Dexter And The Moonrocks Release “Ritalin”

FOLLOW UP TO #1 ALT ROCK HIT “SAD IN CAROLINA” OUT TODAY 

Stream “Ritalin” here. 

Watch the lyric video for “Ritalin” here. 

High res art and photos available here. 

Dexter and The Moonrocks, the unlikely heroes of West Texas who held the #1 slot at alternative rock radio for 7 straight weeks at the end of last year, today released “Ritalin” today. The angsty, distorted guitar-driven single underlines the “grunge” tone within their fan-coined “Western Space Grunge” brand. A “medicating” lyric video highlighting the song’s very personal tale of despair and addiction is also available here. 

“Sad in Carolina,” the band’s first radio single from their aptly titled EP “Western Space Grunge,” took the former fry cook, oil field operator, concrete surface decorator and kids’ baseball coach from small town Texas to the top of the alternative rock charts, a spot they took over from Sum 41. The first band signed by Severance Records, Dexter and The Moonrocks’ song marked the first #1 for that label as well as its parent label, Big Loud Rock. 

Last week, the band kicked off a spring tour with a show at Austin’s famed Emo’s. The dates cross the Southeast and Midwest US and run through the end of April, after which the band travels Charlotte, NC and Daytona Beach, FL for their next festival appearances at Lovin’ Life Music Festival and Welcome To Rockville, respectively. Last year, the band drew crowds at Austin City Limits Music Festival, Shaky Knees, and Hangout Festival. A full list of dates is below. 

“Ritalin” follows the surprise success of the band’s live cover of Tyler Childers’ “Messed Up Kid,” which averaged 900,000 streams per week following its release last fall, with Whiskey Riff claiming the band proved that the song “was destined to be a rock song.” Alternative Press said of the band, “Noah Kahan and Zach Bryan inform the band as much as Soundgarden and Pink Floyd, which is reflected in their distinctive sound.” 

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DEXTER AND THE MOONROCKS: 

ON TOUR SPRING 2025 

FEBRUARY 

7 – Austin, TX – Emo’s 

13 – Columbia, SC – The Senate 

14 – Greenville, SC – The Radio Room (SOLD OUT) 

15 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House (SOLD OUT) 

19 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre 

20 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal 

21 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay 

22 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen Music Hall 

27 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall 

28 – Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live 

MARCH 

1 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford 

15 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom 

20 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre 

21 – Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s 

22 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s 

23 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada 

26 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache 

28 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland 

29 – Detroit, MI – El Club 

30 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone 

APRIL 

16 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater 

18 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre 

19 – Colorado Springs, CO – Phil Long Music Hall 

24 – Manhattan, KS – The Hat 

25 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion 

26 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live 

MAY 

3 – Charlotte, NC – Lovin’ Life Music Festival 

16 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville