Seth James on Draft
Area bluesman Seth James has a new album called Good Life out this Thursday, and this is my fourth attempt at writing about it....
Not OKKK
As members of a democratic society that presumably values the dignity afforded by a firm, professed belief in the equality of humans, we have...
Big, Mature Useless Brain
Remember Cityview? They were one of those acts that mined the pop-punk/emo boy-band vein that was the proverbial flavor of the week of the...
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”...
Hightower Is No Longer Low
There’s a line in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in which the washed-up character Brick tells his father, “I’m takin’ a...
Music Awards 2019 Recap
Apparently, overwhelming positivity is the new “fuck.” Just a few years ago, almost every acceptance speech at the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards was...
Hall of Fame Class 2019
We’ve nominated the bands, published the ballot, released an all-local compilation, threw a ginormous music festival spanning eight venues with 40 combined bands, and...
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...
Cassingles Going Steady
Alas, like touch-tone phones or my ability to bend over and tie my shoes without becoming breathless and lightheaded, bands doing split releases has...
