Music
Gammacide: Myth or Legend?
HearsayBelieve it or not, metal in North Texas does not begin and end with Pantera. For one thing, there’s, um, Bloodrock. For another, there’s … uh … Speedealer. OK, so maybe North Texas’ veins are a lit...
Johnny Dowd
Listen UpOne of 2006’s most intriguing discs so far is Johnny Dowd’s Cruel Words, a combination of poetic lyrics and funky rhythms, with synths, organ, bass, and guitar. Even with the music, the performances — half spoken, half su...
Blowout
Call Triple-A: The psychedelic jam band is throwing a thundering bon voyage party this weekend.ANTHONY MARIANI
Word’s been out for a while that Daniel Katsuk, of A-Hummin’ Acoustical Acupuncture and formerly Spoonfed Tribe, is leaving town to do the music thing in Denver, Colo. Along with fellow Triple-A members Precious (vocals) an...
Rascal Flatts
The ShowBack in the ‘90s, the heartthrob mag Jane used to have a regular section called “Cute Band Alert,” a heads-up on the hottest guys vying for the top of the pop charts. The rootsy trio Rascal Flatts is a relic from Jane’s...
Janiva Magness
Listen UpJaniva Magness has the blues. And judging by the low-cut black dress she’s wearing on the cover of her third full-length album, Do I Move You?, this voluptuous veteran with the Julia Roberts smile is as contagious as lust aro...
The New Amsterdams
Story Like a Scar (Vagrant Records)Listen Up
Before launching The New Amsterdams six years ago, Matt Pryor fronted the Get Up Kids, an almost-famous indie-rock manufacturer that recently shuttered its hometown Midwestern headquarters. The primary reason for the split: Tot...
Darth Vato
w/The Me-Thinks, The Red Herrings, and The Riverside Ramblers at The Wreck RoomThe Show
Some guys never learn. Most chicks don’t care how much money you make or how nice your car is or how often you work out. To them, especially the ones who hang out at rock clubs, the thing that matters most is coolness. Need w...
Frankie Miller
Listen UpIt seems every generation of country music fans goes through the same controversy about whether the “traditional” sound is being overtaken by pop music influences.
Johnny Cash
Personal File (Columbia/Legacy)Listen Up
Johnny Cash sat at a microphone in his home studio with his guitar and sang these often sentimental, sometimes corny, always heartfelt songs into a tape machine, then filed them away — many of them more than 30 years ago. The...
ASSCAP
HearsayLet’s go out on a limb and say you haven’t read this column over the past few weeks. (Inconceivable, I know.) Now let’s say someone said to you, “Omigod! Green River Ordinance is playing 6th Street Grill...