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Founding Father of H-Town Rap Keeps Pluggin’ in ‘Wicked’ Industrynew
Learning about K-Rino (born Eric Kaiser) involves re-evaluating what it means to be hardcore. All Music Guide attributes 24 releases to him in 16 years.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Say Revenge! debuts with a fun — and furious — shit-talking albumnew
The women of Say Revenge! — half of the co-ed foursome — are the type that, no matter what they say to you, always seem on the verge of laughter.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Say Revenge!: Rough Night, Sugar?new
The debut album by Say Revenge! walks a fine line. On the one hand, it's everything expected from a throwback Saytown rock band.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-28-2011 |
Reviews
Neon Indian: Era Extrañanew
With his sophomore effort, Alan Palomo triumphs as he abandons the whimsical cartoonish squeals of Psychic Chasms for the pop catharsis of Era Extraña.
San Antonio Current |
Veronica Anne Salinas |
09-28-2011 |
Reviews
Wilco: The Whole Lovenew
Who needs magicians pulling rabbits from hats when Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy can perform the same trick using either his head or his ass?
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
09-28-2011 |
Reviews
Nevermind, 20 Years Laternew
On September 24, 1991, DGC Records released a modest pressing of 40,000 copies of Nevermind. By January 1992, Nirvana was the biggest band in the world.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-23-2011 |
Music
Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1new
Unless you happen to be a musician or a very perceptive listener, it's often tough to distinguish exceptional jazz from the merely satisfactory.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
09-22-2011 |
Reviews
Opeth: Heritagenew
For being one of the world's foremost death metal bands, Sweden's Opeth sure are good at making non-death metal albums.
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo E. Pozo |
09-21-2011 |
Reviews
Jimi Hendrix: Hendrix in the Westnew
The fourth wave of remixed Hendrix releases continues with this album of 1969-1970 live performances first released posthumously in 1972.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-21-2011 |
Reviews
Austin’s Other Music Fest Celebrates its 10th Anniversarynew
After 10 years of Austin City Limits, you should know this by now: Get your tickets early. At press time, there are still a few individual tickets for Sunday, and if you look at the lineup (see ticket info box), you’ll realize the $90 tag is actually a bargain. Too late? Too bad.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas, Ashley Feinberg, Chuck Kerr and and Enrique Lopetegui |
09-15-2011 |
Concerts
Dream Theater: A Dramatic Turn of Eventsnew
After the much-publicized exit of drummer and bandleader Mike Portnoy last year, progressive metal giants Dream Theater hit back hard with their 11th effort.
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo E. Pozo |
09-15-2011 |
Reviews
St. Vincent: Strange Mercynew
While it may technically have nothing to do with St. Vincent's (aka Annie Clark) latest release, it really is impossible to put Strange Mercy into context without mentioning her one-off performance this past May.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
Ana Popovic: Unconditionalnew
"Blues is unconditional, perhaps the most conservative style of all," says Ana Popovic in the liner notes to her sixth album.
San Antonio Current |
Andi Garzai |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
Primus: Green Naugahydenew
If you never "got" Primus you're excused — Les Claypool's crazed popping bass lines are not crafted for mass appeal.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-14-2011 |
Reviews
Chemistry and chaos help lift the Ground’s art-rocknew
If the Ground were known by any other name, one might consider Points of Contention.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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