Raps from the Yacht Club
Every once in a while, a great, truly progressive, truly talented local novelty (or semi-novelty) band comes along - and then disappears about as...
Owl, Octopus, Orbans
Seen any TV commercials lately? Lots of hipsters onscreen. Lots. Which has to make you wonder: Has hipsterism gone mainstream? Well, kinda. Even though...
Top Local Shows of ’11
To finish off the list-giving so I can go back to doing whatever it is I do, I’ve come to humbly...
Must Be Something in the Wine
I say "Grapevine," you say ... what exactly? Main Street, maybe? The only regularly bustling family-friendly retail strip in North Texas devoid of chain...
Looking Back
Here are some of the best and worst things, I think, that happened this year, starting with the worst: 1.) The closing of the...
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...
Nerds and G’s
Just as nerdcore seems to be powering down - seemingly taken over by 8bit music, among other things - now comes the documentary Nerdcore...
Wonderful — Façades and Metal
Don't know if you got a chance to catch Wonderful Façade and Associate Editor Anthony Mariani on CBS-11's morning show late last month, but...
Anti-Hipster Rising
We've written a bunch about Best Fwends, a kitschy techno duo based in Fort Worth and Austin, and we've always been kind to them....
On the Cusp
Not sure what it means, but at Calhoun's packed show last week at Lola's, when the Fort Worth rock 'n' roll quartet/quintet played "Kick-Drum...
