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'Intellectual Warfare': New York's Show Me the Body is about empowerment, not protest music

The band will stop at San Antonio's Paper Tiger Tuesday, Feb. 21, with Jesus Piece, Scowl, Zulu and TRiPPJONES opening.

By Sanford Nowlin

Feb 15, 2023

With its banjo-bass-drums instrumentation and affinity for sonic exploration via samples and electronic treatments, New York-based hardcore punk trio Show Me the Body channels all the political rage expected from its genre. Just don't expect it to play by-the-numbers thrash...

Show Me the Body has drawn critical acclaim and a sizable audience by fusing its militant political message with an amalgam of noise, metal, hip-hop and folk that somehow gets bodies both moshing and dancing.

San Antonio-born synth-pop act Hyperbubble to screen its documentary at Lonesome Rose

Cowgirls and Synthesizers will have its first public screening Sunday, Feb. 19.

By Mike McMahan

Hyperbubble is composed of married couple Jeff and Jess DeCuir, though they only use their first names, fitting their retro-futuristic image.

Armed and Dangerous: Anthrax’s Scott Ian on the thrash metal pioneers’ history with San Antonio

Anthrax's 40th anniversary tour with Black Label Society and Exodus hits San Antonio's Boeing Center at Tech Port on Friday, Feb. 10.

By Mike McMahan

Along with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer, Anthrax emerged as part of the "Big Four" that drove the metal genre in a faster, more intense and brutal direction.

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Music Stories & Interviews

Getting kicked off the road by COVID was a shock to the system for Incubus, whose bread and butter is touring.

By L. Kent Wolgamott

Jan 30, 2023

Ahead of San Antonio show, Incubus' Chris Kilmore discusses the band's growth beyond nu-metal

Angel Olsen's latest album is a powerful collection of country-tinged songs that chronicle that period of grief and heartbreak along with the exhilaration of finding new love.

By Mike McMahan

Jan 20, 2023

Ahead of San Antonio show, singer-songwriter Angel Olsen opens up about opening up

Concert Announcements

Ministry's Al Jourgensen strikes a pose.

Feb 9, 2023

Electro-industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy and Ministry coming to San Antonio on separate tours

Austin-based country music band is best known for hit songs like "Miles and Miles of Texas" and "Texas Me and You."

By Michael Karlis

Feb 7, 2023

Grammy-award winning Asleep at the Wheel headlining San Antonio's Chaparral Music Fest

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Live Music in San Antonio This Week

The Bright Light Social Hour updates the sounds of Texas' 1960s psych underground with R&B and off-kilter pop.

By San Antonio Current Staff

Feb 15, 2023

Live Music in San Antonio This Week: The Bright Light Social Hour, Ari Lennox, Bronco and more

Danny Ocean's San Antonio stop is part of a 16-city tour that wraps up in his adopted hometown of Miami.

By San Antonio Current Staff

Feb 8, 2023

Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Danny Ocean, Mourning Sun, Bobby Oroza and more

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Concert Reviews

San Antonio's Upon a Burning Body may have traded its dress clothes in for more comfortable duds, but it's stayed true to its metalcore sound.

By Brianna Espinoza

Dec 12, 2022

Upon a Burning Body delivers searing hometown performance at San Antonio's Vibes Event Center

Scary props and costumes came out during Ice Nine Kills.

By Brianna Espinoza

Dec 4, 2022

San Antonio stop of the Trinity of Terror tour was big on blood, shock and relentless metalcore

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During San Antonio show, Anthrax showed why it's still a metal powerhouse after 40 years

During San Antonio show, Anthrax showed why it's still a metal powerhouse after 40 years

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Incubus brings trippy visuals, infectious mix of hits and new tunes to San Antonio’s Boeing Center

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Everything we saw as New Found Glory brought its acoustic tour to San Antonio's Aztec Theatre

Photo Gallery: A Flock of Seagulls brought its vintage new wave to San Antonio's Aztec Theatre

Photo Gallery: A Flock of Seagulls brought its vintage new wave to San Antonio's Aztec Theatre

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