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Vijay Iyer & Fieldwork
The hype surrounding jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is frighteningly reminiscent of the ocean of ink that greeted the arrival of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and...
Listen … Or Else
I'm still a little torn about the No Idea Fest. The gathering of noisicians, free jazzbos, and sound artists that has been taking place...
Lean Times
The moniker "Stockyards Buddha" might be up for grabs. Fort Worth Weekly bestowed that tag on singer-songwriter Brad Hines in 2007, partly because of...
Bleu Edmondson
Dallasite Bleu Edmondson likes Fort Worth. A lot. Last fall, before his acoustic show at Sundance Square's 8.0 Restaurant and Bar, he bemoaned the...
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Talking records with an Aussie chum recently, I professed to be impressed that the Beatles' first album was recorded in just 10 hours. "That's...
Iris Leu
Dallas-based singer-songwriter Iris Leu waited until after college to start her musical career, but she's making up for lost time. Hitting the boards in...
Completely Spent
Hard to tell whether Complete is real or fake, though I'm betting real. The Fort Worth/Austin duo's songs consist of three simple barre chords...
Working-man Blues
Many people who spent their early twenties unemployed, drinking beer, crashing overnight on friends' couches, and practicing guitar consider those as "lost years," a...
Big Ideas
From out of left field, seriously, comes the No Idea Festival, an annual multi-city avant-garde music event featuring musicians from all over the world....
Bending Metal
Apocalyptic Nintendo music? That's what happens when the members of the happy-black-metal band Urizen started fiddling with the technology. When envisioning the North Texas...
