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I'm confused why you care or why it matters. Seems like a bit of a double standard that I can't poke a little fun at a few people who constantly jab me for liking boring music. Have you ever called out them?
Bacon - this isn't about anyone specifically, only my tiring of the Hipster/Pitchfork/Whatever insinuations about people who like different music. If you were joking, great. But it just seemed like another lame shot at people who like different music. I would have posted my comment, literally regardless of who posted it. Unless it was someone who I could tell was making a joke not getting a passive aggressive shot at people like me who happen to read Pitchfork and also happen to not be overly fond of Dr Dog's last album. Again, apologies if this was a joke.
Ps: I thought B Room seemed a little sloppy and rushed. For me it was a step back from Be The Void, which I liked. (Even though Pitchfork hated that one too)
It was a joke, but like any joke it was sprouted from a kernel of truth.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Feb 3, 2014 10:34:03 GMT -5
So are you suggesting that reading Pitchfork has made me unable to appreciate the diversity and splendor of the Bacon Barn? Well, don't I feel just like the farmer and the viper....
I'm confused why you care or why it matters. Seems like a bit of a double standard that I can't poke a little fun at a few people who constantly jab me for liking boring music. Have you ever called out them?
Bacon - this isn't about anyone specifically, only my tiring of the Hipster/Pitchfork/Whatever insinuations about people who like different music. If you were joking, great. But it just seemed like another lame shot at people who like different music. I would have posted my comment, literally regardless of who posted it. Unless it was someone who I could tell was making a joke not getting a passive aggressive shot at people like me who happen to read Pitchfork and also happen to not be overly fond of Dr Dog's last album. Again, apologies if this was a joke.
Ps: I thought B Room seemed a little sloppy and rushed. For me it was a step back from Be The Void, which I liked. (Even though Pitchfork hated that one too)
Thanks Lucien, the insinuations of groups does get tiring, especially when you identify with the music of one of the groups. Like the ever popular and subtle chiding of jam band fans with over use of vibez/jamz/heady ect. ect. Same goes for Pitchfork people of listeners of "different" music.
I just appreciate the fact that you and Bacon could at least discuss it without getting into some overblown disagreement.
Post by Billadelphia on Feb 3, 2014 12:18:46 GMT -5
Well this thread certainly isn't boring anymore. Anyway..
I mentioned previously that I was going to see them twice this past weekend. I was fortunate enough to go backstage Saturday night (on my bday woohoo!). I asked Slick if they would be at Bonnaroo, he replied with something along the lines of "I cant disclose that information" *while smiling*; I took it to pretty much be a confirmation. Jealous of you guys going to Roo this year!
Dr. Dog is one of my favorite bands, and it was really awesome getting to meet everyone, but honestly the best surprise of the night was running into Josh and his dad backstage. I posted an article from CoS a few months ago that featured Josh, a 12 year old boy suffering from both Autism and Muscular Dystrophy. Josh posts album reviews on youtube, and he eventually started to get some notoriety from bands and news outlets. He speaks with such passion, and really does provide some great insight on the albums he's reviewing. Meeting Josh and his dad was pretty awesome. It was a great night for sure.
So are you suggesting that reading Pitchfork has made me unable to appreciate the diversity and splendor of the Bacon Barn? Well, don't I feel just like the farmer and the viper....
I look at getting your music news from Pitchfork about the same as getting your real news from Fox News or MSNBC. Fine as long as it is supplemented with several other sources and viewpoints. I don't want to bog down this thread anymore, so if anyone wants to continue this let's take it elsewhere.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Feb 5, 2014 15:18:09 GMT -5
One of the remarkable things about Philadelphia's Dr. Dog - and there are plenty - is how and what this band has changed, and kept the same, since its start in the late 1990s.
Singer-songwriters Toby Leaman and Scott McMicken (who started their partnership under the name Raccoon), along with keyboardist Zach Miller, began their lives as Dogs with a low-fi, pop-psychedelic aesthetic and silly chord changes reflecting their dippy lyrics. Today, there's nothing low-fidelity or daffy about Dr. Dog's words or its grand, aggressive chamber-psych sound - be it the shaggy Be the Void of 2012 or 2013's B-Room, the latter album rich with the plush feel of Philly soul at its most lustrously harmonic.
Those harmonies, and the manner in which their delectable melodies suck you in with their contagion, is the thing that has remained from the start of Leaman and McMicken's joint venture.
Those voices - a buoyant, heart-breaking, sextet blend of the Beach Boys and the Delfonics - is what lifted Friday night's sold-out gig at the Electric Factory from a show to a religious experience, in that every soaring bit of vocal amity rang as sweetly as a church bell and turned the event holy (Friday was the first of two nights, with Saturday's show also sold out).
