AltWeeklies Wire
The Dollyrots strike out alonenew

The Dollyrots will perform at the Melody Inn this evening.
NUVO |
Joey Megan Harris |
11-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dollyrots
Between the Buried and Me hotter (and better) than evernew

After 10 years as one of the hardest-working bands in heavy music, North Carolina's Between the Buried and Me is finally starting to get its due.
San Antonio Current |
leonard Pierce |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cody Critcheloe's SSION needs no Ke$hanew

With directing creds for the likes of Santigold, Peaches, and CSS, his own flick (2009's Boy), and the album artwork for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it's a damn miracle that Cody Critcheloe has time to perform with his first artistic endeavor, the inimitable SSION.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Q&A with Ghostpizza's Miguel Nelsonnew

How do you define Ghostpizza? What are you guys all about?
It originally started as a website, started it by myself, and then I started DJing under the name Ghostpizza but still with the idea that it wasn't just myself.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Guzman |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghostpizza
Riff House celebrates three years of intimate concertsnew

f you've never been to the Riff House Concerts, this is a great time to discover it: Little Brave (Stephanie Macías, guitar, vocals, and keyboards, my favorite regional artist of 2011) will perform with Daniel McKenna (bass) and Chris Trafton (drums).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-26-2012 |
Music
Robert Johnson: Crossroads Mannew
For many blues musicians and enthusiasts, Robert Johnson is the epitome of the blues.
Jackson Free Press |
Sonya Lee |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
Tags: Rosie Flores
…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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
Cold-Blooded: Murder by Death Descend on The Korovanew

Murder by Death is an enigmatic and largely unsung folk-rock outfit hailing from Bloomington, Indiana.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sonic Attacknew

After 27 years and 10 albums, Neurosis continues to make music from the depths of its soul.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The instructive joy of artist-led labelsnew

Little labels started by musicians work because they understand the music industry and its oft-diminishing margins.
Early Graves Gets Back in the Vannew

After losing its lead singer in a van accident on tour, the San Francisco metal returns with a new album and more attention than it knows what to do with.
East Bay Express |
Whitney Phaneuf |
10-24-2012 |
Music
Tags: metalcore
For the Citynew

Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city' rewrites Compton.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
10-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews