If he weren’t already well-known as one of Fort Worth’s best frontmen for his work with indie-rockers Cut Throat Finches, Sean Russell might have a high profile based on his compassionate activism. Lately, Russell has shown this with efforts to organize a veteran-focused music festival as well as coordinating contributions to help a vet impacted […] The post Vets Rock appeared first on Fort Worth Weekly.| Fort Worth Weekly
Rock ’n’ roll is a young man’s game. Except it’s not. At least not for a particular breed of erudite guitar-driven indie rock. This is the realm of the balding and bespectacled music vlogger. The “r/Pavement” subreddit set. The fortysomething in jean cut-offs and Vans who owns a vinyl collection that dates back to a…| Fort Worth Weekly
On Saturday, Growl Records/Division Brewing (509 E Abram St, Arlington, 682-252-7639) hosts the EP release of Cease & Desist, a 10-inch vinyl split between two of Fort Worth’s longest-running, highest-octane rock ’n’ roll bands: the Me-Thinks and The Dangits. The EP, recorded at Dangits drummer Russ Gender’s home studio, captures these two titans of crumpled…| Fort Worth Weekly
I am loath to write another “this bar I loved is closing/has closed”-type of column, and given that The Cicada has not yet shuttered, I suppose this piece is not that. Fact is, though, the tight margins inherent to the bar business and factors like decreased foot traffic and shifting trends in leisure activities mean the lifespans of…| Fort Worth Weekly
As a grizzled and bitter scene vet still trying to push a few of my own Sisyphean rocks up that old hill of perpetual musical anonymity, there are two laments I often find escaping my lips when I take a look around at the state of local music. The first is, “Where is everybody?” — as…| Fort Worth Weekly
Celestial L’amour and husband Luis Lopez have been making and performing music since the pandemic and are now only getting busier. Onstage and at home. Full-time workers and parents, the young couple is running two projects concurrently: L’amour’s eponymous alt-rock band that’s releasing a new EP this month and Amor del Sur, an R&B-esque outfit…| Fort Worth Weekly