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Girl in a Coma Singer Nina Diaz' Spiritual Makeovernew
“What’s up with Nina?” I asked Faith Radle, Girl in a Coma’s manager, looking at the band’s lead singer, Nina Díaz. It was pouring rain that afternoon in late May, but we were safely sheltered at the ballroom of the Omni Hotel, minutes after Judge Nelson Wolff gave his State of the County address and seconds before I lamely asked, “Is she going to the gym, or something?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Har Mar Superstar Will be Bigger Than Ron Jeremy, But Not the Way You Thinknew
In a 2004 piece, London’s The Independent was quick to point out that Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillman, also known from his Sean Na Na project) almost resembles porn star Ron Jeremy, and Wikipedia went as far as to say the two have only “one notable physical dissimilarity.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-18-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tenacious, talented Vikki Carr nails her new album and pimps her mannew
"It's [Mitt] Romney for me," Vikki Carr (still looking and sounding great at 72) told the Current towards the end of our conversation about Viva la Vida, her first album since The Vikki Carr Christmas Album in 2001.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Super Seven are back, and they start herenew
I see nothing wrong with the word "supergroup" (a band with its members being well-established soloists or coming from other, well-established bands), and that's exactly what Los Super Seven are. The only thing they are not is, precisely, seven, but many more.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Lobos' 'Kiko': The Making of a Chicano Masterpiecenew
"It was a life-changing experience as a songwriter," Los Lobos' multi-instrumentalist/co-songwriter Louie Pérez told the Current about the making of Kiko (1992), the band's career-defining album. "Something happened."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The return of Café Tacuba, Mexico's artsy roots rockersnew
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the self-titled debut of Café Tacuba, the band that turned the world of Latin alternative music upside down with an unusual early format of a drum machine, acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, and a high-pitched charro-sounding singer wearing guarache sandals and a straw hat.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girl in a Coma returns to TMA on their own termsnew
OK, the Tejanos haven't done much to attract the rockeros, but the rockeros haven't given too much of a damn about the Tejanos either.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Carly Garza: One of San Antonio's best voices still searching for herselfnew
"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt," wrote Bertrand Russell, and a variation of that quote is (wrongly, I think) also attributed to Charles Bukowski. No matter who said it, the quote reminds me of Carly Garza.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Verisimilitude: Teen marvels ditch angst for musical aptitudenew
A Verisimilitude show is like sitting in on a low-key band practice. Somewhat awkward and pleasantly unrefined, each 30-minute set boasting personality and charismatic dance moves.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-29-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Five Finger Death Punch is just doing its jobnew
Jason Hook sounds like a businessman.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Third Roots' 'Stand for Something'new
For months we've been giving you exclusive access to some of Third Roots singles, and here you can stream the full Stand for Something album
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bamako Airlines lands in San Antonionew
And now, for something completely different — Bamako Airlines, an electrifying Austin-based band that offers dancefloor-friendly but musically challenging African grooves.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Dwayne Verheyden: Most likely to steal the show (again)new
Next time anyone tells you conjunto is dead or just a regional thing, just say two words: Dwayne Verheyden.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ana Tijoux: Latin America's Hottest Female Rappernew
French-Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux likes surprises. When she left Makiza, her first group, in 2001, she didn't write any music until 2004. She had been cooking in silence, then delivered with a lethal one-two punch.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-11-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
