Dexter and the Moonrocks

One Liner:  Sloppy, bashing, raucous rock and roll action

Wikipedia Genre:  No Wikipedia - rock and roll

Home: Abilene, TX

Poster Position: 15
Weekend One Only.
Friday at 5:10.

BMI Stage.

Thoughts:  So, without looking them up yet, my first impression from a run through their limited catalog is that this sounds like a Kings of Leon cover band that was hired to play a fictional L.A. rock band in an Almost Famous/Daisy and the Six-style story about a young band learning how to deal with fame and groupies.  They sort of remind me of that Dirty Honey band too, except their sloppier.  This definitely feels DIY and done in a garage.

Their website explains that they actually come from Abilene, which is a trip.  And that their fans call their genre Western Space Grunge.  Which, okay.  They claim the following as influences - Foo Fighters, Pink Floyd, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and Whiskey Myers.  I don't know that last one, but I guess I can hear the Foos and RKS.  None of the four members of the band appears to be named Dexter.  The drummer's name is Fox, which is pretty badass.

Their first single, from 2021, is their most popular track by quite a bit.  "Couch" has 14.8 million streams.

Pretty chill.  In a different song he laments that all the songs he writes are so sad, and it sounds like this starting point got him aimed that direction.

They have a 2021 EP, a handful of singles, and then a live album.  The live album is definitely fun - you get a good idea of these guys just bashing it away up there on stage and having fun with it.  If you listen through their catalog though, it gets annoying because they have that song in here like eight different times.  The second top song is a 2024 single that sounds even better to me.  "She Likes Girls" has just over 1 million streams.

The bashing drums and that little twiddly riff sound pretty cool in the chorus.  And newest single "Sad in Carolina" is solid too.  I am on board with checking this out - legit sloppy rock and roll action.