War Spoils
I remember War Party’s inception five years ago as something a couple of dudes I knew were goofing on. Bassist Tyler Moore told me...
Northern Rising
The last time I interviewed Turbid North, the Alaskan-born, Texas-based death metal band, was on a brief break from touring in support of Orogeny,...
New Local Music
Tornup’s Collider Scope
Collider Scope (Ephemeral Hangs), Fort Worth rapper Tornup’s follow-up to Impossible Dreams, is a sonic collage of experimental music and vocals. Tornup...
New Local Music
Men of Extinction’s
We Made it Ourselves
Jim Colegrove releases a self-produced album every year or two, and the projects tend to sound familiar and...
Solo Time
Last month, Chris Brown’s seventh album, Royalty, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts. When the R&B stylist’s label, RCA, started taking pre-orders...
Juando a La Vez
The formula for a band to release music to the masses has been the same for more than three quarters of a century: Write...
Saved by the Southside
A steady stream of people comes in and out of Avoca Coffee on West Magnolia Avenue. It’s a cool Saturday afternoon, though many of...
Blonde Ambition
Dylan Owens is a different breed of punk. Bad Blonde’s twentysomething frontman is an anti-millennial –– confident with an air of positivity yet unfazed...
New Local Music
Randy Rogers Band’s Nothing Shines Like Neon
Some of the best country and western songs feature Texas cities: “Abilene,” “Amarillo by Morning,” “Galveston,” “El Paso,”...
Top 10(-ish) Local Albums of the Year
Lots of good albums come out of town every year. Tons. But when time comes for me to compile this list, I have to...
