Email Author Zac Crain

2001 Stories by Zac Crain

• Heart to Heart

  published December 27, 2001

  In a perfect world, the club would have been full of fans. There would have been a line out the door, snaking into the street. The first notes... More >>

• Rumor Mill

  published December 27, 2001

  Recently, there have been scattered reports that the Old 97's were splitting up, after an eight-year run of fight songs and satellite... More >>

• Not Just Yet

  published December 20, 2001

  It's the holiday season (Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, what have you), so things are starting to slow down a bit in the D-D-FW area. We've... More >>

• Now's the Time

  published December 13, 2001

  Earlier this year, a group of electronic musicians in Denton staged a coup of Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios' open-mike nights, arriving early... More >>

• From the Trenches

  published December 6, 2001

  A couple of weeks ago (Scene, Heard, November 22) we told you about the recent... More >>

• Greatest Hits

  published November 29, 2001

  Regina Chellew is sitting in Tami Thomsen's office at Last Beat Records on Commerce Street, talking about her new album. It is her solo debut,... More >>

• Mission Accomplished

  published November 29, 2001

  It's too early to tell what effect, if any, the recent North Texas New Music Festival will have on the fortunes of local bands, but... More >>

• Too Much of a Good Thing

  published November 22, 2001

  The last time we were at Dan's Bar in Denton, we were sharing a table and a few beers with Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios owner Josh Baish... More >>

• American Beauty

  published November 22, 2001

  You've heard the story so often, it may as well have happened to you. And maybe it did. Young band, barely out of high school, gets signed to a... More >>

• Forgot About D.O.C.

  published November 8, 2001

  From his seventh-floor loft office just south of downtown, The D.O.C. can see his grandmother's house in West Dallas, just behind the Lew Sterrett... More >>

• Totally Hits

  published November 8, 2001

  The hits keep on coming. Well, depending on your definition of hits. Pleasant Grove is set to release its new album, Auscultation of... More >>

• Tiny Bombs

  published November 1, 2001

  When you're in a band, living and playing in a college town has one big benefit: Every four years or so, a new crop of students, 18-year-old kids... More >>

• Consider This…

  published November 1, 2001

  If you'll bear with us for a moment, we have a hypothetical we'd like to share. Say a small, no-name label in the Los Angeles suburbs enters... More >>

• Double Shift

  published October 25, 2001

  If Jenny Toomey were like most musicians, she would only talk about her new album, what it was like to make it, what the songs are about, that... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published October 25, 2001

  Nate Fowler used to be our neighbor, back when we both lived at the Turtle Dove Apartments on Matilda and McCommas. This was a couple of... More >>

• Are They It?

  published October 18, 2001

  The first thing you don't need to know about The Strokes is that they are handsome. All five of them--singer Julian Casablancas, guitarists... More >>

• Sing Sing Sing

  published October 18, 2001

  Travis bassist Dougie Payne is in Detroit. Or rather, the tour bus he's on with his bandmates--singer-guitarist Fran Healy, guitarist Andy... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published October 18, 2001

  The album's worth of songs that The Filthy Reds recorded at home on a computer is worth it just for the song titles alone: "On the Road... More >>

• Soul Alone

  published October 11, 2001

  The woman sitting comfortably in the uncomfortable chair doesn't have to do anything; she dresses up the office just by being in it.... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published October 11, 2001

  It's hard enough to pull off something like the upcoming Deep Relief benefit with months of planning, yet somehow, Deep Ellum's club owners... More >>

• The Who?

  published October 4, 2001

  Five people were scattered inside Club Clearview, maybe 10. A dozen tops. Whatever the number, it wasn't enough people to qualify as an... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published October 4, 2001

  When Wilco performed at the Gypsy Tea Room on September 21, Jeff Tweedy stopped between songs to thank everyone for coming out and making... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published September 27, 2001

  In the wake of September 11's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., many may feel as... More >>

• Sunken Treasure

  published September 20, 2001

  I've had the best album of 2001 in my hands for about a month now, and every day since then, it's been in whatever CD player I happen to be... More >>

• Scene, Heard

  published September 20, 2001

  Jamal Mohamed was born in Lebanon, but he is an American. "I love the Beatles. I played rock and roll. I mean, I did everything... More >>