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...
JJ’s R.I.P.
As first reported on Blotch by longtime staff writer Eric Griffey (Sun., Jan. 3, 2010), the lovable J&J's Blues Bar is closing its doors...
KXTeed Up
OK, so everybody's favorite new radio station, KERA's KXT/91.7-FM, is playing a lot of good stuff, stuff that can't be heard anywhere else on...
The Decade’s Best
I'm not from Texas, and I didn't get here as fast as I could, but I like it here well enough. My first Lone...