Retrophonics Dig Deep
Chris Watson is sort of rebranding himself. After playing the North Texas circuit for most of his professional life as bandleader of the soulful...
The Wreck Room: 1997-2007
A couple of years ago, I sat at a table at J&J's Hideaway with Wreck Room owner Brian Forella and developer Philip Poole. The...
A Brave New Duell
If you’ve been living under a mattress for the better part of the decade, here’s what you need to know about Duell: They’re a...
Q&A with Bosque Brown
It wasn’t too long ago that 38-year-old Denton-turned-Fort Worth chanteuse Mara Lee Miller, better known by her nom de plume Bosque Brown, was on...
A Light in the Field
Most of us who go to local shows probably spend a lot of time paying polite attention, maybe nodding along to the beat a...
Still Somber
Alot of big local bands tend to put out new stuff this time of year.
Some of them have been holding on to their records...
Novel Approach
Creative expression, the desire to master an art form, to honor one's influences - they're all important reasons for a performer to pick up...
New Local Music
Vincent Neil Emerson’s East Texas Blues
Think about this: Leon Bridges’ and Vincent Neil Emerson’s respective sounds are dissimilar enough that the comparison might seem...
Pull the Pin
I was sitting at Cicada on a recent Sunday evening, talking with a guy named Raleigh Smith about his band, Hotcake Hand Grenade —...
Right on Time
Nestled between the College of Emotional Engineering and the Bureau of Synthetic Voice and Music, The Hourly Radio broadcasts propaganda across Aldous Huxley’s Brave...
