Mathy, Thrashy Kill for Mother
It got so pervasive that even Sweetooth started messing around with it. I’m not talking about some kind of newfangled drug, though drugs, in...
South-by’s Complete Only When …
OK, South by Southwest. You’ve made your point. We get it. I’m an ass. I never should have ragged on you in the mid-aughts...
The End of an Ear-a
I want to be sentimental, but I also want to keep things in perspective. I am well aware that life is full of serious...
Marinating in Creamy Melodies
Big props to Chingalotus. Vocalist/bassist Charles Marchbanks, vocalist/guitarist Denver Williams, and drummer Josh Garcia definitely have a lot of chutzpah. Their newish sophomore album...
Caliche Burnout: Hurts so Good
So you’re expecting another ho-hum New Year’s Eve. As usual, right? There’s always so much pressure to have big fun on the last night...
Fallen Empire
Though the loud, raucous, Stones-esque Hanna Barbarians recently announced they were breaking up, they essentially broke up the day they formed in 2009.
“We had...
Local Songs of the Year
Now that the year is coming to a close, let’s look back at some of the great songs that came to us from the...
Merry Metamodern Christmas!
Some idiot chatterbox on a local sports talk radio station –– which is like saying “some idiotic idiot,” I know –– proclaimed his hatred...
EPIC RUINS
Don’t get your hopes up. EPIC RUINS is not a thing anymore. Well, for now. The music –– face-melting, stoner-rocking psychedelia from some of...
And Boom Goes the Oil
When Dallasite/Fort Worthians Oil Boom arrived a couple of years ago, they were doing the electro-blues thing that was popular at the time, thanks...
