Mean Motor Scooter: While Rome Burns
I have the feeling that history will judge this strange year with a mixture of punch-drunk confusion, odd fascination, and abject horror. But when...
Lindby’s BARDcast
In the wake of the Texas Gentlemen’s newly released first album, the self-titled debut of Secret Ghost Champion-successors Earthchild Imperius, and upcoming records from...
Shadows of Jets: After the Layover
On Friday at a show at MASS, Shadows of Jets officially dropped their latest recording. The four-song EP Going Up to Space is the...
R.I.P. Wesley Hathaway
On Sept 26, longtime club owner and eccentric local music emissary Wesley Hathaway, 69, finally succumbed to cancer. I first met her in the...
Toadies Kingdom
Imagine starting a band in your early to mid-20s and keeping it going for 30 years. Your fantasy probably has a bunch of highs...
DIY at The Grackle
Miss the Where House’s DIY vibe? Wish you knew what was going on with 1919 Hemphill? Annoyed because Fort Worth’s house show scene seems...
Mixed Signals (and Alibis)
Signals and Alibis formed as a four-piece seven years ago. In the intervening years, the band sort of dissolved but only to reform as...
Spiral Sound: Comeback Kid
If you’re my age (knocking on 40’s door) and have followed local music, then there’s a better than zero chance the Tales from the...
Abraham Alexander’s “America”
Fort Worth soul/R&B singer Abraham Alexander is the kind of guy you want to take home to Mom. He’s clean-cut, young, good-looking, very religious,...
Hint of Speed
In the summer of ’99, I spent a lot of time playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Sony Playstation. One of those bands...
