AltWeeklies Wire
Can We All Agree Scott Weiland is a Tool?new
At a March 20 Velvet Revolver concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he surprised the audience -- and his band -- by announcing that this is VR's final tour.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-26-2008 |
Music
Tags: Velvet Revolver
Dianne Reeves Makes Concept Albumnew
Dianne Reeves isn't generally thought of as a songwriter, but when it came to wrapping up her new album, she knew that the closing statement she envisioned had yet to be written. So she wrote it herself, with more than a little inspiration from her mom.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dianne Reeves, When You Know
What Made Milwaukee Famous Branches Outnew
The result is a broad, expansive album that samples widely across the dozen tracks, opening up their perspective from their debut's gloomy, nascent (arguably stillborn) Radiohead-isms.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Charlie Sexton: Haberdashernew
Sexton makes the journey from guitar prodigy to MTV idol to respected producer.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlie Sexton
Define Suckcessnew
Say Si students give San Antonio band Pinata Protest (and SXSW) a music video to rock them to the core.
San Antonio Current |
Sonya Harvey |
03-19-2008 |
Music
Tags: Pinata Protest
Home School of Rocknew
Dad's discipline drives SA's premier tweener metal band.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: evolution, Young Generation
Black Crowes vs. Maximnew
Let's get the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform working on the Black Crowes vs. Maxim case.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-12-2008 |
Music
Staying Awake in Austinnew
You already know which of your favorite new bands are playing South By Southwest, but that leaves about 7,000 others. With that in mind, some stray SXSW thoughts and highlights.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
03-12-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
HorrorPops' Psychobilly Noirnew
Danish expats reveling in the decadence of Hollywood.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
03-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: HorrorPops, Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
The Raveonettes Charm Againnew
The Danish duo uses white noise and distortion with more aplomb than any group since the Jesus & Mary Chain, but there is always a girl-group naivete competing with the feedback.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Lust Lust Lust, The Raveonettes
Flipping Their Whigsnew
Athens power trio builds a grassroots coalition of punks, metal-heads, and classic rockers.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Close Shavernew
How the pride of Waco survived his honky-tonk heart attack.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
02-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Billy Joe Shaver
Popular Sciencenew
Twelve years after the song "Popular" briefly gave them MTV popularity, Nada Surf is reaching a smaller, grassroots audience but has broadened its artistic canvas considerably.
San Antonio Current |
Francesca Camillo |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vampire Weekend Creates Afro-Pop for the Ivy Leaguenew
Despite its convoluted heritage (or maybe because of it -- hey, those are some good genes!), Vampire Weekend sounds remarkably fresh and fun instead of painfully derivative.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
Diffident Divanew
Joan Carroll is San Antonio's reluctant vocal virtuoso.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Carroll
