Could Video Make TUC a Radio Star?
A warbly handwritten script appears superimposed over faded yellow parchment as a pair of jaunty synth orchestra stabs punctuates the action. An edged voice,...
Hunters, Forests, and Porridge
Midlake is another in a long line of famous indie rock bands from Denton. Other wildly successful non-mainstream acts that also hail from our...
Killer or Filler?
James Michael Taylor’s Man That I Am
By all rights, the ultra-prolific Fort Worth singer-songwriter-actor-eccentric James Michael Taylor should be one of those local artists...
Black Francis
Black Francis is an old stage name for Frank Black, an old stage name for Charles Thompson, lead singer of The Pixies. Bluefinger, Black...
Jazz jumps back onto the Cowtown scene.
Take the elevator down to the 4th Street basement where the Scat Jazz Lounge lives these days, and you'll find the night-blooming flower of...
Killer or Filler?
What to get that music lover in your life? Well, iTunes gift cards are great but are grossly impersonal. Worse, they don’t allow you...
Arrow Pointed Up
For a guy who rejects organized religion but still believes in a higher power, Richard Hennessy credits a Bible verse his father often quoted...
Evergreen Punk
There was a particularly eye-roll-inducing take that popped up all over social media after the 2-by-4-to-the-head that was election night 2016. The theme was...
Solo Voce
Ad-libbing a new ending to a Mozart concerto changed Jordan Critz' world - not to mention his standing in the piano competition in which...
Bright and Loud
A couple of weeks ago at a Wreck Room show, a crowd of about 50 rowdy concertgoers trashed the place.
The next day, according to...