The audience seemed to levitate when the harmonies hit hardest - be it Dog tunes such as their softest, ticklish ballad, "Too Weak to Ramble," or the merry march of "Heart It Races" (an odd Architecture in Helsinki cover).
Driven by Eric Slick's inventive drumming and gently complex loops, Leaman and McMicken - as they always have - traded warbling leads on tunes whose lyrics seemed to define each singer's personality and circumstance. Leaman's bouncing "Nellie" invoked the birth of his daughter with a joy worn on his sleeve and voiced from his heart. McMicken's walking acoustic "Shadow People," was filled with verbal tics and weirdly impressionist vibes, lyrically and sonically.
While there were blunt, uncomplicated tunes such as "The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer" (and its catcall of "High up on the hill / cheaper than a dollar bill"), Dog songs such as "Broken Heart" and the bubbly "Love" displayed warm, wonky sentiments and had more knotty, harmonic twists than a bag of hot hometown soft pretzels.
Post by Leslie Knopeful on Feb 6, 2014 23:07:39 GMT -5
Saw them last night and had a freakin' blast! They played nearly everything I wanted them to play and it was so much fun. I loved the light up sign on the stage. Ours said "AAAY Chillwaukee!!" Also, I could not get over the fact that the arch on their stage set up looks like the Bonnaroo arch.
Okay, so Dr. Dog will be on the farm, but seriously, how do we get 'em a late-night slot?! They've been too awesome for too long to give them another day-time tent, or God forbid, a day-time What or Which stage set. The Dog is meant to be appreciated in as raucous an atmosphere as possible!
Okay, so Dr. Dog will be on the farm, but seriously, how do we get 'em a late-night slot?! They've been too awesome for too long to give them another day-time tent, or God forbid, a day-time What or Which stage set. The Dog is meant to be appreciated in as raucous an atmosphere as possible!
I tweeted about it. Keep up the social media stuff and that may help.
Post by funkybuttlovin on Feb 20, 2014 12:39:41 GMT -5
They need a late night with some guests. ITM White Denim > Dr. Dog would be epic, have White Denim come out and get the energy going for an hour while bleep/blop goes on. Then Dr. Dog comes out with a bunch of sing alongs along with their spastic tunes.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Feb 20, 2014 15:21:18 GMT -5
Gettin facey for Slick's sick new solo acoustic guitar record; limited pressing of 200 gold vinyl, 100 gold cassettes. Out now on Soild Gold Records, Dimitri's imprint on Piaptk Ltdedrecords. Bet you didn't know Slick could play guitar, but he shreds on that thing. Order online at the WWW and stay tuned for more Soild Gold releases.
Post by itrainmonkeys on May 16, 2014 11:54:08 GMT -5
Really wish they had Dr. Dog and White Denim share a late night tent. Oh well. Dr. Dog can come back in a couple years and play a late night set hopefully.
Post by funkybuttlovin on May 16, 2014 17:26:38 GMT -5
Not really mad at their set time, I mean it still could change given Bonnaroo and their scheduling but I can get the pit probably and it'll be a great set during the day. It will be packed and people will be singin' and dancing.
Post by Billadelphia on Jun 10, 2014 8:57:52 GMT -5
"Ol' Tober slappin dat basso profondo in #thebooth for secret @waynecoyne5 project"
Three most likely possibilities:
1) Dr Dog and Wayne / Flips are involved in the Friday night parade 2) Dr. Dog is coming out during the Flips set Saturday night 3) Dr. Dog is contributing to the Sgt. Peppers album. Album is due out in October, so I suppose they could still be recording
Post by Leslie Knopeful on Jun 14, 2014 17:17:26 GMT -5
Couldn't make it to the farm this year, but that isn't stopping me from blasting the Dr. Dog live roo feed in the kitchen and dancing like a fool with my mom while we talk about our favorite Dr. Dog albums. It's a pretty close second to actually being at the show!
"Ol' Tober slappin dat basso profondo in #thebooth for secret @waynecoyne5 project"
Three most likely possibilities:
1) Dr Dog and Wayne / Flips are involved in the Friday night parade 2) Dr. Dog is coming out during the Flips set Saturday night 3) Dr. Dog is contributing to the Sgt. Peppers album. Album is due out in October, so I suppose they could still be recording
Wayne said in the interview at the Solar Stage they're contributing to Sgt. Peppers
Post by heyyitskait on Jun 15, 2014 12:00:47 GMT -5
If Dr. Dog prescribes rain, you get rain.
Seemed like they were having some trouble with the vocals in the beginning. All in all - great show, made regret missing them when they played near me earlier this year even more than I already did.
