DIY at The Grackle
Miss the Where House’s DIY vibe? Wish you knew what was going on with 1919 Hemphill? Annoyed because Fort Worth’s house show scene seems...
Mixed Signals (and Alibis)
Signals and Alibis formed as a four-piece seven years ago. In the intervening years, the band sort of dissolved but only to reform as...
Spiral Sound: Comeback Kid
If you’re my age (knocking on 40’s door) and have followed local music, then there’s a better than zero chance the Tales from the...
Abraham Alexander’s “America”
Fort Worth soul/R&B singer Abraham Alexander is the kind of guy you want to take home to Mom. He’s clean-cut, young, good-looking, very religious,...
Hint of Speed
In the summer of ’99, I spent a lot of time playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Sony Playstation. One of those bands...
Track Laughs
If you heard about an 86-year-old musician playing at the Aardvark, chances are you’d picture some old man pickin’ on a gee-tar, thumbing through...
Needlepoint
Despite the oppressive heat of Texas summers, local bands and national artists alike use this season to throw everything they have behind their most...
Beyond the Mountain
Mountain of Smoke are thunderous, which is impressive given that they are, at an elemental level, a bass-and-drum duo. For the past four years,...
Music Awards 2017 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...
Inside The Loop
Playing live music involves a ton of planning, and that’s unfortunate, considering the types of people who are usually in bands: flakes, drunks, degenerates,...
