The opening riffs of Seattle-based rock band Heart's "Barracuda," "Crazy on You" and "What About Love" are among the most recognizable on classic-rock radio. Appropriately, the group, formed in 1973, hit up San Antonio‘s Frost Bank Center Wednesday for nearly three hours of rock that was as familiar as it was energizing. Show openers Cheap Trick kicked the evening off with a sampling of its big hits, including "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender ..read more

Who knew the Boerne High School Marching Band was also a metal militia? Metallica recently gifted $15,000 in musical instruments to the Greyhounds' marching band for its winning performance in the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers' For Whom the Band Tolls contest ..read more

Music duo Night Club's aesthetic may be best summed up by a chorus from its 2020 LP Die Die Lullaby: "I want to die in the disco." The electronic goth-pop act's blend of darkness and danceability isn't just summed up pithily in its own work, it's caught the ear of alt-rock icon Maynard Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer ..read more

San Antonio's live music options this week span from arena rock to ukuleles — and just about any spot you can imagine in between. Let's dive in and take a look at the diverse sounds Alamo City music fans have to pick from ..read more

Fiesta may be going full swing, but there's no letup in San Antonio's live music scene. This week, fans will be able to check out the resurrection of the La Semana Alegre festival, have their ears punished by high-volume experimental rock band Swans or take in Saint Motel's more sedate indie-pop at Stable Hall ..read more

Five months after her musical journey ended as a contestant on The Voice, singer and San Antonio native Rudi Gutierrez is back in her hometown for a concert appearance. Gutierrez, 28, is taking the stage at the Friday, April 20, Fiesta event Chanclas y Cervezas, marking her first Alamo City performance since her run on The Voice ..read more

If anyone complains about the lack of live music options in San Antonio this week, they're clearly not paying attention. British new wave, SoCal punk, classical guitar, Spanish-language rap and Western swing are all represented at various clubs, theaters and other venues ..read more

Sugar Candy Mountain, one of California's premier purveyors of sun-kissed psychedelic pop, will kick off a mini-Texas tour with a Thursday performance at San Antonio's Tandem Coffee. Sugar Candy Mountain singer Ash Reiter's ethereal vocals and jazzy feel are an homage to the Brazilian tropicalia movement and feel as breezy and chill as a West Coast sunset.  The band's approach isn't all easy listening, however. Combined with the muscular drumming of Will Halsey and the contemporary psych flavor of Tame Impala, Sugar Candy Mountain provide something at once mind-expanding, groovy and ..read more

Latin pop superstar Shakira will perform Nov. 16 at San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center as part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, according promoter Live Nation. General tickets go on sale Monday, April 22, at 10 a.m. at Frost Bank Center’s website and via Ticketmaster. Pre-sale access is available to those who go to Frost Bank Center’s website and sign up for the venue's All Access Newsletter for the Latin genre ..read more

After a being postponed due to a vocal cord injury, Aerosmith’s Peace Out farewell tour is back on and scheduled to stop Sunday, Nov. 3, at San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center. General tickets for the rescheduled show go on sale 10 a.m. this Friday via the Frost Bank Center website and Ticketmaster. Those who already purchased tickets for the show's original Nov. 1, 2023, date will receive further instructions, Frost Bank Center officials said. The four-time Grammy-award and diamond-certified rock band was forced to reschedule a large portion of its farewell tour last fall after lead singer ..read more