This week we talk to the talented graphic artist Andrew Flores about Kurt Vile’s cover of “Rollin’ with the Flow” originally by Charlie Rich. We discuss the song’s lyrics reflecting on our younger years and wax nostalgia. Andrew also talks about music that he likes to listen to while creating, his time in two local bands, and how we use Youtube to discover new music.

Andrew designed our logo and continues to create templates for our Instagram posts.

Check out Andrew’s art @banandrew and inquire for all your graphic design needs.

In this episode of Cover Stories, Patrick Marr (featuring Cooper Greenberg) covers “Lua” by Bright Eyes. We talk about Bright Eyes’ influence on Patrick and discuss some of our favorite Bright Eyes songs. We go over Conor Oberst’s numerous projects including his collaborations with Monsters of Folk and Better Oblivion Community Center. We digress into talks about Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, Billie Eilish and this new age of prolific young female songwriters and much more. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Conor Oberst and the Bright Eyes discography
• Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Jenny Lewis and other prominent contemporary female songwriters 
• Ben Gibbard, M Ward, My Morning Jacket
• Sun Kill Moon and the unfortunate onslaught of sexual assault allegations in the music industry

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• Alamo Music Center Youtube Channel

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This week we party like it’s 1995 and dive into everything ska. We pick it up with Reel Big Fish’s cover of Social Distortion’s “Story of My Life” and wax nostalgia over growing up in the San Antonio ska scene. We discuss the correlation between marching band and ska and how most ska kids were theatre nerds. Get your black coat, white shoes and black hat ready.

In this episode of Cover Stories, Debra Elana covers “To Zion” by Lauryn Hill. We talk about Lauryn Hill’s legacy and what she meant to Debra growing up from Sister Act 2 to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill to her Unplugged album. We also discuss how underrated Bill’s rapping is and what she meant to a generation of young women in the late 90s. 

We also discuss some of Debra’s other influences including Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and Dashboard Confessional. Furthermore, we dive into diversity in pop culture in the 90s vs now, and Debra gives Erik a crash course on Christian and gospel music.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The importance of Lauryn Hill and what The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
• Debra’s inspirations from Erykah Badu to Fiona Apple to Jill Scott to Dashboard Confessional
• Debra gets a little distracted reminiscing while we discuss the D’Angelo’s music video for “Untitled”
• Debra educates Erik on how Christian and gospel music is much more than Lecrae and DCTalk and “she who shall not be named” (Amy Grant)

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We talk about how Alissa got into pop punk and how New Found Glory has been a staple in her life over the last two decades. We discuss the late Adam Schlesinger who wrote “That Thing You Do!” We also dive deep into Drive Thru records, Warped Tour, Alissa reveals her top 5 pop punk crushes and much more!

In this episode of Cover Stories, Alyson Alonzo is doing a mashup of ”Just the Two of Us” by Bill Withers, “Location” by Khalid, and “Something About Us” by Daft Punk. We talk the legacy of Bill Withers, the stigma of smooth jazz and jazz singer’s influence on Alyson, community music performances with YOSA and the Spurs and how she used MySpace early in her career, how Amy Winehouse and Adele have inspired her voice.

We also talk about 90s era MTV, and dive into LGBTQ culture and history, as well as Alyson’s soft spot for country music.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday and other jazz singers Alyson looks up to.
• Playing Radiohead and Michael Jackson songs with Youth Orchestra of San Antonio
• Michel Gondry music videos
• Faith Hill, Madonna and Lady Gaga

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• Twitter: @alysonalonzo
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• Website: https://www.alysonalonzo.com/
• Spotify

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We talk about being introduced to the song from the Power Rangers movie, the significance of RHCP covering the song and how it transitioned RHCP’s sound. We discuss the genius of John Frusciante, defend the Dave Navarro/One Hot Minute era RHCP and dive into their feud with Mike Patton. We bring up how even with his acclaim, Stevie Wonder is still underrated and some of what inspired him to write “Higher Ground,” and briefly talk about the case of RHCP gentrifying funk music but also paying homage. We dive into the Chilli Pepper’s discography and how it both affected and was effected by pop radio in the aughts and how they evolved sonically and their legacy today.

We digress into the state of live music today, trade some SXSW/Warped Tour stories and Jamie reflects on some of his experience working with Sinclair Broadcasting and IHeartRadio.

In this episode of Cover Stories, Brandon Padier covers “Friend of the Devil” by The Grateful Dead. We talk about the stigma of Grateful Dead as just a stoner band, what the band means to Brandon, 60s musicians revitalizing their careers in the 80s, some of our favorite jazz musicians and much more.

Brandon just released his latest album Brothers of the Flood. You can buy it on Bandcamp.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The songwriting prowess of The Grateful Dead
• Some of our favorite songwriters including Tom Petty and George Harrison
• A career study of Eric Clapton
• Miles Davis and other jazz musicians

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Brent and Adam come on to talk about Gary Jules’ cover of “Mad World” originally by Tears for Fears for the Donnie Darko soundtrack. 

In addition to talking about this cover and how it fits into the movie, we dive into some of our favorite movie scores and what makes a good needle drops in movies. We also talk about synchronizing albums with movies and dive head first into the vapor wave genre.

Check out Director Showdown wherever you download podcasts. They pit two directors against each other and examine their work one movie at a time.

In this episode of Cover Stories, Granite Hands covers “Oppressed People” from Final Fantasy VII by composer Nobuo Uematsu. We talked about Uematsu’s love for progressive rock and how that correlates to the band, how jazz has fit into the Granite Hands sound, channeling math rock and our mutual love for The Fall of Troy. We also discuss the concept of genre and what it means or doesn’t mean in 2020.  Their new album Void is on sale now on their bandcamp.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Progressive metal and jazz influence on the band
• Comparing the band to fusion era jazz and how saxophonist Ashton has brought even more jazz influence to the band
• We discuss our favorite The Fall of Troy albums
• Southern Texas music’s influence on rock music

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• Band Website
• Bandcamp

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