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Coldplay Takes a Stab at Respectabilitynew
Despite some genuinely winning moments, it just doesn't cut deep enough.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
06-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Toadies are Back, but Even They Can't Say How Long It'll Lastnew
But less than a year removed from a sold-out reunion tour, and with a new album -- No Deliverance -- slated for an August 19 release, Lewis will soon learn whether his band will, in fact, live on beyond drunken karaoke versions of "Tyler" and the occasional radio spin of "Possum Kingdom."
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
06-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sound of Autopilot is Weezer's 'Red Album'new
Weezer is bafflingly awful: Cuomo and his crew have made an album completely devoid of charm, wit, and originality.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
The Swindles on Songwriting, Senioritis, and the Nebulous Nature of Americananew
With a family, a day job, and 46 years under his black cowboy hat, Mitch Webb — particularly when it’s a gig-free week — doesn’t get out as often as he once did.
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singer-songwriter Jason Eady Followed a Few Rabbit Trails To The Crossroadsnew
Backed by his band the Wayward Apostles, Jason Eady's new album, Wild-Eyed Serenade, wanders from honky-tonk to swamp soul and alt-country ramble with a crackle and an assurance you’d expect from far more experienced hands.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Leona Lewis is Like Whitney Houston for 2008new
On the plus side, she seems like a nice, self-effacing person who hasn't yet learned to browbeat her associates for handing her a lukewarm Red Bull. Her exotic features play well on VH1, but as a singer, she's strictly a cut-rate generic brand.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tejano Conjunto Festival Offers a History Lessonnew
When Juan Tejeda launched the festival in 1982, he was consciously battling negative stereotypes about conjunto, and eager to prove that this music deserved to be regarded as art.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-07-2008 |
Concerts
Blowing Trees Goes Grandiosenew
They set the bar for themselves pretty high, and on their debut release for the New York-based Glassnote Records, they achieve their objective more often than not.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
Madge vs. Miminew
Madonna and Mariah Carey take their battle to the record stores and dance floors.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tiempo Libre Goes Orchestralnew
It's not easy for them, but the members of Tiempo Libre are learning to control their energy.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Filipino Fist is Back and He's Bringing His Friendsnew
Before launching that coast-to-coast tour with Kid Koala, DJ Jester will treat San Antonio to a round of shows, and for one night at the Limelight he's bringing a few special friends along.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
R.E.M. Finds its Religionnew
The band has acknowledged (in interviews and with the record's title) a need to re-focus and adrenalize things after recent efforts that disappointed aesthetically, commercially, or both.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Mambo King Cachao Diesnew
Israel Lopez, the great Cuban bassist, composer, and bandleader passed away in Miami on March 22 at age 89 from kidney complications.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
04-02-2008 |
Music
Heavy Metal Cowboynew
Fans of metal-core group Brotherhood might be surprised to learn that frontman Rod Nichols devoted his teen years to competing as a semi-pro bullrider, achieving local-phenom status by the time he graduated from high school.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brotherhood, Despised
The Fleshtones Won't Go Quietly Into the Nightnew
More than 30 years into a career that's seen them laugh in the face of ridicule and spit in the face of imminent success, the Fleshtones are staging their own revival.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Take A Good Look, The Fleshtones
