The Hype
It’s hard to be objective about rap-rock. While it’s more or less an amusingly tasteless footnote to the mid-to-late ’90s, it got a lot...
Destination Decibel: Summer Shows
National tours are inching their way back, plus many of your favorite local artists are now filling their schedules with local and regional shows....
Obituary: Hosea Robinson
My friend Hosea Robinson died on July 3 from congestive heart failure. He was 57. I hadn't seen him in a few years, but...
Cex
The pseudonym for songwriter/producer Riyan Kidwell, Cex works from a palette of moody atmospherics; tinny, loud, and occasionally funky drums; and a harmonic swirl...
Siberian Traps’ Stray Dogs
I don’t want to say that Siberian Traps have finally found their sound, because that would suggest that the five-piece’s previous material, watermarked by...
Hogpig
It wasn’t all that long ago when the guys in Hogpig were splitting time between two stellar North Texas bands: Little Grizzly, cut from...
David Kimbrough Jr.
David Kimbrough Jr.’s mix of old-time blues soul sounds on Shell-Shocked undoubtedly reflects the influence of his father Junior Kimbrough’s hypnotic blues groove. The...
Nice Major’s California Colors
Fort Worth-based rapper Nice Major’s California Colors is a sonic collage of West Coast-style synth, slow-riding beats, droning, mind-bending notes, and intricate rhymes with...
Bapharet Vessel’s The Good Kind of Mushroom
Bapharet Vessel
The Good Kind of Mushroom
(Self-released)
Does sophisticated songwriting and a mature sound come only with age and years of experience? Teenagers Julian Cedillo (guitar,...
Luke McGlathery
Luke McGlathery has been a musical pillar around Fort Worth for the past few years. Whether it’s with his former bluegrass outfit Big City...
