Riverboat Gamblers

Riverboat Gamblers have been one of the most consistent (and consistently underappreciated) punk bands in the scene for more than a decade, expertly balancing force and swagger on their fifth album, The Wolf You Feed. The Austin, Texas, quintet vaguely resemble a recently graduated garage band on the opening 1-2 punch of "Good Veins" and "Bite My Tongue," which dovetails nicely into the moodier, retrofied "Comedians."Read More

Riverboat Gamblers -which includes frontman Mike Wiebe , guitarists Fadi el-Assad and Ian MacDougall , bassist Rob Marchant and drummer Sam Keir -did all the pre-production for their latest album The Wolf You Feed with Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly, The Gaslight Anthem) in Los Angeles and then headed down to Dallas to put these ten songs to tape with Grammy-Award winning engineer Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, Cat Power). Read More

With their latest single, "Comedians," Texas folk-punks the Riverboat Gamblers layer dense guitar riffs over pulsing, booming drums. Read More