On the heels of Bizzy Bone’s latest appearance in San Antonio, another member of the illustrious Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has announced a solo show in San Antonio. Anthony Henderson, better known as Krayzie Bone, rose to fame alongside his Bone brothers. In 1999, a year after Bizzy’s solo release Heaven’z Movie, he released a solo double…
Hailing from Lubbock Texas, the Josh Abbott Band are no strangers to playing San Antonio. What’s strange about San Antonio is that, while it might not be the same people at both shows, there seems to be an equal amount of affinity for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as there is for the Josh Abbott Band. While that…
In a recent interview with Texas Standard, Honky-tonk revivalist Dale Watson said he believes our sister to the north – Austin, his home – is becoming uninhabitable for musicians, stating: “I just really feel the city has sold itself… This city was never about money. It was about quality of life.” And honestly, that’s what…
We all know San Antonians loves getting inked. But, apparently, we don’t always think it through before we go under the needle. Yep. The Alamo City is the top spot in the country for people seeking tattoo removal, according to virtual coupon service Groupon. Oklahoma City and Lexington, Ky., ranked just behind us on the list,…
After years of feasting on inferior Eastern Conference foes, the Spurs head into their Monday night matchup against the Celtics with a subpar record against Eastern opponents this season. San Antonio’s struggles versus the East include a pair of groan-inducing losses to the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic at the AT&T Center. Despite a slow…
Pop on your monocle and bid 2018 “good riddance!” with an evening of maximum elegance at Hotel Emma. Seeking to capture the lavish atmosphere of Truman Capote’s famed 1966 Black & White Ball, the Emma has imposed the same dress code for its New Year’s bash. Rock up to Sternewirth bar in your fanciest dichromatic…
The director of a shelter on the Texas border says his nonprofit has aided 1,300 people in the last five days after they were released by U.S. immigration officials. Ruben Garcia of El Paso’s Annunciation House told the Associated Press that migrant-aid groups have been forced to expand services because the feds don’t have capacity…
It may not be the end of the world, but whenever you give a glance to the day’s headlines it can certainly feel like it. To ring in 2019, experimental art space Sala Diaz is leaning into that anxiety with a dystopian-themed party that celebrates all things cyberpunk: autonomous cars and surveillance-state alike! Squeeze into…
Bling in the new year with a burlesque fest courtesy of the Pastie Pops. San Anto’s award-winning burlesque troupe has teamed up with the Sexology Institute to host a New Year’s Eve shindig that sparkles in more way than one. As the final minutes of 2018 slip by, sip some complimentary bubbly while the Pops…
Not unlike GWAR, members of Cleveland-based electro-industrial-monster-metal band Mushroomhead lurk behind frightening costumes and junior-high-worthy pseudonyms (Jeffrey Nothing, Skinny, Gravy, and Pig Benis to name a few). On October 5, 2015, vocalist Waylon Reavis announced via his Facebook page that he had parted ways with Mushroomhead, citing “irreconcilable differences with band ownership” and stating he…
Skatenigs frontman Phil Owen spoke to the Current recently for our cover story on Ministry’s Al Jourgensen. Owen, a longtime collaborator and friend of Jourgensen’s, explained that Skatenigs was actually birthed out of a need to have an opening band for a Revolting Cocks and Ministry show back in the late ’80s. Formed in San…
Veil of Maya showed up on the scene in the aughts juxtaposed bands like Born of Osiris and the Acacia Strain, quickly making a name for themselves with their groove-heavy, breakdown abounding, technical, melodic metalcore. And while there were a million bands breaking into the genre of djent – staccato-heavy, guitar palm muting executed usually…
You know, band names are a finicky thing. Some take them too seriously, and some not seriously enough. Some names seem perfect for a band’s sound, and some, whether intentional or not, seem ill-fitted. Thunder Horse, a newish S.A. doom metal outfit, is an example of a band name that perfectly matches the sound. Replete…
Longtime Bexar County Commissioner Paul Elizondo has died at age 83, his family confirmed to local media. Elizondo served on the Bexar County Commissioners Court for 32 years, emerging as one of the area’s longest-running powerbrokers. He was serving his ninth consecutive term at the time of his unexpected death on Thursday. “For over a generation,…
The Spurs’ trips to the NBA Finals have drawn celebrities ranging from Lenny Kravitz and Serena Williams to Spike Lee and George Strait. College bowl games just can’t hope to harness that kind of star power. And here’s proof. So far, the biggest celeb hoopla around Friday’s Alamo Bowl focuses on “The Bush Guy,” the flannel-wearing TV…
Terrible reggae passes for listenable reggae more often than its rock or hip-hop counterparts, and that shit needs to stop. Thankfully, artists like J Boog breathe life into the genre and we’re much here for it. Blending a perfect mix of brass, R&B vocals and subtle hints of pop, J Boog manages to rise above…
