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Between the Buried and Me hotter (and better) than evernew
After 10 years as one of the hardest-working bands in heavy music, North Carolina's Between the Buried and Me is finally starting to get its due.
San Antonio Current |
leonard Pierce |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kiss: 'Monster'new
The new Kiss album is out and it's exactly what fans were expecting.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
10-17-2012 |
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Mötley Crüe: Never too old to rock 'n' rollnew
You're only as old as the bands you feel, and when one of those bands wrote a song called "Dr. Feelgood," well, that's a clue, isn't it?
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sohns: 'Ripe/Rot' EPnew
Gloomy sounds of struggle and organ washes open up this EP from Sohns, a quartet of local racket-raisers, but it jumps right into some rewarding noise on track two, the wonderfully titled "Soul Train Blues of the Broken Skull."
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
07-29-2012 |
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The Iron Maidens' double-X chromosome doppelgangers rock in the shadow of greatnessnew
It's got to be strange, being in a one-band cover group. No matter how much you master your craft, no matter how daring your stage presence or how intense your live shows, there's got to be the constant sensation of living in another band's shadow.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
07-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hacienda: 'Shakedown'new
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's influence is clear on Hacienda's third album...
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
06-21-2012 |
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Rather than a supergroup, Kill Devil Hill is the real dealnew
The word "supergroup" gets applied so readily and so reflexively, especially in the world of hard rock and heavy metal, that it's pretty easy to distrust instinctively. That's why Rex Brown doesn't use it.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
05-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy/God Townes: 'In Love'new
Record Store Day was made for releases like this: The Grasshopper Lies Heavy (the name is a reference to Philip K. Dick’s classic novel The Man In The High Castle, by way of the Bible) and God Townes.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
04-20-2012 |
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