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MarchFourth Marching Band: Magnificent Beastnew
Is there not something sublime about the best marching bands? Without irony, they deliver joyful melodies, inventive charts and the natural power of amassed brass—and for the last decade or so, Portland, Ore.'s MarchFourth Marching Band has taken the marching-band format in exciting new directions...
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
San Antonio Artists Will Deliver 2012new
San Antonio artists to deliver blizzard of tunes in the first quarter of 2012.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-19-2012 |
Music
Tags: San Antonio Music
Texas is Funny Showcase meets Mombazonew
Decisions, decisions… There are at least two great local multi-band concerts this Saturday, and they're appealing for different reasons.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
01-19-2012 |
Music
The Little Willies: For the Good Timesnew
The second album by Norah Jones' twangy side project formed in 2003 bears all the markings of a full-time artist playing around with part-time sounds.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
Hank Jones and Charlie Haden: Come Sundaynew
When Hank Jones passed in May of 2010, he left behind a truly stunning legacy secured over seven decades as one of jazz's premier pianists playing alongside the likes of Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, and Ella Fitzgerald.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
Elise Testone's American Idol Debutnew
Charleston singer Elise Testone's first appearance on American Idol was nearly a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment. But she delivered a performance which wowed the judges even if it didn't wow the editors.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
01-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Idol, Elise Testone
The Big Pink: Future Thisnew
Expectations are tricky things. Follow too closely and you're boring, not at all and you'll alienate your audience.
San Antonio Current |
Nicholas Hall |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
Why your local folk singer could become your folk heronew
I imagine interviewing Nick Mery is something like dealing with national acts. He schedules me on a Sunday just before his #goodjobtexas radio program, held at Studio 14 Hundred on West Avenue and broadcast on KROV 91.7 HD2.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gauchistenew
Well, ain't this a great way to get the new year started?
San Antonio Current |
Gonzalo E. Pozo |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'new
Some scenes are moving, others mawkish, but director Stephen Daldry's ham-handed exploitation of the falling of the Twin Towers poisons the whole enterprise.
Gauchiste's mix of metal and electronics is free to possibilitynew
"I know a lot of metal guys who would hear the Gauchiste and go, 'So, is this a soundtrack? Are these sound effects you guys made?'"
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gauchiste
Traveling Bands Do Not Crossnew
How music industry rules are blocking artists from playing in Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing and Rachel Swan |
01-18-2012 |
Music
Tags: Live Music in Oakland
Beyonce, Nicki, and Merrill Get Optimisticnew
Finding the bright side of 2011.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
01-17-2012 |
Music
Bombay Bicycle Club: A Different Kind of Fixnew
North London's Bombay Bicycle Club is like that kid in class who makes it all too easy to pick on him. Rarely do American bands get away with the sort of precious, earnest and affected evocation found on BBC's third studio album, A Different Kind of Fix.
Tucson Weekly |
Mike Prevatt |
01-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club
Life in the Slow Lanenew
Traveling musician Peter Mulvey prefers two wheels to four.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
01-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Mulvey
