Under the concept MUSIC: NO BORDERS, a celebration of sounds that cross genres, cultures, and geographies, FONO and Universal Music Mexico present a special showcase as part of South by Southwest, spotlighting artists who are redefining the global landscape of Mexican and Latin music. The event will take place on March 18 at Mala Fama, one of…
EMPIRE OF THE SUN ANNOUNCE ASK THAT GOD TOUR: AFTERLIFE TICKETS FOR NORTH AMERICAN RUN GO ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 20 Empire of the Sun returns to North America with the band’s largest tour to date and a reimagined live show following their sold-out Ask That God 2025 world tour. The last we saw…
“Only posers die,” this quote from SLC Punk (1998), rings true as bands come and go but the true punks are the ones that refuse to quit and keep going. Bands like Descendants, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, the Germs and Black Flag are among the few from the OG West…
Coca-Cola Sips & Sounds Music Festival returns to Auditorium Shores in Austin this March, serving as one of the highlight events during this year’s SXSW. This will be my second year attending, after having an awesome time seeing Halsey and Suki Waterhouse last year. It is a smaller-scale festival compared…
Soul music has been one of my absolute favorite genres to see live over the last few years. Its live instrumentation and the layers that come along with it are simply unmatched. When I saw 54 Ultra was coming to San Antonio with his unique Latin spin on the genre,…
Paper Tiger’s side stage was absolutely packed out for Vancouver-based band Meltt this past November 10th. These guys have this really fun indie rock with a psychedelic blend that I always fall for. I first heard them through a Spotify playlist recommendation, the song “Within You, Within Me,” and I…
Making their final stop on the U.S. leg of their “portals//polarities tour,” Night Tapes chose San Antonio of all places to close this trek and I’m so happy they did. They engulfed the main stage at Paper Tiger with every shade of blue imaginable, creating an incredible dream-pop atmosphere that…
I’ve never craved Olive Garden more after a concert in my life. Rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer The Alchemist have now teamed up for two albums, 2020’s Alfredo and its sequel, Alfredo 2, which came out this past July. The first was Grammy-nominated for Best Rap Album, and I’m really…
All Photos by Lauren Hernandez 📸 Celebrating two decades in the music industry, Chris Brown brought his Breezy Bowl XX to the Alamodome. It’s his first stadium tour ever and his biggest headline show to date in San Antonio, enlisting R&B standouts Bryson Tiller and Jhené Aiko to open up…
All Photos by Lauren Hernandez 📸 PUP & Jeff Rosenstock rolled into San Antonio as part of their co-headline tour, with a name being just as chaotic as the performance we got – A Cataclysmic Rapture of Friendshipness brought pure punk mayhem to the Paper Tiger. I hadn’t heard of…