Hi Ho! It’s Homegrown Music Month. Tune in to 97.1 KXT FM to hear today’s featured artist. And check back here tomorrow to see who’s in the spotlight next.
Eric Michener, aka Eric Edward Fishboy
From: Denton
Goes well with: They Might be Giants, Daniel Johnston, the Mountain Goats
Why we picked them: Michener, who performs as Fishboy both solo and his band, has been hooking fans with catchy British Invasion-inflected indie pop for two decades. Michener tends to craft songs that tell unlikely stories – a snow cone artisan; a man who turns into a volcano; a broke musician using Buddy Holly’s ghost as a parachute – while touching on themes like patience and the nature of creativity.
Fun fact: Michener has long claimed he earned his nickname after swallowing a wiggling fish on a school field trip to a Dallas aquarium. Not actually true, he revealed during Fishboy’s annual Waitsgiving musical tour of the Denton Square this year.
Start here: “Greatness Waitress”
Where to hear: Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. with comedian Mary Houlihan at Get Records With Me, in Dallas.
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/yofishboy
https://www.facebook.com/yofishboyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@yofishboy
