AltWeeklies Wire
Toro y Moi: 'Anything in Return'new
Toro y Moi, AKA Chaz Bundick, makes a play for radio spots but may find himself lodged in the final rotation spot of the party's vinyl playlist.
San Antonio Current |
M. R. Brown |
01-30-2013 |
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Yo La Tengo: 'Fade'new
How do you keep your sound fresh after over 20 years as a band?
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
01-23-2013 |
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How Sweet the Soundnew
Mississippi boy Elvis Presley’s “Ultimate Gospel” album is a favorite in the gospel genre.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Long |
01-17-2013 |
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Diamond Rings: Free Dimensionalnew
When Toronto musician John O'Regan transformed himself from punk-band frontman to glam-rock diva on 2010's Special Affections, the results were a wonderful and skeletal album of electro-glam.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
11-15-2012 |
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Mean Creek: 'Youth Companion'new
Boston's Mean Creek play a bold and exciting guitar rock that recalls both '90s alternative and '80s post-punk.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
11-15-2012 |
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Passion Pit's New Approachnew
Electro-pop group Passion Pit’s newest album addresses some heavy themes: “It’s more in-depth, and there’s a lot going on.”
Jackson Free Press |
Briana Robinson |
11-09-2012 |
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Meomena: Momsnew
Portland, Ore.'s Menomena is a modern group yet to release a truly forgettable or misdirected album—more than can be said for most of their peers. Given the rather acrimonious departure of Brent Knopf, one might think Justin Harris and Danny Seim would have had to reinvent their sound...
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
11-04-2012 |
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Bat For Lashes: 'The Haunted Man's Guitar'new
Natasha Khan’s deliciously eerie The Haunted Man is an album for the end of the world.
San Antonio Current |
Isis Madrid |
10-26-2012 |
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Rosie Flores: 'Working Girl's Guitar'new
Four decades haven't dimmed Rosie Flores' shine or dinted her swagger.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
10-26-2012 |
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…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: 'Lost Songs'new
Man, we needed this. After a decade spent slowly slipping into prog-rock absurdity (for reference, their last record featured a steam-punk fox with a laser gun on its cover), Austin's Trail of Dead is back to rocking the fuck out.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-26-2012 |
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Gary Clark Jr.: 'Blak and Blu'new
Austin-based Gary Clark Jr.'s first major full-length album came preceded by a lot of hype.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-26-2012 |
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Muse: 'The 2nd Law'new
You gotta hand it to Muse — in the tongue-in-cheek era, they are proud to be fucking ridiculous.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-17-2012 |
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Tame Impala: 'Lonerism'new
For anyone who has taken on the burden of upholding a new band or artist, you've almost certainly been caught in the "they just don't make music like they used to" argument.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-17-2012 |
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Kiss: 'Monster'new
The new Kiss album is out and it's exactly what fans were expecting.
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
10-17-2012 |
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Mumford & Sons: 'Babel'new
First, some numbers. Since its release in 2009, Mumford & Sons’ debut Sigh No More has moved 2.4 million copies in the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
10-17-2012 |
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