Concert Recap: The Flaming Lips Makes Lubbock Realize at Buddy Holly Hall

Between the massive Country, Bluegrass, and Americana acts stopping in Lubbock during their tours, there always lies a few outliers who put on a show for the Hub City. When The Flaming Lips announced that they would be stopping in Lubbock during their 2024 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots tour, the indie heads of the […]

CONCERT RECAP: Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers create a spectacle at Red Rocks

How do you define a moment? Seeing Bleachers at Red Rocks Amphitheatre was a moment.

REVISITING 2023: An Interview with Geese

Earlier this year, I reached out on a whim to hopefully interview Geese prior to their show in Dallas at Club Dada that I was attending. I was a huge fan of their album 3D Country, so as 2024 kicks off, I want to take a moment to revisit the interview.

Zachary’s Top 100 Albums of 2023

As another year concludes, I always enjoy pretending I am a major music outlet writer as I piece together my 100 favorite albums of the year.

CONCERT RECAP: Local Natives Bring Their Euphoric Sound to House of Blues Dallas

The beloved West Coast Alt-Rock band Local Natives has held a place in my heart since I discovered them my freshman year of high school with their album Sunlit Youth. Since then, I have been an avid fan of their work going all the way back to Gorilla Manor and Hummingbird and their most recent […]

CONCERT RECAP: d4vd Brings His Bedroom Sound to the Big Stage in Dallas, Texas

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to take a trip down to Dallas to see up-and-coming star d4vd perform at The Echo Lounge. Originating out of Houston, 18-year-old d4vd got his start creating songs on the free mobile app BandLab uploading them online. He has grown to be quite a viral sensation on […]

Zachary’s Top 100 Albums of 2022

This is my third year making a Top 100 albums list and the second year I wrote about it for KTXT. Each year, I go through my listening log and look at every single album I heard. If I feel in that one single moment that I enjoyed that album, I throw it into a […]

Album Review: Ex Norwegian – Spook Du Jour

Ex Norwegian originated out of Miami, Florida, and launched at the 2008 CMJ music festival in New York City. The original band consisted of Roger Houdaille, Nina Souto, and Arturo Garcia. After Ex Norwegian’s second album, the band split and later regrouped with both Houdaille and Souto. The band is considered an American indie rock […]

Album Review: “Lucifer on the Sofa” by Spoon

Spoon was originally founded in 1993 by Britt Daniel and Jim Eno in Austin, Texas. Their first album, Telephono, was released in 1996 with Matador Records. The band rose to fame after 2005 and continued making charts with their following albums. After listening to a couple of their albums, their sound is best described as […]

Album Review: “Laurel Hell” by Mitski

One of the leading queens in the “sad indie girl” movement, Mitski has been making a name for herself for quite a while, first bursting out onto the indie scene in 2014 with her album Bury Me At Makeout Creek. I wasn’t too familiar with her back catalog before starting this review which is why […]