Category: Local Music

Listen up to these North Texas artists on Bandcamp Friday

Snarky Puppy stands outside, facing the camera

It’s time once again for Bandcamp Friday. If you’re unfamiliar with the event, it’s pretty straightforward: To help musicians amid the uncertainties of the ongoing pandemic, the streaming platform Bandcamp instituted “Bandcamp Friday,” a day where the company forgoes its revenue share in order to pass on to bands an average of 93 percent of… Read more »

Why music pros like Robert Ellis and Jimi Bowman are calling Fort Worth home

Jimi Bowman, wearing glasses and a hoodie, faces the camera

Austin might have the mystique as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” but when it comes to musicians, cities and the state of Texas, it’s hard to argue against Fort Worth’s momentum. Consider the fact that the North Texas city was the first to be designated by the Texas Music Office as a “Music-Friendly… Read more »

Oak Cliff-formed Luna Luna prepares to “Get Loud with KXT”

Luna Luna faces the camera

While it might seem so on its face, for Luna Luna’s vocalist and co-producer Kevin “Kavvi” Gonzalez, sharing a bill with Joshua Ray Walker feels like coming full circle. “I used to actually go to open mics at Opening Bell [Coffee], and I saw him perform there a couple times,” Gonzalez said from a recent… Read more »

Mean Motor Scooter releases “Slacker” music video [PREMIERE]

A zombie-like man eating a sub sandwich

Touching on topics of alienation, indifference and self-sabotage, Fort Worth post-garage rock band Mean Motor Scooter is set to release their new single “Slacker” with a music video produced by Coffee Pot Films. The video is co-directed by Anthony Milton and Greg Gadberry. (Ed note: The video contains language some might find offensive.) Fans of… Read more »

The return of avant-garde series Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions lands in Denton for a monthly residency

A performer on stage with synthesizer machines

Last month marked the third installment of the return of Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions, which has found its new home at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton, TX. Total Sweetheart started the night. Their opening composition could be described (if it was possible to describe) as part rocket launch, part alien transmission, mixed with what… Read more »