2015 SOTO Staff Picks
Hey! Here’s what the SOTO staff dug this year. Enjoy. Here you go! 1. Tobias Gesso Jr. – Goon 2. Shamir – Ratchet 3. Tame Impala – Currents 4. Mild High Club – Timeline 5....
Hey! Here’s what the SOTO staff dug this year. Enjoy. Here you go! 1. Tobias Gesso Jr. – Goon 2. Shamir – Ratchet 3. Tame Impala – Currents 4. Mild High Club – Timeline 5....
2012 – the year in which the Mayans saw it fit to end all days would make a pretty nice conclusion to all things, or well when it comes to music at least. I would...
When I sat down to list my favorite songs and albums from 2012, Austin bands were all over it. I’m going to take that as a sign and share the local favorites that I listened to repeatedly. There’s no...
See, here’s the thing. I am consistently several years behind on music. I try keeping up, but I never seem to like any albums until they have been out for a long time. And I...
Let’s be frank: I’ve been a shitty music reviewer this year. Bogged down with the basic realities of life I’ve spent far too little time chasing the errant strands of my musical obsessions. I relied...
Considering I listen to roughly ten new albums each week on Spotify, it’s not easy narrowing down my list of top albums to just five. While my favorite album was determined months ago, the rest...
1. Killer Mike – R.A.P Music In perhaps the most flawless and listenable album of this year, Killer Mike and El-P team up to make R.A.P. Music, a combination of ferocious lyrics and dirty, hard...
5. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind Speaking of Kurt Ballou, that bastard represents some of the best qualities alive in metal today. Full of heart and vigor, helping bands whittle out their sound from...
Picking 10 albums from an entire year’s worth of music is no easy feat. Picking 5? Nearly impossible. So in order to offer up my handful of favorites from the Mayan calendar’s final year, I...