Rotten Roots Jam
Angsty, punk-rocking Texas teenagers with caches of bluesy Lone Star country records are bound to mellow out with age, and Rotten Roots, somewhat of...
New Local Music
Bad Blonde’s
Caffeine Daze
“Breaking Loose,” the first track off Bad Blonde’s Caffeine Daze, starts out deceptively mellow, with vocalist/guitarist Dylan Owens’ echoing voice draped over...
Missing Sibling: Going Their Own Way
The living room of Drew Gabbert’s house in North Richland Hills was dark despite the kitchen ceiling’s LEDs and the lights from a bedroom...
Moon Patrol
A musically incisive nerd-punk who makes instrumental music inspired by video game soundtracks? That's Alex Atchley, a 24-year-old Fort Worthian singer-songwriter who now performs...
Killer or Filler?
Now’s as good a time as any to take stock of the quality releases to come from Fort Worth (sometimes with Dallas’ or Denton’s...
Bullet with Yellowjackets Wings
A few weeks ago, I got a little drunk after my bartending shift at the Boiled Owl. It was a Wednesday night, or rather,...
Unbreakable
Smoothvega, back-to-back winner of best rap/R&B artist in our annual Music Awards (2006, 2007), wants to make one thing abundantly clear: He is by...
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...
Killer or Filler?
Doug Funnie’s Homecoming
Right down to his moniker, Doug Funnie is big into the ’90s. In his lyrics, the Mid-Cities rapper references everything from The...
Killer or Filler?
Cheap recording technology probably partly explains the wealth of new music popping up in town these days, but what explains the high quality? Maybe...
