha Sabatino discusses sad songs, Mo Tucker and jazz greats, and reveals a heart full of soul. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031610_mjsony/michael-jackson-estate-licenses-catalog-unheard-songs-sony/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031610_mjsony/michael-jackson-estate-licenses-catalog-unheard-songs-sony/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The New York Times reported March 15 that Sony has licensed Jackson’s back catalog and what is rumored to be more than two full-length albums’ worth of unheard music. The deal is one of the biggest in music history. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_weekend/capital-vices-seven-deadly-awesome-weekend-events/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031110_weekend/capital-vices-seven-deadly-awesome-weekend-events/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com It would be a sin to miss this weekend’s events in Tucson. Below find seven promising options. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_linkous/sparklehorses-mark-linkous-shoots-self/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030710_linkous/sparklehorses-mark-linkous-shoots-self/#When: 07:54:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Late Saturday night, Rolling Stone reported that Sparklehorse singer Mark Linkous had died of an intentional overdose. New reports indicate he may have shot himself. 2012-05-24T07:54:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030310_frikitiki/friki-tiki-festival-hits-4th-ave-friday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030310_frikitiki/friki-tiki-festival-hits-4th-ave-friday/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Friki Tiki is a three-day event featuring group rides, meetups and a six band bill Saturday at The Hut. It’s time to embrace your inner 60s mod, freak or beatnik. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030210_haitisongs/haiti-relief-good-haiti-bad-ears/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030210_haitisongs/haiti-relief-good-haiti-bad-ears/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Like the best laid schemes of mice and men, hipsters and hangers-on have decided to unite to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. This is a good thing, right? 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022610_midlake/midlake-brings-moody-70s-sound-plush/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022610_midlake/midlake-brings-moody-70s-sound-plush/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com On the heels of their recent release, “The Courage of Others,” Denton quintet Midlake digs deeper into the dense territory of 2006’s “The Trials of Van Occupanther.” Midlake plays Plush on Monday with Matthew & the Arrogant Sea 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021510_poperock/vatican-issues-top-ten-rock-record-list/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021510_poperock/vatican-issues-top-ten-rock-record-list/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Despite its reputation for celebrating sins venal and mortal, rock music got its propers from the official Vatican newspaper Sunday. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021110_cadsteak/welcome-cadillac-steakhouse-may-they-rock-your-face-off/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021110_cadsteak/welcome-cadillac-steakhouse-may-they-rock-your-face-off/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com New Tucson band Cadillac Steakhouse has arrived, warts and all. Meet Nikki Rosing and her league of punk gentlemen, in advance of their Saturday benefit show for Free Chukston Radio. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012610_bajo/bajo-turbato-musician-chris-black-debuts-endeavor-with-gabriel-sullivan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012610_bajo/bajo-turbato-musician-chris-black-debuts-endeavor-with-gabriel-sullivan/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Self-proclaimed “Latin-gypsy party band” Bajo Turbato will open for one-man-band and curiosity That 1 Guy Thursday at Plush. The band is actually a duo: Chris Black, local singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, on violin, and Tucson mariachi/punk icon Gabriel Sullivan on bajo sexto. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_megadeth/megadeth-rock-rialto-with-rust-peace-show/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012510_megadeth/megadeth-rock-rialto-with-rust-peace-show/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com To commemorate the 20th anniversary of their thrash classic “Rust In Peace,” Megadeth will spend the month of March touring the country playing the album in its entirety. Tucson was announced yesterday as one of the lucky cities to host the landmark concert, on March 30. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012010_postsonic/sonic-youth-throws-down-musical-gauntlet-2010/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012010_postsonic/sonic-youth-throws-down-musical-gauntlet-2010/ 09:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com What’s your prediction for the best upcoming 2010 concert in Tucson? Read ours here and let us know in the comments. 2012-05-24T09:17:02+00:00