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Amistad
Combining traditional Mexican/Colombian folk styles cumbia and vallenato with bits of reggae, calypso, rock, rap, and turntable mixing and scratching, Fort Worth-based Amistad’s six-song,...
Thrash, Not Trash
In 1987, Gammacide guitarist and co-founder Rick Perry (definitely not the governor) said his band was “built on the premise of ecological warfare and...
Valhalla
Most rock bands develop respect not by fancy book-learnin’ but by playing holes-in-the-wall for peanuts.
Then there’s Valhalla, a new local indie-rock three-piece whose members...
Russell, Russ, and Fletcher
All this angry music is making me ... angry. "You broke my heart, you lousy whore of Babylon!," "You stole my money, you mindless...
Elvis White
On Promise, a seductive reggae album with strong hip-hop elements, Elvis White urges listeners to think positively — and then urges himself to seduce...
Pretty Girls Make Graves
“Pop!” goes the hot Seattle-raised quintet Pretty Girls Make Graves, and their fans seem pretty divided. PGMG always resembled a more canny, if less...
White Whale
White Whale’s bio reads like a parody of the worst press releases. In a few hundred words, the band is compared to a seemingly...
Time Out of Mind
Playing bass with Black Oak Arkansas, Rocky Athas, “Smokin’” Joe Kubek, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rocky Hill, Marc Benno, and many other musicians has given...
Firehouse and the Station
Before I even write the words "experimental music," allow me to defuse any knee-jerk objections. No, not all experimental music is good. The kind...
Soledad Brothers
Judging from the sleeve inside The Hard Walk by Detroit’s Soledad Brothers, you’d think you’d be in for something really special. The list of...
