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Local Music: We’ve all heard the maxim: “If the music is too loud, you’re too old.” In the case of the Grasshopper Lies Heavy, “loud” defines the music while the old are left bleeding from the ears. Now, I haven’t by Steven Gilmore
Local Music: The Heroine say music's a gamble, and they're 'playing for keeps' by Jeremy Martin
Aural Pleasure review: They all have beards. Astoundingly, journalists seem compelled t... by Haylley Johnson
Aural Pleasure review: Dinosaur Jr. isn’t throwing any curveballs this late in the game. So you pretty much know what t... by Michael Gallucci
Aural Pleasure review: Discovery — an electronic R&B side project consisting of Vampire Weekend keyboardist (and sp... by Chuck Kerr
Aural Pleasure review: Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace says he’s the hardest drummer in Kingston, and maybe he’s right. When... by Jeremy Martin

Sound and the Fury: (a week on the scene) | By Gilbert Garcia [6/24/2009]
Music: KSYM's House Nation returns to Limelight | By Johnston Farrow [6/24/2009]
Local Music: San Antonio MC Mike Jones has a pretty unfortunate name for an upstart Texas rapper, but he’s proud ... By Jeremy Martin [6/24/2009]
Local Music: Ears are practically still leaking gray matter from local metal act Water Became Blood’s vicious fin... By Jeremy Martin [6/24/2009]
Mixxed Media: Episode 15 | [6/17/2009]
Music: Local turntablist label goes from the bedroom to the blogosphere | By Johnston Farrow [6/17/2009]
Music: Ben Kweller is hurting. The perpetually ebullient singer-songwriter sits in a Denver hotel room... By Gilbert Garcia [6/17/2009]
Local Music: You’ll have to fight spell-check for this one. Whether you’ll want to or not depends ... By Jeremy Martin [6/17/2009]
Sound and the Fury: (a week on the scene) | By Gilbert Garcia [6/17/2009]
Local Music: Summer Sounds | By Jeremy Martin [6/17/2009]

Aural Pleasure: Let’s face it: The Peas have already made this decade’s two most embarrassing rap singles — “My ...... By Keith Gribbins [6/24/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Collaborating with arranger Don Hart, lead Phish Trey Anastasio has crafted a soundtrack without...... By Brian Baker [6/24/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Big Star got to power pop when it was fresh-squeezed from the Kinks and Beatles. Before the conc...... By Jeremy Martin [6/24/2009]
Aural Pleasure: It’s ironic that as the U.S. collectively shits the bed, Wilco — the band that built a career on...... By Chuck Kerr [6/24/2009]
Aural Pleasure: For a band that harnesses so much energy onstage, the Dave Matthews Band studio expe...... By Keith Gribbins [6/17/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Monoliths & Dimensions, the seventh studio album from Greg Anderson and Ste...... By Nick DeMarino [6/17/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Since being “discovered” by the Strokes in the early 2000s, Regi...... By Chuck Kerr [6/17/2009]
Aural Pleasure: According to Amazon.com, the two albums most frequently ...... By Jeremy Martin [6/17/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Dallas’s the Paper Chase offered a truly frightening so...... By Matt Whelihan [6/10/2009]
Aural Pleasure: On Préliminaires, Iggy Pop sounds all of his ...... By Nicholas Hall [6/10/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Stuart Murdoch, Belle & Sebastian’s master storyteller, conceived the musical Go...... By Chuck Kerr [6/10/2009]
Aural Pleasure: This posthumous compilation, packaged like a radio program, was not curated or mastered ...... By Jeremy Martin [6/10/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Cam’ron has spent most of the three years since his last album beefing with hip-hop heavyweights...... By Michael Gallucci [6/3/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Somewhere a major-labor record exec is snoring. The Sounds’ third album is a dozen 3-minute synt...... By Jeremy Martin [6/3/2009]
Aural Pleasure: Bitte Orca is a strange creature. The Dirty Projectors’ newest is like some kind of awk...... By Chuck Kerr [6/3/2009]
Aural Pleasure: First off: These archives, if you opt for the Blu-ray set, cost $280 at Amazon.com. And if you’r...... By Jeremy Martin [6/3/2009]
Aural Pleasure: At this stage of his career, Elvis Costello is most convincing when he goes Americana. His best ...... By Gilbert Garcia [6/3/2009]
by Serene Dominic
Free Speech Coalition will take Parade Ordinance suit to 5th Circuit
by: Elaine Wolff on 7/2/2009
Border Wall experience comes to San Antonio
by: gharman on 7/2/2009
Doggett denies reports White House pressured him into voting for climate bill
by: gharman on 7/2/2009
Karaoke; bar tab drawings for singers
The Place, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 10pm-2am
Cerebral Vortex (Chicago), Poet, DJ Remix, DJ Scuba Gooding, with art by Deadbeat Hero, Erik Gustafson, and Fletch.
Limelight, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 9pm
Speedway Sports Bar #1, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 9pm
Three Texas artists/bands compete every Saturday night at the Plaza Stage. Audience votes determine if the band moves forward to the next round. The final winner performs August 29th and receives a $2500 prize. This is an old-school battle of the bands. sunsetstationtexas.com for more info
Sunset Station, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 8pm
Rebar, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 9pm
DJ L-Gee promises to tear up the turntables and spin the very best hip-hop, old school, and r&b
Rebar, San Antonio. 7/4/2009, 10pm-2am
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Anonymous said, "The best proof that this band is getting "help" is that nobody else but the current writes about em.... "
Anonymous said, "Michelle is not the only woman who has had Fitzgerald try to get footsie with her. And that is some... "
Anonymous said, "These guys put on the best show in texas. ... "
Justin Rodriguez, Councilman, District 7
Anonymous said, "Hi everyone. My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ... "
Hutto: LULAC's Corrections Corporation of America connection
pedro_ruiz21 said, "So there is a Nazi police on these comment blogs because 3 of my posts that I recently posted have b... "
Anonymous said, "What kind of bands do you see that don't interact with the crowd? Whoever wrote that is full of shit... "
Anonymous said, "Erica SUCKS. If Ledaswan ever wanted a chance to "make it" they'd be better off dropping that singer... "

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