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Friday, November 23, at Dan's Silverleaf

The Five Best Slobberbone Songs

See also: The top 100 Texas songs In honor of the great Slobberbone playing tonight at The Kessler Theater (on a terrific bill with The Deathray Davies and Calhoun), we've decided it was time to make a list of the five best from Brent Best and crew. Please feel free to chime in with your own select ... More >>

Rubber Gloves 15th Anniversary Show - 5/19/12

Rubber Gloves 15th Anniversary Rubber Gloves Saturday, May 19 Ah, Rubber Gloves. I've been going to shows there since 2000, and it still has the most disgusting bathroom in all the land. But it's also home to some of my favorite memories, from the packed chaos of a Riverboat Gamblers show to the in ... More >>

Brent Best Talks About Going Solo, The Legacy of Slobberbone and Having Rachel Maddow As a Fan

On and off, for nearly three decades, Brent Best has fronted Slobberbone, arguably the best alt-country act to emerge from the local scene. Beginning in the mid-'90s, the group produced a series of albums that culminated in 2000's Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today, which remains a lan ... More >>

Good Friday: Labor Day Edition

Flickr user d double uA previous Double Wide pool party​In the past, Labor Day has unofficially marked the end of the hot summer. But, this year, the heat will continue. There are some Labor Day parties this weekend, though, that will offer a chance to cool down and catch some good bands. The Doub ... More >>

In The Battle For Area Alt-Country Supremacy, Who Wins? The Old 97's or Slobberbone?

Slobberbone and the Old 97's​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 recent years (read: The Drams), both bands are once again currently active ... More >>

Concert Foul No. 32: Shouting Out Requests

​ "Meltdown! Meltdown!" He wouldn't stop shouting it. No, not Brent Best or anyone in Slobberbone. Some dude in the crowd during a recent gig.It was constant. Consistent, too. Always "Meltdown! Meltdown!," never just "Meltdown!"This was a guy that I had already moved away from once, yet somehow fo ... More >>

Tony Harper Remembers Seeing KISS. His First Slobberbone Gig Memories Are A Little Hazier.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Tony Harper​Tony Harper has bee ... More >>

Neon Indian To Debut New Material at the May 14 Homegrown Festival in Downtown Dallas

Discovering new music is fun, ain't it?​ Given the news we shared with you back on 4/20 (nyuck, nyuck), perhaps this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Nonetheless, thanks to a post on Neon Indian's Facebook page, we can now confirm it: The band will be debuting new material from their upcoming ... More >>

Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells, Riverboat Gamblers and Slobberbone To Headline 2011 Homegrown Music and Arts Festival on May 14

Neff ConnerA scene from last year's inaugural Homegrown Music and Art Festival.​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 Main Street Garden. And th ... More >>

Night One at 35 Conferette '11: Thank Goodness For Mavis Staples and Slobberbone, Who Helped Us Forget The Scheduling Problems.

Stephen MaskerSome 35 Conferette attendees bide their time between performances.​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, and, at times, aggravati ... More >>

Watch: Slobberbone and RTB2 Cover Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You" at the Kessler's NYE Bash

​Speaking of New Year's at the Kessler: It seems the fans at the venue were given quite the treat before Centro-matic counted down the new year, as opening acts Slobberbone and RTB2 joined forces to cover Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You," a song that we've already proven to be perfect for any situation. ... More >>

Centro-matic, Slobberbone, RTB2

Friday, December 31, at the Kessler Theatre

The colliding past and presents of local music.

