Dogs
Group: Dogs
Style: Britpop/ Indie Rock/ Post Punk
From: United Kingdom, London
Site: DogMusic.com, Myspace.com, Last.fm
Band:
Johnny Cooke - Vocal
Luciano Vargas - Guitar/Vocal
Rikka Mehta - Guitar
Duncan Timms - Bass
Rich Mitchell - Drums
About:
DOGS’ 2005 debut album ‘Turn Against This Land’, landed them an abundance of love
from Radio 1, three top 40 hits, a dedicated following and a whole lot of critical acclaim -
"Britain's most exhilarating new band” (The Sunday Times) - but as Duncan from the band
explains, for the band themselves, the debut simply saw them, ”plucked straight from doing
live shows at the Barfly and recording our live set (writing a couple more tunes on the way)”.
Two solid years on the road followed and DOGS “changed from being the next best big thing
into proper musicians” continues Duncan, “all of us have moved on individually on our instruments
and that comes through”. The result is a second album, ‘Tall Stories From Under The Table’, with
as much conviction and edge as it’s predecessor - as well as many infectious tunes - but with, as
Rich explains, “a more diverse bunch of songs - the reactions we’ve had to playing them live has
shown that. One minute we’ve got people dancing, the next they’re almost in tears, sometimes
they start fighting. We never had a blueprint for this band. We let the five people that form it
take it in whatever direction we’re going at the time. Which can lead us fucking everywhere…but
that’s what keeps it interesting”.
‘Tall Stories From Under The Table’ was recorded with Steve Musters (PJ Harvey, Tricky, Tom Vek)
at The Garden (Miloco Studios), with long-time fan Paul Weller guesting on ‘Let It Lay’. Musters
worked with DOGS to get the right individual sound for each track. “We were trying to get away
from the punky and raw sound of the first album” explains Rikki. “We didn’t want to make an album
that had the same sound throughout. We have grown as a band and as people. The second album
reflects that lyrically and musically, an expression of many different experiences both good and bad”.
The three singles taken from ‘Tall Stories From Under The Table’ express this perfectly. The
exhilarating ‘Soldier On’, the riff laden ‘This Stone Is Bullet’ - (on the strength of which, MySpace
hailed them as a ‘Recommended Artist’) - and the euphoric latest offering ‘Dirty Little Shop’. Then
there’s the introspective musings and acoustic strumming of album track ‘Chained To No One’
(“so I’m half the man that I want to be, but is the other half coming on quite fast, will I wash that
longing man away from me?”), the anthemic drum build on ‘Forget It All’, dripping with gut twistingly
souring guitars and emotive, driven vocals and ‘These Days’ with it’s fired pounding drums and chugging
guitars. And lets not forget ‘By The River’, epic in it’s melodic, intricate guitar riffs and smoky throated
whispered vocals, building up over thudding, impeding drums and the gentle beauty of last track
‘Let It Lay’, with piano courtesy Paul Weller.
As Johnny explains, with ‘Tall Stories From Under The Table’, “we only had our own cruel judgement
to live up to, and we’re very, very proud of it”.
Photo: Photofile.ru - Glam_Rock_Lover - Tags - Dogs
Music:
2005 - Turn Against This Land (320 kb/ps) ~ 78.53 mb
01 - London-Bridge
02 - Selfish Ways
03 - Donkey
04 - End of an Era
05 - Shes Got a Reason
06 - Its Not Right
07 - Tuned to a Different Station
08 - Tarred and Feathered
09 - Wait
10 - You Don't Know What You Want
11 - Heading for an Early Grave
12 - Red
13 - Turn Against This Land
2006 - Soldier on #1 CDS (320 kb/ps) ~ 16.90 mb
01 - Soldier on
02 - Tracy
03 - In Your Own World
2006 - Soldier on #2 CDS (320 kb/ps) ~ 10.90 mb
01 - Soldier on
02 - Waiting for the Gun
2007 - Dirty Little Shop CDS (256-320 kb/ps) ~ 14.50 mb
01 - Dirty Little Shop
02 - Trouble With Honesty
03 - Stay There
2007 - Tall Stories From Under the Table (320 kb/ps) ~ 63.70 mb
01 - Dirty Little Shop
02 - Soldier on
03 - Winston Smith
04 - This Stone Is a Bullet
05 - Chained to No One
06 - Forget It All
07 - Little Pretenders
08 - On a Bridge, By a Pub
09 - Who Are You
10 - These Days
11 - By the River
12 - Let It Lay
2007 - This Stone Is a Bullet CDM (256-320 kb/ps) ~ 15.35 mb
01 - This Stone Is a Bullet
02 - Clean Yourself Up Boy
03 - Soldier on (Acoustic Version)
Video:
Tuned to A-Different Station ~ 54.59 mb
Comment:
Входит в мою 10-ку лучших групп найденых в 2006 году.
Смесь пост панка, брит рока, инди и гранжа. Первый альбом покарил
мой мозг на долго, а второй его начисто добил.
Много отличных хитовых треков. Ребята играют очень грамотно и живо.
Музыка постоянно держит в напряжении, да и драйв у них что надо.
Очень советую послушать курент мьюзик для ознакомления, а ещё лучше
посмотреть клип (который у меня пока что только один).
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