AltWeeklies Wire
Pep Squad: 'Get Outrageous'new
Overdosed on retro-futurism? Pep Squad is not for you.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
The Texas Weather: 'The Fall, The Winter'new
Nick Mery may have a rep for being his own biggest fan, but The Fall, The Winter (the album title was changed from the original Pluck) demonstrates his willingness to let someone else take the reins.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
Willie Nelson: 'Heroes'new
Unlike too many artists his age, Willie Nelson (who turned 79 in April) gets cooler and edgier with time. His latest album is a collection of country classics from as early as the 1930s and new songs that are as good — if not even better — than the covers.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
Santana: 'Shape Shifter'new
Santana’s first release on his newly formed Starfaith label is a mostly instrumental tour-de-force that pays homage to the indigenous peoples of America while advocating for international recognition of the egregious wrongs done to native peoples worldwide.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-17-2012 |
Reviews
Mex Step and MNOLO: 'Machine People'new
Machine People marks the first of at least two 2012 releases from Mexican Stepgrandfather (here credited as Mex Step, Marco Cervantes in real life).
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-11-2012 |
Reviews
Ana Tijoux: Latin America's Hottest Female Rappernew
French-Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux likes surprises. When she left Makiza, her first group, in 2001, she didn't write any music until 2004. She had been cooking in silence, then delivered with a lethal one-two punch.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-11-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Karloz: 'Tex-Bop Deluxe'new
Who the hell is "Karloz"? This is the type of album that sits for weeks and weeks on a music critic's desk as the writer works to shake their fears of yet another cheesy collection of crowd-pleasing old hits given the "Tejano" treatment.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-11-2012 |
Reviews
Kat Edmonson: 'Way Down Low'new
Everything you need to know about Kat Edmonson is encapsulated on track four of Way Down Low: a reading of the Beach Boys' “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times.”
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
05-10-2012 |
Reviews
Torche: 'Harmonicraft'new
Torche's newest brings their mastery of incredibly catchy, poppy, heavy rock into new realms of melody and tight songwriting.
San Antonio Current |
James Woodard |
05-10-2012 |
Reviews
Norah Jones: 'Little Broken Hearts'new
Norah Jones has tried branching outside the pop-jazz that made her so very successful a decade ago before, calling on the likes of Dolly Parton, Ryan Adams, and key pieces of Tom Waits' crew...
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
05-08-2012 |
Reviews
The Dandy Warhols: 'This Machine'new
By all logical accounts, the Dandy Warhols shouldn't still exist.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
05-08-2012 |
Reviews
Outernational raises the red flag over Alamo Citynew
The revolution may not be televised, but it'll definitely have its own music anthology.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey Wright |
05-08-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
LaJIT: 'Black Sun'new
LaJIT is John Isaac Torres, a 21-year-old SA resident who spent his high school years on fixed income living with with an alcoholic uncle after his parents divorced.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
05-02-2012 |
Reviews
Jack White: 'Blunderbuss'new
For those who think of Jack White as a rock god turned eccentric music mogul peddling odd (and awful) one-off collaborative singles from a gaudy yellow taco truck, this album might come as a bit of a surprise.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
05-02-2012 |
Reviews
Jane's Addiction: Still F***ing With You After 27 Yearsnew
Jane's Addiction is credited as being the granddaddies of the Alternative Nation, and for good reason.
San Antonio Current |
Jaime Monzon |
05-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
