The Riverboat Gamblers

HomeGrown Music and Art Festival Replaces Riverboat Gamblers With Seryn and Larry Gee

​Some news to pass along this morning on the fast-approaching HomeGrown Music and Art Festival front: After including The Riverboat Gamblers in its initial lineup announcement back in March, the band is now officially off the bill, having backed out due to a scheduling conflict. No matter: Local m ... 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 >>

Hagfish, Riverboat Gamblers, The American Fuse

Saturday, December 25, at Trees

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Mind Spiders Rises Valiantly From The Ashes of The Marked Men at No. 10

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 10 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to grab a free download of the track. Also after the ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans : "Sean Wayne" Leseman, aka The Door Guy

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. ​If you've ever gone to see a rock band in Deep Ellum, he was likely your maitre' d, of sorts. He's one of those guys that often finds himsel ... More >>

Riverboat Gamblers To Play Double Wide's Warped Tour After-Party on Saturday. Also: They're Running a Remix Contest. And They Played Daytrotter. And They Have An App.

G-A-M-B-L-E-R!​In this week's paper, which is almost out (but not quite), Eric Grubbs talks to the Double Wide's Chelsea Callahan and Kim Finch about their venue's annual post-Warped Tour party, which, this year, will celebrate its fourth year of existence and second as an open-to-the-public affai ... More >>

Centro-matic, Three Others Added To The Third Annual Dia De Los Toadies Lineup--And Three Or Four More Adds Are Still To Come.

​ It was back in January that we passed along word of the return of the third annual Dia de Los Toadies festival, which this year will take place on August 27 and 28 at Whitewater on the Horseshoe in New Braunfels. Then, back in March, we passed along word of the first two impressive adds confirme ... More >>

Band List Finalized for the Dallas Stop of the Vans Warped Tour

​On July 3, the Vans Warped Tour makes its stop in Dallas. I attended last year and, besides having to spend $4 on a bottle of water and nearly passing out a couple of times, I had a great time. Last year, there was several old-school punk and hip-hop bands sandwiched between a lot of emo acts. Th ... More >>

Astronautalis Releases A Pay-What-You-Want Mix with DJ Fishr Pryce

​Earlier this week, SMU alum Astronautalis and longtime DC9 fave DJ Fishr Pryce joined forces to release a new, pay-what-you-want mixtape called DANCEHALLFLOORSOUND!!! I'd try to explain it, but over on the mix's download site, Astronautalis describes for us what the tape is:A mixed tape (in the c ... More >>

What It Was Like: Twelve More Bands To Close Out SXSW 2010 in Style

Pete FreedmanWashed Out played the Fader Fort on Saturday, backed by Brooklyn's Small Black.​Another year, another grueling sprint to South by Southwest's end--only, this year, well, things seemed a little different than in year's past. Especially on Saturday night.More so than on any previous nig ... More >>

News Roundup: The Toadies Reveal Fest Deets, Oso Closo Calls It Quits, Idol Records Signs Charming Gardeners, JT&TNL Offers Up Live Tracks and The Local Edge Announces Finalists

​We admit that we've been a little NX35 and SXSW-focused of late. And, for that we don't apologize. We do, however, apologize for letting a few big announcements skip past our bullhorn over the past few days. Seems like the perfect time to do a news round-up, huh? OK!We already told you the when a ... More >>

Four Locals Look To Shine Bright at SXSW

The Riverboat Gamblers, Saboteur

Thursday, December 31, at The Loft

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Teenage Cool Kids and "Foreign Lands" Show Us That The Grass Is Always Greener at No. 2

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 2 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: St. Vincent's "Marrow" Chills Us To The Core at No. 3

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 4 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: RTB2 and "When Hammer Hits Stone" Come Together at No. 6

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 6 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Max Moon Sells Us On "Urban Outfitters" at No. 10

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 10 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Last ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: "Five Minutes" Is All Binary Sunrise Needs at No. 13.

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Right now, though, we take an in-depth look at song No. 13 on the list--and feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Ishi and "Pastel Lights" Have Us Falling At No. 14

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 16 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: The O's and "You've Got Your Heart" Folk Around at No. 15. (And You Can Catch 'Em For Free Tonight at Vickery Park, Too.)

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 16 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

The Riverboat Gamblers Get a Remix for "DissDissDissKissKissKiss"

​It was a month ago to the day that Denton ex-pat punks The Riverboat Gamblers released its latest music video, this one for "DissDissDissKissKissKiss," the latest single off the band;s March-released album Underneath the Owl. Well, last week, the song also got something of a makeover in the form ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Seryn and "We Will All Be Changed" Grab Our Attention at No. 18

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 18 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Damaged Good$ and "Follow The Leader" Lead Off The Top 20.

