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Song of the City

The Fort Worth of bluesman James Hinkle’s music is not pretty, but is it supposed to be? For the blues to be the blues,...

Combichrist

Hell-ektro group Combichrist has long been a favorite of the fetish community. Led by Norwegian-born Andy LaPlegua, Combichrist blends dark techno, agro beats, and...

Incubus

A couple of years ago, after more than a decade of mainstream success, radio-prog giants Incubus found themselves on the verge of industry-caused destruction. ...

Willard Grant Conspiracy

An ambitious, musically sophisticated album that should be played loud to catch all of the nuances, Willard Grant Conspiracy’s Let It Roll could be...

J Versus K

Arlington indie rockers J Versus K played their first show last May. In August, they opened twice, in Houston and Austin, for Bloc Party,...

The Next Big Thing

HearSay slept in this week (that's right, all week), so staff writer Jeff Prince agreed to pinch-hit - and immediately seized the chance to...

West Berry Breakdown

Childhood friends Joe Rose and Danny Weaver have tried a couple of projects before, notably Trampolean and The Action. Now with drummer Billy Walters...

The Cut*off

You gotta love a band that delivers a collection of new music to the local newspaper on a plain silver c.d. with the title...

Bandmates

The sound of The Bandmates’ The Buddha and the Alien is genteel psychedelic straight out of the 1960s and early 1970s. Self-produced by songwriters...

The Pearl and the Bird

Every year since she passed away in 2002, blues giant Lady Pearl has been honored by the blues community in the form of a...