Cesar Soto Rivera

Content Writer

United States

Contributed to Drop the Spotlight, TheHeartSounds Magazine, The Paisano and more

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Drop The Spotlight
06/24/2025
Long Hair, Long Life at the Moody Amp

I don't know if there's a venue that has absolutely cooked up more heat in 2025 than the Moody Amphitheater in Austin. I was back this time once again for Peach Pit and Briston Maroney's co-...

Drop The Spotlight
06/14/2025
Caught In The Tunnel Vision at Emo's

I've been fortunate enough to cover Bad Bunny, Beach Fossils, and now it's come full circle with covering Beach Bunny - quite poetic, to be honest. The Chicago-based indie-rock band stopped by Emo'...

Drop The Spotlight
05/21/2025
You Are The Future

I've heard "Walking On A Dream" many times growing up. It's a song that's timeless yet nostalgic - if only I didn't grow up being a dumbass thinking it was an MGMT song this entire time. Onc...

Drop The Spotlight
03/15/2025
NCT 127 Sparks K-Pop Fever in San Antonio

With how fast K-pop as a genre has grown in San Antonio, I figured it was about time to finally check it out for myself. It's not a genre I know much about; most of what I know I overheard from my ...

Drop The Spotlight
02/22/2025
Winona Fighter Ignites 3TEN's First Ever Moshpit

I had been to ACL Live at the Moody Theater a few times but was always curious about the smaller room located right outside of it, 3TEN at ACL Live. The 350-capacity room is known for hosting emerg...

Drop The Spotlight
02/17/2025
Celebrating Valentine's Day with Die Spitz!

On a cold and rainy Valentine's Day in Austin, Texas, there was nowhere better to be than at the Mohawk for a sold-out Die Spitz show. I saw this hometown four-piece (Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe Andrews...

The Paisano
04/18/2023
Bringing a 'Fantasy' to life

Making their long-awaited return to San Antonio after seven years, the French shoegaze band M83 sold out Aztec Theatre on Thursday, April 13, as part of their "Fantasy Tour." With exceptional stage production and musicianship, the group made it one of the year's most memorable shows thus far.

The Paisano
11/13/2022
Turnstile lets San Antonio be themselves at the Aztec Theatre

Rating: 4.5 stars The pits opened up and never closed as the world's fastest-rising hardcore band, Turnstile, stopped in San Antonio as part of their Love Connection Tour on Friday, Nov. 11. The sold-out Aztec Theatre was the perfect venue, feeling both incredibly intimate and wildly insane with the most explosive energy from both the...