News and Notes
On Saturday, Growl Records/Division Brewing (509 E Abram St, Arlington, 682-252-7639) hosts the EP release of Cease & Desist, a 10-inch vinyl split between...
Texas’ Best Listening Room
Double D BBQ, 28510 N US Hwy 377, Bluff Dale. 817-202-5981
When it comes to music venues, there’s unassuming, and then there’s Double D BBQ. Still,...
Some Birds Can’t Be Caged
The Vandoliers welcome change. In their 10 years as a band, they've transitioned from Fort Worth to Dallas, from local success to national acclaim,...
On the Road
Local country singer-songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson once mentioned to Tom Martens that it would be great for the City of Fort Worth to have...
Save The Cicada
I am loath to write another “this bar I loved is closing/has closed”-type of column, and given that The Cicada has not yet shuttered, I suppose this...
New Noise Nooks
2025 has been a long hall of doors half ajar. It’s hard to know which ones to kick all the way open and which...
Summer Sounds
Hot New Tunes and Shows
Look, I know that the Budos Band’s new album, VII, comes out on May 30, and I am unlikely to...
White Hot
I didn’t ask why Labels wanted to meet in the food court of Northeast Mall for this interview until after I showed up, but...
Cutting the Cord
You might call this easy listening, but the piece of audio I’ve been really enthralled with lately is Mark Hoppus’ new book, Fahrenheit-182: A...
The Replacements
As a grizzled and bitter scene vet still trying to push a few of my own Sisyphean rocks up that old hill of perpetual...
