The House that Blue Built
A 12-year veteran of the local blues scene, Fort Worth singer-songwriter Drue Webber has finally released a solo album.
A mix of vocal tracks...
New Local Music
Chucho’s
Monotonic Tailpiece
Fronted by singer-songwriter Kenny Uptain and compromising musicians from Foxtrot Uniform and The Longshots, the audacious country-blues outfit Chucho is named after a...
Hate Your Friends Love Music
An all-time classic “band dudes” conversation is the one that starts with “We should totally start a band together.”
Usually there’s lots of complimentary banter...
Good Place to Start
Fort Worth roots-rock quartet Chatterton has been together in one form or another for a few years now. Though frontman -- and lone remaining...
New Local Music
Before Fort Worth’s rap scene blossomed into the vibrant, talent-rich rhyme factory it now is, Smoothvega, a.k.a. Lorenzo Zenteno, stood atop the hip-hop hierarchy...
Killer or Filler?
Yes, punk is doing just fine in North Texas. Though the sound lives mainly at 1919 Hemphill (and the occasional house show), it’s driven...
Spinning Mind Spiders
The funny thing about buzz in the internet age is that the attention a band gets is seemingly disconnected from a sense of place....
Toward Perfection
On Saturday night at The Grotto, Stumptone will debut Spark, the space-rock adventurists’ third album. It’s the band’s first long player in five years,...
The World Is Spinning
When Avi Marco came to Fort Worth from Israel with his family in 2005, he had no friends and a limited grasp of the...
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...