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Valient Thorr
Remember nü metal, that genre of suck-ass Jock Jam bands like Korn and Godsmack? When they weren’t busy making huge, multi-zippered, idiot-pants fashionable, they...
Guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ready To Rock On Saturday
The bluesy teen-aged guitarist who stormed out of Shreveport two decades ago, got dubbed "the next Stevie Ray Vaughan," scored a big hit with...
Top 5 Shows
1.) Shonen Knife used to be my favorite band –– for a minute. Not long after the all-female Japanese trio that formed in 1981...
Top 5 Shows 8/3-8/5: “Don’t Miss Bodega at MASS on Friday”...
1) I’m having laptop problems, and no that’s not a metaphor, but these listings are gonna be short. Brooklyn’s Bodega headlines MASS (1002 S...
The Spirit and the Trickster
There was a time when Fort Worth wasn’t the music mecca that it is now. One of the scene’s only active, engaging original artists was...
While We Were Sleeping
Time and tide wait for no man. Despite the lack of the gender-inclusive tone we should expect in these late 20-teens, the fatuous “wisdom”...
Chris Knight
Songs pour from Chris Knight like good whiskey from a bottle. He’s an independent-spirited chronicler of existential life in American small towns where there’s...
Ballsy
Though he isn't a punk rocker, singer-songwriter Phil Pritchett is pretty DIY, admittedly an overused phrase. The Americana artist is his own manager, publicist,...
Killer or Filler?
In this month’s look at mostly newish local records, a compilation CD of indie-rockers shines, Denton jazzbos swing, and perhaps the 817’s first bona...
Big Shows, Big Shows
I know live music at lunch is not completely novel — Fred’s has been doing it on weekends for years — but I still love...