HunnyBunny, the cutest and coolest new duo in town, will play its second live set ever at La Botanica this weekend. (Its first was a few weeks back in ATX.) As the adorable name might give away, the members of HunnyBunny — Bridgette Norris-Sanchez and Bobby Rivas (of FEA, Islands & Tigers) — are romantic as well…
Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay, released in 2017, was some special shit. Talking to other folks at Cradle of Filth’s show in Austin earlier this year on Easter Eve of all nights, it was agreed upon by the lot of us that Cryptoriana was the best Cradle of Filth record since 2000’s Midian (my personal…
A Texas lawmaker is making another attempt to dismantle the program that gives investment rebates to film, TV and video game projects produced in the state. Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano, has filed a bill in the Texas legislature to strike down the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, according to a report by Austin’s KXAN-TV.…
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, chairman elect of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,Guatemala called on federal lawmakers to probe the death of an 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant while in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It is the second death of a migrant child this month in CBP custody. “While the CBP notified Congress within 24 hours as…
Mixing indie folk textures with adult contemporary and Latin pop, Morat have been making noise in the Latin music world since the release of their 2015 single “Mi Nuevo Vicio” with Paulina Rubio, a track that would eventually go platinum and reach No. 1 in digital sales in Spain. Regardless of their accolades, the band…
Seven months after filing a lawsuit against infamous R&B singer R. Kelly, a Texas woman is ready to share more on the alleged assault she endured when she met the singer after a San Antonio concert. Faith A. Rodgers, along with other women, will be part of a new Lifetime three-part documentary titled Surviving R.…
One Texas college will likely be blasting Metallica when classes resume. That’s because it received a $100,000 donation from the heavy metal band. Lone Star College in The Woodlands was one of ten community colleges throughout the country to be awarded 100 grand from Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation. Funds will go toward supporting…
Sternewirth Tavern & Club Room is the hottest bar in San Antonio. Or so that’s what we can take away from the 2018 Lyftie Awards from – you guessed it – rideshare company Lyft. Sternewirth, found inside Hotel Emma at the Pearl, was named the most-visited San Antonio bar by Lyft users this year. Considering…
Melodic, piano-driven adult contemporary pop may not be the edgiest genre we’ve ever written about, but it’s undeniable that Nashville’s Ben Rector can sang. No, not sing, sang. Like the dude’s got some soul that you can’t just learn. It’s a real gift and Rector channels it into his music that easily could show up…
While Florida is known as a haven for retirees, it turns out that Texas is also a pretty attractive state to settle down in after retirement. US News & World Report recently ranked 2019’s best cities in America to retire to, and six Texas cities made the top 50 list. Only Florida, with nine cities, had more.…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has ordered medical checks on all detained children after a second immigrant child this month died while in its care. Recent reports about the death of eight-year-old Felipe Gómez Alonzo from Guatemala have prompted government officials to take action to prevent another death. Alonzo had been in custody with…
Mutant, one of the most exciting acts in S.A., if you ask us, is dropping an album and heading out on tour — but not before giving the hometown crowd a farewell-for-now dose of its post-apocalyptic medicine. The genre-straddling act, a project from Joseph Caceres of experimental electronic outfit Xry, makes use of vintage tape…
Police said a young man was killed after being ejected from his motorcycle late Tuesday. A man said to have been in his 20s was leaving a party just after 10 p.m. on his motorcycle when he hit the back of a sedan on the city’s West Side. Police said the man was ejected from…
Former San Antonio Spur Matt Bonner’s love for music — especially underground hip-hop and indie rock — isn’t exactly a secret. This summer, Trinity University’s KRTU-FM hit up the Red Rocket to talk music and featured a playlist curated by the former basketball star. Bonner, who played power forward for the Spurs from 2006-2016, has also…
Southerleigh Brewing Co. is building a production brewery on the Southside to support a growing number of restaurants and retail outlets in the area. The brewery will be located at the Brooks multi-purpose development, just down the road from Southerleigh’s previously announced second restaurant location. Both the brewery and the eatery are expected to open…
With the nationally broadcast send-off for President George H.W. Bush only just in the rearview mirror, and with the calendar’s impending turnover to 2019 only a week ahead, it’s that time of year when the notable deaths of 2018 will be aggregated and slideshow-ed for consumption on your favorite mobile device. You will read about…
