Grief’s Harvest
Sarah Ruth Alexander is a second-generation child of the Dust Bowl. Born to a family of cotton farmers outside the tiny Texas town of...
John Hexagon’s Myriad Shapes
In 2002, an unassuming music fan known by the recondite geometric moniker John Hexagon was ruminating on having to miss the show of one...
Vodeo Pulls Out a New Album
Bald beneath a backward snapback and bearded in a way that is somewhere between “lazily unshaven” and “edgy youth pastor,” Vodeo bassist/co-songwriter Jacob Pullig...
Top 20 Local Albums of 2018
Are you tired of end-of-the-year lists yet? No? Good, because we’ve got one more for you –– and it’s the big one.
After listening to...
Top 20 Local Songs of 2018
Aren’t end-of-the-year lists silly? Who are we to say that Joe Gorgeous’ “Wet Cement” was a better track than, say, “Little Sea” by Bosque...
2018’s Top Local Videos
As someone who watches a ton of local music videos, ranging in quality from Wow! to Why?, I can tell you with a high...
Christmas Wax
“Do people still buy records?” This is a question I’ve heard asked by Boomer dads at Off the Record (the Near Southside record store/watering...
The Year of Ryker Hall
The year 2018 hasn’t been kind to Ryker Hall – the person. He lost his digital marketing job and two grandparents died in quick...
Flexing a New Muscle
In 2013, D. Tall thought he was on his way. His first major single, the catcalling trap tune “Dem Heels,” was getting a lot...
Local Radio Rundown
In prepping for an article about radio stations that play local music, I did my due diligence and poked around the seven or eight...
