Get Well
Get Well evolved from local wallflowers to thirsty piranhas almost overnight.
A few months ago, the newbies had fallen into the pseudo-Prince, semi-funk genre,...
Hogpig
It wasn’t all that long ago when the guys in Hogpig were splitting time between two stellar North Texas bands: Little Grizzly, cut from...
Future Clouds and Radar
Have you ever gone out on a first date with someone, hit it off immediately, enjoyed unexpected hours of heartfelt conversation and some sizzling...
Charles Mingus
Legacy churns out many reissues from Columbia, RCA, and smaller, “swallowed-up” labels.
Occasionally, greatness surfaces, such as Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus and the compilation...
Ghostcar
With no identifiable tracks — or limitations — North Texas improvisationalists Ghostcar’s Too Strong/The Art of Transition is a paradox in polycarbonate.
Recorded at Denton’s...
Larry Joe Taylor
The guy who coined “coastal-and-western” has learned a thing through the years.
Larry Joe Taylor’s annual Texas Music festival has grown from 100 fans...
The Von Ehrics
If you listen to any Dropkick Murphys album, you get a sense that Boston, their hometown, is largely made up of blue-collar punks who...
Various Artists
Taking its name from revolutionary rebels in Nicaragua, Sandinista!, The Clash’s groundbreaking album from 1980, is “an exciting, sprawling mess,” according to writer Jimmy...
Watermelon Slim & the Workers
Watermelon Slim is an ex-reporter, ex-sanitation truck driver, ex-lots-of-jobs bluesman and Vietnam vet who quit the “real world” after a heart attack in 2002...
Anjani
“There’s perfume burning in the air / Bits of beauty everywhere,” sings jazz pianist-vocalist Anjani on the opener to Blue Alert, her third album....
