New Alan, Doc’s
There was a time when I wasn’t all about Fort Worth/817 music, when I just listened to whatever came my...
Roads to RUINS
One of my favorite songs of 2010, EPIC RUINS’ “Child and Cobra,” has been remixed out the wazoo by Spirit Animal, a project helmed...
817 Albums of the Year
I don’t want to step on you guys’ toes. I know that every summer we present our annual Music Awards and...
Songs of the Year (Kinda)
The Dallas Observer’s music blog, DC 9 at Night, recently came up with a great idea, one that I’ll be stealing next year: The...
Outreach, Niosi, Hotels
Some of Fort Worth’s finest musos have been confirmed for a show benefitting the Fort Worth Music Outreach, an organization that...
GROdors
Hard to believe, but Green River Ordinance is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Seems like just yesterday, the Fort Worth...
An EPIC Weekend
Every hipster worth his weight in obscure Radiohead songs (and every stoner worth his weight in Sabbath albums) is going –– or should be...
Gas Pipe and the Ridglea
As first reported on Blotch, Jerry Shults, owner of The Gas Pipe, a Southwestern regional chain of smoke shops, is about...
Hellfire and Eagle Rock
If you’re a regular reader, you’re probably well aware of Indian Casino Records, a Seattle label run by Haltom City ex-pat...
Sonic Dirt-a-Doodle Do
Joe and the Sonic Dirt from Madagascar is the nom de guerre of keyboardist Matt Hickey (Hentai Improvising Orchestra), who’s quite...
