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Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new
He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
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Pep Squad: 'Get Outrageous'new
Overdosed on retro-futurism? Pep Squad is not for you.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
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The Texas Weather: 'The Fall, The Winter'new
Nick Mery may have a rep for being his own biggest fan, but The Fall, The Winter (the album title was changed from the original Pluck) demonstrates his willingness to let someone else take the reins.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
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Mex Step and MNOLO: 'Machine People'new
Machine People marks the first of at least two 2012 releases from Mexican Stepgrandfather (here credited as Mex Step, Marco Cervantes in real life).
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-11-2012 |
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LaJIT: 'Black Sun'new
LaJIT is John Isaac Torres, a 21-year-old SA resident who spent his high school years on fixed income living with with an alcoholic uncle after his parents divorced.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-02-2012 |
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Nedry: 'In a Dim Light'new
It's expected that any new electro-pop group is going to produce Portishead comparisons (no one wants to be compared to Moby or The Supreme Beings of Leisure), but Beach House?
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
03-14-2012 |
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Mrs. Howl: 'Lovie & a Yellow Lamp'new
It’s not difficult to see why Girl in a Coma’s Nina Díaz might take an interest in producing Dallas-to-SA transplants Mrs. Howl.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-16-2012 |
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Piñata Protest: Plethora 'Reloaded'new
In January 2010, Piñata Protest went through the last of five years of lineup changes: bassist Omar Nambo departed for L.A. to pursue other musical interests, and guitarist Manuel García left for reasons only García and songwriter/vocalist/box-squeezer Álvaro Del Norte know.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-16-2012 |
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Common: The Dreamer, The Believernew
Common has always walked a tightrope. His "I Used to Love H.E.R." is a love song (a rap rarity in '94) that charted his love's spiritual and moral decline (his betrothed being the genre, not a woman).
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-11-2012 |
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Echocentrics: Echoland EPnew
Consider for a moment the task of releasing a Brian Eno retrospective, one that celebrates not his solo recordings, but the artists he has produced since 1974.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-04-2012 |
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The Pinker Tones: Singles 2001-2011 + Amigos & Friendsnew
Greatest hits/singles albums are rapidly losing worth in our iTunes world. By the time the Rihannas and Pitbulls release one, listeners have already built their own — .99 click by .99 click.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
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The Roots: Undunnew
The Roots have delivered increasingly poignant and thematically focused records on life's trials. undun, their 13th album, is their most emotive, urgent, and (at less than 40 minutes) brief work.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-22-2011 |
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Trip the Light: Fantastic EPnew
This album is further proof that we live in a time when all genres bleed, where the experimental indie rock of Panda Bear heavily borrows the music theory of '90s trance, two styles once thought to be in different hemispheres.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-08-2011 |
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Mickey Moonlight: And The Time Axis Manipulation Corporationnew
This album is branded as the score for your favorite college parties.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-08-2011 |
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Pillow Talk: Faux Furnew
There's no shortage of country/Americana acts coming out of Saytown, with a few trying to appropriate the indie label to cut away from the pack.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-02-2011 |
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