Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite
local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one
album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in
the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top
20 list that will update as the it grows...No. 4: Calhoun - Falter. Waver. CultivateIt takes more than good songwriting to create a great disc: Everyone involved in it, along every step of the way, needs to be committed to t
As promised, the Fort Worthians in Calhoun saw their song "The Earth Has Lost Its Hold" pop up in last night's episode of NBC's Chuck--twice, in fact. (Suck on that, The Bright!) Above, you can watch the whole danged episode. Or you can just skip right ahead to around the 20-minute and 37-minute marks in particular to catch the exact moments in which "The Earth Has Lost Its Hold" swoops and swirls and sets the tone for the lovey-dovey-but-kinda-dangerous relationship between the show's titula
Vishal MalhotraSay it ain't so, Calhoun. Say it ain't so. The venerable Preston Jones of the Star-Telegram checks in today with some crappy news over on the Fort Worth daily's music blog: Calhoun appears to be calling it quits after its next gig, on Friday, May 15, at the Aardvark. Click the link for all the details on the likely end of a great area band. Too bad, too. After getting placed on Chuck a few weeks ago and putting out the great Falter.Waver.Cultivate last year, Calhoun seemed to fina
Yesterday, the folks at You and Yours Productions--the same people who've brought you the two latest videos from The Burning Hotels--released the above footage of Telegraph Canyon performing at Bass Hall, opening for the Old 97's, from a few weeks back. It was a special night--and the clip, which boasts multiple angles and four songs of Telegraph Canyon's performance ("Old Dark Hymns," "All The Good News," "Spinning Wheels" and "Shake Your Fist"), only reinforces as much. Highly recommended wat
