The current lull of activity in the Denton music scene isn’t exactly a secret. But, still, some groups are using this time to their advantage, writing and recording and waiting for the proper time to strike. Denton’s Pocket Change should be mentioned among these acts, having managed to maintain some…

Denton’s musical and artistic community owes a debt to certain people. Some of them are musicians, some are visual artists and others are curators of art that allow for freedom of expression and interpretation. Lars Larsen fits all three of those descriptions. From 2003 to 2010, Larsen lived in Denton…

While setting up on the floor at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios on Saturday night, Denton’s New Science Projects began to attract a pretty substantial crowd. With people lined up on all sides of them—some even standing on chairs—frontman and songwriter Dale Jones began belting out half-screamed words in his guttural,…

For two people known for their involvement in helping to shape the Denton rock music community, starting a hip-hop project could be seen as a bit unusual. But because of influences that expand beyond the rock sphere, Ashley Cromeens of Record Hop and Craig Welch of Brutal Juice nonetheless started…

Thursdays at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton just got a little more chaste. DISCIPLINE, a new DJ weekly hosted by Shane English, Kate Depetris, Andrew Haas, Kathryn Falvo and Jonah Lange, is an all-vinyl night that features only the toughest underground ’80s music and serves as a sort of…

2010 started off strong in Denton. In March, the North by 35 Music Conferette (recently re-branded for 2011 as the 35 Conferette) brought a flurry of activity in the city’s music community, both within the festival and in its satellite shows. For a few days, bands and solo artists from…

Denton’s Wiccans are a group of musicians from varying backgrounds and with varying tastes. Simply put, the band plays hard, fast music. But Wiccans—which feature Adam Cahoon on vocals, Payton Green and Daniel Zeigler on guitar, Harpal Assi on bass and Gregory Rutherford on drums, and have an aesthetic more…

Kevyn Green, the mastermind behind Denton’s Dharma, is an intelligent young woman—something that, along with her eccentricities, one might notice during casual conversation. What could be surprising to the uninformed passerby, however, is the confidence, command and certainty with which she captivates during live performances. “It’s fun to play,” Green…

Back in July, this very column posed a question to Denton: “Can A Train Really Help The Denton Music Scene?” Half a year later, there’s still no answer. But the method by which the train will affect Denton’s music community has been retooled, beefed up and finally set in stone…

Two things integral to the fabric of a city that is both a college town and a music town are pizza places and small music venues. J&J’s Pizza, located on the Square, is an old Denton haunt where you can see 5-year-olds eating pizzas with their moms, local musicians and…

Their members may be spread all over the metroplex, but Deep Snapper is still one of the more prolific bands associated with the Denton music scene. Sure, none of the members actually resides in Denton, but the band’s ties and identity are firmly fixed to the town—and for good reason…

In the middle of a field somewhere in Denton lies a barn. The barn sits on an acre of land—some of which is occupied by a house (the address of which owners would prefer remain undisclosed), a backyard and all the other regular fixtures of a home—including functioning power outlets…

There are those bands that sell silk-screened T-shirts and copies of their latest CDs at shows, about which you can learn more by following them on Twitter or visiting their ReverbNation page. Conversely, there are those that give away cologne and perfume samples or free tape collages recorded on recycled…

It’s widely known by now that Denton’s once-venerable Majestic Dwelling of DOOM—not only a favorite place for acts of all kinds to play, but also by many accounts the area’s most important DIY venue—has shut its doors after a successful two-year run. On September 27, a fight broke out just…

The idea for most non-musicians of being on stage, fronting a very talented band and belting out your favorite songs in front of a cheering crowd is something so far from possible that it only exists in the world of self-indulgent fantasy. Up until recently, we only had talent shows…

It’s been three years since The Hope Trust released their debut LP, The Incurable Want. Some time, some lineup changes and the birth of a couple of babies later, and they’ve now recorded their second LP, an 11-track release entitled Light Can’t Escape. The band’s main songwriter, vocalist and guitarist,…

Many of the bands around nowadays, willingly or not, attach themselves to a scene or movement in one way or another in order to define what kind of sound they’re going for. Even ones that attempt to defy genre classification can usually fit pretty snugly into a scene or community…

Shortly after the breakup of Marked Men, Mark Ryan began working on a solo project. He started multi-tracking guitar and vocal parts and assembling them into songs over which he would then get either Greg Rutherford of High Tension Wires or Mike Thorneberry, formerly of Marked Men, to lay down…

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios’ annual Free Week is an entire week of free shows with different local (and sometimes non-local) bands. It’s the venue’s way of kicking off the new school year and welcoming the influx of tens of thousands of students who will repopulate Denton into the thriving little…

Mariachis are a vital part of Mexican culture and identity. But one mariachi group in particular is proving that this traditional art form is not just for those of Mexican descent. Only three of Denton’s Mariachi Quetzal boast Mexican backgrounds. Of the remaining seven, one is Guatemalan. The rest are…