The Bolos (Dan)
The Bolos are my latest and favorite Texas garage rock discovery. The San Antonians play a style that includes a blend of psych, punk, and the blues. There’s even a dash of outlaw country in...
Monthly Archive: April 2015
Ratatat
Whether you love or hate the mighty beast that is Coachella, you have to at least be a little excited that Ratatat just used the festival as an excuse to release a new song. The...
Quickdraw: Icky Blossoms, Guantanamo Baywatch, BLXPLTN, Sweet John Bloom, Braid
Music! Enjoy. :Icky Blossoms – Living in Fiction: I’ve fully gone from shrugging my shoulders at Icky Blossoms to being rather excited for their sophomore LP. The new stuff just has a rad kick to...
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...
Sad Bastard Music: April Showers Of Tears (John Gross)
The open bars and potentially killer apps of SXSW have left us and as a result we’re stuck with a strange lonely liquid on our faces for the month of April. As you know by...
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: While We’re Young
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...
White Reaper
Kentucky’s White Reaper have announced that they’ve readied a full length follow-up to the excellent EP that they released last year. If you ask me, I think the band is essentially the epitome of infectious,...
Drug Cabin (Noah)
As of late, I’ve been skating on the thin ice of becoming an aged hipster who no longer wanted to indulge in new bands. I was happy with my reissued, obscure soul records, and my...
Gentlemen Rogues (Jennifer)
Locals Gentlemen Rogues are back with a new EP, A History So Repeating. The band has plenty of crunchy guitar riffs, sharp yet melodic hooks and self deprecating lyrics for all, and they should resonate...
