AltWeeklies Wire
We Leave at Midnightnew
If you took Crosby, Stills & Nash and overdubbed them the way the Beatles recorded "Because," added the Band, Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, and a pinch of doo-wop and blended it all with the most pop-friendly yet artsy sounds you can find from the '70s through the '90s, you're only scratching the surface of We Leave at Midnight's sound
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Up From Darknessnew
Retro songstress Izzy Cox escapes her own past.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Izzy Cox
Piñata Protest: Plethora 'Reloaded'new
In January 2010, Piñata Protest went through the last of five years of lineup changes: bassist Omar Nambo departed for L.A. to pursue other musical interests, and guitarist Manuel García left for reasons only García and songwriter/vocalist/box-squeezer Álvaro Del Norte know.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Howlin Rain: 'Russian Wilds'new
Coming from the ashes of the wildly noisy Comets of Fire, Howlin Rain's music bears little resemblance to that group's cathartic psychedelic sound, mining instead traditional classic rock and soul for inspiration.
San Antonio Current |
Marcus Rubio |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
The Passion of the Whites
“I can’t half see straight,” Mamie White declared the moment after being handed a microphone Friday night at Johnny & June’s Ultra Saloon. “I’m just kiddin’.”
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Whites
Reaching Out Morenew
Ozomatli heads to the Rialto to raise funds for the fight in favor of TUSD's ethnic studies.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-16-2012 |
Concerts
Tags: ozomatli
Lawrence Ball: Method Musicnew
Few fans of the Who know or care about all that's been going on in Pete Townshend's intensely busy mind. Those who do may have followed the episodic progress of his utopian Lifehouse project, which resurfaced memorably around 2006 with his effort to synthesize a mass of original music gathered online.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Bigger, Faster, Strangernew
Young the Giant charts an increasingly curious course.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sameer Gadhia, Young the Giant
Son of Soulnew
Allen Stone goes from preacher's kid to critics' darling.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allen Stone
Van Halen: 'A Different Kind of Truth'new
We can hardly expect A Different Kind of Truth — the first Van Halen album since brothers Eddie and Alex reunited with frontman David Lee Roth, released 40 years after the band's formation and 28 years after its last great record.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-15-2012 |
Reviews
The ExMonkeys' Use Your Toolsnew
The body rock is strong on Use Your Tools. Yes, this is bass worth thumping; The ExMonkeys' percussive physicality translates nicely to headphones and car stereos.
Tags: The ExMonkeys
Jphono1's Living Is Easynew
Living Is Easy is a new double collaboration between Jphono1—the solo project of John Harrison, veteran frontman of stormy psychedelic act North Elementary—and area graphic artist Regina McCoy and Atlanta musician Corey Pallon.
Tags: Jphono1
Barack Obama’s 2012 Campaign Playlist — Spotify Stylenew
Our president has released his official 2012 campaign Spotify playlist via his Tumblr account — yes, you read that correctly, Tumblr.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Rebecca Forman |
02-13-2012 |
Music
Unusual Inspirationsnew
Chris Black went to some unusual places -- including the piano and a lumberyard -- to create 'Drunk at the Funeral.'
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hank Topless: It's So Decembernew
Trading in wry wordplay and hard-won wisdom, singer-songwriter Hank Topless uses his warm baritone voice to weave lovely songs of nostalgia, darkness and occasional joy. The nine classic honky-tonk tracks on this new album explore a combination of humor and emotional tumult.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Hank Topless
