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With a new drummer, Dream Theater still deliversnew
John Petrucci knows plenty of Dream Theater fans will view the title of the group's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, as directly related to the major change in the band that preceded the new recording.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Radcliffe Bailey searches for life beyond the Middle Passagenew
Wrenching percussive sounds, like something very large breaking up, emanate from a conch shell. The gratings of a ship ripped by an ocean storm, perhaps.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-06-2012 |
Art
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
Ron Young may be 'Under the Texas Radar', but he's living rightnew
It began with a woman, and ended with one too. But isn't that always the way?
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
07-03-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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 |
Reviews
Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedynew
Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2012 |
TV
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 |
Reviews
Church-state watchdog claims taxpayer-funded charter school more parochial than publicnew
"Because God has positioned me and put me in this garden called San Antonio, he has given me the jurisdiction to operate with dominion in San Antonio, amen?" – Cheryl Washington
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-25-2012 |
Religion
Tags: charter schools
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 |
Reviews
Third Root duo connects mixed race with mixed sounds in new LPnew
Music calling for the unification of minorities is not new, but few projects manage the sublime marriage of scholarly research and...
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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 |
Reviews
New policy lets DREAM Act students work, avoid deportationnew
Undocumented students across the country breathed a collective a sigh of relief Friday as the Obama administration announced an executive order to immigration officials to stop detaining and deporting DREAM Act-eligible immigrants while offering renewable two-year permits to legally work in the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-21-2012 |
Immigration
Grilling with the Prosnew
When it comes to grilling, there are really only two things to master: seasoning and heat.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
06-21-2012 |
Food+Drink
Key Albums of the Summernew
Hacienda's third album came out June 19 and it's "a perfect lead-off for summer driving in the city.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-21-2012 |
Music
