AltWeeklies Wire
Rez Abassi and Vijay Iyer transform jazznew
Last Sunday's concert was the brainchild of jazz composer and guitarist Rez Abassi, who brilliantly used the Pakistani Sufi musical form, qawwali, as a palette to color American jazz with subcontinental moods.
San Antonio Current |
Vyjayanthi Vadrevu |
12-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Breaking Bad's Steven Michael Quezada to host Mariachi Vargas Extravaganzanew
It might not be evident from his role as laid-back DEA agent Steven Gómez on the hit AMC drama Breaking Bad, but actor Steven Michael Quezada is a funny guy.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-28-2012 |
Music
Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
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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
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
Teeny Lieberson breaks out on her ownnew
Indie pop in 2012 is crowded with bands who sound like they want the closing track on an '80s Rom-Com.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
10-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tenacious, talented Vikki Carr nails her new album and pimps her mannew
"It's [Mitt] Romney for me," Vikki Carr (still looking and sounding great at 72) told the Current towards the end of our conversation about Viva la Vida, her first album since The Vikki Carr Christmas Album in 2001.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
