AltWeeklies Wire
Justice: Audio, Video, Disconew
Like the Strokes in 2001, Justice's 2007 arrival signified a paradigm shift in their genre.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Daniel "Tatita" Márquez: Haribolnew
Márquez's Haribol (a Hare Krishna greeting roughly translated as "chant the name of God") may remind some EDM fans of the Robert Miles/Trilok Gurtu collaboration Miles-Gurtu
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-27-2011 |
Reviews
Pillow Talk Embraces the Suck with an Easy Country Temponew
Generally, musicians and music fans fall into two camps: those who believe that creativity has a shelf life and those who don’t. In the case of Pillow Talk’s Jerid Morris, 29, losing one’s creative edge is just part of growing up.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Morris Orchids at LoneStar Studiosnew
Leonard Rader — guitarist, vocalist, and one half of the creative nucleus of Morris Orchids — describes his band as more “album-” than “stage-” oriented.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Gun Selectah EPnew
This EP is misleading for a number of reasons. First, it's a heavy EP, weighing in at nine tracks and a hair shy of 40 minutes.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-19-2011 |
Reviews
Songstress Choffel Heading Eastnew
The national promise. It’s something entertainment journalists with local/regional beats get caught up in sometimes, wanting to see a deserving local act take off, making a name for themselves and their community.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-14-2011 |
Music
Portugal. The Man Tumble in the Texas Roughnew
Back in 2010, Portugal. The Man (intentionally punctuated) got roughed up by Texas and were better for the wear. Sort of.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sexto’s sendoff?new
It hurts when a great band plays past their expiration date. It’s worse when a key figure leaves and the band never regains its lost artistic spark.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
Das Racist: Relaxnew
What now? That's a question that may have haunted Das Racist while recording Relax, their first full-length and third release in two years.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-06-2011 |
Reviews
DJ Shadow: The Less You Know, the Betternew
DJ Shadow's last outing, 2006's The Outsider, was a schizophrenic mixtape split between Bay Area crunk and laborious retreads.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: DJ Shadow
Founding Father of H-Town Rap Keeps Pluggin’ in ‘Wicked’ Industrynew
Learning about K-Rino (born Eric Kaiser) involves re-evaluating what it means to be hardcore. All Music Guide attributes 24 releases to him in 16 years.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Say Revenge!: Rough Night, Sugar?new
The debut album by Say Revenge! walks a fine line. On the one hand, it's everything expected from a throwback Saytown rock band.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
Reviews
Chemistry and chaos help lift the Ground’s art-rocknew
If the Ground were known by any other name, one might consider Points of Contention.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Ground
Rene Lopez: E.L.S.new
The pretensions of Rene Lopez's E.L.S. are hard to swallow.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-31-2011 |
Reviews
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matternew
Gamers are typically no sufferers of hardship.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-19-2011 |
Nonfiction
