Bark Side of the Moon
Let’s get this out of the way first: The defunct hard-rock trio Stella Rose, one of the most popular and longest-running bands in town,...
A 180 for 380
One recent Saturday afternoon, a group of North Texas musicians huddled over a small makeshift assembly line in a friend’s garage in Denton. The...
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...
OK, ALG
ALG’s new album is the sound of the band “working together.” That’s according to multi-instrumentalist Austin Gardea (Squeezebox Bandits). Oh, K is the instrumental prog...
Trauma Ray’s Gaze
Many local groups flirt with the edges of atmospheric, expressive, effects-driven rock music, but none have dived as deep into the waters and come...
Magical Misery Tour
Jed tried to help.“How ’bout I tell everyone here to ask you why you’re in a bad mood,” he said. “I bet that’ll make...
April Bond’s Invocation of the Divine
Many of the world’s religions are built around the concept of opposing forces. Whether bound in perpetual struggle between each other or held together...
Song for Atatiana
Few events in recent memory have shaken Fort Worth like the killing of Atatiana Jefferson. The 28-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed...
Breaking the Silence
As we flip over another page in our 2020 “Hang in There” kitten calendars and reveal the sneering visage of an angry August, we...
Killer or Filler?
Nevada Hill’s doom project Bludded Head continues to churn out new material even while he’s undergoing cancer treatments. And from two diverse ends of...