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The Crash That Took Me
Huge, shimmering, occasionally fuzzy guitars. Pounding, splashing drums and syrupy atmospherics. Slinky, androgynous vocals that slowly transmit Beatles-esque melodies with lyrics about transmutation, self-reflection,...
Breaking Light
Breaking Light is yet another performing alias of Burleson-based guitarist Kavin Allenson (who usually goes by "Kavin." with the period). Aside from performing solo...
Strange Days
Don't call Hentai Improvising Orchestra a band. With completely extemporaneous performances and refusal to practice or designate a bandleader, the Fort Worth experimental ensemble...
‘Tis the Season For Thievin’
Chances are if you're reading this column, you at least appreciate local music and musicians (and maybe artists in general). You probably won't mind...
Caught in The Webb
My father recently purchased that Time/Life “Golden Age of Country” CD set that Mickey Gilley hawks on TV. It arrived just last week, and...
Weekender Fri., Dec. 18, 2009
If your idea of a swell time is being assaulted by screeching static, then does Wasted Words Art Collective in Arlington (2404 S. Fielder...
Chesapeake Moves Forward With Eminent Domain
Just weeks after an agreement was made to move gas pipelines from Carter Avenue--where they would have had to run under residents' front lawns--to...
More on Monthly’s, Texas Music’s Neglect
Fort Worth bands might as well be from Idaho for all of the coverage they (do not) receive in Texas Monthly and Texas Music...
Novel Approach
Creative expression, the desire to master an art form, to honor one's influences - they're all important reasons for a performer to pick up...
Jhon Kahsen Quartet
Everyone knows Johnny Case as that guy who's played straight-ahead piano jazz at Sardines Ristorante Italiano every night for nearly 30 years. Folks even...
