Spiral Sound Again
When Christian James’ mom died recently, he immersed himself into his music entirely to cope with the loss.
“I knew I wouldn’t be OK without...
Mississippi Calling
For a singer-songwriter who is still relatively new to the local music scene, Jon Ruhl’s career is off to an auspicious start. The Mississippi...
Black Tie Dynasty
In the mid-aughts, Fort Worth’s Black Tie Dynasty was one of the most popular North Texas bands around. Their blend of pulsing rhythms, slinky...
Comfortably Numb
They’re back.
And, by all appearances, Novakain is here to stay. Maybe for not for another 12 years but still. This hard-rocking band ain’t going...
Pretty Sure Hank Done It This Way
Though the image of country music these days brings to mind big pickup trucks, bigger production, stadium concerts, and headset microphones, the origins of...
Beautiful
In November 2021, Fort Worth Magazine ran an oral history-style interview with the original members of Flickerstick in conjunction with the then-recent releases of...
Double Header
For more than a decade, Washed Up Rookie has been a duo. Over the years, singer/guitarist Colton Cogdill and drummer Madison Cotton have released...
Peavey-ish
There’s no more quintessential musical expression of the decade of excess that was the 1980s than the ozone-depleting glut known as hair metal. Ignoring...
Stylish Folk
Court Hoang doesn’t really fit in with the mold of society. After self-analyzing his place in the world, he said, he feels an urge...
New Local Tunes for Summer
Last week, just in time for the unseasonably torrid temps hanging in the mid-90s, every Texan’s favorite unelected regulatory body, ERCOT, called for residents...
