Last Thursday I made the trek up to Hogwild Records with a small stack of records and 45s I’d culled for trading in. After over a year of being curbside only, I’m happy to report the store is open for in-store browsing with limited hours! The familiar posters and hand-drawn signs, the smell of endless […]

The Zukinis’ newest release, “Cover Girl”,  boasts cover art of what appears to be a lethargic woman with three extra eyes. A vomiting baby can be seen over her shoulder. It’s a perfect fit for the music. Guitarist Nick Obregon is credited for recording and mixing the album, which is the band’s 4th digital release […]

On Sunday, Kyle and I went to two records stores in order for me to conduct frantic, last-minute interviews. My social anxiety was kind of bad, but luckily he and I were able to rifle through records in each shop while I worked up the courage to ask the owners some quick questions. Southtown Vinyl […]

Thursday started out just okay. I ate breakfast: two fried eggs and a croissant. I drove to work around 10:30 a.m. and prepared for the day. There was a new girl named Edith starting her stagiaire– or stage training. In the restaurant industry that means you pretty much have to try out for your job […]

One of San Antonio’s loudest, most energetic rock bands practices so quietly you can barely hear them from the next room. Maneaters of Tsavo don’t use any microphones and rely on an electric drum kit to keep the volume down during their rehearsals. “We can even hear each other talk when we’re rehearsing,” guitarist Eduardo […]

By Valerie Champion View this post on Instagram Sounds on Wax Record Show Feb. 10th Saturday Free, Free, Free Wonderland of the Americas Mall 4522 FREDERICKSBURG RD 10am -6pm A post shared by Cd Sam (@cdsam210) on Feb 3, 2018 at 10:06am PST Crate after crate of LP’s, 45 boxes, bootleg concerts on DVD and […]

Someone requested I write a tour blog “like I used to”. Without stable internet or a keyboard on which to type,  I wrote things down manually and typed it up after the fact. Hopefully someone will find this interesting.. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Valerie Champion (@vl_champion) Day 1 – Corpus […]

Hello again. Yeah, you, 12-16 people who will read this. I’m back at it again with another album review.  This week’s edition features Shonen Knife from Osaka, Japan. At first I wasn’t really sure which album to choose because Burning Farm and Let’s Knife both rock so hard, but I went with Let’s Knife because […]

: Here’s something new I’m gonna try…reviewing albums by some of my favorite female musicians. First up: Heart’s Dreamboat Annie. If you haven’t heard it yet, I have embedded it below and through the magic of the internet you may listen at your convenience whilst perusing this fine article. Heart has gone through quite a […]