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Urban myth: Phil Collins thinks he is a reincarnation of one of the Alamo defendersnew

Not true, writes Collins in the introduction to his new book The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 04-20-2012 | History

Zammuto's second act pays homage to his pastnew

Nick Zammuto has been many things in his life: an entry-level grunt at an L.A.-based pharmaceutical company, an Appalachian Trail hiker (literally, not figuratively), and for six years a devoted homesteader on a Vermont mountaintop where he and his family built a house and grew most of their food. But the 2011 breakup of the sonic scrap-heap pop group the Books — which Zammuto occupied opposite cellist Paul de Jong through a decade of critical acclaim — resulted in two new jobs: serving as public relations and front man for his new project, which bears his surname.

San Antonio Current | Adam Villela Coronado | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Zambri: House of Baasanew

The Zambri sisters' voices recall Siouxsie Sioux, almost to distraction. Part of House of Baasa's dark frisson comes from how it carries on Sioux's particular legacy, though it has less of the murky pulse of Kaleidoscope's "Christine" (though the Baasa song "Hundred Hearts" comes closest to that kind of minimalism, while cheekily suggesting the main riff to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away") and more of the symphonic clutter of Superstition's "Kiss Them for Me."...

Tucson Weekly | Sean Bottai | 04-20-2012 | Reviews

The Invisible Friendsnew

A year after the release of their first album, 1995's A Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, Los Amigos Invisibles moved to New York and soon after got a call from an enthusiastic David Byrne, who'd found the album at a local record store and turned into an instant fan. They hung up on him.

San Antonio Current | Enrique Lopetegui | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

'Game of Thrones' drama nearly sunk by rampant sadismnew

Season two of Game of Thrones is in full swing, with five kings battling to claim the Iron Throne in fantastical Westeros.

San Antonio Current | Dean Robbins | 04-20-2012 | TV

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Héctor Lavoe: 'Anthology'new

Fania, the legendary salsa label, is often compared to Motown. Both companies spearheaded musical movements during the '60s and '70s. Both groomed a stellar roster of artists who yielded hit after hit.

San Antonio Current | Agustín Gurza | 04-20-2012 | Reviews

Lay of the Landnew

Tucson's rapid-fire downtown-development plans raise a ruckus.

Tucson Weekly | Tim Vanderpool | 04-20-2012 | Housing & Development

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Mayer Hawthorne steps away from the turntables and grabs the micnew

Mayer Hawthorne's back on the road supporting his recent album How Do You Do, which marks his major label debut on Universal Republic. He admits he had plenty of reservations about taking that next step.

Charleston City Paper | Andrea Warner | 04-20-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

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Strikingly similar stories from Israel and Japan in Footnote and Jiro Dreams of Sushinew

One is a fiction feature from Israel; the other is a documentary about a Tokyo sushi chef. The dissimilarities end there. Both films feature an aging father and a middle-aged son, and both depict the lifelong obsession of the older man and the pitfalls of passing the torch to his heir.

INDY Week | David Fellerath | 04-20-2012 | Reviews

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Andrew Bird: Break It Yourselfnew

"This peculiar incantation, I'm sure you've heard it before," Andrew Bird sings on "Desperation Breeds ...," the first song on Break It Yourself, his sixth solo album. As an introduction to the album, it's an interesting notion, both true and sort of false...

Tucson Weekly | Eric Swedlund | 04-20-2012 | Reviews

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