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Mouse on Mars: 'Parastrophics'new
Few electronic artists are able to age as well as Mouse on Mars.
San Antonio Current |
Marcus Rubio |
03-14-2012 |
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Bowerbirds' The Clearingnew
A few verses into The Clearing, it's clear that Bowerbirds aren't so interested in keeping things simple anymore.
Organos' Conchanew
Organos and Concha are happily different both in source and sound, offering a humbly memorable reappraisal of the limits of pop.
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ChuCha Santamaria Fevernew
Intelligent dance music for the Caribbean diaspora.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-04-2012 |
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Jenny Owen Youngs: An Unwavering Band of Lightnew
On first listen, this deeply talented singer-songwriter's third full-length album is almost overwhelming, such is its embarrassing wealth of beguiling melodies, effervescent arrangements and endearing almost-love songs. But each time I press "play," it gets better, and now I find myself looking forward to each new track as the previous one fades.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-04-2012 |
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School of Seven Bells: 'Ghostory'new
Growing up as a child of the '90s, I think, makes School of Seven Bells.
San Antonio Current |
Nicholas Hall |
03-02-2012 |
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Earth: 'Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II'new
Tracked at the same recording sessions as its predecessor, Earth's latest retains the more open
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
03-02-2012 |
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Napalm Death: 'Utilitarian'new
Iconic grindcore pioneers Napalm Death's newest foray into the fray takes some brave steps into new musical territories.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
03-02-2012 |
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Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memorynew
Attack on Memory is exciting for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it's the sound of a band finding its ambition. The group's last album was a solid, if unremarkable, affair—brief, propulsive garage rock with a bedroom-pop sensibility.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-28-2012 |
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Cloud Nothings aren't "the new" anythingnew
Comparisons are fucking stupid. The immediate impulse when listening to Cloud Nothings' new post-hardcore (whatever that means) opus (whatever that means) Attack on Memory is to compare young frontman Dylan Baldi to another soft-spoken-though-undeniably-charismatic 20-something songwriter who channeled his love of angry hardcore bands (Wipers, Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, etc.) into inexplicably populist rage, but this isn't then.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-27-2012 |
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The Panic Division: 'Eternalism'new
The Panic Division's first album since the Sleepwalker EP (2009) feels like a second Colton Holliday solo album in its continuation of a mix he's grown comfortable with: synth-rock, layers and layers of guitars, strong hooks and melodies, and that type of sweet darkness Interpol is — or used to be — good at.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-27-2012 |
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Sleigh Bells: 'Reign of Terror'new
Several of the bands that grabbed critical attention with the sugary-pop-through-blown-speakers aesthetic popular a few years back (Wavves, Dum Dum Girls) managed to remain relevant by totally not doing that shit anymore.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-27-2012 |
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Ana Tijoux: 'La Bala'new
French-Chilean MC Ana Tijoux's second solo album (and third overall) isn't an album, it's a Molotov cocktail assembled by a girl who doesn't rap, but spits fire.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-27-2012 |
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No Grammy, but Eric Church is still our ‘Homeboy’new
You could say that Eric Church's North Carolina homecoming went a lot like the lyrics to his recent No. 1 country single "Drink In My Hand." He filled it up, he threw down and, judging from the careful attention he paid to the red Solo cup full of whiskey on his mic stand, he likely got a little hungover.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-27-2012 |
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Saturday Night Satellites: 'Drop City'new
This local trio explores similar territory as Austin’s Black Angels, mining sweltering neo-psych with raw garage presence.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-23-2012 |
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