Here's the deal: Slobberbone and the Old 97's both arrived on the scene at right around the same time in the 90's, and, though Brent Best and Co. took some time off to focus on other projects in... Continue reading "In The Battle For Area Alt-Country Supremacy, Who Wins? The Old 97's or Slobberbone?" >
Slobberbone Continental Club June 3, 2011 Maybe it was the lack of warning. Aftermath received notice of last Friday night's Slobberbone show at the Continental Club less than a week prior, and ... Continue reading "Friday Night: Slobberbone At The Continental Club" >
Slobberbone/The Dirty 30s Off Broadway May 18, 2011 It's been nearly nine years since Slobberbone released an album (not counting side project The Drams), but that didn't stop a small but enthus... Continue reading "Slobberbone and The Dirty 30s at Off Broadway, 5/18/11: Review and Photos" >
Sorry for the terrible photo, but this festival is a little short on shareable artwork. Anyways, the 2011 Homegrown Music and Art Festival has announced its lineup, and I am just now becoming aware of it, and it is great. Taking place on May 14 in the Main Street Garden Park in Downtown Dallas, it should be fairly awesome. Find the lineup after the jump. Neon Indian School of Seven Bells Riverboat Gamblers Astronautalis This Will Destroy You Slobberbone Ishi Analog Rebellion Gallery Cat Burning [...]
After a successful launch in May of 2010, the open-air, downtown Dallas-hosted Homegrown Music and Arts Festival will return again in 2011, this time taking place on May 14, and once again at M... Continue reading "Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells, Riverboat Gamblers and Slobberbone To Headline 2011 Homegrown Music and Arts Festival on May 14" >
Walking toward Denton's Courthouse-on-the-Square on the first night of this year's 35 Conferette, there was little way of knowing what surprises were to come over the course of the fun-filled, ... Continue reading "Night One at 35 Conferette '11: Thank Goodness For Mavis Staples and Slobberbone, Who Helped Us Forget The Scheduling Problems." >
I almost shuffled this one to the bottom of my stack of stuff to listen to, again, because the cover is kid of goofy and I have been disappointed with a lot music of late. Holy shit I am glad I didn't! The Heelers are not your standard Texas music fare in that they are not country and they aren't bar-band-frat-rock. Hell I didn't even know that Brent Best of Slobberbone fame had produced "Devil on your Shoulder" until just a few minutes before I started writing this here little article and I try to keep [...]
Soul Asylum in their prime In 1990, Soul Asylum released my favorite album in their catalog, And The Horse They Rode In On . The band was in their prime, the songwriting was concise, clever, and perceptive, and they destroyed live. I feel lucky that I got to see them twice that year. The first time was in November at the Country Club in Reseda with Thelonious Monster opening (first time seeing both ... epic), and a month later at the Warfield in [...]
Happy New Year everyone! I hope your holiday's were good. My long weekend was stellar. FSU tried to break Marcus Lattimore's jaw on New Years Eve and then proceeded to just beat up on South Carolina while earlier in the afternoon USF took care of Clemson to capture the biggest bowl win in that young program's history. Sunday saw the Buccaneers get their 10th win of the season and lemme tell you, if you'd have bet me Tampa was gonna win 10 games at the beginning of the year you'd own my left nut right now. The national [...]
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Well, with the holidays and whatnot ramping up, there is not a ton in the way of shows until around New Year's, but we have got some really solid shows hitting town in the early part of the new year. Wednesday, December 15, 2010: - Doug Burr, Seryn at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton* Friday, December 17, 2010: - Doug Burr at The Aardvark in Fort Worth* Recently Added/Announced Shows in DFW: 12/31 - Centro-Matic, Slobberbone, RTB2 at Kessler Theater [...]
I wasn't going to cover this show because Two Cow Garage is playing tonight in Florida and I know AIV will be writing up his own review but after seeing them for my first time I realized that there can't be too many reviews on any given site so this is my take. Let me start by simply saying OH MY GOD! These boys can rock! Without any competition at all this show came in second to only to Slobberbone for the best show I have seen in years. Loud, fast, and frankly fucking punk rock is the easiest way [...]
Friday night I had a religious experience. I got to see Slobberbone play live. Let me clearly state that what I saw on Friday night was the best rock show I have seen in recent history, bar none! Brent Best and company could have easily been teaching school on how to put on a rock show. Every piece of the show was fluid between the band members but the music was as raw as rock is supposed to be. I realized just how amazing the night was going to be when the band pulled out "Lumberlung", the third song [...]
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What's going on this week in the Big D? Monday, August 2nd, 2010: - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at Hailey's in Denton ( Tickets )* - Miniature Tigers, The Spinto Band at The Loft ( Tickets )* Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010: - Here We Go Magic, Beach Fossils at The Loft ( Tickets )* - Aerosmith, Blue October at Superpages.com Center ( Tickets ) Thursday, August 5th, 2010: - Crowded House at House of Blues ( Tickets [...]
Our friends at Suburban Home Records are offering another killer mix tape for Free ! This is good stuff people! Thirty songs and over 135 minutes of excellent tunes. Suburban Home is one of the best indie record labels going. After you download this comp, peruse their fine catalog and pick yourself up records form a few of my favorite artists like Two Cow Garage , Drag the River , and Tim Barry . Download zipped mix tape here (via YouSendIt). 1. I Can Lick Any [...]
Virgil and Co. released their latest mixtape earlier this week. This volume was inspired by the upcoming release of the NEW I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House album, The Sounds Of Dying . This album (hopefully) marks the triumphant return of ICLASOB as a band after a couple of years on hiatus. The album was officially released for preorder today and if you preorder it you get an immediate mp3 download of the complete album. Trust me, I've had the album for a few months now....it's fucking fantastic and you should stop reading this post [...]
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What is going on this week in the D? Monday, June 21st, 2010: - Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club at Palladium Ballroom - ( Tickets )* Thursday, June 24th, 2010: - Athlete at House of Blues - ( Tickets )* - Bob Schneider at 8.0 Restaurant & Bar in Fort Worth - ( Info )* - RTB2, Dove Hunter at Lochrann's in Frisco Friday, June 25th, 2010: - Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at Superpages.com Center - ( [...]
Slobberbone was a band with a body of rock, tires of country, and engine of punk. Another great band, The Drams had a similar body and tires, but its engine ran a bit more on pop. The driver in both of these two bands? Singer/guitarist Brent Best. Slobberbone reunited for shows in 2009 and proclaimed a new record to come out in 2010. I haven't seen any updated news on The Drams in awhile (sadly). But it seems Best is cleaning out the closets and wiping the slates clean, proverbially speaking, before gearing [...]
Brent Best has a small collection of solo songs lying around his house that, as he says " you might have heard me perform live the last few years, some I've never played outside my house and some have never left their hard drive. " With the triumphant return of Slobberbone the new material, in Brent's words " [has] marinated long enough, methinks. With that in mind, I've decided they should be recorded all proper-like, in a real studio (I love my kitchen but it's time to get out) and with a focus on craft and not brevity. " [...]
Danny Fulgencio wraps up our NX35-a-thon with enough photos of the weekend's efforts in Denton to make a pretty decent wallpaper for your house. Also, we got some video to embed into your head... Continue reading "NX35: One More Slideshow From The Weekend. Because, Really, Why Not?" >
Band: Slobberbone Venue: Dan's SilverleafTime: 12:05 a.m. Slobberbone, the reigning godfather of local alt-country acts, hit the stage just a smidge past midnight and proceeded to play all... Continue reading "Yesterday at NX35: Slobberbone at Dan's" >
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