Ollie-vah!
From the WTF? Department. Though hardly recognized as a source of insightful music criticism, Esquire magazine is still one of the best-written publications ever....
Completely Spent
Hard to tell whether Complete is real or fake, though I'm betting real. The Fort Worth/Austin duo's songs consist of three simple barre chords...
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...
Festival Wrap-Up
This past weekend was our 12th annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Festival downtown, and by most accounts the shindig went off without a...
Packing Gatts, Clocking SAT’s
Nerdcore reached its nadir, to use a geeky term, a few years ago, with the debut c.d. from novelty act MC Hawking. The make-believe...
Black Tie Rising
Black Tie Dynasty's Cory Watson is happy with his band's debut, 2006's Movements. As he should: It's been short-listed for five Grammy nods, including...
The Orbans, AIDS, Music Awards
The show of the week has to be The Orbans’ CD release party on Friday at Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St. in the...
Doctor’s Blues
He's feeling fine, he's been cancer-free since undergoing treatment several months ago, and he's still playing, writing, and producing. But last week, legendary Fort...
Outré Fort Worth
I dare you to name another musician who's done what Jhon Kahsen has: Almost every night for the past 25 years, the veteran straight-ahead...
Sound, Art
Last spring, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth did a trés cool, trés New York City thing and produced an outdoor concert, in...
