Dispatches
Your trusty local correspondents file from Austin.
It had been five years since I joined what the locals refer to as "the plague," which descends...
Wayyy Back Home
The five members of the Fort’s hyper-melodic and grooving Green River Ordinance are all in their early 20s, and three of them dropped out...
Rotten Roots Jam
Angsty, punk-rocking Texas teenagers with caches of bluesy Lone Star country records are bound to mellow out with age, and Rotten Roots, somewhat of...
Dan Family Do’s
Brett Walker, who plays standup bass in the cowpunk trio The Dan Family, writes songs in his head as he drives a tractor around...
Flexing a New Muscle
In 2013, D. Tall thought he was on his way. His first major single, the catcalling trap tune “Dem Heels,” was getting a lot...
Love, Loss, and Dead Horses
Clint Niosi's debut album has been a couple of years in coming.
The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders is a sly and...
Ballsy
Though he isn't a punk rocker, singer-songwriter Phil Pritchett is pretty DIY, admittedly an overused phrase. The Americana artist is his own manager, publicist,...
Kick Out Los Jams!
When Jonathan Villalobos, lead guitarist and vocalist for Fuera D Servicio, enlisted in the U.S. Marines eight years ago, he never imaged it would...
Foxtrot Uniform Keeps Dancing
Though Foxtrot Uniform’s sophomore album, Cisco, is ready to be released in early September, frontman Kenny Uptain and drummer Kelly Test’s project is already...
Open Doors for KatsüK
Call it good karma. After performing last year at a club in Denton, singer-songwriter Daniel Katsük met the guy who would produce his band’s...
