| LOOK & LISTEN: Eden Burning: Banged up and dirty, but ready to rock | | May 06, 2008 | | If you like straightforward, feel-good rock ’n’ roll, Eden Burning can give it to you. Catch them before they hunker down to finish up their debut album. | | [more] |
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| There’s just nothing like groovin’ to an accordion | | Apr 29, 2008 | Fans will get an earful of accordion and bajo sexto music at the 27th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival May 6-10. More than 26 bands and an estimated 5,000 conjunto fans will participate in a variety of activities.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Emory Quinn grows up with ‘The Road Company’ | | Apr 29, 2008 | | Catch one of Emory Quinn’s energetic live shows. “It’s not just the music that draws fans,” Bell said. “It’s like what Jimmy Buffett has, a fun atmosphere and lifestyle that people identify with.” Check out “Downtown San Antone,” off the first album. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Saturday Night Satellites in own orbit | | Apr 22, 2008 | Surf music catches a killer wave with the Saturday Night Satellites. You don't know what you're missing until you hear “Pipeline” live. The band succeeds in sticking out from other sounds.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Lokey’s ‘Reconstruction’ celebrates 10 years of metal | | Apr 15, 2008 | “The music is extremely brutal but quirky at times,” said Anderson, the man behind the growl. “We try to use a lot of solid chugging rhythms, straight-forward riffs that are easy for the audience to grab onto.”
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Fin del Mar provides indie rock that’s independent from a singer | | Apr 08, 2008 | This group of San Antonio natives proves you don't need a lead singer to make kick-ass rock. Standout tracks: the majestic “Chord on Chord Action” and the pensive “If I Could Drive to Japan.”
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Songstress delves into love, relationship issues | | Apr 01, 2008 | Wright has an appealing, expressive voice, and her lilting melodies mesh well with her earnest delivery. Keep an eye out for her first full-length album, Inside And Out, due out this year.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: The Blend? How ’bout psych, rock, reggae | | Mar 25, 2008 | The long wait for the band's CD, which was produced by fiddler Brian Salvi of the Weary Boys, is worth it.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Thinking, playing outside of a genre | | Mar 18, 2008 | | Matt Barker says his acoustic rock isn't easily categorized. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Uptown Creepers hits recording studio | | Feb 26, 2008 | Just because the ska movement came and went in the mainstream more than a decade ago doesn't mean the genre itself is dead.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Mira Radar takes you out of this world | | Feb 19, 2008 | Mira Radar provides thoughtful songs you can bob your head to. Look for the EP We're All Stardust, due in early summer. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Maturing band serves up mature sound | | Feb 12, 2008 | Considering three-quarters of the band isn't old enough to vote (Sailer and Kollar are 15, Franke is 17 and Mead is 19), Avenue AM's music shows a promising maturity.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: One man's junk is another man's funk | | Feb 05, 2008 | A native San Antonian, Henry Roland has played with bands all over the world, including gigs in London. He has lived in Austin and New York City as well, but now calls San Antonio home again.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Duo Chacho and Brance’s blues tunes sound right as rain | | Jan 29, 2008 | Listen to Chacho and Brance for their foot-tapping blues rhythms and stories.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Killer Dismount blends commentary, party tunes | | Jan 22, 2008 | Killer Dismount moves from pop punk to ska to emo with a lot of energy and guitar work.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Briggs sparks personal growth with intimate Seed project | | Jan 15, 2008 | Briggs crafts thoughtful, heartfelt songs that are catchy as well. Check out her new project, Seed, at stephaniebriggs.blogspot.com.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Positive rhymes spotlight everyday life | | Jan 08, 2008 | 1223's thoughtful lyrics about real life are a welcome contribution to hip-hop. Check out “Wish I Knew” on In the Shadow of an Icon.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: It's like ‘School of Rock' all over again, so take notes | | Jan 01, 2008 | You won't find brooding, depressed rockers here. Verisimilitude has attitude, but is full of straight-A students who are peppy and entertaining onstage.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Second to None: Punk with a point | | Dec 26, 2007 | You won't get bored listening to Wreck of Rock N Roll. Besides their anti-punk-lifestyle songs, Bennett and Contreras write about working, partying and everything in between.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: The Green bucks norm for S.A. music genres | | Dec 18, 2007 | Carlos Santiago originally conceived of The Green as a purely instrumental project.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Rapper prefers listeners crunk to reality | | Dec 11, 2007 | In today's mainstream rap industry, driven by formulaic singles and numerous odes to “shawty,” the party-heavy vibe is a popular one.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Christian rockers Grey Holiday start from scratch, make it big | | Dec 04, 2007 | Grey Holiday's music is heartfelt — and it's also catchy. Maybe that's why the band's first single, “Let Go,” is a favorite on Christian radio.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: OBX wants kinder attitude toward hip-hop | | Nov 27, 2007 | Crafting commentary with memorable phrases and an infectious beat, he might soon be a reason San Antonio is known for more than the Spurs.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: These guys sound like a three-ring Rockus Circus | | Nov 20, 2007 | “I think we all hope to be able to do this full time,” Howard said. “We really love playing together, and at the end of every practice or gig, we can't wait for the next time to all get together and work on stuff.”
