Friday, November 20, 2009

2nd Annual Rammy Awards

The Readers have spoken: Meet your 2009 picks for SA's best bands and musicians

In Music Issue

Rock Solid: Ken Robinson

Music Issue : On Thursday nights at the Mix you sit back and enjoy the rockin’ sounds of Jar of Flies — a solid cover band specializing in tunes from the mid-’90s through today. Behind their cymbal crashes and back by Johnny Hernandez

Passing the Mic

Music Issue : THE BEAT PRODUCES AN SA POSSE CUT by M. Solis

Real Records: Roland De La Cruz

Music Issue : If all the contributions that Roland de la Cruz has made to San Antonio’s music scene, Los Mescaleros have been the most constant fixture. De la Cruz has diversified, writing and performing with by Johnny Hernandez

THE TEXAS TORNADO

Music Issue : A DECADE AFTER HIS DEATH, DOUG SAHM SOUNDS BETTER THAN EVER by Enrique Lopetegui

Further Listening

Music Issue : A sampling of 2009's other worthy local albums by Jeremy Martin

Lighters Out

Music Issue : 2009's Best Live & Local Shows by Jeremy Martin

Last of the independents

Music: Eugenia Leon on human dignity | By Enrique Lopetegui [11/11/2009]

True school

Music: All City (hip-hop culture) | By M. Solis [11/11/2009]

Live & Local

Local Music: Cinderleaf (first set) | By Steven Gilmore [11/11/2009]

The Sound & The Fury

Sound and the Fury: (a week on the music scene) | By Enrique Lopetegui [11/11/2009]

The main spot

Kamikaze: KAMIKAZE (the cutting edge of latin music) | By Enrique Lopetegui [11/4/2009]

Nice rack

Music: Q&A with the Antlers' Peter Silberman | By Jeremy Martin [11/4/2009]

Live & Local

Local Music: Necurat @ White Rabbit, Thu, Oct 29 | By Jeremy Martin [11/4/2009]

The Sound & The Fury

Sound and the Fury: (a week on the music scene) | By Enriqui Lopetegui [11/4/2009]

Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite

Aural Pleasure: There are just as many ways to exploit the dead as there are to honor them. This 12-song collect...... By Michael Gallucci [11/11/2009]

Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young

Aural Pleasure: Regardless of the fact that the Strokes actually put out some go...... By Chuck Kerr [11/11/2009]

Weezer: Raditude

Aural Pleasure: Weezer’s first two albums were startlingly consistent and craft-...... By Dan Weiss [11/11/2009]

Sons of Hercules: A Different Kind of Ugly

Aural Pleasure: The Sons of Hercules don’t specify the kind of ugly they’re talking about in their latest album ...... By Jeremy Martin [11/11/2009]

Rammstein: Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da

Aural Pleasure: Liebe Ist Für Alle Da, the latest album by German theatrical music troupe Rammstein, pr...... By Nick DeMarino [11/4/2009]

Tegan & Sara: Sainthood

Aural Pleasure: Being one of alt-rock’s most consistent machines is sort of a double-edged sword. Canadian twins...... By Dan Weiss [11/4/2009]

Antonio D'Ambrosio: A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears

Aural Pleasure: In 1964 (a year after scoring a huge hit with “Ring of Fire,” and four before the legendary Fols...... By Enrique Lopetegui [11/4/2009]

Snowbyrd: Diosdado

Aural Pleasure: Snowbyrd’s newest release is sort of a tribute to late drummer Manny Castillo, but as former Cur...... By Jeremy Martin [11/4/2009]

Various Artists: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Soundtrack

Aural Pleasure: We never thought of Death Cab for Cutie as vampire music, but the band’s maudlin “Meet Me on the...... By Jeff Niesel [10/28/2009]

Daniel Johnston: Is and Always Was

Aural Pleasure: While he has only experienced brushes with mainstream attention, Daniel Johnston’s impact can be...... By Eddie Fleisher [10/28/2009]

Mission of Burma: The Sound, the Speed, the Light

Aural Pleasure: Is it possible for a band to have a sophomore slump halfway through the third album its second t...... By Nicholas Hall [10/28/2009]

Slayer: World Painted Blood

Aural Pleasure: A little more than 23 years after their game-changing breakthrough fulfilled its promise to Reig...... By Jeremy Martin [10/28/2009]

Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown

Aural Pleasure: In the ever-shifting spheres of indie and (semi-) popular music, today’s It Boy/Girl is destined...... By Mark Keresman [10/21/2009]

Dead Man's Bones: Dead Man's Bones

Aural Pleasure: Something compels me to tell you, before I describe any aspect of this album, that it is not the...... By Jeremy Martin [10/21/2009]

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

Aural Pleasure: Ever since her rebirth a few years ago, Mariah Carey has been on a roll. Once destined as a pop-...... By Michael Gallucci [10/21/2009]

Seven-One: Bumps

Aural Pleasure: This 20-minute compilation from San Antonio producer Seven-One features a healthy line of what I...... By Jeremy Martin [10/21/2009]