Jordan Richardson Son of Stan | Photo Courtesy of Annie Nelson The Fort Worth Renaissance Man Introduces 80s-Influenced “Divorce Pop” By Juan R Govea Hometown 2014 Grammy Award winner Jordan Richardson, drummer and instrumentalist for the skilled Ben Harper & Relentless 7 is also known locally for his work as Fort Worth’s Son of Stan. […]

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Waffles Weekly With Jessica Waffles On The Dallas Beat Justin Tipton Over the past two years, this singer-songwriter has been working hard as hell to hone his sound playing out five or more times a week all over the DFW circuit of cafes, bars, restaurants, art fairs—pretty much anywhere that was wise enough to book […]

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TThe Dangits at Lolas Saloon | Photo Credit: Johnny Govea for En La Calle By: Juan “Johnny” Govea Growing in the early 90s Motorcycle bars and streets of Deep Ellum, Mike Noyes and Branden Smith became friends, and grew to become the founding members of the The Dangits. They found their musical sound through trial […]

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Joshua Ray Walker| Photos courtesy of Courtney Wright | State Fair Records By David Fletcher Joshua Ray Walker, the Dallas Outlaw Country singer-songwriter, has been doing it his way since he was a teenager, and he is not going to compromise his craft so that it fits in nicely with what’s climbing up the charts. […]

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By: Forrest Cook Local cow-punk heroes, Vandoliers have just released their new album, Forever, to (trail) blazing reviews. With all the press this thing has gotten so far, I’d be surprised if album sales didn’t get at least as big as the 10-gallon hats these former punk rock musicians have taken upon themselves to adorn […]

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By Neal McAlister Mean Motor Scooter dropped the video for “Gutterboy Blues” today, and with the release of TV Baby only six weeks away, they’ve delivered something wonderful to keep us all from bugging them (at least for a little while). The track starts out with some sweet licks from Sammy’s guitar, punctuated by Jeff […]

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By: Juan R Govea Garage punk group Thyroids have released a few heavy riffs and altered reverberated punk tracks yet again. Out of Dallas Texas the Dreamy Life and Barf Wave Records artists recently released Gelatinous Happiness. The 6-track album gives a pleasing high screeched wail on the ears. Fans of early 80’s punk could […]

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