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Listen to the layers in Ledaswan’s ‘Verse of Truth Trash and Beauty’ | | Nov 13, 2007 | Ledaswan formed in 2004 when Guiterrez and Jaime Monzon, the primary songwriters, began collaborating.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: S.A. rock prodigy mixes hard work, talent | | Nov 06, 2007 | No wonder Ashlee Rose has made it so far: She combines hard work with a strong voice and songwriting, but doesn't take herself too seriously.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Maturity doesn't deplete Monks' funky factor | | Oct 30, 2007 | The Jumping Monks' sophomore album is still heavy on the rhythm-driven rock, but Won't You has less rap and more melody.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Valletta says it has nothing to be angry about | | Oct 23, 2007 | | Valletta is a fairly new band, but the members, while young, have considerable experience and talent.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Notes creates songs with the gunk under the rug | | Oct 16, 2007 | | Hip-hop influenced by jazz and soul, notes (born Scott Walsh) calls it “gunk.” “Gunk is like the stuff you find under the rug,” he said. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: E Muzeki takes listeners to another time and place | | Oct 09, 2007 | E Muzeki is a unique force in a city of hard rock and cover bands. It began as a Greek band six years ago, but O'Connor and Varelas (who are a couple) soon became interested in other kinds of world music
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| LOOK & LISTEN: ‘Texas nouveau wave’ band doesn't need no stinkin' guitar | | Oct 02, 2007 | The CD release party for “Ultra Pink Riot” is Saturday, Oct. 6, at The Mix, 2423 N. St. Mary's St. Analog Love and Sonido Estereo will open.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: At 19, S.A. guitarist Gage already has the blues | | Sep 25, 2007 |
 > | The lineup of the Will Owen Gage Band varies, but it usually includes bassist Daryl Chadick and drummer Niko Laven. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Couple takes electronic pop from the past to the future | | Sep 18, 2007 | Hyperbubble is fresh, original and always a good time. The beat is ideal for dancing and the lyrics, though often simple and repetitive, are clever as hell. Jeff and Jess, who are in their 30s, also are artists, and they approach the band from that perspective. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Oridium is a family affair | | Sep 11, 2007 | Oridium is just beginning to hit its stride, although Aaron and Garon Garcia, who turn 29 on Sept. 13, formed the band about nine years ago.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Flywood is doing its own thing | | Sep 05, 2007 | Flywood is a young band — Hackett, the oldest, is 21, and Pat Young is still in high school — but it has potential. | | [more] |
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Spinning to tune of brotherly love | | Aug 28, 2007 | Lopez helped popularize house disco in San Antonio and was a resident DJ at the now-defunct Davenport on Houston Street.
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| LOOK & LISTEN: Punk rock with Tejano twist | | Aug 21, 2007 | Piñata Protest may be the only band of its kind in San Antonio, and the local music scene is better for it.
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| Look & Listen: DEAdpOOL lives for musical metal | | Aug 14, 2007 | |
DEAdpOOL prides itself on being together nearly 10 years with the same lineup; the maturity that resulted from writing and playing together so long is evident in the tightness of “Idle Hands.” | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Enthusiasm and gritty style drive The Lesti Huff Band | | Aug 07, 2007 | Look for the band's forthcoming album, Where Is the Love?, due out in the fall.
