I Like This Song - Animal Spirit's "Doom Surf"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song and accompanying music video comes from Animal Spirit and their soon-to-be-released album "This is Relevant," due out in February.

New music from this wondrous Fort Worth band started my 2017 on the right foot when they released the above vid for "Doom Surf" this past New Year's Day.    

If this track is a harbinger of what's to come, get stoked about their new record Fort Worthians.

Wait for it. Wait for it.

#Wait4It

*waiting*

*still waiting*

*ok, this is getting ridiculous*

I.

like.

this.

song.

Image via Animal Spirit's Facebook Page

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - Vincent Neil Emerson

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have Fort Worth's Vincent Neil Emerson join us today. Be sure to catch him live at Granada Theater next Friday Jan. 20th as he rounds out an amazing lineup feat. Eleven Hundred Springs and Billy Joe Shaver. 

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Image via Vincent Neil Emerson Facebook Page

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

VNE: Dogs. Because I've never met a dog that made my eyes itch.

2. Aliens. Do they exist?

VNE: Oh hayl yeah. Of course. You never saw Men In Black?

3. Drug of choice? (None is not an option btw)

VNE: Beef jerky.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

VNE: Any gravy is my favorite kind of gravy.

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction?

VNE: Did they ever find those?

6. Favorite marsupial?

VNE: Clam Chowder.

7. Favorite Superhero?

VNE: QuailMan.

8. Did Dez catch it?

VNE: I wonder how many people are gunna answer this with "I don't know, but he should probably see a doctor!"

9. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?

VNE: It would be tight to be a lobster.

10. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?

VNE: Michael Jordan. Because Space Jam was my...

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Tripping Daisy's "My Umbrella"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Surely you've heard the news by now but Tripping Daisy is back y'all!!!

Per the band's social media pages on Jan. 4th, The Daisy are set to perform at this year's Homegrown Music & Arts Festival May 13th, 2017.

All the feels + happy face emoji x holy meerkat(!) because I will be seeing Tripping Daisy on stage once again in this lifetime.

It's been nearly 18 years since they performed under the Tripping Daisy moniker. To give you an idea, this is what I looked like last time I saw Tripping Daisy live ...

When their album Bill re-released on Island Records and my ears first set upon that otherworldly opening track "My Umbrella," it changed my outlook on what local D/FW bands were capable of, it gave me a great sense of pride to say, "That's right, this band is from my hometown." 

And now, in 2017, after a year's worth of shit bad news, they're back. Praise Saint DeLaughter, they're back.

Prekindle has tix for sale here.

One last thing: I like this song.

Image via Good Records Twitter Page

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - Terminus (AR), Summit, Smokey Mirror, The Good Kind Of Mushroom, Acid Carousel at Lola's

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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This week's featured show poster summons the visage of Edward the Confessor to promote a delectable serving of stoner party-psych doom in the form of Terminus (AR), The Good Kind of Mushroom, Acid Carousel, Summit, & Smokey Mirror tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 10th at Lola's Saloon. The show starts at 8:30pm, event details posted here.

Julian Cedillo, guitarist for The Good Kind of Mushroom, assembled this sublime scene of antiquity vs. modernity (looking back in our 'Show Poster' series, this is now a third time we have chosen a poster that plays in this space).

In Cedillo's image, this unceasing conflict jumps out at you: a portrayal of 11th century King of England Edward the Confessor waving his hand - as if to offer up the night's list of performances - amidst a backdrop of '70s paisley wallpaper and psychedelic hourglass sand stamped with vinyl record typeface instructing its patrons to "Bring Your Homies!"

Throw in the buccaneering 18th century vintage skull & crossbones and you have iconography from four different eras concurrently on display. Speaking of, every time I look upon it, my eyes sink like pirate ships in some Caribbean bay, struggling to make sense of the ravishing mayhem set before me.

Side bonus: Edward the Confessor, unlike most saints, did not achieve sainthood via martyrdom. We all know martyrdom makes for the best heroes but if you can manage sainthood without dying to do so?? Well shit, idk, seems like the ultimate life hack if you ask me.   

A life hack is exactly what this strong hallucinatory lineup provides on what is otherwise not considered a likely night for crazy good rock shows; it's Tuesday party time y'all!

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Jacob Furr's "Taillights"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song comes from Fort Worth singer/songwriter Jacob Furr's 2016 majestic full-length release Sierra Madre. 

"Taillights" tied with "El Paso" for the title belt of my favorite track off the record, but the Buffalo Nickel I flipped fated it to be as presented before you today.

Catch Furr and his full band in action tomorrow night at Magnolia Motor Lounge w/ Michael Lee & The Wartime Limousine. Show starts at 10PM, event details here.

The rumors are true, I like this song.

