Free to Rock
Say what you want about sonic identities, but no matter what a band thinks it sounds like, the common element among them all is...
The Future is Now
As Fort Worth-based rapper Tornup sat at Avoca Coffee during a bustling lunch hour trying to answer a reporter’s (overly) simple question –– How...
Dead Rising
Learning on the fly has become the norm for Dead Singers Party. The Fort Worth ensemble recorded and released its debut album, Strange Youth,...
Straight Outta Irving
Unless you live in Irving, you probably don’t have a lot of positive thoughts to spare for it, if you spare any thoughts for...
Leon Bridges’ Encore
Swaying tempos, ooo-ing backing vocals, splishy-splashy drums, echoing guitars, the mélange trebly yet layered to a heavenly thickness –– Coming Home sounds as if it...
A New Kind of Happy
A lot has changed for I Happy Am since its beginnings as a solo musical outlet for Fort Worth artist Rebekah Elizabeth. After about...
Playing it Forward
The Tarrant County College south campus’ jazz band was recently performing at the Live Oak. The music hall was packed. TCC jazz director Rick...
Electro Night
The electronic music scene in North Texas has been growing for the past decade yet while its popularity is on the rise and artists...
In Transit
Lou CharLe$ is constantly on the move. Whether it’s touring, recording, promoting, or shooting videos, the TCU graduate can’t stay still for too long....
New Local Music
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Soul Searching
According to rap folklore, August 11 is hip-hop’s birthday. On that day in 1973, Clive Campbell — better known as DJ Kool...



















