Steve Steward
Parking Magnolia
I first caught wind of the rumor of paid parking on West Magnolia Avenue on Friday, June 7, toward the end of my shift...
A Higher Calling
Not of necessity, but out of personal nostalgic indulgence, I find that writing about Josh Weathers takes me back to a somewhat wild time...
Has Fort Worth Lost the Blues?
Fort Worth’s musical topography features a wide gamut of genres exhibited by an even greater number of performers. Country, singer-songwriter, rock, pop, punk, metal,...
Remembering Chris Hardee
I don’t remember exactly when, but the last time I saw Chris Hardee, he’d popped into the Boiled Owl Tavern while I was bartending,...
Hunt the Followers
I am not that thoroughly invested in local metal, and, as such, I hadn’t heard of Hunt the Dinosaur until a friend showed me...
Time to Celebrate
Grady Spencer is in a pretty good spot. While his life probably isn’t totally free of anxieties, the Lubbock-bred country-leaning singer-songwriter seems to be...
Listen Up
Darkness, Dimensions, Disillusions
Stone Machine Electric
(Sludgelord Records)
Darkness, Dimensions, Disillusions is Mid-Cities-repping Stone Machine Electric’s sixth full-length, though given the length of the “doom jazz” duo’s...
When a Cart in a Tree Is Art
I don’t have the academic equipment to articulate what makes art art, but I can mostly get behind the notion that art is whatever...
Summer Concert Preview
I’d argue that there are few experiences as central to being a young person in America as going to an overpriced, overcrowded outdoor concert...
The Fort’s Fest-Off
I hate to admit this, but I didn’t know what Ubbi Dubbi was until I was tasked with writing about it, and that assignment...














