Craft, Work
The Marked Men have been one of the state’s most beloved punk bands since the early aughts. Even if they never graced Pitchfork, their...
Countdown
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bryce Avary, a 24-year-old Grapevine native who performs as The Rocket Summer, is walking in and out of a sound-check for...
Breaking the Silence
As we flip over another page in our 2020 “Hang in There” kitten calendars and reveal the sneering visage of an angry August, we...
Phantom Caste Surges Forward
The moody electronic rock quintet Phantom Caste released its debut EP, Hands to the Light, last summer to considerable praise from critics and fans....
Raging Boner Gets Pissed
Almost anyone in a band will try to sell you the same story: I’m only in it for the music, man! But when you’re...
The Wastedland
If you head east on Belknap, you’ll end up in Haltom City. You’ll know because the scenery turns into a seemingly never-ending loop of...
The Man From Uncle (Tupelo)
It’s 2006. Pop music, even the stuff with guitars and drums, isn’t going away. And yet music lovers continue to split into increasingly arcane...
What SXSW Says About FW
I spent the past six SXSW festivals running up and down 6th Street trying to catch every band I possibly could. Not this year,...
Flying Solo
Admittedly, the four members of Soulever Lift realize they're just another local band following every possible avenue to achieve some sort of success in...
Sur Duda
There’s something that happens in that window defined by the turn from your late 20s into your early 30s. It’s a seemingly profound milestone...
