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Gary Clark Jr.: 'Blak and Blu'new
Austin-based Gary Clark Jr.'s first major full-length album came preceded by a lot of hype.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-26-2012 |
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Bob Dylan: 'Tempest'new
Time Out of Mind (1997) started the best chapter of Bob Dylan’s late career, thus setting a new, unbelievable standard for himself and his contemporaries — that of the rare legend who keeps getting better with time.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-16-2012 |
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Mixtura feat. Tito Nieves: "I Want You Back" (from Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson, release TBA)new
The first single off the upcoming Michael Jackson salsa tribute is out — and it kills.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
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Frank Zappa: 'You Are What You Is'new
Was that really Frank Zappa's face last week on the front page of the iTunes store? I couldn't believe my eyes.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
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Tags: You Are What You Is
Incubus: 'Incubus HQ Live'new
To celebrate both the release of 2011’s If Not Now, When? (their first studio album in five years) and the fact they’ve been together for 20 years, Incubus invited its fans to six free, intimate nights at a storefront on La Brea in West Hollywood.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
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Crosby, Stills & Nash: 'CSN 2012 (Live)'new
Time hasn't been kind on CSN, judging by their first live performance in 20 years.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
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Tags: Crosby, Stills & Nash
Los Texmaniacs: 'Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds'new
When it comes to condensing everything that's great about Tex-Mex into a CD that pleases both the people and academia, nobody does it better than the Texmaniacs and the Smithsonian.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-29-2012 |
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Kinky: 'Sueño de la máquina'new
Kinky's fifth studio album has the band coming full circle.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-03-2012 |
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The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new
There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
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George Harrison: 'Early Takes, Vol. 1'new
This companion piece to Martin Scorsese's superb documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World is a raw, minimalist collection of post-Beatles unreleased early demos by the quiet Beatle who passed away in 2001.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-01-2012 |
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John Mayer: 'Born and Raised'new
It only took an infamous 2010 Playboy interview for John Mayer to go from sweet, guitar-shredding heartthrob to major misogynist/racist asshole.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-01-2012 |
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Paul & Linda McCartney: 'RAM'new
More Pet Sounds than Sgt. Pepper's, RAM was unjustly panned by critics upon its original release in 1971.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-28-2012 |
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Willie Nelson: 'Heroes'new
Unlike too many artists his age, Willie Nelson (who turned 79 in April) gets cooler and edgier with time. His latest album is a collection of country classics from as early as the 1930s and new songs that are as good — if not even better — than the covers.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
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Santana: 'Shape Shifter'new
Santana’s first release on his newly formed Starfaith label is a mostly instrumental tour-de-force that pays homage to the indigenous peoples of America while advocating for international recognition of the egregious wrongs done to native peoples worldwide.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
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Karloz: 'Tex-Bop Deluxe'new
Who the hell is "Karloz"? This is the type of album that sits for weeks and weeks on a music critic's desk as the writer works to shake their fears of yet another cheesy collection of crowd-pleasing old hits given the "Tejano" treatment.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-11-2012 |
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