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...
Feed Your Head
Are we beyond CDs? I mean, I know a lot of people are listening to vinyl again –– driven mainly by nostalgia...
Who Messed With Texas?
Once again, allow me to get on my high horse and complain about the preponderance of Texas Music at bars in...
Calhoun on Heavy Sugar
Calhoun has embraced pop. Not that the style was inherently anathema to co-songwriters Tim Locke and Jordan Roberts. But never before have...
Breaking Boingo Shaman
So I missed the big Hentai Improvising Orchestra/Breaking Light show at Doc’s Records and Vintage last Sunday. However, each band lives...
Got You Covered
Weekly writer Jeff Prince has just released an album of obscure Willie Nelson covers –– though Prince is giving away the...
Cush A-Go-Go, Denmark
Melissa Kirkendall and Mark Nobles’ documentary about the ’60s-era Fort Worth teen scene, Teen A-Go-Go will make its world debut on...