Monthly Archive: November 2013

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks

Not that I didn’t have any hope for 2014 or something, but I’m certainly a lot more excited now that I know Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks will be putting out a new album.  The...

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...

Movie Breakdown: Thor: The Dark World (Noah)

People are doing traditional-style reviews all over the web, so we decided to try something different.  In each “breakdown” we’ll take a look at what a film’s marketing lead us to believe, how the movie...

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...

The Black And White Years

Austin’s The Black And White Years have readied a new album titled Strange Figurines, and it’s going to be set free on January 21 via Modern Outsider Records.  For whatever reason, I’ve never really listened...

Movie Breakdown: Thor: The Dark World

People are doing traditional-style reviews all over the web, so we decided to try something different.  In each “breakdown” we’ll take a look at what a film’s marketing lead us to believe, how the movie...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

This month I wanted to offer a little more depth into the metal offerings during Fun Fun Fun Fest happening at Auditorium Shores this weekend. ACL Fest was decidedly not metal, and that’s acceptable, but...

Marmalakes (Jennifer)

Since 2008 Marmalakes have been bringing their folk pop infused rock to the Austin music scene. They’ve released three EPs and a 7″ single, and now they have their sights set on recording and putting...

French Cassettes (Noah)

It feels funny for me as a the music writer that I’ve become to endorse French Cassettes. Not because they aren’t good, they’re downright great, but because after a few too many years of doing...