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DAWES – ” All Your Favorite Bands ” Best Albums Of 2015

Posted: December 8, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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All Your Favorite Bands sounds effortless in a way. Producer Dave Rawlings nearly captures the Dawes’ reputable live sound, and the band for their part are relaxed yet adventurous, with plenty of confidence in their words. Sure, Dawes’ sound has always been easily comparable to a handful of classic ‘70s soft-rock bands (read: Jackson Brown, The Band), but the songs have always existed in their own continuum, which is why they work so well. Singer-songwriter Taylor Goldsmith doesn’t shy away from cliche, but he’s able to do so unabashedly and eloquently, a crucial skill in pop music. And while the band doesn’t tread any new ground for themselves this outing, it still showcases a band at the peak of a sound they’ve been crafting for years. All Your Favorite Bands also marks the end of keyboardist and founding member Tay Strathairn’s creative relationship with the band. Strathairn has always been a central part of the band’s sound, leaving little doubt that this album marks the end of an era for Dawes. All your favorite bands might not stay together, as Goldsmith warmly wishes, but they will press on.

 

DAWES – ” We’re All Gonna Die ” Best Albums Of 2016

Posted: December 2, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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This Los Angeles. outfit’s first four albums faithfully recreated the folksy, confessional vibe of Seventies Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne, but with the band’s former guitarist Blake Mills producing, the studio now becomes Dawes‘ playground. “As If By Design” is overrun with wild bar room piano and mariachi horns, while on several tracks Taylor Goldsmith’s vocals are filtered with heavy electronics and the drums and guitars are processed to a digital crunch that recalls the more adventurous side of the Black Keys. Goldsmith’s lyrics are still thoughtful and earnest (“I’m asking you for help/How do you fall in love with anything?” he sings on the title track), but he’s also looser and more playful on cuts like the lead single, “When the Tequila Runs Out” (“We’ll be drinkin’ champagne”). With this bold left turn into sonic experimentation, Dawes proves that you can be faithful to your roots and sound and still branch out.

We’re All Gonna Die certainly comes out swinging with big guitars, chunky grooves and what seems to be a concerted effort to mix things up from their usual wistful balladry and thoughtful mid-tempo.

But what’s most surprising about the album is just how well Taylor Goldsmith’s intricate lyrics fit into the aggressive music, especially on the circus-like “No Reason At All” and the crunching “One Of Us.” And on “Roll Tide,” the band slips back into balladry like it’s a velvet glove, just in case the new direction doesn’t take off.

TAYLOR GOLDSMITH (DAWES) – ” Live Session ” CKUA Radio

Posted: November 6, 2016 in MUSIC
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Dawes frontman, Taylor Goldsmith stopped into CKUA over the summer. The Los Angeles.based folk-rock band was touring their fourth studio album at the time, “All Your Favorite Bands”, released on June 2nd, 2015 via Hub Records. Dawes is made up of brothers Taylor (guitars and vocals) and Griffin Goldsmith (drums), along with Wylie Gelber (bass) and Tay Strathairn (keyboards). Taylor talks about the new Basement Tapes album featuring Elvis Costello and T.Bone Burnett including songs and newly found lyrics of Bob Dylans period recording said album with the Band.

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DAWES – ” We’re All Gonna Die “

Posted: September 20, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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L.A. band Dawes return with their fifth album. “We’re All Gonna Die” was produced by Grammy nominated producer Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes) and includes backing vocals from Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard of The Alabama Shakes, Mandy Moore, Will Oldham, and Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius. Of the album, Taylor Goldsmith (guitar, vocals) explains, “Pretty much every song on this record explores a difficult situation and tries to find a way to find the good in it, or at least remind yourself that it’s not always that big of a deal. After all, as scary as it is, we are all gonna die.” “If last year’s All Your Favorite Bands was a sweet source of comfort-rock, We’re All Gonna Die is something of a wake-up call, with sharper sounds and harsher vibes, straight from the jarringly fuzzy note that opens its title track” .

The California band Dawes has released several albums of breezy Golden State guitar rock centered on Taylor Goldsmith’s emotionally loaded songs. Those songs are filled with statements that are irresistibly uplifting when heard in a crowd. (Think “anyone that’s making anything new only breaks something else” from “When My Time Comes.”)

Dawes’ fifth album has the true — but still unsettling — title We’re All Gonna Die. It represents a change in sound courtesy of producer Blake Mills, who recently got kudos for producing Alabama Shakes‘ latest album, Sound & Color, and who was also Goldsmith’s high-school bandmate. More touches of keyboards and more space are part of the band’s new approach.

DAWES – ” When The Tequila Runs Out “

Posted: August 30, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Dawes have announced the impending release of their next album, the optimistically titled “We’re All Gonna Die”. Due out September 16th via their own HUB Records, the band’s fifth album to date follows after year’s All Your Favorite Bands.

We’re All Gone Die focuses on topics of doubt and sorrow without giving into the morose feelings. “These songs were all written in a very short period of time, very close together,” explained frontman Taylor Goldsmith in a press release. “In that sense, I feel like there was a consistency in mood and outlook our other records don’t have. Pretty much every song on this record explores a difficult situation and tries to find a way to find the good in it, or at least remind yourself that it’s not always that big of a deal. After all, as scary as it is, we are all gonna die.”

