June 20th @ Lola's

I get it.I am aware. Yes, I UNDERSTAND that you go to the video arcade every Friday. What is it that you find so seductive about the games gallery? Is it the ticket prizes? The blue-now-black carpet emblazoned with little pizza emblems (and smelling of pizza)? The cash machine that eats your money?

Lets get one thing straight here. I don't actually care. I don't actually care why you go to the video arcade every friday night. I don't actually care because this coming Friday night you will be at our show. A real life rock show with instruments and everything, moron. No games.

If you're over 17 and under 65, come rock with us at Lola's Saloon in Fort Worth. I'm not talking about bowling with your stupid aunt. I'm talking about kickass rock. The food of the gods.

I am a moody, depressive type b. In elementary school all I cared about was knives, that and guns. I wanted to create an army club. Now I have no idea what that club would be about. Especially at 10 years old. I like to fight. I hate many things. I love guns. I fucking love them. There's a degree of violence inside me, but I've worked with it. I might not be a colonel, but the violence never went away. 

It's something I try to include in the music of the frontier brothers. We are not a metal band. The tunes are bright. That's brett and his unorthodox style. But if you listen carefully, especially to the new ablum, you find something confrontational. Something hostile. The songs are pretty; they're nice. But there's a  violence there. I'd rather be Frank Black than Jeremiah Johnson. Black was a demon. I like to walk the same line. Maybe someone who was born a killer. In music, violence is powerful. It can be beautiful. So that's something. Can't wait till you guys hear the album. 

This Week In The Life Of A Band (#1)

- Purchased Weezer's Red Album and Vincent Moon's new documentary "A Skin, A Night," about one of my favorite bands, The National.

- Rocking Fort Worth like its our job. (It is.)

Photo by Morgan Johnson

- Rocking Dallas like we care. (We do.)


- The estimable Largehearted Boy posted the three pre-release songs from Space Punk Starlet. Just imagine those eleven that you haven't heard. TFB on Largehearted Boy

- Just got off a conference call with Cristina, our publicist, Jed, our manager, and Versa, publicity bigshot. Time to get this album out! Magazines, if you're listening, please review Space Punk Starlet!

- Obama will be our nominee. He's from the same planet that we are.

- My brother is about to have a baby. She'll be 20 in 2028. We will all be driving flyning cars.

Spin Magazine!

The Frontier Brothers are one of the featured bands in Spin Magazine's June issue with Weezer on the cover.



Check out "Bands on the Run" on pg. 94. to see The Frontier Brothers featured alongside The Raveonettes, Phantom Planet, and The Watson Twins.



Thanks Spin!

A DFW Weekend - Show Report

The sweltering Texas heat subsided Thursday night in reverence for The Frontier Brothers. We played Fort Worth's premier downtown rock brasserie, 8.0 (correlating with my IQ). The bill was considerable. Titan Moon started the evening and Chomsky and the Burning Hotels finished things off. It was a good show, if our fans are to be believed, however, the stage sound was frustrating. 8.0 is the victim of a cruel sound ordinance law which caps the noise at 95 decibels. A little orange light on the front of the stage lights up when the band gets too loud, and if - god forbid - that orange light turns red, stage power shuts off for the night. As a result, we had to deal with a wretched stage mix, no drums, quiet vocals, and muddy keyboards. Nonetheless, it was a successful show. Our 8.0 gig also marked the return of a TFB classic, Christmasville.

Last night we played The Cavern in Dallas. Cavern is a room we know well, situated in the heart of lower greenville aka land of the cops. Stage sound was loud and clear. Room was nearly empty. Unfortunately, being a "headlining act," means playing the nightowl slot at these clubs. Yes, we're a headlining act. But this is Dallas we're talking about.