The Old 97’s Get Back On Track.

Let’s get this right out of the way from the jump: The new album from the Old 97’s, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, is the best thing the band has done in years—since the ’90s, even. When you consider that the band’s been around for coming up on two decades…

Watch: The Burning Hotels — “Allison”

The Burning Hotels’ Chance Morgan just passed along the above alluring clip, which is set to a brand-spankin’ new, New Wave-ish track from the Fort Worth-based post-punkers. The real interesting thing about the video and song, though, is that, well, they’re both kind of spur of the moment deals. Confused?…

Bonus MP3: Old 97’s — “The Grand Theatre”

The past couple of months have found us talking a lot about the new, upcoming release from the Old 97’s, The Grand Theatre, Volume One. And we’ve been lavishing that sucker, which is due out on October 12,  with all sorts of praise.Rightfully so, we think. The disc, as we’ve…

The colliding past and presents of local music.

I’m not usually one to get too nostalgic—not for local music, at least. There’s already a debilitating amount of those types around town as is. You know them—those who glorify our town’s past while unwittingly spitting in the face of the metroplex’s ridiculous talent level at the moment. They’re same…