Beginning in 1990, Crosstalk started to sound very different than it had in previous years. Maybe it was the rejection of nostalgia or the faded convictions of punk rock, either way the idea of Crosstalk...
Music! Enjoy. :Tune Yards – Water Fountain: After a lengthy break, Merrill Garbus is back and ready to impress with a new Tune Yards album. Judging by this first single (and this interview), it sounds...
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...
Pull up a barstool, take a deep breath and really let the rye fill your lungs as you delve into this month’s installment of Sad Bastard Music. This is a column that takes a moment...
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 ➡ Tony Molina –...
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...
Music! Enjoy. :Wye Oak – Glory: I’d be a lair if I said I didn’t scoff a bit when I heard about Wye Oak being behind a synth-heavy jam, but here the song is in...
Sounds Del Mar is a new Austin quartet (John “Fireball” Winsor, Will Rhodes, Mark Creaney, Zac Bryant), and I was lucky enough to catch their live debut at The Mohawk just before SXSW. The band describes their sound as...
The new album from The Estranged arrived in my inbox the other day and to be honest, I wasn’t into it at first. However, the longer I listened the more it clicked with me. It...
Music! Enjoy. :Equals – Conveyor: Austin’s Equals have apparently readied a debut full length, and this wonderfully crafted and uplifting instrumental gem is the first song off it to be released. I’m rather anxious to...
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