Vandoliers is an American alternative country music group from Texas founded in 2015. They are signed to Break Maiden Records/Thirty Tigers and have released five studio albums.
The following year, the band signed to State Fair Records, and in October 2016, the label re-released the album. Its follow-up, The Native, was recorded in the same studio where Willie Nelson made Red Headed Stranger, and released in May 2017. The album is noted for ushering in a cowpunk resurgence, leading to shows and tours with the likes of Reverend Horton Heat and Old 97's among others.
2019 saw the band release its third album, Forever, via Bloodshot Records, its first for the label. The album was supported by extensive touring, including co-headlining dates with Cory Branan, and an opening slot with Lucero (band). Following 2020's pandemic-slowed year—which saw the sale of Bloodshot Records, and the band's subsequent departure from the label—the band re-grouped to record its fourth LP, The Vandoliers. It was self-released under the band's own newly-formed label Amerikinda Records. In the months leading up to its release, the band toured with Flogging Molly, including its annual St. Patrick's Day celebration in Los Angeles.
In 2023, the band garnered national attention by performing a show in Marryville, Tennessee in dresses to protest the state's newly passed anti-drag bill. The experience, Rose later said, was one of the first times she started to accept her life as a trans woman. In 2025, Rose came out publicly via an article in Rolling Stone, which coincided with the announcement of the band's fifth studio album.
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