Music Feature
A 180 for 380
The Denton/Fort Worth quintet has come a long way since its mod-rocking days.JIMMY FOWLER
One recent Saturday afternoon, a group of North Texas musicians huddled over a small makeshift assembly line in a friend’s garage in Denton. The product being assembled was a limited-edition vinyl-and-CD package of Photomaps,...
The Dangits Come Alive
These North Texas hard-rockers still have a lot of kick in them.ANTHONY MARIANI
The Dangits are the wily veteran cage-fighters of the North Texas music scene. Now instead of punching you squarely in the face for an hour or so, frontman Mike Noyes, guitarist Branden Smith, and drummer Russ Genders also want...
Foxtrot Uniform Keeps Dancing
Though the band’s new album is in the bag, the musicians aren’t resting.ANTHONY MARIANI
Though Foxtrot Uniform’s sophomore album, Cisco, is ready to be released in early September, frontman Kenny Uptain and drummer Kelly Test’s project is already moving on to album No. 3. As with Cisco and the band’s 2012 de...
Not a Bummer Vacation (UPDATED)
Throwing back to New Wave isn’t the only thing that makes these newcomers different.ANTHONY MARIANI
The time may be right for Bummer Vacation. Vocalist/guitarist Paul Hernandez, vocalist/guitarist Ryan Torres-Reyes, bassist Tyler Moore, and drummer Ricky Williford hark back to Joy Division, The Smiths, and The Cure, producing...
Killer or Filler?
Our critics take a look at some new local records.FORT WORTH WEEKLY STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS
New stuff by a young, folk-inspired bluesboy, a precocious rapper, and a veteran hard rock band prove that Fort Worth’s music scene is as productive and lively as ever. –– Anthony Mariani Vincent Neil Emerson’s s...
Music Awards Winners
Holy Moly and Quaker City Night Hawks have another big night in Fort Worth’s biggest celebration of musical talent.ANTHONY MARIANI W/ PHOTOS BY VISHAL MALHOTRA
It all starts with a ballot. Well, actually, it all starts with listening to a lot of local music, but let’s say that’s implied. To compile the ballot every year, I solicit write-in votes from a gaggle of local movers-and-s...
Killer or Filler?
These scene veterans have something to say.FORT WORTH WEEKLY STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS
For a while back in the mid-aughts, Collin Herring was one of the biggest deals around, packing shows all over North Texas and doing his friends and neighbors proud at sanctioned South By Southwest showcases. Since relocating t...
Killer or Filler?
Experimental, traditional, underground — it’s all coming out of Le Fort.FORT WORTH WEEKLY STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS
Though Cleanup’s ranks have changed a little since the band’s debut recording, the EP Wherever Your Place May Be (2012), frontman Landon Cabarubio and company are still math-rock giants. And while singer-songwriter Keegan M...
Slammin’ Sounds
Shotgun Friday’s “hill-hop” goes down smooth.EDWARD BROWN
Shotgun Friday is blending music with craft beer know-how into an eclectic mix of sounds that co-frontman and banjoist Tony Drewry has dubbed “hill-hop,” a mix of “hillbilly and hip-hop.” Not surprisingly, Drewry is a b...
Killer or Filler?
Indie-rock, metal, and jazz are coming at you from North Texas. As always.FORT WORTH WEEKLY MUSIC STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS
In this month’s look at mostly newish local records, a compilation CD of indie-rockers shines, Denton jazzbos swing, and perhaps the 817’s first bona fide heavy metal band reaches into the vault. –– Anthony Mariani &nbs...