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Weekly associate editor Eric Griffey is the smartest man in the world. Now, we know what you’re thinking: We’re only saying that because he...
Devin Leigh, “Searching for the Truth,” Self-Released
Last year, Fort Worth native Devin Leigh released Chants and Incantations, a bluesy, guitar-drenched collection of original songs that sounded gnarly as background music...
Jacob Furr’s Sierra Madre
Jacob Furr
Sierra Madre
(Self-released)
On 2014’s Trials and Traces, Jacob Furr delivered a heartbreaking work of staggering darkness in the wake of losing his wife...
Cody Jinks Hits 30
The lanky stoner-looking dude at the bar at the White Elephant Saloon in the Stockyards might seem a little out of place amid all...
Death of the Album?
About a week ago, Dallas Observer writer and former local musician Daniel Hopkins penned a column about local bands and albums, specifically about the...
James McMurtry’s White Noise
James McMurtry has wrapped up a new album, and he’s playing Magnolia Motor Lounge on Friday. The album will be the follow-up to the...
Critical MASS
It’s not unusual for a bar, restaurant, or music venue to have a small army of investors. To get a project off the ground,...
Henry the Archer, Zero Is a Number, (Hand Drawn Records)
Henry the Archer’s latest effort highlights the best qualities of this three-piece band led by a New Jersey native turned Fort Worth transplant. Passion,...
Suzie Q, Baby, We Love You
A minor key kind of feeling draped itself over the local music scene after the recent death of Susan Jennifer Oberhofer-Maben, better known as...
R.I.P. Kevin Short
Like most news, I learned about Kevin Short’s passing from a casual glance at my phone. It came last Monday, December 30, and I...
