Spurring Hipsterdom
Before Brian Forella bought it last year, 6th Street Live (formerly 6th Street Bar & Grill) was a warm but glorified hole-in-the-wall with a...
Middle Ages
Jason Manriquez, the singer-songwriter and guitarist for the eminently hummable pop-rock outfit Fate Lions, spent a fair amount of time deciding on a name...
Progressions
When Adrian Hulet, the singer, pianist, and songwriter for the arty soul outfit oso closo, moved from Grapevine to Denton in 2001 to attend...
Fort Worth Got Next
One of the first stories I ever wrote for the Weekly was about local hip-hop. Most of the artists I talked to lived in...
With a Bullet
For local mod-rock trio Ransom, everything has happened fast.
About a week after the two current songwriters had their first jam session, they found and...
The High Life
Singer-songwriter Peter Black had almost had it with music, especially with flaky backing musicians.
“Playing with new guys with certain talents sometimes reveals the shortcomings...
Ramblin’ Men
A couple of years ago, Tyler Rougeux had a transformative experience.
To outsiders, he might have simply been working in a music store. But...
Blazin’ Grass
Before founding the acoustic-country-revival band 100 Damned Guns about three years ago, none of the six veteran musicians in the band had ever played...
Long String Instrument
Even music lovers who’ve never even heard the term New Music might find something engaging about New Music practitioner Ellen Fullman’s upcoming performances at...
Zayra Is Pretty
Zayra Alvarez is a singer-songwriter from Puerto Rico who has been living in Dallas for "a long time," she said, and is probably best...
