Pumping Ronnie Heart
Earlier this year, Ronald Gierhart left his gig as guitarist in Neon Indian, one of the country’s hottest indie acts, to stay home in...
Kennard the Troubadour
Who’d a thunk a 60-year-old acoustic bluesman with a basset-hound face, myriad health problems, and a growling, raspy voice would emerge as the most...
Best Of 2011
Cheap Buzz
Being an alcohol connoisseur is a lot of fun — you get to be a blowhard about who makes the best Manhattan in...
Pimpadelic … Seriously
Like last night’s Whataburger, they’re back. Rocking their Confederate flags, boasting about amounts of rot-gut consumed and numbers of women bedded, avoiding showers, the...
Killer or Filler?
In a few short years, Fungi Girls have released two 7-inch singles, a demo EP (Psilo), and a 12-inch LP (2009’s Seafaring Pyramids), and...
The Moon Ridglea
The Moon, the longstanding indie-music venue near TCU, is relocating next to the historic Ridglea Theater on Camp Bowie Boulevard. The new Moon’s grand...
In the Drift Era
The three musicians in the post-rock instrumental project Drift Era love writing, performing, and recording original music, but their fantasy is to score films...
Readying for Live Oak
Opening a large live-music venue is a natural career transition for Bill Smith, the developer behind the forthcoming Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge...
Killer or Filler?
Live Wire, Maren Morris:
Maren Morris’ third album, Live Wire, is a mature effort from a singer who’s practically grown up on record. Her...
R.I.P. Savvy’s Rich Mauch
The guy whose looks, musicianship, and demeanor made him one of the coolest guys on the local rock scene in the 1970s and 1980s...
