The Backsliders
Funny how a lot of melodic rockers seem to require an angsty outlet. When he’s not with The Burning Hotels, bassist Coby Queen spends...
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene creates propulsive, dreamy, raw experimental rock, and just happens to have 10 band members. The Canadian collective’s most recent, eponymous full-length...
Rusty Wier
Texas Music singer-songwriter Rusty Wier was supposed to play a show this Saturday at Cowtown Sports Bar & Grill — his second there and...
The Show
Let your nerd flags fly on Friday at Lola’s at BeakerCon 2018, featuring Schaffer the Dark Lord, Dual Core, and more. The doors open...
The Great Tyrant
Like pimpin’, in the immortal words of Big Daddy Kane, noir prog-rock ain’t easy. One intentionally ironic note or pose could turn an entire...
The Show
“Big in Christian music” must be the new “Big in Japan.”
Most of y’all wouldn’t know — ’cause y’all are beer-drinkin’, New York Times-readin’, Satan-worshippin’...
Incendiary Boys
From crude, angular, and tough yet imminently accomplished, Incendiary has quickly matured and become less raw, more poppy. The band’s new e.p., Only As...
Norma Jean
It’s not All Hallow’s Eve just yet, but Norma Jean still might frighten the bejesus outta you. First, there’s the name, that of the...
Teenage Symphony
At what point does a fascination with childhood become just plain creepy?
Like Denton’s Polyphonic Spree and other orchestral, choral pop groups, Teenage Symphony draws...
Rascal Flatts
Back in the ‘90s, the heartthrob mag Jane used to have a regular section called “Cute Band Alert,” a heads-up on the hottest guys...