After watching 235 movies this year, here are my 10 picks (and a few honorable mentions) for the best Hollywood had to offer. 10. You Were Never Really Here (dir. Lynne Ramsay) Besides praising three-time Academy Award-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix’s striking turn as Joe, a disturbed veteran who works for a private investigator to track…
Dichotomies and conflicts abound in the contested world of Shen Yun, a New York-based outfit with a mission “to use performing arts to revive the essence of Chinese culture — traditionally considered a divinely inspired civilization.” For starters, the organization, which comprises five separate companies of roughly 40 dancers, each accompanied by live orchestras fusing…
Does the thought of watching A Charlie Brown Christmas for the umpteenth time make your eyes water? Well, then Blair and Drew Hicks have a present just for you — this month at Künstler, Planet X Cinema becomes Planet Xmas for a bizarro holiday revue they’re calling HAIL SANTA. Instead of dancing sugarplums, the Hicks…
As the Current noted several weeks back, decent-to-good tribute bands can really do well for themselves in this town. We are a nostalgic bunch, what can we say? So, it’s really no surprise that Nightbird, a Houston based Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks tribute band, which features singer Brooke Alyson doing a spot-on Stevie impression…
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri may zigzag all over the U.S. looking for the best bites, but it seems like his trail keeps leading back to San Antonio. On Friday, December 28, he will have spotlighted five local restaurants in less than two months. Fieri’s final San Antonio stop for the year is part of a…
The Black Angels are an integral, if sometimes overlooked, part of the contemporary psych-rock scene. The veteran Austin outfit delivers reverb and riffs aplenty, and it also boasts a flair for adventurous sonic detours from its droning, driving backbone. In the live setting, the band’s experimental nature blooms into unpredictable explosions of smudged majesty. $25,…
In 1993, after being noticed by Interscope Records on the strength of their debut EP Pleather, Texas post-grunge rock band the Toadies began recording their debut full-length Rubberneck. Proving to be one of the most enduring and definitive rock albums of the 1990s, the Fort Worth four-piece landed themselves betwixt the biggest rock names of…
No members of city council were led away in handcuffs, no one opened fire at a Fiesta parade, but 2018 was anything but a quiet news year for San Antonio. And much of the noise came from its residents. Fair to say, this was the year San Antonio got woke. Neighborhoods stood up to the…
As a locally focused companion to our “People Who Died” feature penned by staffers across all Euclid Media Group (EMG) publications (San Antonio Current, Orlando Weekly, Cincinnati City Beat, Riverfront Times, Cleveland Scene, Detroit Metro Times and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay), Current editors, writers and contributors nominated individuals to eulogize in our final issue of…
Q: I’m a thirtysomething straight woman married for 16 years. Eighteen months ago, I met a man and there was an immediate attraction. For the first 15 months of our relationship, I was his primary sexual and intimate partner, as both sex and intimacy were lacking in his marriage. (My husband knew of the relationship…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect that in 2019 you’ll be able to blend a knack for creating more stability with an urge to explore and seek greater freedom. How might this unusual confluence be expressed in practical ways? Maybe you’ll travel to reconnect with your ancestral roots. Or perhaps a faraway ally or influence…
Best known for providing the intro music for Portlandia, the beloved show making fun of hipsterdom, Washed Out has become strangely iconic for millennials. Former Current Music Editor Matt Stieb explained the phenomenon a few years back when Washed Out headlined the Maverick Music Festival: “Oddly enough, Washed Out has not only eclipsed the genre…
Like almost every rom-com, An Infinite Ache opens with a so-called “meet cute” – except for the fact that it jettisons the “cute.” Young singles Hope and Charles meet up for what becomes a mind-numbingly dull blind date (something with which we can likely all relate). But, somehow, the two are still drawn together, and…
If you need an extra jolt of holiday spirit this year, look no further! Lightwire tells a Christmas story unlike any other by bringing characters to life on stage with vivid puppetry effects and dancing performers clad in neon lights. In A Very Electric Christmas, young bird Max is blown off of his migratory course…
A well-timed offering smack in the middle of winter break, the McNay’s Family Film Fest assembles a trio of films adapted from wildly imaginative books. Based on Brian Selznick’s graphic novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the 2011 Oscar winner Hugo is legendary directory Martin Scorsese’s first foray into the 3D realm. Set in 1930s…
It’s a Christmas tradition for many to enjoy Tchaikovsky’s traditional tale of the young girl Masha and her fantastical adventure with the Nutcracker Prince. The Great Russian Nutcracker features the world-class dancers of the Moscow Ballet in a lushly staged production that breathes new life into a beloved classic. Notably, unlike traditional performances of The…
