Some Birds Can’t Be Caged
The Vandoliers welcome change. In their 10 years as a band, they've transitioned from Fort Worth to Dallas, from local success to national acclaim,...
On the Road
Local country singer-songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson once mentioned to Tom Martens that it would be great for the City of Fort Worth to have...
Save The Cicada
I am loath to write another “this bar I loved is closing/has closed”-type of column, and given that The Cicada has not yet shuttered, I suppose this...
New Noise Nooks
2025 has been a long hall of doors half ajar. It’s hard to know which ones to kick all the way open and which...
Summer Sounds
Hot New Tunes and Shows
Look, I know that the Budos Band’s new album, VII, comes out on May 30, and I am unlikely to...
White Hot
I didn’t ask why Labels wanted to meet in the food court of Northeast Mall for this interview until after I showed up, but...
Cutting the Cord
You might call this easy listening, but the piece of audio I’ve been really enthralled with lately is Mark Hoppus’ new book, Fahrenheit-182: A...
The Replacements
As a grizzled and bitter scene vet still trying to push a few of my own Sisyphean rocks up that old hill of perpetual...
Hoppin’
It’s the year of the rabbit in more ways than one.
First, the debut recording from the Arlington rock outfit Playtime Rabbit came out 15...
Jambaloo and Then Some
During the first week of February, Dallas-based talent-buying agency Spune Productions partnered with the Mullen & Mullen Music Project (a live-music promotion project from...