Over The Weekend: Drive-By Truckers, The Henry Clay People at House of Blues

Drive-By Truckers, The Henry Clay PeopleHouse of BluesSeptember 25, 2010Better Than: The Drive-By Truckers' SXSW show in March, when they methodically rushed through their new album.Drive-By Truckers​It's always interesting to see and hear how a beloved band's newest material is received by its ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Slobberbone's, Ahem, Last Waltz in '05

​The Kessler Theater has yet to offer it formal how-do's to W. Davis -- remember, tomorrow night it throws open its doors -- but already Jeff Liles has assembled an impressive concert calendar. And for this work week's adios we need look no further than next Friday's Kessler lineup, featuring old ... More >>

Yesterday at NX35: Slobberbone at Dan's

Mattie StaffordIt was a crowded affair at Dan's Silverleaf​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 of the band's "hits" to a blissfully inebriat ... More >>

NX35 Adds 45 More Acts To Its Lineup. Among The Adds: HEALTH, Horse Feathers, And Many, Many More Locals.

​The folks at NX35 just posted a new blog entry on their site, effectively announcing the adds we already warned you would soon come. And, well, this list of 45 new acts (add that to the 123 previously announced performers) is chock full of gems, among them touring acts HEALTH, Horse Feathers, Mat ... More >>

Slobberbone, Telegraph Canyon, Scott H. Biram

Wednesday, December 30, at Granada Theater

Good Friday: MFM, Jacob Wick, Yells At Eels, Matthew Gray, Slobberbone, Misfits And More

​If you're not too busy on this Black Friday weekend--collecting everything you're owed and striking all the big red words from your little black book--you ought to go catch some live music. First, the shows we've already mentioned. Tonight, Cursive plays at Hailey's in Denton and Ryan Bingham and ... More >>

Picture Show: The Granada's Five-Year Anniversary Party

Dylan HollingsworthSlobberbone headlined Friday's festivities.​The folks at the Granada Theater must've been pleased as pie on Friday night, having sold out of tickets for its fifth anniversary celebration an all.Of course, it helps that the venue had some local favorites on the bill to help draw ... More >>

An Old Friend and An Old Favorite: Spyche Does Slobberbone at the Kessler Theater

Technically I shouldn't even be posting here--too old, so I'm told. So I'll keep this quick and just tell Jeff Liles thanks for posting Spyche's rendition of Slobberbone's "Get Gone Again," a standout from the band's '97 sophomore effort Barrel Chested. The clip was recorded, natch, at the Kessler T ... More >>

Early Gig Alert: Slobberbone To Reunite For Two Shows In Early February

It's not exactly a secret at this point--it's on Dan's Silverleaf's online calendar, on opening act The O's' Myspace page and on the fan-run Slobberbone Myspace page--but we might as well pass along the news (although one commenter already, um, kinda did earlier today): Slobberbone's reuniting for ... More >>

Have You Seen This Man? You Might At Dan's Silverleaf Tonight...

Beard Sweat

ZZ Top and friends rock Smirnoff

Sodajerk

2 (Self-released)

Jubilee Year

The Drams are the Best

Pinebox Serenade, George Neal

Saturday, September 23, The Doublewide

Farsighted

Brent Best and his longtime friends in the Drams don't have a bone to pick

Backyard Tire Fire

Thursday, March 16, at the Absinthe Lounge

The Drams

Thursday, November 17, at Barley House

Best Friends

Members of Slobberbone return to do bigger--and perhaps better--things as The Drams

Susan Gibson, Adam Carroll

Friday, July 29, at The Horseman Club

Letters

Sorry You Missed It Eyes Wide Open in Frisco

Head Full of Beer

The Slobberbone chronicles: An oral history

Slobberbone

Friday, December 31

Separate Ways

After more than a decade, Slobberbone breaks up

Bar Exam

Slobberbone is the best bar band in America. Here's proof.

Best CD Store (Used)

CD World

Cover Up

Slobberbone preparing to hit the road in support of new album

Failure Plus

Care.Less.Now (BMBX)

Best Tour Destination for Local Bands

Amsterdam

Best evidence that the local music scene is better than Austin's (Despite what Texas Monthly says)

Out Here

Slobberbone

Exile on Fry Street

Slobberbone is still a little bit country and a lot rock and roll

Roadshows

Out Here

Out Here

Grading on a curve

This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

Uncle Whopelo?

Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town