Gerry Lopez – Saint Audio

The Sounds Of International Women’s Day

The Saint Audio team highlights some of their favorite new female artists to celebrate International Women’s Day 2019. Read on, and listen to our Spotify sampler playlist for International Women’s Day! Rachel Fannan Rachel Fannan is fiercely independent, wildly prolific and enviously talented. She’s been in several bands such as Sleepy Sun, Black Mountain and [continued]
Saint Audio Selects: Instead-a Van Fleet

Some time ago, I heard a band come up on my Spotify Discover Weekly, and I vividly remember forgetting them with a resounding “meh.” But little by little, they kept popping up, either again in Spotify, or I’d see something about them in some article in passing. Hell, at one point, I think a friend [continued]
Halloween 2018 Part 1: Reality

Halloween is supposed to be scary, but given the state of the world in 2018, it’s hard to find anything more scary than reality. Part 1 of this year’s Halloween playlist is a bit of a journey through the state of mind many of us currently find ourselves in. Few of these songs might even [continued]
Saint Audio’s Best Songs and Albums of 2017

Members of the Saint Audio team picked their favorite songs and albums from 2017. Listen to our Spotify playlist with selections from the best of the year. Elisha Chauhan SONGS “DNA” – Kendrick Lamar “LAND OF THE FREE” – Joey Bada$$ “See You Again” – Tyler the Creator feat. Kali Uchis “BLEACH” – BROCKHAMPTON “Just [continued]
Get On The Air With Stationhead

One of my favorite movies when I was a teen was Pump Up The Volume, starring Christian Slater as an awkward kid who starts a pirate radio station. So when I heard of an app called Stationhead, and saw that they were comparing their app to this movie, I couldn’t resist. It’s technically not a [continued]
Albums Of The Month: Our Must-Hear Albums from October 2017

Another month has come and gone—recap some of October’s best albums with the help of the Saint Audio staff. Losing —Bully Imagine that we celebrated when people had a cathartic experience and gave each other those greeting cards that play music when you open them. That’s essentially what Bully’s Losing is. Songs about pain and [continued]
Saint Audio Selects: All Hallows’ Eve, Part 1

Halloween’s one of those holidays that has a little something for everyone: scary monster movies for the fear fans, costumes and candy for kids at heart, harvest festivals and Jack-o-Lanterns for those more about the seasonal spirit, and more. It’s also a great time for playlists, so we’re diving in and bobbing for tunes. There [continued]
Albums Of The Month: Our Must-Hear Picks From September 2017

We recap the ten best albums released in September, along with a can’t-miss track from each of our selections. Aromanticism — Moses Sumney Moses Sumney’s debut album Aromanticism is a genre-defying work of art exploring themes of lovelessness and loneliness in a romance-driven society. True to his minimalist style, Sumney delivers tracks with melancholic, ethereal [continued]
Tom Petty’s Lyrics Painted Pictures of America

Tom Petty unexpectedly passed away at age 66 on Monday, October 2nd, after experiencing cardiac arrest. Gerry Lopez reflects on the singer’s legacy and breaks down two of his most iconic songs. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ debut album came out in 1976, but it seems like Tom was kind of always around, as far [continued]
The Afghan Whigs and Har Mar Superstar Rocked The Exit/In, Nashville

Whenever the opportunity to see a great band in a small, packed venue comes up, I take it. I went as far as taking a trip to Nashville from Miami to see The Afghan Whigs and Har Mar Superstar at the historic Exit/In on Friday, September 29th. Established in 1971, the small club quickly developed [continued]