South By Recap
The traffic. The lines. The overpriced food-truck fare. The nonstop day-drinking. The huge crowds. The anxiety I feel every year before South By Southwest...
Killer or Filler?
New Media Recordings’ self-titled compilation
Playing in a workaday indie band in a workaday indie city like the Fort, you’ve got to have a sense...
Killer or Filler?
Stone Machine Electric’s Stone Machine Electric
Chroniclers take note: If you’ve been keeping track of doom metal’s resurgent popularity over the past five years or...
Killer or Filler?
James Michael Taylor’s Man That I Am
By all rights, the ultra-prolific Fort Worth singer-songwriter-actor-eccentric James Michael Taylor should be one of those local artists...
D. Anson Brody: A Song a Week for a Year
Now that major record labels have become the sole province of mega-stars, local musicians are coming up with creative ways to release new music....
KatsüK’s Zero Point
There’s a reason Fort Worth singer-songwriter Daniel Katsük took almost four years to release the follow-up to his band KatsüK’s 2008 debut album, Out...
Boss Honcho
Bona fide, non-hyphenated rock ’n’ roll is not something you pump out after learning just a couple of chords, though, yes, lots of bands...
Class Act: Jody Jones
In a way, Fort Worth chose Jody Jones.
The early-fortysomething Americana singer-songwriter was born here and spent a good chunk of his childhood here, but...
The Truth on Tape?
How refreshing it was to see Dru B Shinin’ come onto the scene a few years ago. Here was this young, hungry rapper with...
Family Friendly
On a recent Sunday night in the middle of Nowheresville, Okla., Missing Sibling experienced its first big break.
It’s not what you think.
A belt on...



















