Monthly Archive: February 2015

Raised Eyebrows: Skip Spence’s Oar (Randy)

My monthly nostalgia trip continues on.  Last month I reflected on Sonny Sharrock’s Ask The Ages, and now it’s Skip Spence’s magnetic 1969 album Oar. It was my first tour ever as a “real” musician....

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)

Few months garner the type of pleasure that February brings with such a special holiday like Valentine’s Day. No other holiday can match the selfless devotion to love and relationships the way one day, nay...

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...

Movie Breakdown: Seventh Son

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...

Modest Mouse

Not sure if you’ve been keeping count, but I believe that with the arrival of today’s infectious track, Modest Mouse are now 3/3 when it comes to singles for their upcoming LP.  Sure, I’m fairly...

Movie Breakdown: Jupiter Ascending (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 led us to believe, how the movie...

Movie Breakdown: Jupiter Ascending

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...

Sleep Good (Jennifer)

I first heard of Austin’s own Sleep Good a few years ago via a feel-good, jangly guitar pop single titled Summer Explosion. The act has returned this year with a new album, Dream Dealer, that...

Obnox, Blaxxx (Dan)

Obnox is Lamont ‘Bim’ Thomas, a man you may not know, but should. He’s released an incredible 15 records in five years and is a one-man force of nature. He is steadily gaining national attention...