AltWeeklies Wire
100 Damned Guns is Blazin' Grassnew
With a new album under its belt, the band artfully assaults C&W tradition.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hope Is Alive for Rachella Parksnew
The illness-stricken Fort Worth saxophonist hasn't lost a step.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rachella Parks
The Frontier Brothers: Boldly Goingnew
Part space-rock, part melodic-groovemeisters, the Austin band is all courage.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Frontier Brothers
Viva Mariachi!new
The Mexican-born musical genre is claiming more territory in Texas schools.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
10-11-2007 |
Music
Red Stick Ramblers Bring the Joyeux Vibenew
Listening to Made In the Shade, you may get the feeling you're at a shade-tree party in their native Southern Louisiana, which is no accident.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
10-04-2007 |
Reviews
Smoothvega: Unbreakablenew
He's been through a lot, but this Fort Worth rapper has a ways to go.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
10-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Smoothvega
PrinceRodriguez is Best When The Band's Having Funnew
Songs of the Sod seems to be a work of passion that would be even better with more restraint in the studio.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Maren Morris' Tiny Countrynew
The genre-blending singer-songwriter readies for the release of her sophomore album, All That It Takes.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: All That It Takes, Maren Morris
Panther City Bandits Party Like Irishnew
The lively Texas five-piece boasts a unique blend of punk, country, and Irish drinking songs; kind of The Dropkick Murphys-meets-Operation Ivy, with a little "All For Me Grog" mixed in.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
09-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Decades-Old Recording Preserves Fresh Charles Mingusnew
A previously undiscovered gem from the too-short career of jazz genius composer, arranger, and bass player captures a live performance shortly before his death.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
09-07-2007 |
Reviews
The Fellow Americans Simply Rocksnew
Every song is spirited, lo-fi, and, true to punk style, short.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Caroline Collier |
08-24-2007 |
Reviews
MC Router: Wearing the Geeksta Crownnew
Riding the nerdcore wave from Texas to ... who knows?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
08-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Rocket Summer's Countdownnew
The sky's the limit for Bryce Avary.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jimmy Fowler |
07-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Rocket Summer
Lost Country Maintains Freshness & Exuberancenew
The band jumps from country to rock to blues to folk, channeling Bob Dylan here, Neil Young there, The Band, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, and any number of influences.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
07-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lost Country, Scattered
'No Worse' is Just an EP, but It's Epicnew
A strong, clear-eyed collection of snapshots of life and faith sans conventional godly sledgehammer devices.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Urquhart |
07-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dylan Sneed, No Worse for the Wear
