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RESIDENT GAMER: E3 full of gaming goodness
This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been pretty exciting. The three big names have already had their days to show off what they've got going on, so I think it's time for a wrap-up. >> Microsoft Microsoft was first in line to show off...
DISC REVIEW: Dignan
Every note in Dignan's latest EP seduces the listener. One track tempts with a soft, melodic piano introduction. The next entices with the solitary sound of a vibrating guitar string. At the end of The Guest EP, which was released last year, one feels...
BBQ & Blues: A Match Made In Heaven
There's something about barbecue and blues that just fits. Maybe it's the down and dirty ethos of slapping something on the pit, knockin' back a few cold ones and crankin' up the ‘ol boom box to let off some steam. With barbecue's you're allowed...
KNOW YOUR ROCK STAR: The Apple In The Tree
Simon Alexander, lap steel guitarist of The Apple in the Tree ****See The Apple in the Tree live, June 14 at the Bahia Mar, South Padre Island.*** So tell me about your newest addition to your instrument collection. I've wanted to build a theremin...
DISC REVIEW Opeth’s appropriately titled Watershed shatters genre limits
If you're a fan of modern metal, you probably listen to Opeth. If not, you might want to start. Lately, though, I've found it difficult to even comfortably categorize the band within the genre of music we often associate with pumped fists, tattooed musicians...
Rockin' on Empty
By JASON DEARENAssociated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old...
Iliad & the Beast: Boys Without Burdens
SEE THEM LIVE What: Omnicon Where: Holi-dome (200 W. Expressway 83), McAllen When: Tonight, 6 pm Iliad & the Beast is striving to become more than just a creative band name. Oscar Moreno, 19, broke off from the band hopeforthestars...
Brio: The Comeback Kids
By Amy Nichol Smithasmith@themonitor.com Brio's love of music kept them together. The trio has been playing music with one another since 1995. As the frontman, Ray Perez, 30, sings and plays guitar, and while he has played...
CD Review: Two Weeks & Holidays
Two Weeks & Holidays is a nod to nostalgia for those who grew up listening to the psychedelic sounds of The Beatles, the political messages of artists like Bob Dylan and the jangle pop of the '60s. The question is, should bands like Fluoxetine be...
Fluoxetine: Chill Austin Quartet
Is there such a thing as a band to cure what ails you? Can music be an anti-depressant? Fluoxetine is both a rock band in Austin and the generic form of Prozac. The band doesn't claim to be a happy pill of the musical variety, in fact, there's...
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