Killer or Filler?
Texas Music artists who celebrate redneckness via cliché-ridden novelty songs typically represent the worst of the genre. Fake cowboys glorifying the mundane make me...
Killer or Filler?
There’s nothing wrong with reworking the past. You know a lot of great songs have been written by musicians half-trying to recreate existing great...
In the Fry-ing Pan
I’m a senior journalism major at the University of North Texas, and like a lot of undergrads in Denton, I’ve taken to Fry Street...
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...
New Local Music
Live at the Live Oak, Vol. 1, various artists
The Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge is an acoustically and aesthetically pleasing joint to go...
Soldiering On
Local musicians take note: If you aren’t selling your music, you either don’t know your market or aren’t hustling hard enough. That’s a lesson...
The Rockyards?
To most folks, the Stockyards means just both kinds of music: Country. And Western.
Inside the few storefronts that don't offer cowboy-themed knick-knacks, cowboy-friendly food...
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...
Auld Bang Syne
Present-day Fort Worth and '90s-era Deep Ellum are about to clash. Topping a four-band bill at Lola's Saloon-Sixth this weekend are Haltom City's mighty...
The Universal Answer is Both, Alan
Not everyone can make weird seem sweet, endearing, possibly even cool. Check that: Most people who are outwardly weird are scary. You fear for...
