In the Spotlight
Pop music is filled with male vocalists, sincere dudes who favor attitude over ability and affect all kinds of little stylistic touches -- weird...
What Are The Kids Into These Days?
Between a March Hearsay column that asked if any local bands under the age of 30 can draw 300 people, and a spirited, scenester-y...
From the Top Rope
“Who’s Bruce Magnus?” That’s a question I asked the four dudes sitting around the table at a local coffee shop recently, thinking perhaps he...
Killer or Filler?
Along with the return of Flickerstick frontman Brandin Lea, who’s fronting a new project, Jetta in the Ghost Tree (“Return of the Jetta,” Sept....
‘More’ Cory Cross
Sitting down to write these things, I always wonder what it was like for a given artist when they had a recording to release...
A Rock Band’s Rock Band
Collectively, the four guys in Caliche Burnout have amassed a century’s worth of experience playing in local bands. With a resume of past acts...
No Reason to Fall
Like most artists starting out, Texas Music singer-songwriter Jeremy Martin does whatever he must to pay the bills. And that sometimes means being a...
Cheers and Jeers ’08
Looking back on the year that was in local music - and the years that may be.
By SOME LOCAL MUSIC KNOW-IT-ALLS
We asked a...
Killer or Filler?
Feeler is the lost Toadies album, recorded in 1997 and meant as the follow-up to the Fort Worth quartet’s widely acclaimed platinum-selling album...
Vodeo’s Auspicious Debut
These guys must get laid a lot. Not that having acrobatic sex with as many attractive people as possible is every musician’s dream, but...
