Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
January is always such a hopeful time in music. We have an entire year ahead of us to dissect new releases, make expectations and demands of artists, and not care about the Grammy’s. I’m looking...
January is always such a hopeful time in music. We have an entire year ahead of us to dissect new releases, make expectations and demands of artists, and not care about the Grammy’s. I’m looking...
From the depths of the SOTO inbox, I present to you your weekly serving of the latest and greatest album streams and videos. Enjoy. FULL ALBUM STREAMS ALBUM OF THE WEEK ➡ Robert Ellis –...
I could ramble all day about the various new bands that Austin’s Free Week delivered this year, but instead of doing that I’ll just tell you the one that stood out the most – The...
As much of a fan as I was of Burnt Ones first album, the amazing Black Tongues & Golden Tongues, I sort of just stopped listening to them after a while. I don’t know if it was...
Austin quartet The Villas are kicking off the new year with another upbeat, catchy guitar pop tune, Natural Selection. It has jangly yet crunchy guitar riffs combined with soaring, falsetto harmonies tinged with a bit...
If you’ve been paying even just a minimal amount of attention to me over the last few months, then you’ve probably noticed that I really like Genuine Leather. The band, which is fronted by Chris...
I read a bumper sticker recently that said, “Change is Inevitable. Growth is Optional.” That resonated with me. The sentiment I gathered from that Toyota bumper can be applied to my love for The Grateful...
Music! Enjoy. :The Hold Steady – I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You: After a few years of other projects and such, the Hold Steady are back together. Guitarist Steve Selvidge (he toured with...
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...
“Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands, of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened...