Get Outta Town
The music scene here is diverse and hardworking and auspiciously unified, across genres and neighborhoods. Sit at a table somewhere like Avoca, the Boiled...
MAF’14, Round 2
The full lineup for Fort Worth Weekly’s 12th Annual Music Awards Festival is just about done.
For the free daylong concert on Sunday, June 22,...
The Winner? FWRA
Were there any bar fights last night? I wouldn’t know because I’m writing this as the votes are pouring in. I hope your person...
Warbeast’s Bruce Corbitt: Renewing Hope
Batman and Wonder Woman appeared center stage at The Rail Club on a recent Saturday night to renew their wedding vows. Six years have...
Whence The Longshots?
For a brief moment a couple years ago, the gritty, dirty, Stones-honoring Longshots looked like the Next Big Thing. They had the pedigree: co-fronted...
Don’t Feed the Trolls
I hate typing “Black Pussy.” I hate that the Portland-based riff-rockers are getting even more press because of their name (and there’s been a...
For Rappers, Is the Fort Worthless?
A lot of great hip-hop is pumping out of Fort Worth. There’s a glut of conscientious, thought-provoking rappers in the 817 churning out intelligent,...
He-Man Knows “What’s Up”
As the bass thumps intensely and a rattling snare grows louder, He-Man pumps his right arm back and forth awkwardly, robotically. The camera draws...
Music Awards Recap
I’m stuck in a post-Music Awards malaise. After months of planning, begging, and coercing, the Music Awards season drew to a close after Sunday...
Fort Worth Now or Later?
Back during South by Southwest’s halcyon days (circa 1998-2008), I’m pretty sure that for most of us visiting journalists and other, much less cool...
