Monthly Archive: August 2014

Movie Breakdown: The Giver

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 led us to believe, how the movie...

The Vale (Noah)

There is a decidedly picnic feel to Marissa Deitz and Chace Wall’s The Vale. As if the recently married duo had packed themselves a lunch of hard cheeses and crusty bread and set off to...

The Valley Forge (Jennifer)

The Valley Forge are an emerging Austin-based trio. Their bio describes their sound as Americana, but I also hear a little bit of powerpop in their latest single, New Times. It also reminds me of...

Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Single Premiere)

For a while I’ve been looking forward to today, as it kicks off a bit of Letting Up Despite Great Faults-themed fun here at SOTO.  Today there’s the premiere of their somewhat Postal Service-y song...

Quickdraw: Pompeii, Gold Panda, Wish, Celebration, Balmorhea

Music!  Enjoy. :Pompeii – Blueprint:  Here’s a new one from Austin’s own Pompeii, who haven’t put out an album since 2008’s Nothing Happens For A Reason.  I think it’s a wonderfully lush pop tune.  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...

Stream This

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 Please note that the majority of the streams...

Guest Mix: P-Tek

The SOTO staff eats up enough of your time, so every now again we like to bring in a guest.  This month it’s P-Tek, one of the organizers of Austin Mic Exchange and the upcoming...