Image via Magnolia Motor Lounge Facebook

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - 1919 Hemphill Benefit ft. Bare Mountain, Gay Cum Daddies, Cereboso, & Jinzo at Snail Shack

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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This week's featured poster promotes a 1919 Hemphill benefit show taking place Sunday, Jan. 8th at Snail Shack w/ musical goodness provided by Bare Mountain, Gay Cum Daddies, Cereboso, and Jinzo. The show starts at 8:30pm, event details posted here.

Llandon Broadhead created this wonderfully imaginative mixed media design using found objects, a first in our Show Poster of the Week series. And I think that's what I like most about this show poster; it completely goes against convention, much like 1919 Hemphill, the DIY space that stands to receive the proceeds from Sunday night's event.      

Until I reached out to Llandon I had zero inkling as to what I was looking at. I thought, hmm, a hollowed out milk dud with spider legs? But like, how would one go about hollowing out the center of a milk dud? 

"No matter the method," I thought aloud, "I totally dig this gnar gnar looking beetle creepily crawling across my computer screen."

So what are your thoughts for how this design was constructed? Think on it a bit because I'm gonna hit ya with a ...

**SPOILER ALERT**

Llandon cleverly crafted this show poster "...in about 3 minutes with a sticky note, toilet paper roll, and a broken wine bottle." 

Wow! That's legitimately gotta be one of the most well-done spontaneaous MacGyver poster designs ever produced in the history of show poster design. Bravo Llandon, bravo indeed.

As mentioned above, this show will benefit 1919 Hemphill, a sacred temple of a DIY safe space that has found itself recently under attack by Neo Nazi fuck sticks on 4Chan. For more about that, please read these articles from actual real-life journalists over at Fort Worth Weekly and Central Track.

In short, after the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire, Nazi trolls on 4Chan produced a list of DIY safe spaces across the country propagating a directive for their Nazi friends to call upon authorities to inspect said safe spaces in their local area. Fort Worth authorities shortly thereafter received several complaints from this army of pathetic Pepe memes, forcing their hand to move on 1919.

What these low life shits didn't count on was the strong support of the Fort Worth and greater D/FW music and arts communities coming out in full force against them, swiftly raising over $10k to help 1919 get the property on Hemphill up to code.

Sunday's event at Snail Shack furthers this fundraising effort making this poster all the more important and the unanimous pick for Show Poster of the Week. 

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Sound Advice - To Load In or Not To Load In? That is the Question

Yours truly loading out on Sunset Blvd w/ the legendary Harry Perry

This is FWN's 'Dear Abby' column: musicians send us questions, we post them with answers and a fun made-up pseudonym.

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Dear FWN,

My band is never on time for ‘load in.’ Not being hyperbolic, I mean never; as in not one single time. I have two questions:

      1.       Is load in even important?

      2.      If yes, how can I get the rest of the gang there on time?

Forever in your debt,

Rattail McGuffin

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Mornin’ Rattail,

Thanks for writing in. The answer to your question depends on who you’re asking.

For instance, apparently load in is not important to your band. And that’s cool 'cause responsibility and all that is def. NOT cool ergo your band does not show up on time for load in. I get it. 

If you have band members running late due to work obligations, family obligations etc. that's a different story. Cover your band mates and load their gear for them, no biggie. You can also email or call the promoter to let them know you're running late.

It sounds to me like your band falls into the former category of simply not giving a shit. Again, I get it. I don't give a shit about most things ... just don't expect everyone else to 'get it.'  

Yikes!

The promoter, the venue owner, the sound tech and the other bands all need you to be there on time for load in. 15-30 minutes late? No worries, a little tardiness is to be expected, honestly. But much more than that? Ruh roh. 

Here's why a punctual load in matters:

1. Generally speaking, being on time for load in is a sign of respect to the club owners and promoters. It will endear you to them. You want them to book you again, no? 

There's more serious implications to this as well. Think of load in as a restaurant reservation; being on time for load in guarantees your place on the bill because: "if your entire 'party' is not here I can't seat you." I've seen bands pulled from bills for being late to load in. Load in is akin to check in, after that, you're free to do whatevs for the next couple hours.    

2. Being on time for load in affects the sound tech and other bands tremendously. If you are playing last, or even next to last, often times you will be asked to back line. Hence you'll need to back line prior to the first band setting up their gear on stage. Preferably you back line AND soundcheck prior to the first band setting up on stage.  

Definitely need to show up in time for load in if this guy is your drummer

One of the things you positively cannot do is load in gear during the set of another band. Not cool. I've seen people knifed for lesser offenses.   

If you have your own lights, or laptop that needs to direct in, or any other specific requests for the sound tech, these issues can be easily addressed and achieved with a punctual load in.

Part II of your question requires some salesmanship, and in some cases, outright manipulation.

