As I listen to Brooklyn’s Mal Blum, who on May 7 released Tempest in a Teacup, her fifth album, I have passing thoughts of innocence, of youthful affection. Her voice is sentimental and daringly honest. In particular, I get these waves of reminiscence hearing her alter-love song, “Valentine’s Day.” Though no one would...
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El Valiente, Piñata Protest’s brand new recording, officially comes out May 21, but you don’t have to wait that long — it has been streaming since May 12 on NPR’s First Listen. The nine-song EP includes Piñata-styled conjunto-norteño-punk covers of immortal classics like “Volver, Volver” and “La Cucaracha,” plus new hits like “Vato Perrón.”...
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After the single “Scream & Shout” sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, here’s the video of “#thatPOWER,” the new single off will.i.am’s #willpower. The Ben More-directed video was shot in Tokyo, Los Angeles and Barcelona. As of this writing, “#thatPOWER” is number 22 in Top 40 radio. #willpower comes out Tuesday, April 23.
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Stephanie Guerra, Lindsay Rodríguez and Bryon Farris correctly answered Metric’s trivia question and will get to see the Canadian band perform at the Pearl Stable on April 29. Come to our office no later than Monday April 29 at noon, show your ID (you must be over 21) and the tickets are yours. We’re...
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(photo by Brantley Gutiérrez) In case you didn’t know, Toronto’s Metric will be performing at the Pearl Stable on Monday, April 29. Doors open at 8pm and music starts with Bad Books. The show is free, and that’s the good thing. The bad thing is that registration for the concert, part of Jack Daniel’s...
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Lonely Horse (Nick Long on guitar and vocals and Travis Hild on drums) won the regional qualifier of the Hard Rock Rising competition organized by Hard Rock Café and will battle 95 other bands from around the world. The goal is to earn enough votes to become one of 25 finalists, and then a...
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On March 28, Time magazine’s double cover reflected the fact that, fortunately indeed, the times they are a-changin’. It featured two gay couples, one male, one female. The latter was that of Kristen Ellis-Henderson (bassist for badass, all-female country-rock band Antigone Rising), and her spouse Sarah Kate Ellis-Henderson. They both got pregnant at the...
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It’s hard to believe Draco Rosa (fka Robi Rosa, even though “you can call me anything you want, bro,” he said) was once a contemporary of Ricky Martin in Puerto Rico’s legendary (and insufferable) boy group Menudo. But he’s also the only Menudo member to enjoy critical respect in the music world. His solo...
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Hot off the release of her latest record, The Chronicles of Marnia, guitarist fatale Marnie Stern brings us the music video for its debut single, “Immortals.” The Pitchfork darling recruited director Allie Avital Tsypin to showcase the dualities of her persona in this washed out representation of yin and yang on crack. Stern’s sensitive songbird perched in...
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Toadies perform at La Villita’s Maverick Music Festival on March 23, 2013.
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The first edition of the Maverick Music Festival was one of those events that just don’t happen too often in SA: a first-time music fest with top headliners, great sound, a packed house (it was sold-out but not oversold, so you could move around without having to say “excuse me” 2,000 times), a very...
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Two-time Latin Grammy winner El Cuarteto de Nos. (All photos by Guillermina Zabala) Here’s my quick take on the March 13 Sounds of Uruguay showcase at Speakeasy: Daniel “Tatita” Márquez Tatita Márquez is the lonely young king of Afro-Uruguayan candombe, the southernmost Afro-Latin rhythm in the world. It is a syncopated rhythm played with...
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Daft Punk: 'Random Access Memories' Aural Pleasure Review: Fresh off shattering Spotify streaming records, Daft Punk return with their dance music history lesson, Random Access Memories. Rooted in the... By M. R. Brown 5/21/2013
Prepare the Bat-Signal: Subdivision Plan Encroaches on Globally Significant Preserve News: Each summer our local weathermen look at the Doppler and tell us to disregard a cloud hanging over the Hill County. No, it’s not sign of some impending... By Michael Barajas 5/22/2013
San Antonio's Theater Scene is Long on Space, Short on Productions Arts & Culture: If you think there is little to no serious theater in San Antonio, you’re not alone. Even business travelers dining at Bohanan’s must... By Scott Andrews 5/22/2013
Still Waiting for Limelight's Sonic Boom Nightlife: It’s easy to get worked up with nostalgia about a place, particularly one you got wasted in a lot. That seems to go doubly true on the St. Mary’s Strip, where... By J.D. Swerzenski 5/22/2013
Local tattoo artist featured in second season of Oxygen’s 'Best Ink' Screens: Before the rattling drill of the tattoo gun, there is the calming hum that sounds through the room. The act of tattooing is brash and self-destructive. Those who... By M.R. Brown 4/3/2013
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