Big Bertha
The last time I saw local fusion pioneers Bertha Coolidge play, I admit, I was a little underwhelmed. Could have been the venue: the...
Sober Bands? Quelle Horreur!
Wow. Just wow. Apparently now in Seattle, one of the hippest cradles of indie music on our fair planet, performing musicians can't drink onstage....
Newgrass, New Guard
Thank goodness for Fred's Texas Café. Now that the Wreck Room is gone (R.I.P.), the ancient diner and backyard hang-out is all that remains...
Will Rogers, Sludge Metal, and You
As you may (or may not) have noticed, Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium is on its way to becoming a bona fide rock venue,...
Calhoun: Nationwide
Dynamic indie-rockers Calhoun have just signed a deal with Fontana Distribution, the indie sales, marketing, and distribution arm of the largest music company in...
New CDs For My Men!
Two new albums from two sweet local bands are on the way, and both have been a long time coming. One of the groups,...
Fort Worth in Sundance
And, no, we don't mean the square downtown. In addition to Californian-via-Fort Worth filmmaker Jesus "Chin" Beltran (see our story last week, "Sundance Kid"),...
Southern Goth
I think I may have seen Deadman's first show, about five years ago in somebody's homey backyard on the West Side. Not as "groundbreaking"...
Fade to Black Tie
Black Tie Dynasty has broken up. We usually don't get into the business of announcing band breakups, but for a local group that's been...
C’mon Feel the Noize
Noise is the new black. The number of local practitioners of non-linear, post-everything, totally fucked-up “music” has ballooned over the past couple of years,...
