Email Author Kelly Dearmore

2010 Stories by Kelly Dearmore

• What happens when beloved local acts hit the road in search of success?

  published December 16, 2010

  Every weekend throughout the metroplex, dozens of bands that aren't native to the Dallas area come through town, hoping to commandeer the... More >>

• John David Kent and the Dumb Angels: Letting the True Artist Shine Through.

  published December 2, 2010

  This mid-'90s tale isn't unusual: Young, buzzed-about band gains the attention of several major record labels. After a bidding war that... More >>

• Social Distortion Ages Gracefully

  published November 18, 2010

  Punk rock, perhaps more than any other musical style in recent times, has evolved into a multi-pronged and tough-to-define assault. What began... More >>

• The Felice Brothers, Adam Haworth Stevens

  published November 11, 2010

  At once vaudevillian and also contemporarily raw, New York's Felice Brothers have been perhaps the key cog in the recent surge of indie... More >>

• How Do Bands Move On After Bandmates Die?

  published November 11, 2010

  As The Will Callers' Jake Murphy adjusted to a bit of bracing, life-altering news, he was already making up his mind about his group's... More >>

• Raul Malo

  published September 30, 2010

  The most impressive and distinctive quality to Raul Malo's latest solo record, Sinners and Saints, isn't that he basically operated as a... More >>

• Drive-By Truckers, Henry Clay People

  published September 23, 2010

  Generally speaking, whiskey-swilling, dark-alley-dealing Southern rock doesn't fit the typical musical storyteller definition. Unless one is... More >>

• Grace Potter's Bringing Sexy Back

  published September 23, 2010

  Groove-heavy American rock and mature, up-front sexuality are two things that have practically disappeared from the pop-culture landscape in... More >>

• Ronnie Fauss

  published September 16, 2010

  Many have discussed the so-called demise of alt-country, and, sure, as a general entity, it isn't exactly cutting-edge fresh. Fact is, though,... More >>

• Patrick Park Faces the Realities of Television

  published September 9, 2010

  Once upon a recent time, musicians weren't able to offer up their art for the sake of commercialization—not, at least, without suffering... More >>

• Dale Watson

  published September 2, 2010

  Ask any of the truckers who have run into him along the highways, or any of the musicians who join him in the honky-tonks of Austin and you'll... More >>

• Drag The River Knows No Convention

  published September 2, 2010

  Artists—or musicians, to be more specific—have never been ones to worry themselves too much over the rules and preferred guidelines... More >>

• A.A. Bondy Questions His Folk Tag

  published August 12, 2010

  These are the questions of our time: Should Pete Rose be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Who, in fact, did let the dogs out? Was the... More >>

• Aerosmith, Blue October

  published July 29, 2010

  Reality television has been the catalyst for the so-called resurgence of many over-the-hill, past-their-prime acts in recent years. Over the... More >>

• Ola Podrida, Golden Bear & Leatherbag

  published July 22, 2010

  Austin's David Wingo, who performs under the moniker Ola Podrida, grooves on where he comes from. Literally. The name under which... More >>

• Matthew Glenn Thompson

  published July 22, 2010

  North Texas-based pop-rocker and former Quickserv Johnny frontman Matthew Glenn Thompson isn't looking to reinvent the radio with his album,... More >>

• Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, The Henry Clay People

  published July 15, 2010

  Rabid fans and nit-picky journalists can be a prickly lot—especially when it comes to what is perceived as selling out or simply echoing... More >>

• Joe Pug Tells Us How To Get Heard

  published July 8, 2010

  In recent years, more than a few adroit artists would likely point directly to the blogosphere as the source for much of their fan base and... More >>

• Stockyards Stampede With Randy Rogers Band, Ryan Bingham, Everclear & MC Hammer

  published July 1, 2010

  Blazing summer heat? Check. A barren, dusty field for drunken revelry? Check. Hotter-than-the-astronomical-July-heat-index act Ryan... More >>

• Lost Immigrants

  published July 1, 2010

  Pasaporte, the third release from Dallas' Lost Immigrants, is a pleasant, completely listenable album that fans of well-written country rock... More >>

• Rodney Parker & Fifty Peso Reward

  published June 24, 2010

  If the goal of a two-part series is to have the initial installment create enough intrigue and interest for the consumer to eagerly await the... More >>

• Mumford & Sons, The Middle East

  published June 10, 2010

  A plucky banjo and weary vocals does not a bluegrass or folk band make. And, sure, the predominantly string-based sound of English quartet... More >>

• Josh Ritter Gets All Shakespearean

  published June 10, 2010

  Folk troubadour Josh Ritter isn't all that concerned with baring his soul for all to see. He knows that sharing his personal thoughts on love... More >>

• Plants & Animals Evolves Naturally.

  published May 27, 2010

  When deciding what to name their trio, Warren Spicer, Matt Woodley and Nic Basque came up with a tag that they, at the time, felt was... More >>

• Living Under The Red Dirt

  published May 20, 2010

  It's a cry as somber as the one Americana artists often sing about: "The business of music sucks the reason you even started to play music out... More >>