On October 9th, 2025, I’m releasing a new album of original material called Modern Life. Featuring songs written in the period after the release of my first solo record, following the death of my brother, and during writing for …

No Show Ponies - Raise the Dust - The New Album

Released on Labor Day - Sept. 1st, 2025

The Players

Ben Brown - vocals & guitars
Kevin Shoaff - guitars & percussion
Dan Ruscito - bass guitar
Jason Jones…

“Sometimes it feels just like this life is an AMBUSH!”

For your listening pleasure, I’m sharing a collection of 5 new songs made for anyone who, like me, is navigating the news cycle—and perhaps life itself—on a tenuous thread. 

What…

Written by B. Brown

Ben Brown - vocals, guitar
Kevin Shoaff - guitar
Dan Ruscito - bass
Jason Jones - drums
Bianca Lugo - backing vocals

Recorded &  mixed by Kevin Shoaff

Written by J. Brown/B. Brown

Ben Brown - vocals, guitar
Kevin Shoaff - guitar
Dan Ruscito - bass
Jason Jones - drums
Bianca Lugo - backing vocals

Recorded &  mixed by Kevin Shoaff

The End of Feel Good Music by No Show Ponies - Available on Streaming - November 18, 2024

In honor of the occasion of the president-elect’s recent victory and less-than-auspicious cabinet nominations, it seems appropriate to revisit and reexamine a…

Thank you to Jack Anderson and KUTX for selecting “Until the Dead Rise” from Funky Dracula as the KUTX Song of the Day on October 29th, 2024. Read Jack Anderson's write up at the following link:

https://kutx.org/song-of-the-day/ben-brown-until-the-dead-rise/

Ben was interviewed by Joe Montague of Riveting Riffs Magazine for the release of Funky Dracula. Read the full interview for rivetingriffs.com at the following link:

http://www.rivetingriffs.com/Ben%20Brown%20Funky%20Dracula.html

As groovy as a graveyard on Halloween, as pitch-black as a personal attack ad in a presidential primary, Funky Dracula, the new album from Austin-based singer/songwriter and alternative rock crooner, Ben Brown, descends on mankind this fall (10.9.24)—just in…

"Funky Dracula" - the new single by Ben Brown - available now wherever music is blood-streamed. 

Written & performed by Ben Brown
Produced by Mick Flowers
Recorded & mixed by Erith Wenkman
Mastered by Kevin Shoaff
Artwork by Hannah Dobek

"Giving Blood 2 the Fantasy" - the new single by Ben Brown - available now wherever music is blood-streamed. 

Written & performed by Ben Brown
Produced by Mick Flowers
Recorded & mixed by Erith Wenkman
Mastered by Kevin Shoaff
Artwork…

"When an Angel Falls (A Devil Is Born)" - the new single by Ben Brown - available now wherever music is blood-streamed. 

Written & performed by Ben Brown
Produced by Mick Flowers
Recorded & mixed by Erith Wenkman
Mastered by…

New single, “When the Sun Goes Down,” from Ben Brown released by Shire Recorders in Austin, Texas.

Something of a “corporate vigilante justice anthem,” this song reimagines the city-at-night as hunting grounds for the weak and innocent by painting an…

Ignore the door
Disown the phone
Disarm the alarm
Ground the drone
Unsee the TV
Reroute the commuter
Divert the adverts
Neuter the computer

And make a break for The Coral Snake!

“Until the Dead Rise,” the new single from Austin-based singer/songwriter, Ben Brown, satirizes the political and cultural divisions in America by suggesting it will take a zombie apocalypse for divided Americans to find common ground. 

“I’ve just finished a new…

For the first time, No Show Ponies' 2002-2003 original album, The World Will Break Your Heart, is available on all streaming platforms. Recorded at The Green Room recording studio in Harrisburg, PA. and produced, engineered and now remastered by Kathy…

Friends,

Don't miss my next show, Thursday, Feb. 29th (7pm - 9pm) at the venerable ABGB ("Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.") in Austin, Texas. It promises to be a real scare. 

-BB

Friends,

Not able to attend “Ben Brown - Live at Geraldine's feat. Tim Cappello” in person? Now you can watch the entire show on YouTube at the following link:

Ben was recently interviewed by friend, Joe Montague, for his international magazine, Riveting Riffs. Read the entire piece at www.rivetingriffs.com, or at the attached link.

http://rivetingriffs.com/Ben%20Brown%20King%20Of%20Air.html

It has been said that making albums is like making sausages; you’ll enjoy them more if you don’t see how they’re made. The following people, for whom I am eternally grateful, saw their fair share of sausages being made during…

King of Air, the sophomore album by singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, Ben Brown, officially launches on digital platforms (Spotify, Apple Music) June 2nd, 2023. Brown, whose previous work includes Austin-based indie rock bands, No Show Ponies and The Savage Poor,…

“Kill for a Living,” the new single by Ben Brown, is available now on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube). Featuring Tim Cappello, “The Sexy Sax Man,” of Tina Turner and The Lost Boys fame. 

A protest pop song…

New single, “I Hate Problems,” available everywhere this Friday, May 19th!

https://show.co/0bwklvz

Excited to perform with the trio this Wednesday, Feb. 8th (10pm), featuring Alex Moralez on drums & Roger Wuthrich on bass, both formerly of The Savage Poor. We'll play 90 minutes of material from Sayonara Sorrow, plus favorites by The…