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Bonnaroo 2015: More Thrills Added To The Summer Line-up
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 26 March 2015
D'angelo & The Vanguard, Kacey Musgraves and Songhoy Blues join headliners Billy Joel and Mumford & Sons.
More additions have been announced for Bonnaroo 2015 as the June event draws ever closer. D'angelo & The Vanguard, Kacey Musgraves and Songhoy Blues join an already stellar line-up for this 10-stage bonanza, while the full late night sets are also announced.
'Believe' is taken from third album 'Wilder Mind' and already gives us some idea that we shouldn't expect material like what we saw in debut album 'Sigh No More' and 2012's number one 'Babel'. This album has been recorded at Air Studios in London and has been produced by James Ford, whose previous work includes that of Arctic Monkeys, HAIM and Florence & The Machine.
Continue reading: Mumford & Sons Have A New Single, But 'Believe' Is Not What You'd Expect [Listen]
Julia Melim and Bill Dawes - 'The Catch' Game-Day Super Bowl Party held at the Edison Ballroom - New York, New York, United States - Sunday 2nd February 2014
Dawes - Stories Don't End Album Review
By Ben Walton in Music Reviews on 08 August 2013
They may have a name which can cause unutterably tedious confusion ("who are you listening to?" "Dawes." "The Doors?" etc.), but over the course of their two previous albums, Los Angeles' Dawes have carved out a reputation as being the finest modern classic rock song writers of the current crop of 'retro' aping bands presently doing the rounds. Having recently opened for the farmers' favourites Mumford and Sons, Dawes return with their third album, Stories Don't End, and it might just be their finest collection of songs yet.
Stories Don't End is a massively diverse album in terms of tone. While sticking largely to an Americana inspired sound, Dawes dabble in slow, sparse, self-deprecating blues with Just My Luck, add in elements of folk on the largely acoustic Someone Will and the huge, major key pop rock of Hey Lover. Despite being a collection of fantastic songs, it is on the slower, more quiet numbers where Stories Don't End falls down, suffering from a poor engineering job. Songs like Just My Luck and Something In Common are ruined by moments where the bass drum peaks and crackles in the speakers, sometimes even farting along to a whole verse. Dawes have gone for an airy, live sound which has its pitfalls, these imperfections being one of them.
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Life Is Beautiful 2013 Announces Additional Music Acts Including Vampire Weekend And Alabama Shakes
Posted on02 August 2013
A Week In Music, Kanye West Releases 'Black Skinhead' Video, Dawes Talk New Album And Bob Dylan And Mercury And Jackson Duets Are To Be Unveiled
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2013
A week in music videos... Kanye West has been doing a lot of promotion for his edgy, rock-infused track 'Black Skinhead' (or 'BLKKK SKKKN HEAD' as it's otherwise known'), the lead single from his US and UK number one album 'Yeezus', so his anger when the unfinished video directed by Nick Knight was leaked earlier in July was unsurprising. He described the unauthorised distribution as 'heartbreaking' and no wonder; a video as unique as this was definitely worthy of a grand entrance but, nonetheless, the spoiler has definitely not affected the viewing experience.Watch the video for BLKKK SKKKN HEAD here.
French house star Kavinsky has already become a hit in his home nation with his debut album 'OutRun', released earlier this year, reaching number 2 in the charts and he's certainly turning heads overseas too. Teaming up with Canadian producer The Weeknd on one of his newest singles, Kavinsky delivers a driving dance beat with 'Odd Look' - the single from his new EP of the same name. The track also features on his album as a collaboration with fellow electronic musician SebastiAn. Listen to Odd Look here.
Continue reading: A Week In Music, Kanye West Releases 'Black Skinhead' Video, Dawes Talk New Album And Bob Dylan And Mercury And Jackson Duets Are To Be Unveiled
Dawes - Interview
Dawes support a classic stripped-back sound with clever meaningful lyrics and simple percussive instruments to create a sound that contains the essentials of classic folk rock artists such as The Band whilst enforcing fresh grooves and maintaining their own musical identity.
Dawes new album 'Stories Don't End' is due for release on 19th August in the UK.
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Forecastle Announces 2013 Lineup!
Posted on05 March 2013
Dawes To Support Bob Dylan On Spring Us Tour Plus Multiple Appearances At Sxsw 2013
Posted on28 February 2013
Dawes Confirmed As Main Support For Mumford & Sons Uk Tour
Posted on12 October 2012
Dawes, Nothing Is Wrong Album Review
By Ben Walton in Music Reviews on 05 September 2011
Creating music that sounds effortless, and which has a genuine lightness of touch is something that very few bands are able to ever achieve. It is all too easy to overload songs with needless fancy production tricks and over the top instrumentation. It would seem balance is a hard thing to come by. Balance, and lightness of touch, however, does not seem to cause Dawes any problems at all on this, their second album Nothing Is Wrong.
Dawes - Guest, Bill Dawes New York City, USA - Opening night after party for the Broadway production of 'Lombardi' held at the Edison Ballroom Thursday 21st October 2010