San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia

'I'm Not There' Soundtrack is for the Bob-ologistsnew

The covers on the soundtrack for the defiantly eccentric Dylan biopic are positively reverent, all the more curious because they're coming from such an irreverent collection of indie rockers.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 11-07-2007 | Reviews

Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists

Indie-Pop Phenom Creates Uncomfortable Intimacynew

Marcus Rubio's songs are invariably simple and repetitive, and most of the musical action comes from the painstaking arrangements, the way he layers violin, piano, glockenspiel, and the rest of the kitchen sink onto his adolescent musings.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-31-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Marcus Rubio, The Life of Pillows

Remember When Bobby Brown Mattered?new

Brown is so desperate for TV exposure he'll giddily air his nasty laundry (Being Bobby Brown), or compete to make it as a country singer, as he's doing on CMT's upcoming series, Gone Country.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-24-2007 | TV

Tags: TV

Barrio Brigadenew

Bombasta teams with San Diego's B-Side Players for a night of one-world polyrhythms.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-24-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Bruce Springsteen Lets Loose on 'Magic'new

It has the garage-band fervor of The River, amplified by a higher level of literary sophistication, and abetted by Springsteen's rare willingness to let his jangle-pop flag fly.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-17-2007 | Reviews

Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen

PJ Harvey Swaps Bluesy Guitar for a Tack Pianonew

White Chalk will be a disappointment to many Harvey fans, because it dispenses with electric guitar, bluesy aggression, and the kind of sexually assertive body music that marked career highlights such as Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea and Rid of Me.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-10-2007 | Reviews

Tags: PJ Harvey, White Chalk

International Accordion Festival Squeezes San Antonionew

The accordion is like a rare flower that only grows in a very specific climate. Wherever the accordion thrives, you find the same conditions: an unlikely mix of wildly disparate cultures that somehow landed in the same spot, and restless, innovative musicians.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-10-2007 | Concerts

Tags: International Accordion Festival, concerts

Who Should Sen. John Cornyn Condemn Next?new

Now that he's taken on MoveOn.org, we would like to keep the momentum rolling by offering him a list of some other individuals and organizations deserving of Senatorial condemnation.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 10-03-2007 | Commentary

Steven Drozd: The Flaming Lips' Secret Weaponnew

Keith Richards once described the impact rock 'n' roll had on him as a teenager by saying that hearing it transformed life from black-and-white to Technicolor. You could make a similar case for the liberating effect Drozd had on the Lips.

San Antonio Current | Gilbert Garcia | 09-19-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Flaming Lips