Kaz Murphy
Kaz Murphy must have picked up some of his storytelling ability from his days as accompanist/drummer for legendary Beat poet Allen Ginsburg.
Murphy’s songs, often...
The Hype
It’s hard to be objective about rap-rock. While it’s more or less an amusingly tasteless footnote to the mid-to-late ’90s, it got a lot...
Overkill
Move forward or keep the status quo? In thrash, do you stay tied to the mid-1980s — arguably the genre's halcyon days — or...
Satellite Dream
Playing local and regional shows pretty steadily and releasing new DIY discs every so often, Satellite Dream has been orbiting the Cowtown scene for...
The Derailers
My philosophy on tribute albums: When covering popular songs, a band should make its own artistic statement rather than mimicking the original.
It pisses me...
Black Francis
What’s in a name, anyway? Would a Frank Black by any other name still be weird?
Or better yet, will he still be inextricably tied...
Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen
There is as much yearning as there is unmistakable joy in the instrumental, pragmatically if unimaginatively named Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen.
The...
The Rivercrest Yacht Club
Imagine if acts like the Beastie Boys, RUN-D.M.C., and LL Cool J had launched from Panther City instead of The Bronx or Brooklyn.
Imagine also...
The Sadies
The Sadies built their reputation on a mélange of styles referred to by various critics as (choose one or more terms) honkytonk rockabilly twang...
Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers
On the stripped-down ... en duo, Canadians Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers bring a crisp freshness to a dozen familiar songs and share...
