On December 29 and in the year 2016, I wrote my first article for the blog Desert Noise. About 2 years ago I decided I wanted to feature the artists of Arizona in writing because of my own belief that we have a “tiny Austin-like-music-scene” here in the Southwest. …

‘Los Cincos’ is a brief five question interview answered by each artist I feature about what places they like to eat, drink, music they listen to and more! This October our featured artist was Birds and Arrows who have just released their new record ‘Arbitrary Magic’! LOS CINCOS 1. Favorite local AZ…

The new album ‘Arbitrary Magic’ by Birds and Arrows is definitely a record that will pull you in from track 1. ‘Overloaded’ is a blunt, driving rock song with drums and guitar busting open the sonic door before Andrea’s vocal takes over. Each three chord sequence guitar walk-down in the…

The music and style of Birds and Arrows is deliciously fun and unapologetic! I particularly like the way Andrea Connolly commands on the lead vocal and guitar. …

‘Los Cincos’ is a brief five question interview answered by each artist I feature about what places they like to eat, drink, music they listen to and more! This September our featured artist was Cheap Hotels who have just released their new record ‘Late Last Night’! LOS CINCOS 1. Favorite local AZ…

Like a group of sparklers shooting embers at a New Year’s party, the drums and guitars pound and tremolo in with their volume climaxing at a cymbal crash in the beginning of ‘Untitled Melody’. As the handoff to soaring vocals releases, Ian Wilson tells us, “In a thousand night times…

The style and flash of the Cheap Hotels revives a craving and thirst for great post-punk indie in quite an infectious manner. It’s incredible to imagine that only a couple of years ago they released their first EP, and this follow up record released this year, ‘Late Last Night’…

‘Los Cincos’ is a brief five question interview answered by each artist I feature about what places they like to eat, drink, music they listen to and more! This August our featured artist was The Haymarket Squares who have just released their new record ‘Light It Up’! LOS CINCOS 1. Favorite local…

After the music video I couldn’t wait to get to this full album review! The record opens up with charming vocal harmonies of Marc Oxborrow, Mark Allred, and Mark Sunman in a Sunday service type of intro. In ‘Heaven’ the line that kicks in the verse will foreshadow the rest…