Live, Laugh, Love
For Diogenes “DJ” Negron-Forsythe, his love for performing goes back to Lola’s Saloon.
The beloved, defunct venue was where the now 18-year-old sang Black Sabbath’s...
Yes, LABELS
The week before last Halloween, a guy I know came up to me and said, “Dude. LABELS. Did you see them?”
He was talking about...
Bongilogy
I don’t want to be like, “You guys! There’s a new stoner rock revival going on in Fort Worth!” because that implies that the...
Craft, Work
The Marked Men have been one of the state’s most beloved punk bands since the early aughts. Even if they never graced Pitchfork, their...
All the Vintage Yell
In 2021, singer-songwriters Chris Raspante and Jesse Spradlin were ready for new directions in their respective music careers, although neither was sure what that...
Dreamland Caravan
Caravan of Dreams wasn’t exactly before my time, because I moved here from California to go to TCU in August 1996, which would have...
Fave Shows of ’23
Live music attendance (or lack thereof) has been a steady subject in these pages over the past few months. There weren’t a lot of...
The 2023 Panthies
More than 200 rowdy souls piled into the Ridglea Theater Sunday night for our 22nd (or 23rd) Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards, and...
Our Top Spins of ’23
It’s the time of year we all look forward to. We work hard all year long with one simple goal in mind: make it...
Goodbye, Lola’s
What’s really sad to me about Lola’s closing is that I more or less wrote this column once before. In May 2022 (“R.I.P., 3726...
