Killer or Filler?
Perhaps as a testament to Darstar’s exceptionalness, Dallas-based Idol Records (Calhoun, Little Black Dress, The O’s) signed frontwoman Lisa Hardaway and her four bandmates...
Waves of Tidals
Probably the best way to listen to Tidals is on a dark train zipping through the city at night. New York City perhaps or...
The Villain Vanguard’s Revenge
When The Villain Vanguard formed in 2004, the then-sextet launched into Fort Worth’s eclectic music scene with brash boogie and high hopes. After 2006’s...
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....
Little Big Fire
It's been four years since singer-songwriter April Geesbreght released her last CD, the introspective, folk-inflected In Other Words.
In that relatively short period of time,...
Saint Marie Records Arrives
Fort Worth may turn into a music town after all.
Just a couple of years ago, there wasn’t any industry infrastructure in place to...
Miller Time
In March 2020, the Zep-inspired Dead Vinyl had just embarked upon a West Coast tour when the pandemic forced them to turn around and...
Streams and Valleys
Way back in 2020 B.C. –– Before Coronavirus –– working musicians weren’t prone to livestreaming performances. Live shows in packed clubs were their livelihood....
Infinity and Beyond
After more than a decade writing and singing songs, Seth Reeves, singer/guitarist of power-pop quartet Siberian Traps, is at a point where he feels...
Spring Palace in Bloom
It should be easy to bristle at the mildewed cliche that “rock ’n’ roll is a young man’s game.” Sure — ignoring for a moment the...