Mack the Knife
Last week, we were the first to report that the Dallas Observer and music editor Sam Machkovech had parted ways. Turns out, the DO...
Katsuk Returns, T-Bone Weds
On Monday nights back in the day at The Wreck Room, Daniel Katsuk and his A-Hummin' Acoustical Acupuncture probably drew bigger crowds on a...
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...
Music Awards Brings the Heat
I know, I know, the weather for last weekend’s 2011 Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival was nearly unbearable. You poor souls relegated to...
SXSW Gets an FW Load
I’m kinda torn. On the one hand, SXSW is nothing but a glorified ACL, a festival starring artists who don’t need...
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...
Getting Older, Cooler, and Hotter
For some folks, the big 5-0 is tragic. (Don't they know that 50 is the new, um, 45?!)
For local country-western singer-songwriter Bodie Powell, those...
Exit the Highway
There are a lot of things I don't "get." Coconut flavoring is one. Who in the hell wants to eat anything that tastes even...
Prodigal Sons
I've tried to hate Oliver Future. I really have.
Among my problems with the Los Angeles radio band, formerly from Austin and with two Fort...
Where? All Over
The Where House is a newish arts space near 1919 Hemphill that’s hosted some interesting happenings lately — a string that will continue on...
