Causes, Effects
This past SXSW wasn’t nearly as packed as it’s been in previous years, due no doubt to the crappy economy. But South-by’s loss was...
SXFW
Every year around this time, I launch into a spleen-o-gram about SXSW and how the annual Austin music festival is supposed to be about...
Manning-Dickson Drive, Dru B Rhymes
There are tons of ways for you, Mr. Local Musician, to get your name out there. There’s advertising in the local alt-weekly (wink, wink)....
Fort Wizard vs. Dallas
A new NPR story, “Dallas, Fort Worth Battle for Cultural Supremacy,” takes the form of a canned debate between two commentators about whose cultural...
More FW at SXSW
As first reported on Blotch (Feb. 19, 2010), Arlington pianistic singer-songwriter Jessie Frye and Fort Worth's rowdy, skuzzy, light-hearted hard-rock act Complete join Telegraph...
Calhoun, Dove Hunter Recording
Calhoun is getting ready to record with James Barber, who produced Ryan Adams' critically lauded Rock N Roll album and also Courtney Love's America's...
Fort Worth Sings, Co-Op Shows
As first reported on Blotch ("Fort Worth Sings for Haiti Gets First Bands," Feb. 9, 2010), The Burning Hotels, Josh Weathers and The True+Endeavors,...
Lola’s Love from the Netherlands
The Wreck Room will always be a mythical place in both local and national lore. The Wreck, which was razed a couple of years...
Fort Worth Sings For Haiti
For people grief-stricken by the Haiti earthquake, who don't think that donating $10 to Red Cross is enough, and who love local music, a...
Pazz & Jop
Every year for, like, the past 30, the country's oldest alt-weekly, the Village Voice, has polled more than 1,000 music critics across the country...