AltWeeklies Wire
SMOD: SMODnew
While he was producing Amadou & Mariam's brilliant Dimanche à Bamakoem, Manu Chao got to meet Sam, the son of the legendary Malian couple.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-20-2011 |
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Suzanna Choffel: Steady Eye, Shaky Bownew
What if Nelly Furtado recorded jazzy pop instead of club music, Adele learned how to write more than three types of songs, and Zero 7 weren't so damn boring?
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-20-2011 |
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Kimberly Cotton: Shinenew
On her debut release Shine, Kimberly Cotton is easy to label a folk songbird with an occasional Ani DiFranco edge.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
R.E.M.: Collapse Into Nownew
Review of R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now'
R.E.M.’s 15th studio release makes case for the band’s continuing relevance.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-11-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: R.E.M., Collapse Into Now
Radiohead's 'The King of Limbs'new
Radiohead has made a career out of blowing up their previous album’s sound and exploring whatever (usually obscure) genre they’re into at the moment.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Radiohead, King of Limbs
Eddie Spaghetti's 'Sundowner'new
Eddie Spaghetti’s first solo album in a half dozen years (and third overall) is a catchy klatch of eclectic country-leaning covers and two originals. Though his band, the Supersuckers, is known for punky hot-blooded rock, Spaghetti’s solo discs mine a more laid-back vibe.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Eddie Spaghetti, Sundowner
Pazes' 'The Southpaw EP'new
Delivered by Pazes (aka Lucas Febraro of Brasilia, Brazil), The Southpaw EP is a moment of hybrid electronic elegance. Or maybe a tripped-out afternoon nap.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Pazes, The Southpaw EP
Sonic Youth's 'Simon Werner a Disparu'new
The newest release from this weathered New York City fixture is the score for the French film of the same name directed by Fabrice Gobert. The recording is a disjointed trek through classic Sonic Youth hooks, with the inevitable valleys of meandering riffs that worm their way into the wet dreams of ambient music connoisseurs.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
02-18-2011 |
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PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake'new
In title and content alike, Let England Shake trembles with fair measures of arrogance, doomsaying, and felicity: it dares to assign itself a not inconsiderable degree of impact, to declare a state of emergency, to be lithe and elastic enough to enliven a senior center mixer.
San Antonio Current |
Ray Cummings |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
The Decemberists: The King is Deadnew
The King is Dead is a concise collection of straightforward Americana-tinged rock.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-07-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Decemberists, The King is Dead
Deerhoof: 'Deerhoof vs. Evil'new
Deerhoof have always been something of an art-rock superhero team, and with their 11th LP, the excellently named Deerhoof vs. Evil, they’re making it their mission to crush evil with their 1-2-3 punch of twee vocals, guitar pyrotechnics, and rapid-fire stylistic shifts.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
01-21-2011 |
Reviews
Smith Westerns: Dye it Blondenew
The Smith Westerns have youthful indie panache sure to get your loafers twitching, complete with catchy guitar riffs and sweet lyrics.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Salinas |
01-20-2011 |
Reviews
Monotonix: Not Yetnew
The sophomore release from these Israeli maniacs wears its ragged heart on its sweaty sleeve.
San Antonio Current |
Nicholas Hall |
01-20-2011 |
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Social Distortion: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymesnew
After a hiatus of more than six years, L.A.’s Social Distortion returns another incarnation of their signature twangy-but-ever-magnanimous rock ’n’ roll to patiently waiting fans.
San Antonio Current |
Francesca Camillo |
01-20-2011 |
Reviews
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: "III/IV"new
Unlike the laid back, singer-songwriter exercise Easy Tiger, most of III/IV’s songs turn up the volume and swerve into post-punk and classic-rock territories.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
01-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Ryan Adams
