Sound & the Fury:
The Korova is the venue everyone loves to hate — everyone that doesn't regularly attend the shows there, that is.
By Enrique Lopetegui
7/3/2012
Sound & the Fury:
It's been a while since I wrote anything about the Riff House Concerts, but the sonic phenomena that is K Phillips demands I return to it. The man possesses the...
For those of you who don't know,
By Enrique Lopetegui
6/27/2012
Sound & the Fury:
Oceania, the seventh studio album by the Smashing Pumpkins, will be out June 19, and the band wants you to come up with images for each one of the 13 songs...
By Enrique Lopetegui
6/6/2012
Sound & the Fury:
Rock Your Socks Off Arts and Music Festival is a unique festival concept that requires you to bring a pair of "new or gently worn" shoes in exchange for...
By Enrique Lopetegui
5/2/2012
Sound & the Fury:
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...
By Enrique Lopetegui
4/18/2012
Sound & the Fury:
If you didn't go to Nightrocker last Thursday, you missed the second best party of the year (the Current's Best of Party is coming up April 27 at Sunset Station and tickets are going fast; get yours at sacurrent.com).
By Enrique Lopetegui
4/11/2012
Sound & the Fury:
Music Award Winners: If you plan to be in town on Thursday, April 5, you (or someone in your band) should hit Nightrocker (605 San Pedro).
By Enrique Lopetegui
4/4/2012
Sound & the Fury:
My first Music Poll as music editor taught me a few valuable lessons, among them the encouraging fact that people care about our music scene a lot more than even the biggest die-hard fan would think. I also learned there are a lot of bands out there command
By Enrique Lopetegui
3/28/2012
- SA invades Austin, Bonaparte invades us
On Friday, March 16, the Hickoids' singer Jeff Smith will be extra busy with two big events. In his role as a promoter, he'll be leading his sixth annual mini-invasion of...
| 3/14/2012
- The truth about Bruce Sprinsteen at SXSW
South By Southwest is around the corner (Interactive and Film opens March 9, Music on the 13th) and the big news is spreading like wildfire: Bruce Springsteen will perform!
| 3/7/2012
- Bett Butler and Hell's marimbas
Bett Butler is a busy lady these days. On February 7, she released American Sampler, a beautiful, minimalist take on classics by the Gershwin brothers, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and others.
| 2/29/2012
- Matisyahu unplugged, CineFestival sounds
If you missed Matisyahu's performance at Josabi's last year, here's your chance to see the hasidic reggae/hip-hop star in a more intimate performance: he'll be at the...
| 2/22/2012
- Vote for the best in San Antonio music
Are you ready for this? The San Antonio Current's Music Awards ballot is officially open for your votes. Yep. It's approaching the time of the year when some of you will invariably bitch about...
| 2/15/2012
- Riff House concerts and 'Double-Duty'
If you haven't been to the Riff House concerts (a series of shows organized in the living room of Tim Slusher's house), let the living room come to you.
| 2/8/2012
- Tsunami of sound hits SA this week
It's hard to keep up with so many local bands releasing new (and good) albums. This week you can't miss The Rafiki Project's CD release party for...
| 2/1/2012
- Third Root’s ‘Winter in America’ an sacurrent.com exclusive
Though the year is just getting started, one of the most ambitious and original local collaborations of 2012 is bound to be Third Root, a project by...
| 1/11/2012
- Say bye-bye to Say Revenge!
If you read the Current on a regular basis (of course you do), you know Christina Rodríguez as both the hostess of The Garage, a WOAI.com webcast featuring local bands, and as "Gigi Rodden," the...
| 1/4/2012
- Local music makers on their favorite 2011 albums
OK, Current go-to contributor Adam Coronado verdict on the year’s best local albums went up online prior to the inking of this issue, and many of you already made your...
| 12/28/2011
- The nightmare before Christmas
On the night of December 9, jazz pianist Jordan Pollard did something she had never done before: she left her Nord Electro 2 keyboard inside her car.
| 12/21/2011
- The wrath of Zeus
Local rapper Carlton Zeus is no stranger to controversy. Last October, when he — jokingly, he says — suggested the newly released video for Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” was “very similar” to the video of his own “Sharpie Solo”...
| 11/30/2011
- Damned if you don’t
Not too long ago, someone asked me, “What do you think of Local 782? Don’t you think it only benefits a few bands, like … .”
| 11/9/2011
- Where’s a good drought when you need one? (We kid)
It never rains in San Antonio. But last weekend the 11th Annual International Accordion Festival at La Villita suffered its worst nightmare: water.
| 10/12/2011
- Pedicab burns, La Tuna turns seven
The Pedicab (415 E Cevallos) is gone, burnt to the ground Monday morning.
| 9/28/2011
- Steroid Edition: What to see and hear in the weeks ahead
What to see and hear in the weeks ahead
| 9/21/2011
- Tejano’s “red alert”
The 31st annual edition of the Tejano Music Awards being held at the San Antonio Event Center this Saturday
| 9/7/2011
- La Chola Wants You
Please don’t be intimidated by La Chola, whose real name is Mayra “Breezy” Ramírez.
| 8/31/2011
- Rockin’ your socks off
Here’s your annual precocious singer-songwriter alert. Fifteen-year-old Victoria Celestine (new stage name of the artist formerly known as Victoria Zaleski) is one of the local talents who caught the ears of producer Gordon Raphael (the Strokes, Regina Spek
| 8/17/2011
- The Art of the Press Release
Rabbit! plays at the Limelight on Thursday, August 11.
| 8/10/2011
- Selena adds light to a complicated week
After a recent Vincent Vega show at the Pedicab, some jerk or jerks broke into some cars
| 8/3/2011
- To do list: Make Queen’s latest video, paint with Somber Sons, and have a Whisky at the Mix
If you’re a music fan and a video/filmmaker, this one’s for you
| 7/27/2011
- New venue for local musicians, Country Mice at Limelight, and Low Fi at The Raven
Attention bands and songwriters: There is a new venue in town.
| 7/20/2011
- Local songwriters make the cut for Troubadour, TX
Back in April, the producers of the 22-episode Troubadour, TX (a docu-reality TV series to premiere nationwide on the CW network and local NBC affiliates on September 24) were in town auditioning local songwriters.
“We are planning on following artists on
| 7/13/2011
- Monkeyfest, “Cannonball”’s grandniece, Jeremiah and others promise a super-charged weekend.
| 7/6/2011
- Pop Pistol is back, Melissa goes to Nashville and Radiohead wants your TV set
Pop Pistol is back from touring (for a while) and the Melissa Ludwig Band is going to Nashville (but not for good).
Pistol’s all-ages Disappearing Edges EP Tour Homecoming Show will take place at Jack’s Bar on Saturday, July 2. The music starts at 10 p.m.
| 6/29/2011
- Janis Martin (1940-2007): The female Elvis
| 6/22/2011
