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With a new drummer, Dream Theater still deliversnew
John Petrucci knows plenty of Dream Theater fans will view the title of the group's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, as directly related to the major change in the band that preceded the new recording.
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
07-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Santigold: 'Master of My Make-Believe'new
After mesmerizing audiences with the frenetic percussion and eerie synths of her smash hit, "Creator," Santigold fell into a four-year slump crippled by self-doubt.
San Antonio Current |
Alejandra Ramírez |
07-05-2012 |
Reviews
Old Man Gloom: 'No'new
No is Old Man Gloom's first proper full-length since 2004's Christmas.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
07-03-2012 |
Reviews
Ron Young may be 'Under the Texas Radar', but he's living rightnew
It began with a woman, and ended with one too. But isn't that always the way?
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
07-03-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kinky: 'Sueño de la máquina'new
Kinky's fifth studio album has the band coming full circle.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
07-03-2012 |
Reviews
Fiona Apple: 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do'new
In the fourth coming of Fiona Apple, with its darkly philosophical title that sounds as though Emily Dickinson could have written it, the listener is — at once — therapist, friend, and nemesis.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-25-2012 |
Reviews
Third Root: 'Stand for Something'new
From the lilting sampled opening riffs of “Brother, Brother,” the first tune on Third Root’s sterling debut disc...
San Antonio Current |
John Phillip Santos |
06-25-2012 |
Reviews
Third Root duo connects mixed race with mixed sounds in new LPnew
Music calling for the unification of minorities is not new, but few projects manage the sublime marriage of scholarly research and...
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hacienda: 'Shakedown'new
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach's influence is clear on Hacienda's third album...
San Antonio Current |
Leonard Pierce |
06-21-2012 |
Reviews
Key Albums of the Summernew
Hacienda's third album came out June 19 and it's "a perfect lead-off for summer driving in the city.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-21-2012 |
Music
Something Fiction: 'Botany' EPnew
Thanks to their amorphous explorations of genre and musical color, Something Fiction is a difficult group to pin down, placing themselves willfully and delightfully outside the boundaries of convenient classification.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
The Beach Boys: 'That's Why God Made the Radio'new
There's two ways you can look at the Brian Wilson-produced Beach Boys' 50th anniversary reunion, the first in 16 years that finds Wilson joining original surviving members.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Juanes: 'MTV Unplugged'new
The whole point of MTV's live concert series is to strip down pop songs to a natural, acoustic format that showcases the songwriting itself, rather than studio production.
San Antonio Current |
Agustín Gurza |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
Shmu: 'Discipline/Communication'new
He has no mouth and must whisper. This is the impression one might get from hearing Discipline/Communication, the debut LP from Sam Chown, one half of the eccentric Austin rock duo Zorch.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
An Open Letter to Patti Smithnew
Oh, God, I fell for you. It was your rock journalism that first drew me.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-14-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