The album was recorded at Los Angeles’ EastWest Studios and Silverlake’s The Boat and produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color), who also happens to have been a member of the pre-Dawes band Simon Dawes. Guests on the 10-track effort include Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Lucius frontwomen Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, Will Oldham, and Mandy Moore.

Moore and Goldsmith have been dating since her separation from Ryan Adams. She even features in the video for the album’s lead single, “When the Tequila Runs Out”. The track is a distinctly poppy release from the indie folk band, yet it slides in well with the relaxed vibes that make up so much of their catalog. It relies heavily on guitar effects and a catchy chorus plus percussion and MPC work from renowned session musician Jim Keltner, creating a mellow jam for the end of summer.

We’re All Gonna Die Tracklist:
01. One Of Us
02. We’re All Gonna Die
03. Roll With The Punches
04. Picture Of A Man
05. Less Than Fives Miles Away
06. Roll Tide
07. When The Tequila Runs Out
08. For No Good Reason
09. Quitter
10. As If By Design

Dawes have also revealed an extended list of tour dates, including record release shows in LA and New York. There’s also a handful of in-store acoustic performances scheduled exclusively for those who pre-order

New album ‘We’re All Gonna Die’ out September 16th

DAWES – ” All Your Favorite Bands “

Posted: September 22, 2015 in MUSIC
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Dawes recently shared a video for their song “All Your Favorite Bands” and it features home video of many of their friends singing along for the track.New album ‘All Your Favorite Bands’ out now, the video gave me chills. Makes you see the endearing quality of Taylor’s music touches those closest to him. I think Dawes are one of the best American bands over the last few years.

Conor Oberst, Brandon Flowers, My Morning Jacket, M. Ward, Johnathan Rice, Gillian Welch, Blake Mills, Deer Tick’s John McCauley, Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez, and more appear in the video,

DAWES – ” All Your Favorite Bands ” and ” Things Happen ” (Stripped Down Live Version)

Posted: July 10, 2015 in MUSIC
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With Dawes’ fourth album, “All Your Favorite Bands” , came out just over a month ago, I knew this was  going to be another of my favourite albums, and couldn’t help but keep the title track on repeat. Listening to Taylor Goldsmith sing, “And may all of your favorite bands stay together,”

While I didn’t think it was possible for this song to be more emotional, the release of the video for “All Your Favorite Bands” proved wrong. The stripped-down, live version gave us a raw look at the sentiment behind the beautiful lyrics.

“I would love for someone wishing me well to put it in the terms of ‘may all your favorite bands stay together,'” Goldsmith,  “That would be a real friend. That person would know what truly matters. To me, the statement of ‘All Your Favorite Bands’ immediately gets down to a highly personal and singular part of anybody in a way that few other concepts can. So that’s why we named our record after that song.” Check out the alternative take of  ” Things Happen” as well , Dawes are one of the best American bands over the last few years.

Watch the video above and be sure to share it with someone that you appreciate.

DAWES – ” Right On Time “

Posted: May 18, 2015 in MUSIC
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New album ‘All Your Favorite Bands’ out June 2nd , 2015
Pre-order a digital copy of the album now, and get “Things Happen” and “Right On Time” instantly, Earlier this year, Dawes announced their new album release “All Your Favorite Bands”, their fourth full-length album, recorded in Nashville and produced by David Rawlings. On the heels of sharing the album’s first single “Things Happen” (which the band performed on The Late Show with David Letterman ,Taylor Goldsmith and co. released “Right on Time” to tide fans over until the anticipated album’s June 2nd release.

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DAWES – ” Things Happen “

Posted: April 6, 2015 in MUSIC
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Sometimes it’s best to just shrug everything off and say, “things happen” (or words to that effect).It’s the driving notion behind a new ear-worm and video from the Los Angeles-based rock group Dawes. “Things Happen” from the band’s just-announced album “All Your Favorite Bands”, follows a Beatles impersonator as he slogs through the city, beaten down and repeatedly rebuffed as he tries to find a street corner to perform on. “Let’s make a list of all the things the world has put you through,” sings Dawes front man Taylor Goldsmith. “Let’s raise a glass to all the people you’re not speaking to. … Things happen. That’s all they ever do.””Change, hardship and general bullshit is an inevitability,” Goldsmith tells us via email. “But by shifting the ways in which we acknowledge these realities, [we] can hopefully deprive them of at least some of their power over us.”I think by making the video about street performers, which is a pastime that’s at once fascinating and mysterious but also can be perceived as unglamorous or dismal, it really helps to illustrate the shifting sentiments of the song. How one guy can seem truly miserable in dealing with his current lot in life while others can take that same situation and figure out a way to find joy and acceptance in it?”The video was conceived and directed by Kevin Hayes. “All Your Favorite Bands” is due out June 2nd on HUB Records.

DAWES – ” From A Window Seat “

Posted: October 16, 2014 in MUSIC
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Dawes the North California band with a definate Laurel canyon Sound have toured pretty much for half of each year over the last five to six years either on their own or as a support band for Jackson Browne and Conor Oberst, there have been three superbly crafted albums with the latest “Stories Don’t End”

also check out the http://www.archives.org/details/Dawes for some terrific live shows

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