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SXSW is coming up soon and you may be asking yourself, “Which of these 1000 showcases should I catch? Where can I find the best of the best local artists?”

By Ryan J. Nims Photo by Remi Fukamachi To a lot of people, soul music invokes classic Motown, Stax or Atlantic records. But for V. Marc Fort, a.k.a. DJ Marc,

By Tony Van Spaendonk  Lunar Vacation begin their second album, Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire, with “Sick,” a song reminiscing on a unique night the band spent at a comedy open-mic.

By Ryan J. Nims The Deep Ellum district of Dallas in the 1990s was fertile ground for alternative music; bands such as Deep Blue Something, Toadies, Tripping Daisy, and Reverend

The show description includes these gems: “90 minutes of classic rock from an alternate universe” and “all the hits that missed.” The DJ is Rock and Roll George and his

by Shea Trumeter When Ghostland Observatory’s sound first came out, it was wildly electronic, unique, and authentic – music that made you want to move whether you knew how to

Around the late 2000s, and early 2010s, bands like France’s Alcest and Bay Area’s Deafheaven popularized a fusion of shoegaze, post-rock, and black metal commonly called blackgaze. Deafheaven’s 2013 album

By Ryan J. Nims I used to do a lot of antiquing, usually looking for things like toy musical instruments, games, or other random pieces of interest. One day back

On Le Chateau Daddy-O, Rocky features “vintage rock and psychedelic adventure,” and when he hosts The Jazz Show, he spins all flavors of that musical form. We spoke on Dec.18.

by Ryan J. Nims In the mid-90s, it was pretty hard to get away from The Toadies and their infectious hit song “Possum Kingdom.” The song is a dark, folkloric