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| Look & Listen: Conflict resolution: Rock on and on | | Jul 31, 2007 | |
Though one of their MySpace music categories may be “Melodramatic Popular Song,” they play more of a rock-pop-alternative fusion with occasional influences such as reggae thrown into the mix. | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Gerard wants listeners to face the music | | Jul 24, 2007 | Anyone who has ever experienced a roller-coaster relationship can appreciate Gerard's lyrics.
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| Improvisation fuels diverse sound of Groove Movement | | Jul 17, 2007 | | They started out years ago as a fusion jazz band, but now the group showcases lead singer Desmond Fahie's incredible voice backed by an infectious funk groove. | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Passenger is in the driver's seat | | Jul 10, 2007 | | A self-described indie rock band with pop sensibilities, the current group has only been together about six months. | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Music is mostly about girls — oh, and making it big | | Jul 03, 2007 | | A Kid Named Thompson is looking for mainstream success: They want to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, MTV's “TRL” and commercial radio. | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Prince and Metallica? Yes,and their own stuff, too | | Jun 26, 2007 | They play several nights a week at Mad Dog's on the River Walk, Sherlock's Baker Street Pub at U.S. 281 and Thousand Oaks Drive and the Bitter End on Bitters Road.
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| Druggist concocts a guitar/piano tonic | | Jun 19, 2007 | Druggist's songs are about “being human and being miserable.
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| Political awareness you can rock to | | Jun 12, 2007 | “I've had people tell me, ‘Some of your songs depress me at times, I can't listen to the whole thing at one time, but I love it nonetheless.'.”
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| ‘Heartbreakin’ honky-tonk-a-billy’ | | Jun 05, 2007 | Lil' Bit and The Customatics' music has morphed since its start from rockabilly to a fusion of Texas roots music and honky-tonk country that makes you want to dance.
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| San Antonio’s best kept rap secret: Fade Dogg | | May 29, 2007 | Fade Dogg, who was born in Galveston but raised in San Antonio, took up rapping at age 14 and quickly decided to make a future out of it. In the past few years, he has displayed his skills all over the country.
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| Look & Listen: This heavy metal chick puts on a show | | May 22, 2007 | After her win at Guitar Wars last year, Aum got attention for being young and being female.
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| Look & Listen: ‘Punched in the face .....kissed on the forehead’ | | May 15, 2007 | South Texas death punk influenced by Betty Blowtorch, the Runaways and other all-female or female-fronted punk bands. | | [more] |
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| Look & Listen: Mombasa Code experiments with sound | | May 08, 2007 | “Five out of six of us are visual artists, so the creativity aspect is at the forefront. We kind of mix art with our music.”
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| Music profile: Starchild melds rock, blues and funk into one sound | | Apr 24, 2007 | The band labels its sound rock 'n' Soul, which makes sense, considering Starchild blends rock, blues and funk into one sound. | | [more] |
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| Music profile: Drive has your favorites covered and some cool original stuff, too | | Apr 17, 2007 | They cover everyone from Tool, Buckcherry and the Toadies to Billy Idol to the Doors. | | [more] |
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| Music profile: Edgar Allen Poe never heard this poetry | | Apr 10, 2007 | Dog Men Poets Danceable, groove-oriented funk with three- and four-part harmonies grounded in a tradition of slam poetry.
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| Music profile: Welcome to the silky sound of Laura Marie | | Apr 04, 2007 | “I never really thought I was that great of a singer. I was really pretty shy about it. And I had a tough time with that." | | [more] |
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| Music profile: Hamilton sinks teeth into edgier rock sound | | Apr 03, 2007 | Nathan Hamilton's first album in 2000 was undoubtedly Texas-roots country, but the soulful songwriter's fourth CD titled Six Black Birds has shifted into the rock realm. | | [more] |
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| Music profile: Window | | Mar 28, 2007 | |
The band uses all acoustic instruments (except for the bass) to craft eclectic folk rock with some funk, jazz and Latin mixed in for fun.
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| Music profile: Big Soy explores the underbelly of love | | Mar 20, 2007 | “We're sort of loud and obnoxious, yet pleasant and poppy. We always say we're music for lovers who hate each other."
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| Music profile: DJ Jester won't laugh in the face of Foreigner | | Mar 13, 2007 | | | [more] |
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| Music profile: Buttercup | | Feb 27, 2007 | S.A.'s Buttercup proves its more than a 'sick yellow flower.'
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