Furnished by Fate
The acrid grandpa smell of cigar smoke is heavy in the air. It hovers in dense clouds above the mirrored marble tabletops and polished...
FOGG Thickens
It’s amazing what can happen in two years for a band. Sometimes it’s a bunch of gigs around town that lead to more gigs...
The Troumatics Blast Off
Over the past few years, Stephen Troum decided that writing songs and playing out more were what he wanted to do. He joined local...
Siberian Traps: Supermen
Seth Reeves has lots of things to say about living in Nashville. Some are good. Others, not so much.
“It’s the city of shattered dreams,”...
Play Him
A bout this time of year in 1960, a young, blond California high-school teacher named Chris Strachwitz got off a bus in Fort Worth’s...
Dustin Massey’s Time Is Now
There’s something special about Magnolia Motor Lounge to Dustin Massey. The comfy Cultural District’s garage-turned-venue was the spot where the singer-songwriter initially discovered Fort...
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...
‘Down from the Inner Work’
It has taken more than five years, but Zach Edwards and his post-industrial project All Clean have finally released their debut album. Newfound fatherhood,...
Jazz jumps back onto the Cowtown scene.
Take the elevator down to the 4th Street basement where the Scat Jazz Lounge lives these days, and you'll find the night-blooming flower of...
Psych-Rocking Dreams
In 1968, back when Texas’ legendary psych-rock scene was emerging, a young folk musician by the name of Johndavid Bartlett signed a record deal...
