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Track Premiere: Getting Big and Dumb and Eating Sh*t with Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol

By Kevin Stewart-Panko

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Austin, TX-based power trio Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol sound just about as big and dumb as their moniker would imply. They’re also as ridiculously awesome as their big, dumb moniker would imply. Since 2017 or thereabouts, vocalist and eight-string slinger Leo Lydon, bassist Aaron Metzdorf and drummer Sean St.Germain have been churning out lumbering cascades of clobbering, trucker hat riffage that toe a slobbery line between Dinosaur Jr., Primus, Pantera and ZZ Top (though yours truly hears a bunch of Netherlands, Dangers and Helmet in there as well) all working to leave untold pounds of undigested red meat in your lower intestine and unadulterated metallic ear worms beating the living tar out of your malleus, incus and stapes.

But hey, why not see for yourself by checking out the latest single from their forthcoming (read: release date is tomorrow) sixth tellingly-titled album, Big Dumb Riffs. The song on the listening block is affectionately called “1-800-EAT-SHIT” and in Metzdorf’s words: “The whole writing process was, ‘what if we just played two notes the whole song?’ ‘What if we tuned down to almost unusable string tension?’ ‘What if we write a record that will make everyone say ‘wow that is dumb’? Leo and I really move around on stage a lot. Being a dingus is crucial to the groove. All these riffs were designed to allow us to act bigger and dumber on stage.”

Check it out here and check out where and when you can see these dinguses acting bigger and dumber on stage.

RICKSHAW BILLIE’S BURGER PATROL LIVE 2024:

03/22 Austin, TX – St Elmo Brewing – album release show – SOLD OUT

03/23 Dallas, TX – Double Wide

03/27 Phoenix, AZ – Linger Longer Lounge

03/28 Los Angeles, CA – Resident

03/29 San Francisco, CA – Kilowatt

03/30 Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial

04/02 Seattle, WA – The Funhouse

04/03 Portland, OR – Mano Oculta

04/05 Salt Lake City, UT – Quarters DLC

04/06 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive

04/19 Nashville, TN – The Basement

04/20 Atlanta, GA – The Earl

04/22 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor

04/23 Silver Spring, MD – Quarry House Tavern

04/24 Millersville, PA – Phantom Power

04/25 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Upstairs

04/26 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool

04/27 Philadelphia, PA – King Fu Necktie

04/28 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe

04/30 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern

05/01 Detroit, MI – Lager House

05/02 Chicago, IL – The Hideout

05/03 St. Louis, MO – The Sinkhole

05/04 Kansas City, MO – miniBar

05/10 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger

05/17 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

06/14 Denton, TX – Andy’s Bar

06/15 Oklahoma City, OK – Blue Note