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Alex Anwandter: 'Rebeldes'new
Warning: Do not mock Chile’s Alex Anwandter's new album. His nasal tone will illicit an overwhelming desire to bang your head against the wall and scream, “This is a load of pop nonsense!” Don't.
San Antonio Current |
Tori Sommerman |
07-16-2012 |
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Chris Maddin: 'The Tiago Splitters'new
Chris Maddin's backing band on this album, for whom it is named, is something of a Saytown super-group.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
07-13-2012 |
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Nicolette Good: 'Monarch'new
For some people, vibe is enough. Give them a pretty voice and some warm texture to surround it and they're good. Others demand hooks.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
07-13-2012 |
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FEED: 'Thigpen'new
FEED's Thigpen is 10 tracks of pure lo-fi '90s rock worship.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
07-12-2012 |
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Ron Young: 'Under the Texas Radar'new
Thirty-eight years after making finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Young releases his debut recording featuring an eclectic batch of lighthearted, oft-heartbroken country songs.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
07-06-2012 |
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Santigold: 'Master of My Make-Believe'new
After mesmerizing audiences with the frenetic percussion and eerie synths of her smash hit, "Creator," Santigold fell into a four-year slump crippled by self-doubt.
San Antonio Current |
Alejandra Ramírez |
07-05-2012 |
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Old Man Gloom: 'No'new
No is Old Man Gloom's first proper full-length since 2004's Christmas.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
07-03-2012 |
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Kinky: 'Sueño de la máquina'new
Kinky's fifth studio album has the band coming full circle.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-03-2012 |
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Fiona Apple: 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do'new
In the fourth coming of Fiona Apple, with its darkly philosophical title that sounds as though Emily Dickinson could have written it, the listener is — at once — therapist, friend, and nemesis.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-25-2012 |
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Third Root: 'Stand for Something'new
From the lilting sampled opening riffs of “Brother, Brother,” the first tune on Third Root’s sterling debut disc...
San Antonio Current |
John Phillip Santos |
06-25-2012 |
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Hacienda: 'Shakedown'new
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's influence is clear on Hacienda's third album...
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
06-21-2012 |
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Something Fiction: 'Botany' EPnew
Thanks to their amorphous explorations of genre and musical color, Something Fiction is a difficult group to pin down, placing themselves willfully and delightfully outside the boundaries of convenient classification.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-19-2012 |
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The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new
There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
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Juanes: 'MTV Unplugged'new
The whole point of MTV's live concert series is to strip down pop songs to a natural, acoustic format that showcases the songwriting itself, rather than studio production.
San Antonio Current |
Agustín Gurza |
06-19-2012 |
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Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new
He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
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