AltWeeklies Wire
Paul Westerberg Drops the Biggest Format-busting Format Buster of the Digital Agenew

Westerberg released 49 through TuneCore, a digital-music delivery service, and since TuneCore charges artists only $9.99 a year per track (and 49 is technically only one track), Westerberg could simultaneously be looking at the lowest sales price and the greatest profit margin in the history of the music industry.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
07-30-2008 |
Music
Thoughts on Katy Perry's 'I Kissed a Girl'new

"I Kissed a Girl" (currently the number-one single on Billboard) is a love-it-or-hate-it proposition, but if you’re not careful, it'll shatter your critical faculties.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
07-02-2008 |
Music
Can We All Agree Scott Weiland is a Tool?new
At a March 20 Velvet Revolver concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he surprised the audience -- and his band -- by announcing that this is VR's final tour.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-26-2008 |
Music
Tags: Velvet Revolver
Black Crowes vs. Maximnew
Let's get the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform working on the Black Crowes vs. Maxim case.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-12-2008 |
Music
The Problem With the Rock and Roll Hall of Famenew
Dave Clark Five over the Replacements? Color us unimpressed.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-02-2008 |
Music
Piracy Warsnew
New Congressional legislation stirs debate about illegal file-sharing on campus.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-21-2007 |
Music
Will New FCC Agreement Bring Indie Music to Commercial Airwaves?new

Critics will rightfully complain that the agreement is a mere token gesture in the face of deep, systemic problems -- but token gestures are preferable to indifference, and indifference is what indies generally get from commercial radio.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-21-2007 |
Music
Super Badnew
At the peak of his considerable powers, James Brown talked loud and said something.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-03-2007 |
Music
Self-Pity Partiesnew

Hinder, Nickelback, and the Goo Goo Dolls prove that the power ballad is back, and it's uglier than ever.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
12-07-2006 |
Music