Outright Manipulation: The simple way to get your band mates to show up on time? Tell them load in is an hour earlier than the posted time.

If load in is 8:30pm, tell them 7:30pm. It's evil I know, but I swear by this method and seen it bear many a punctual load in fruit. They'll either be on time or early. I've gone as far as editing the email from the promoter before forwarding to the rest of the band; just go in the email body, change it to an hour earlier and thank me later by buying me a beer at the next local show.

Salesmanship: Make load in fun! Sell them on it! If your band mates are into recreational drugs (of course they are), incentivize them with a fat pre-game blunt!

Load in is also a great time for you to get to know the other bands in your scene. Hell, load in downtime is how most scenes are created; it's where bandships are forged!

Lastly, I've always had this idea of hosting a Load In Olympics. Ya know? Like tug at their competitive spirit as a way to get them to the gig on time.

So about this Load In Olympics idea, I'm thinking of hosting and filming it at a local spot. 5 or 6 bands have to load the same gear using the same vehicle, loading on to the same stage - ya know, controlled variables and all. We time their load in and load out.  

Each band will have to load up the van first, untimed. The Tetris-nomics of van loading is a craft of wizardry in and of itself, plus how each band chooses to load the van determines how well they'll fare during the timed portion of the event.

Then you record the times of each band from opening the van door up until sound check.

The load out event has a completly different feel to it. It's later at night, you're tired, likely drunk or high. Everyone keeps talking to you. Higher degree of difficulty for sure.        

In between you could have events like: 8x10 Ampeg Bass Cabinet Deadlifts, Guitar Cable Detangler Speed Trials, Small Talk The Door Guy Relays, Funniest Mic Check One-Liners, etc.

Look Rattail, I never promised this would be easy. It never is. 

Hope this helps Bro Namath,

Regretfully yours,

FWN

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Tornup's "Post Work Society (Applications [For Stevie]"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured track comes from Tornup's recently released opus Utopian Vanguard (Heart In The Funk). 

Bonus for you: Tornup will be hosting a free event tomorrow night, Wednesday Jan. 4th at Boiled Owl Tavern featuring Fogg and new drum/guitar duo Yaz Mean. The delicious jams start at 9PM, so bring your appetite.   

Okay y'all, gonna do this one Yoda-style ... This song I like. Hmmmmmmm.

Image via Tornup's Facebook

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - The Future: An Exhibition in Art, Sound, & Movement at Shipping & Receiving

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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This week we are happy to present Raef Payne's vision of a poster for this weekend's epic New Year's Eve event - The Future - taking place Saturday at Shipping & Receiving. 

ATN Productions has curated quite the slate of musicians and visual artists but Payne brings it with a surrealistic radiance of a design to match.

Prince Rama and Ronnie Heart and Wizardvizion! Oh my! Starbass Laboratories, Jason Faries (Neon Indian), Squanto, Frida Monet and Raef himself round up this galactic musical lineup. 

Many among us believe Aliens and their superior technology aided in constructing the ancient pyramids of Egypt around 2500 BCE. Whether intended or not, in Payne's design, I discern an Alien reconnaissance ship's spectral tractor beam.

The purple and blue-hued tractor beam emits upon an ancient pyramid producing a confluence of 'the sacred' and modernity, one similar to that of what we noted in our inaugural Show Poster of the Week by Jeffrey Chase.       

Upon reading the event's prospectus, this juxtaposition of human antiquity and future technologies seems to be what The Future exhibition is all about. Through this lens it's safe to state Payne did a masterful design job aligning with the aura of the event, achieving seamless synchronicity.

By the gods, I swear, I'm currently slacking at work as to research legal loopholes so I can formally marry this design ... I love it so.

Tickets for the event can be purchased here - doors open at 7PM. 

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - The Crystal Furs' "Weightless"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song comes from Fort Worth's The Crystal Furs and their freshly released dynamite debut full-length.

The eponymous record just released today but its sound takes me back to '90s indie pop favorites like That Dog, Marine Research, or local Dallas personal-favorites of mine, the Lindsey Romig-led Pennywhistle Park.

Image via Crystal Furs Facebook

The Crystal Furs celebrate a friend's birthday and the new record tonight at Shipping & Receiving w/ VVOES, and Vogue Machine. The party starts at 7pm!

With no further delay ... I like this song.

Image via Crystal Furs Facebook

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Un Chien's "Never Coming Back"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song literally debuted less than an hour prior to this posting - talk about farm-to-table! The track comes from Un Chien's new record Where We Belong, the band's sophomore effort, soon to be released by Hand Drawn Records.

The band will be celebrating the new record Saturday January 14th at Lola's Saloon w/ friends War Party and Cut Throat Finches. 

You know what? I like this song.

Photo by Krissy Knight Photography

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”