Monthly Archive: August 2014

Throwback Thursday: The Mars Volta

Over the weekend I saw Antemasque play here in Austin and it totally got me reminiscing about the days when Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala were all in for The Mars Volta.  Now, that’s not to...

Movie Breakdown: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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...

Silver Ships, Vagabond Collective (Jennifer)

Silver Ships, the concept of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chazz Bessette, have released the first single from their long awaited debut album Songs From A Room That Never Moves.  With jangly guitars, sweet and uplifting melodies and...

The Number Ones (Dan)

In high school we had a buddy we nicknamed #1. It wasn’t because he was at the top of the class or excelled in sports, it was because he didn’t give a shit what others...

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...

Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)

American Death Metal has been getting a bad rap in the world lately. For some reason the Eurozone and Scandinavians tend to look down their nose at the genre championed by Americans. I’ll concede Black...

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...