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Girl in a Coma Singer Nina Diaz' Spiritual Makeovernew
“What’s up with Nina?” I asked Faith Radle, Girl in a Coma’s manager, looking at the band’s lead singer, Nina Díaz. It was pouring rain that afternoon in late May, but we were safely sheltered at the ballroom of the Omni Hotel, minutes after Judge Nelson Wolff gave his State of the County address and seconds before I lamely asked, “Is she going to the gym, or something?”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
KING KENDRICK BRINGS HIS TALENTED FRIENDS TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODSnew
Kendrick Lamar burst into the national spotlight in 2011, following the release of his debut album Section.80, which included the hits “HiiiPoWeR” and “A.D.H.D.” If that album — lyrically focused on issues of drug addiction, violence, love, lust, and the battle to improve oneself — got people talking about Lamar as if he was next in line for the rap throne, 2012’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City proved they were right.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-12-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Har Mar Superstar Will be Bigger Than Ron Jeremy, But Not the Way You Thinknew
In a 2004 piece, London’s The Independent was quick to point out that Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillman, also known from his Sean Na Na project) almost resembles porn star Ron Jeremy, and Wikipedia went as far as to say the two have only “one notable physical dissimilarity.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-18-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mother Mother, one of the hottest bands from the Great White Northnew
While U.S.-based press on Mother Mother, who open for AWOLNATION at the White Rabbit March 9, might be slim, our neighbors to the north increasingly appreciate the band’s genre-bending rock.
San Antonio Current |
Callie Enlow |
03-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt Hip-hop hero MURS comes to The Korovanew
Ever wish you could satisfy your lust for hip-hop without overlooking messages that degrade women, glamorize gun and drug culture, and are willfully un-empathetic?
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
02-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taddy Porter and Filligar are young bands with old soulsnew
Known for occasionally bringing in some killer national and regional talent, Jack's Bar is kicking off 2013 right — on January 20 the venue will host Taddy Porter and Filligar, a dynamic duo of solid young rock bands.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
01-16-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kinky Returns to San Antonionew
A crazy monster with five heads all beating each other up — in a nutshell, that is what three-time Grammy-nominated Kinky is.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Brune |
12-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rez Abassi and Vijay Iyer transform jazznew
Last Sunday's concert was the brainchild of jazz composer and guitarist Rez Abassi, who brilliantly used the Pakistani Sufi musical form, qawwali, as a palette to color American jazz with subcontinental moods.
San Antonio Current |
Vyjayanthi Vadrevu |
12-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Cody Critcheloe's SSION needs no Ke$hanew
With directing creds for the likes of Santigold, Peaches, and CSS, his own flick (2009's Boy), and the album artwork for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it's a damn miracle that Cody Critcheloe has time to perform with his first artistic endeavor, the inimitable SSION.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Q&A with Ghostpizza's Miguel Nelsonnew
How do you define Ghostpizza? What are you guys all about?
It originally started as a website, started it by myself, and then I started DJing under the name Ghostpizza but still with the idea that it wasn't just myself.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Guzman |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Cold-Blooded: Murder by Death Descend on The Korovanew
Murder by Death is an enigmatic and largely unsung folk-rock outfit hailing from Bloomington, Indiana.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Teeny Lieberson breaks out on her ownnew
Indie pop in 2012 is crowded with bands who sound like they want the closing track on an '80s Rom-Com.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
10-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
