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.
Posts Tagged ‘Taylor Goldsmith’
DAWES – ” Things Happen “
Posted: April 6, 2015 in MUSICTags: All Your Favourite Bands, Dawes, Los Angeles, Taylor Goldsmith
The NEW BASEMENT TAPES – ” Lost On The River “
Posted: March 6, 2015 in MUSICTags: Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Jim James, Lost On The River, Taylor Goldsmith, The New Basement Tapes
Bob Dylan came across a batch of lyrics from when he was recording the Basement Tapes with the Band – these were never put to music. These were passed to T Bone Burnett who has produced the album and put a band together to create music for these lyrics. The band is made up of Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) and Rhiannon Giddons (Carolina Chocolate Drops). It also features Johnny Depp on the lead single ‘Kansas City’ which features Marcus Mumford on the lead vocal.
DAWES – ” A Little Bit Of Everything ” Guitar Centre Sessions
Posted: October 13, 2014 in MUSICTags: Dawes, Guitar Center Sessions, Taylor Goldsmith
I just love the band DAWES so much they are the archtypical American Band, plus Taylor Goldsmith has the most expressive voice , taken from the album “Stories Don’t End”.
CONOR OBERST with FIRST AID KIT and TAYLOR GOLDSMITH – ” Lau ”
Posted: August 28, 2014 in MUSICTags: Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Dawes, First Aid Kit, Lau, Taylor Goldsmith
Conor Oberst with First Aid Kit and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes performs a Bright Eyes song “Lau” recorded at the Haldern Festival in August for Cardinal Sessions,
The NEW BASEMENT TAPES – ” Lost In The River “
Posted: August 19, 2014 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Elvis Costello, Jim James, Lost In The River, Marcus Mumford, Rhiannon Giddens, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Goldsmith, The New Basement Tapes
The New Basement Tapes are Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Jim James, Taylor Goldsmith, Marcus Mumford, Lost On The River The New Basement Tapes has been 47 years in the making, The Album celebrates the discovery of never seen before lyrics from the 1967 period and a creative highpoint for the musician who have participated, have brought these songs to life over a two week period T Bone Burnett organised the sessions and the recording of these songs.
DAWES – ” Most People “
Posted: March 20, 2014 in MUSICTags: Alt-Country, Dawes, Music, Rock, Taylor Goldsmith
DAWES are just one of the best american bands, Taylor Goldsmith has echoes of Jackson Browne for sure in his voice, But the songs and the bands musicianship is just sublime the harmonies and structure of the songs just perfect
The Fat Angel Sings 