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Chilly Gonzales: The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzalesnew
After setting a world record for the longest performance by a solo artist and starring in a quirky feature film, Canadian emcee Jason Charles Beck, aka Chilly Gonzales, returns from the laboratory with what his PR team calls "the planet's first all-orchestral rap album."
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
SMOD: SMODnew
While he was producing Amadou & Mariam's brilliant Dimanche à Bamakoem, Manu Chao got to meet Sam, the son of the legendary Malian couple.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Suzanna Choffel: Steady Eye, Shaky Bownew
What if Nelly Furtado recorded jazzy pop instead of club music, Adele learned how to write more than three types of songs, and Zero 7 weren't so damn boring?
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Accordion Babes will Demand Your Complete Surrendernew
Since 2008, a group of international female accordion players has been publishing a photo calendar of themselves in pin-up style and touring on the strength of a CD mix included within it.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-20-2011 |
Music
Tags: Amber Lee Baker, Accordion Babes
Kimberly Cotton: Shinenew
On her debut release Shine, Kimberly Cotton is easy to label a folk songbird with an occasional Ani DiFranco edge.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-20-2011 |
Reviews
Brian Eno's (First) Golden Yearsnew
Never did a man with so little have so much influence in the history of music.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-17-2011 |
Music
Tags: Brian Eno
Q & A With Latin Alternative Pop Superstar Juanesnew
Latin alternative pop superstar Juanes presents his new album in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
03-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Exene's Brave New Worldnew
Punk godmother Exene Cervenka releases a country album and predicts the return of “real” rebellion.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
03-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yoko Ono Dominating Dance Floor With Remixesnew
Yoko Ono has run the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club six times in a row with her chart-topper “Move On Fast.”
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-11-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
R.E.M.: Collapse Into Nownew
Review of R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now'
R.E.M.’s 15th studio release makes case for the band’s continuing relevance.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-11-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: R.E.M., Collapse Into Now
Radiohead's 'The King of Limbs'new
Radiohead has made a career out of blowing up their previous album’s sound and exploring whatever (usually obscure) genre they’re into at the moment.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Radiohead, King of Limbs
Eddie Spaghetti's 'Sundowner'new
Eddie Spaghetti’s first solo album in a half dozen years (and third overall) is a catchy klatch of eclectic country-leaning covers and two originals. Though his band, the Supersuckers, is known for punky hot-blooded rock, Spaghetti’s solo discs mine a more laid-back vibe.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Eddie Spaghetti, Sundowner
Pazes' 'The Southpaw EP'new
Delivered by Pazes (aka Lucas Febraro of Brasilia, Brazil), The Southpaw EP is a moment of hybrid electronic elegance. Or maybe a tripped-out afternoon nap.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Pazes, The Southpaw EP
Sonic Youth's 'Simon Werner a Disparu'new
The newest release from this weathered New York City fixture is the score for the French film of the same name directed by Fabrice Gobert. The recording is a disjointed trek through classic Sonic Youth hooks, with the inevitable valleys of meandering riffs that worm their way into the wet dreams of ambient music connoisseurs.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake'new
In title and content alike, Let England Shake trembles with fair measures of arrogance, doomsaying, and felicity: it dares to assign itself a not inconsiderable degree of impact, to declare a state of emergency, to be lithe and elastic enough to enliven a senior center mixer.
San Antonio Current |
Ray Cummings |
02-18-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
