Monthly Archive: October 2013

Veronica Falls

I’m not exactly sure where Veronica Falls’ Waiting For Something To Happen will end up on my year-end album list, but I know it’s going to be somewhere near the top.  I greatly adore it. ...

10 Reasons Why You Should Go To Forever Fest

Forever Fest is almost here!  Curated by Brandy Fons and Sarah Pitre, the festival is a legit labor of love, and you should go.  Because I want you to.  OK, so full disclosure here, I only the...

Tele Novella (Jennifer)

Austin quartet Tele Novella have prepped their first 7″ single, Don’t Be A Stranger. Only 250 copies will be pressed; you can pre-order one through November 8 (email here). Each single comes with a zine...

Radioactivity (Dan)

The newest addition to Dirtnap Records is one with a few familiar faces. Radioactivity was formed by Jeff Burke, the front man for The Marked Men, and he then recruited Texas garage rock heroes Mark Ryan (The Marked Men,...

Warpaint

Warpaint made a nice splash with their debut album, The Fool, back in 2010, and since then the world has been anxiously waiting for a follow-up.  Well, it’s here … or at least it will...

Weekly Movie News Rundown

Time for your weekly movie news update!  Below you’ll find a slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what’s been going on over the past week in movieland.  If something leaves you...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Well, it’s the time of year each and every adult either despises or celebrates – Halloween. Whether you have kids and are excited about putting them in some kind of semi-ironic or cute get-up, or...

Stream This

The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I’d like to change that.  So, every Friday I’ll be posting the...

M.I.A.

The always great Fun Fun Fun Fest is just two weeks away, and one of the acts on the lineup that I can’t wait to see is M.I.A.  It’s been years since I last saw...