Formed in the early 1990s in Denton, Texas, the alt-country-Southern roots-rock 'n' roll outfit known as Slobberbone have flown (too far) under the radar for more than two decades. Now, thanks to a ...

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 ...

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 selections. Hell, if the song was good enough to be included in the top ...

You wouldn’t need to listen to more than, say, 30 seconds of Slobberbone’s latest album, Slippage, to pick up on the group’s puckish, ragamuffin charm; nothing beyond the initial volley of feedback, ...

The honest truth is that I brought Slobberbone’s Slippage home because no one in the office was going to give it a listen, because Slobberbone is, in the scheme of things, an unfortunately amusing ...

Further proof that time flies: Slobberbone plays its first Austin show in five years Saturday at the Continental Club. The reason the Denton-based quartet with the funny name has been away so long is ...

Grand designs just aren’t a part of Brent Best’s vocabulary. Anyone who followed the career of his late Dallas-based alt-country band, Slobberbone, would be hard-pressed to discern any kind of plan.

LITTLE ROCK — Few are the occasions when a touring band gets a club booking to play two nights in a row. Like an early Christmas present for fans of touring bands, especially the “indie” kind of band, ...

In 1997, I was the first person to write about Slobberbone outside the band's native state of Texas. The boys were coming to town for the first time, had made a great record called "Crow Pot Pie," and ...

CARBONDALE — Alternative country band Slobberbone will bring their talent to Southern Illinois for a concert Monday, May 16. Formed in 1994, the band achieved some degree of success. Horror author ...

When he was a younger man, driving a forklift in a truck parts warehouse, singer-songwriter Brent Best could barely contain the songs in his head. The words scrolled across his brain like a stock ...