Sara Brickner

Ben Folds' comic approach to songwriting may have won him the adoration of college fans, but his most formidable skill is a Midas touch with people and musical subgenres that, until he has his way with them, are considered way uncool. Six years ago, Folds lent his skills to William...

Over the past two decades or so, the term "indie rock" has been so abused it no longer stands for a way of being; we now use it to describe a particular sound or genre more than anything. But Metric, a Canadian synth-pop band that's carved a niche out of...

When Ben Kweller came charging onto the scene with his 2002 debut, Sha Sha, a light, listenable pop album rife with mainstream potential, no one predicted that the Texas-bred indie-pop kid would eventually come around to his country roots. So it'd be easy to write off the twangy lilt of...

It's been four years since we've heard from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, former American Analog Set frontman. But Magnolia, the debut LP from his new band the Wooden Birds, has proven to be worth the wait. Tambourines rustle like leaves, or like Kenny's hushed, raspy voice, which takes on...