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 20 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Air Review's "Jura" Harmonizes Its Way To No. 21

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 21 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Sleep Whale's "Cotton Curls" Coos Its Way to No. 23.

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 23 on the list--and click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastly, keep checking bac ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 2: Astronautalis, Metallagher, Broadcast, HEALTH, Crystal Castles, GZA, Of Montreal

Patrick Michels​Some people attribute weather changes, fortunate or otherwise, to God. The Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe thought someone else was responsible for the all-day drizzle and showers that turned Waterloo Park into Mudderloo Park. "Someone said, 'It was sunny yesterday, I'm surprised it ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 2

​Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up--like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare ... More >>

Last Night: Slowride at Elm Street Tattoo

SlowrideElm Street TattooOctober 15, 2009Better than: going under the needle. Hal SamplesSlowride reunited at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo last night.​ It'd been some time since the fellas in Slowride had played an actual show together--but with an upcoming gig slated at local tattoo artist Ol ... More >>

Gig Alert: Slowride To Perform Special Reunion Show At Elm Street Tattoo Tonight

Slowride​Well, it's 6:27 p.m.--or three hours and 33 minutes before the secret reunion show we mentioned earlier today on Twitter is set to begin--which means we can now break the silence we promised the band and announce that, at 10 o'clock this evening, Slowride will play a reunion show at Elm S ... More >>

Full Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Announced

​The Fun Fun Fun Festival's web site has yet to update itself with this, but if our friends over at GorillaVsBear are to be believed (UPDATE: Fun Fun Fun Fest's Twitter stream confirms lineup), then that above image is the official, full, complete lineup for the 4th Annual Fun Fun Fest, which will ... More >>

NPR Names The Gamblers' 'Let's Go Crazy' Cover As Its Song Of The Day. Really.

​Well, this is somewhat shocking. But true! The fine intellectuals over at National Public Radio have deemed the "Let's Go Crazy" cover from Denton punk ex-pats The Riverboat Gamblers as their song of the day. No, really. Color us kind of shocked at this revelation. When the Spin magazine Purplish ... More >>

Next Week, The Riverboat Gamblers Will "Go Crazy" For Purple Rain

On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince's Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it's not just anybody on the disc: There's contributions from Sharon J ... More >>

Good Friday: Riverboat Gamblers, Quintron, True Widow, Free Reign, Two Tons of Steel, Weener, Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Hoyotoho, Obscenely Unseen IV, Taproot

It's coming up on that time of the year...Sorry this is coming a little late, folks. Been busy around here all day. In fact, I just left our first planning meeting for the 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards. What can I reveal? Well, we turn 21 this year, so there's that. Also, the showcase will ... More >>

Today in Music News: The Gamblers Get A Nod, Modest Mouse Releases Ledger Video, Alan W. Livingston Passes

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 16, 2009... The former Dentonites in The Riverboat Gamblers were named in Rolling Stone writer David Fricke's "Fricke's Picks" this week. Modest Mouse will soon release the Heath Ledger-directed video for their b-side, "King Rat".& ... More >>

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Underneath the Owl (Volcom)

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After a Year on the Job, Our Music Editor Looks Back

The End Of The End Of Year Lists (No, Really, This Time): The Top Concerts Of 2008

Melanie GomezFind our slideshow of our favorite concert photos of 2008 right here.I didn't get to Dallas until February, so apologies to any great shows that took place in January--I missed them. But over the past eleven months, I saw plenty of live music--both with touring bands and locals. How man ... More >>

How 'Bout A Hot, New, Fresh Riverboat Gamblers Tune To Start Off Your Week?

The Denton-bred, Austin-refined Riverboat Gamblers, just a few weeks removed from a return to DdFW for a couple of shows, have officially announced the details surrounding the band's upcoming 2009 disc, Underneath The Owl--which is basically to say that the band has officially set the release date ... More >>

Scary As Ever, the Cover Bands Come Out on Halloween

Who knew tributes would be a Halloween thing? Also: the New Frontiers break up and Ricky Bobby returns

Astronautalis and The Riverboat Gamblers Return to Town

OK, so we have a pretty expansive definition of "local"

Last Night(ish): Toadies At Palladium Ballroom

WakeUp Fest

Saturday, April 2, at North Texas State Fairgrounds

Odds & Ends

Festivals abound this spring; enter our caption contest and win...something

Destroy the Riverboat Gamblers

Concussions, missing teeth and other occasional hazards of rock and roll

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

Scene, heard

Sorting out Flickerstick, Kid Chaos, The Riverboat Gamblers, and promoting Slobberbone

Across the Bar

Hagfish meets Bobgoblin; Touring the giglist; Toadies just might hatch

Across the Bar

End hits

The X marks the spot

Street Beat and local store owner make nice

Let's make it 46