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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
Nicolette Good's 'Monarch' kills Americana deadnew
At this point in her career, to say Nicolette Good is an "Americana" artist is not only inaccurate, but insulting. She uses Americana as a starting point, but not necessarily a destination. With the stunning Monarch, her full-length debut, she breaks all genre limitations for good.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-13-2012 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
Key Albums of the Summernew
Hacienda's third album came out June 19 and it's "a perfect lead-off for summer driving in the city.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-21-2012 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
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
Imagine 'Oceania'new
Oceania, the seventh studio album by the Smashing Pumpkins, will be out June 19, and the band wants you to come up with images for each one of the 13 songs, based only on the song's title.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-08-2012 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
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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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 |
Reviews
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
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
