Joy and Pain
Many songwriters often disguise the depth of their meaning innocuously beneath a veneer of hooks and cheery melody. The contrast of infectious sing-alongs containing...
Luxe Records
They had been talking about opening a recording studio since before the lockdown, but now two local artists have finally done it.
Located on the...
Spring Palace in Bloom
It should be easy to bristle at the mildewed cliche that “rock ’n’ roll is a young man’s game.” Sure — ignoring for a moment the...
Pull the Pin
I was sitting at Cicada on a recent Sunday evening, talking with a guy named Raleigh Smith about his band, Hotcake Hand Grenade —...
Working the Day Shift
I don’t mean this in a bad way, but Dead Vinyl’s existing catalog is a time capsule of sorts. Sonically speaking from a pair...
Deep Roots
When Brandi Waller-Pace left her hometown of Atlanta to study jazz at Howard University in 2002, she did not know that journey would lead...
Bright Lights/Dark Sounds
Don’t be confused by the sanguine, dance party-ish title of Laser Disco Wash, the second full-length by synthwave artist Annafell Lights. Despite recalling some...
JaeBoy
When you think about it, the old adage about making lemonade out of life’s unsolicited lemons is staggeringly myopic. What do you do when,...
Miller Time
In March 2020, the Zep-inspired Dead Vinyl had just embarked upon a West Coast tour when the pandemic forced them to turn around and...
Country, Time
Over the past few years, several nonprofits and groups with city backing have launched initiatives to promote and support local musicians. Hear Fort Worth,...
