Riverboat Gamblers News

We mentioned a couple of weeks ago about Ian MacDougall , guitarist for the Riverboat Gamblers , and the injuries he sustained when hit by a car while he was riding his bike.

No one would've held it against the Riverboat Gamblers if the Austin punks' Sunday set at Fun Fun Fun Fest had come off as uneven or a little reserved.

Ian got hit by a car and is recovering in the hospital A leter from the band with info on how you can help pitch in on his medical expenses, below... It's definitely been a trying few days.

We've got a soft spot for awesome musicians in need at the Wayward Blog, and few are as awesome or as in need as Ian MacDougall , guitarist for the Riverboat Gamblers , a band from Austin that's a favorite here in KC.

Ita s definitely been a trying few days. On the night of Saturday October 17th, while riding his bike home, a car hit Ian McDougall, guitarist of our band Riverboat Gamblers.

For a punk rock band that's been in the scene since 1997, it's certainly surprising to hear that Riverboat Gamblers have not broken into mainstream yet.

Wea ve picked out favorite artists of the week. Now ita s your turn to pick yours! Is your favorite the infectious all-girl Swedish pop band, Those Dancing Days ? Is it the Brooklyn-based electro-rock band, Heloise and the Savoir Faire ? Is it the Volcom favorites and punk rockers, Riverboat Gamblers ? Or do you prefer the indie-pop darlings, Clare ...

Slowride Elm Street Tattoo October 15, 2009 Better than: going under the needle.

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 Street Tattoo .

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In its fifth year, Riot Fest, Chicago's multi-band, multi-date, multi-venue celebration of the punk underground past, present and future, is incontrovertibly one of the premier gatherings of its kind in the United States, if not the world.

If ever Beerland hatched its own anti-supergroup, it would be the Hex Dispensers.

Riverboat Gamblers: 'Crazy' For 25 Years Of 'Purple Rain' In honor of the Prince classic's anniversary, Riverboat Gamblers' members perform a sincere, rollicking tribute to "Let's Go Crazy." Aubrey Edwards In honor of the Prince classic's anniversary, Riverboat Gamblers' members perform a sincere, rollicking tribute to "Let's Go Crazy." Aubrey ...

Some back story, if you really need it. Roky Erickson was what Syd Barrett could have been if he moved out of his Mum's basement and onto a faithful regiment of anti-psychotics. He's a monument to the redemptive qualities of music, having built this fair city on psychedelic rock and roll, wandered off the reservation with bombastic panache, and ...

Blogwire As we discussed last week, the Denton ex-pats in the Riverboat Gamblers are among the artists who've been asked by... DC9 at Night Hunab Kru at Bonnaroo *new video added* Asheville B-Boys Hunab Kru returned to Tennessee's Bonnaroo this year.

In a billing that could prompt both bands to try a little harder, newly risen Chicago politico-punk band Rise Against are the headliners over beloved California punk classicists Rancid on the two groups' 33-city summer tour.

Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis. First, Spin magazine commissioned a well-curated Prince tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain featuring respectable acts like Riverboat Gamblers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Of Montreal and Lavender Diamond.

As we told you a while back , Denton's own Riverboat Gamblers open up Spin 's Purplish Rain , a tribute disc for Prince 's Purple Rain album and movie, which turn 25 this year.

Odds are, if you like punk, you'll enjoy this Saturday night if you head to Call the Office and check out the Riverboat Gamblers.

For like-minded musicians Riverboat Gamblers, it is a thrill to open for mainstream pop-punkers Rancid on its summer tour.