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Radiohead: The Daily Mail/Staircasenew
Whether or not you were on board with The King of Limbs' obtuse, electro-organic sound, there's one thing pretty much any Radiohead fan can agree on: At just eight tracks that clock in under 38 minutes, it's too damn short.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
01-04-2012 |
Reviews
Houston's Chamillionaire Rides Freenew
Everything that's great about Houston rapper Chamillionaire can be found in a single video he posted to Ustream last January.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Echocentrics: Echoland EPnew
Consider for a moment the task of releasing a Brian Eno retrospective, one that celebrates not his solo recordings, but the artists he has produced since 1974.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-04-2012 |
Reviews
The Pinker Tones: Singles 2001-2011 + Amigos & Friendsnew
Greatest hits/singles albums are rapidly losing worth in our iTunes world. By the time the Rihannas and Pitbulls release one, listeners have already built their own — .99 click by .99 click.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
Reviews
2011’s best music, from yacht-rock to kick-ass driving tunesnew
It was agreed by pretty much everybody that 2010 pretty much sucked, and 2011 was going to be the year that things got better.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
01-02-2012 |
Music
The best San Antonio albums of 2011new
Any local musician I spoke with in 2011 had to endure my persistent inquiring as to when their next LP would be delivered. Even when it was an EP about to drop, I'd ask, ask, and then ask their mothers.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-02-2012 |
Music
Tags: blowing trees, bryan hamilton
Bunbury: Licenciado Cantinasnew
The seventh solo album by Spain's Enrique Bunbury (former leader of Héroes del Silencio, a metal-Celtic band that sold millions throughout Europe and Latin America in the '90s) continues Bunbury's effort to turn himself into a "serious" singer-songwriter.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Radiohead: The Daily Mail/Staircasenew
Whether or not you were on board with The King of Limbs' obtuse, electro-organic sound, there's one thing pretty much any Radiohead fan can agree on: At just eight tracks that clock in under 38 minutes, it's too damn short.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Ray Charles: Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singlesnew
Even though his most influential and celebrated work was recorded for Atlantic a decade earlier, Ray Charles' tenure with ABC Records in the 1960s and early '70s yielded some terrific material
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Favorite Sounds of 2011new
Songwriting, execution, production, lyrics… It all counts when choosing the “best” anything on anyone’s list. But ultimately it all comes down to vibes. The following list is as flawed, incomplete, and subjective as anybody’s, but hey, what can I do?
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-30-2011 |
Music
Imminent Descentnew
The thrash-death outfit Imminent Descent, San Antonio's latest attempt to recapture the glory of its mid-'80s metal scene, makes no bones about the oldness of its school.
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo Pozo |
12-23-2011 |
Reviews
The leader of Trans-Siberian Orchestra reveals the magic of big catsnew
A year ago I sat at a deli and noticed what quite possibly was the greatest concert shirt ever made. On black cotton was a ferocious white tiger clawing an '80s style metal guitar, with crimson blood pouring out from the instrument's body.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
12-22-2011 |
Music
The Nightmare Before Christmasnew
On the night of December 9, jazz pianist Jordan Pollard did something she had never done before: she left her Nord Electro 2 keyboard inside her car.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-22-2011 |
Music
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Their Last Time Outnew
If you know only one jazz song, chances are it's by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. That tune, 1959's "Take Five," along with a string of successful subsequent releases, made Brubeck and his band the most well-known and successful jazz band of the '60s.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
12-22-2011 |
Reviews
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Stage Whispernew
If there's a group more likely to make terrible records than the offspring of rock stars, it's actors. Charlotte Gainsbourg just so happens to fall into both categories.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
12-22-2011 |
Reviews
