AltWeeklies Wire
Hyperbubble’s Silent, Invisible Movie Coming to a Radio Near Younew

Why be a slave on the road when you can be Hyperbubble instead?
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-23-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Germany's Kings of "Country-Trash-Punk Rock" Invade Texasnew

Germans and country rock? Not the most typical combination, but it seems to work well for the Berlin-based band the BossHoss.
San Antonio Current |
David H. Monnich |
07-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
To All the Songs I’ve Screwed Up Beforenew

When Julio Iglesias’ PR people told me he would only answer questions in writing due to the fact that “he’s traveling in different time zones,” I was disappointed.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Earle Spits the Bit and Leads His Own Paradenew

It’s a testament to Steve Earle that encapsulating his career isn’t quick or easy.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
07-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steve Earle
RX Bandits Guitarist Steve Choi Reflects on 16 Yearsnew

To hear Steve Choi of RX Bandits tell it, there was never a proper sit-down about changing the sound of the SoCal third-wave ska group formed in 1995.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RX Bandits, Steve Choi
Q & A With Latin Alternative Pop Superstar Juanesnew

Latin alternative pop superstar Juanes presents his new album in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
03-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Exene's Brave New Worldnew

Punk godmother Exene Cervenka releases a country album and predicts the return of “real” rebellion.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
03-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yoko Ono Dominating Dance Floor With Remixesnew

Yoko Ono has run the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club six times in a row with her chart-topper “Move On Fast.”
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-11-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Angel’s Sonsnew

After 17 Years, Sevendust are just happy to be here.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
02-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sevendust
Slash on GNR, Lemmy, & Why San Antonio is a Great Rock Townnew

Slash, the former guitarist for Guns N’Roses, Slash’s Snakepit, and Velvet Revolver, spoke to the Current‘s Enrique Lopetegui from his home in L.A.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dirty Dozen's Fight to Stay Relevant Echoes Their Hometown's Strugglesnew

If there’s anything post-Katrina that New Orleanians have come to value, it’s stability, familiarity, and tradition. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band have kept these concepts deep within their grooves for more than three decades, but the musical tradition is much older.
San Antonio Current |
Nicholas Hall |
02-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nine Minutes With Exene Cervenka of L.A. Punk Band Xnew

On January 5, I had the odd pleasure of a telephone interview with Exene Cervenka, lead singer of the quintessential Los Angeles punk band X. Founded in 1977, X combined poetic lyrics with rockabilly arrangements and eerie harmonies to create a sound no one had ever heard before.
San Antonio Current |
Bryan Rindfuss |
01-20-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Los Cenzontles, a Group at the Cutting Edge in Latin Musicnew

I find it particularly sad and absurd that a band like California’s Los Cenzontles (sehn-SONT-less, Spanish for “mockingbirds”), except for a private event here in 1995, are busier and more appreciated in Scotland and Ireland than they are in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-06-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
For Slayer, 30 is the New 666new
It's hard to imagine, but Slayer -- hailed as one of the greatest metal bands of all time -- is quickly approaching 30.
San Antonio Current |
Josh Fernandez |
08-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Otep Loves Younew
A few weeks ago, Otep Shamaya logged into her Facebook account and sent a message to a fan’s sister, a stranger, wishing her a happy birthday.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Handerson |
08-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews