On The Wire By: Juan R Govea The Smashing Pumpkins’ video for “Rocket” from mid-90’s Siamese Dream is something out of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris creative ideas. The Directors of the  MTV released video went on to directing and have built an impressive body of work by seeking a variety of mediums into innovative […]

FEATURING HOMETOWN HEADLINING PERFORMANCE FROM LEON BRIDGES, PLUS A VARIETY OF TEXAS’ TOP MUSICAL TALENTS. THE THIRD ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL 27-28 2019 IN FORT WORTH, TX. FORT WORTH, TX – Fortress Presents has revealed the full music lineup for the third annual Fortress Festival, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, April […]

By Juan R Govea Dallas’s The Wizzywigs new album entitled Soft Rocks carries a stature of a well rounded and put together alt-rock group, with lyrical story telling from the first track to the next. The album captures a wholehearted beat that carries the listener through sentimental verses about overcoming life trials and seizing the […]

Andrew Moss | Photo Credit: Andrew Sherman Video | Review By Andrew Sherman “Sunrise Machine” by Great Heart is a multiverse of influences blending together in a most harmonious and familiar way. The inspiration was sparked by a live art installation at the Tate Museum in London, England that songwriter, Andrew Moss, stumbled upon. The […]

Matthew McNeal | Photo Credit: Emily Lynn McBurnett By Juan R Govea Matthew McNeal, Fort Worth’s genre-bending singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist has spent more than the better part of the past two years on the road. For the past several years McNeal has been building a listening base within various music scenes across the US and […]

Waffles Weekly With Jessica Waffles On The Dallas Beat The Black Cassettes I had the pleasure of catching The Black Cassettes for the first time a year ago at “Not Another Halloween Party”, the Halloween weekend campout event hosted by Basshead Society. Fast-forward to this year—the band has been causing a commotion in the Dallas […]

Svenny Baby’s Voyager | Album art by Niya Nikarov By Juan R Govea I spoke with Svenny Baby about a year ago for a previous En La Calle article. The piece was an overview of the band and their previous releases. I knew this band had something interesting and different about them, as I found […]

Pontiac GTO Best In Show By: Forrest Cook In case you missed it, here’s a little recap of the final Mondays Don’t Suck car show of 2018 at Action Park Alliance in Grand Prairie: Despite multiple inclement weather condition postponements, the finale ended up being the park’s largest event to date. This proves that Texans […]

By: Forrest Cook  Crank the speakers on this one before pressing the play button for maximum effect. A new Dallas band, Sloth Fist, has self-released their debut demo Live Slow, Die Whenever, which offers a unique scope on the genre of punk rock as a whole, and kind of defies subcategorization into the countless and […]