AltWeeklies Wire
Tenacious, talented Vikki Carr nails her new album and pimps her mannew
"It's [Mitt] Romney for me," Vikki Carr (still looking and sounding great at 72) told the Current towards the end of our conversation about Viva la Vida, her first album since The Vikki Carr Christmas Album in 2001.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alejandro Escovedo Presents 'Big Station', his Superb New Albumnew
San Antonio-born Alejandro Escovedo got a new lease on life when he overcame a severe case of hepatitis C that sidelined him from music, left him too weak to walk for a while, and had doctors believing he wouldn't survive the disease.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
09-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Bela Fleck and Marcus Roberts bring their magic to Jazz' SAlivenew
There's a certain built-in disappointment that comes with high-profile collaborations, no matter how successful (Duke and Coltrane, Queen and Bowie) or, well, not (Loutallica anyone?).
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
09-20-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keith Morris' mission: get rid of bands that sucknew
Nearly 34 years after the release of Black Flag's definitive hardcore EP Nervous Breakdown, frontman Keith Morris is still churning out raw, incendiary music.
San Antonio Current |
Matthew Stieb |
09-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Super Seven are back, and they start herenew
I see nothing wrong with the word "supergroup" (a band with its members being well-established soloists or coming from other, well-established bands), and that's exactly what Los Super Seven are. The only thing they are not is, precisely, seven, but many more.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Original Blues Brother still baring his soulnew
Sam's Burger Joint may have likenesses of The Blues Brothers overlooking its stage, but soon the sculptures will be overshadowed by the man who influenced the famous duo.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Carlson |
09-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Lobos' 'Kiko': The Making of a Chicano Masterpiecenew
"It was a life-changing experience as a songwriter," Los Lobos' multi-instrumentalist/co-songwriter Louie Pérez told the Current about the making of Kiko (1992), the band's career-defining album. "Something happened."
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The return of Café Tacuba, Mexico's artsy roots rockersnew
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the self-titled debut of Café Tacuba, the band that turned the world of Latin alternative music upside down with an unusual early format of a drum machine, acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, and a high-pitched charro-sounding singer wearing guarache sandals and a straw hat.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girl in a Coma returns to TMA on their own termsnew
OK, the Tejanos haven't done much to attract the rockeros, but the rockeros haven't given too much of a damn about the Tejanos either.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Carly Garza: One of San Antonio's best voices still searching for herselfnew
"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt," wrote Bertrand Russell, and a variation of that quote is (wrongly, I think) also attributed to Charles Bukowski. No matter who said it, the quote reminds me of Carly Garza.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Creed: The band everyone loves to hatenew
If anyone can speak to the truth of the old saying "you don't miss what you had until it's gone," it's Mark Tremonti, guitarist of Creed.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paul Stanley promises brand-new Kiss spectacle with Crüe, The Treatmentnew
Kiss has never worried about being upstaged by an opening act.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
08-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
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
