On the Outside
Richard Haskins is playing in Fort Worth for the first time in years on Friday night at Shipping & Receiving Bar. I’ve never met...
Meta Flow
Rap, as an artform, is incredibly malleable, but it is often pinned down by persistent stereotypes. Fort Worth rapper Wrex seeks to rise above...
Seizing the Fortress
Fort Worth has no shortage of small-ish music festivals. Most are booked at Panther Island Pavilion, Shipping and Receiving, or Lola’s Saloon, and the...
Bucket List Grind
Who is Juma Spears? Given that Fort Worth’s music scene seems to revolve around rock and country bands, the 23-year-old rapper’s name might not...
Live Oak Dead
Last week, the employees of the Live Oak were called together for a meeting. The 25 or so staffers learned that the West Magnolia...
Nice Work If You Can Get It
A common adage soft-pedaled to many aspiring musicians is “don’t quit your day job.” That prickly little quip is often spoken by a parent,...
Lion Frogs
If you were to imagine a local reggae band fronted by a singer from Jamaica, students from TCU probably wouldn’t figure into your mental...
After the Monkey House
There used to be this short-lived venue called Cowtown Bar and Grill, where Camp Bowie Boulevard meets the traffic circle. That’s where I saw...
From Thick Air
Fun fact: Late in the summer of 2009, I drove to a residential neighborhood in South Arlington to audition for a doom metal band....
Caged Bird
The bride wore a black miniskirt. (She is nicknamed “Legs,” after all.) The groom wore gray stripes.
The minister omitted the part about the groom...
