Entries Tagged as 'Local Scene'

Nailed Promise - Who the Heck are They?

Posted by Matthew C. Miller on Oct 20, 2010 at 3:35 PM
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Nailed Promise

We've no clue who this band is or just why they want to flood our inbox with mp3's and concert dates and press releases, but we suspect it has something to do with ROCK. Apparently they were on P.O.D.'s indie label Rescue Records at one point and have put out somewhere between 2 and 15 albums, but we can only find two listed on iTunes, Realize and Sink Your Teeth ep.

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Jeff Grant - Free Album

Posted by B. J. Eakin on Sep 16, 2010 at 12:55 PM
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Local Artist Jeff Grant that has decided to offer up his most recent album for free!  This is third LP entitled Behind the Scenes, which you can also purchase those from the same site, which seems to be a little indie nugget.  You can go and get the entire 16-track album here.

Jeff Grant is a singer/songwriter from the Fort Worth area.  Much of his lyrics are honest, soul-searching, tongue-in-cheek, and sarcastic.  A lot of religious undertones that remind me of Pedro the Lion in the later years.  If you like that type of folk/indie vibe - Check him out.

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R&R Hero of the Week - Wheeler Sparks

Posted by Martha Elaine Belden on May 5, 2010 at 1:18 AM
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Braden Wheeler Sparks - Live Sara Kerens
“The creation of music is a rare right of passage binding impression to melody, flesh to soul, the tangible to the intangible. For the next twelve months, I seek to write, play and experience music with people in the context of other cultures I do not know as intimately as my own.” Four years ago, Wheeler Sparks submitted these words to the Watson Foundation in what proved to be a successful endeavor to obtain a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He then embarked upon a trek across the globe to study the distinct musical cultures of Ireland, Spain, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, India, China (Tibet) and Mongolia.

 

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Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool

Posted by Charles Willis on Apr 27, 2010 at 10:10 PM
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Dallas, Texas Nu Metal giants, Drowning Pool, release their fourth studio album.

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Local Scene - Dallas

Posted by Charles Willis on Feb 13, 2009 at 9:50 AM
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Dallas, TX Local Scene

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