Dawes (band)
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Dawes is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, composed of brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, along with Wylie Gelber and Tay Strathairn. Dawes was formed from the band Simon Dawes
Simon Dawes
Simon Dawes was a rock band originally from Malibu, California. The band was signed with Record Collection and released their debut full-length, Carnivore, in September 2006. They have two previously released EPs. Blake Mills left the band shortly after Carnivore's release. The band's current...

 after the departure of co-songwriter Blake Mills, subsequently abandoning a post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...

 sound in favor of folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

.

Dawes is part of the Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California
Laurel Canyon is a canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was first developed in the 1910s, and became a part of the city of Los Angeles in 1923 ....

 sound, which is centered in the North Hills
North Hills, Los Angeles, California
North Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California.North Hills is one of the oldest communities in the San Fernando Valley. Formerly known as Sepulveda, the community was renamed North Hills in 1992. Northridge is to the west, Panorama City is to the...

 area of Los Angeles and often cites influences such as Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

, among others. At the invitation of producer Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson (musician)
Jonathan Wilson is an American musician and producer who was born in Forest City, North Carolina in 1974.- Solo Artist :Wilson completed a solo album titled, Frankie Ray in 2007. The record was never officially released...

, the band joined a local informal jam session that included Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...

, The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...

's Chris Robinson, and Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...

. The band recorded their debut album, North Hills
North Hills (album)
North Hills is the debut studio album by American rock band Dawes, released on August 18, 2009.-Track listing:# "That Western Skyline" – 5:59# "Love Is All I Am" – 5:17# "When You Call My Name" – 4:45# "Give Me Time" – 3:18...

, in Laurel Canyon in a live setting to analog tape, resulting in a sound that Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
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 magazine called "authentically vintage". Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...

 multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...

 Pat Sansone
Pat Sansone
Pat Sansone is a multi-instrumentalist in the rock bands Wilco and The Autumn Defense.Sansone was born in Meridian, Mississippi...

 is also credited with appearing on the release.

Dawes released their second album, Nothing Is Wrong, on June 7, 2011 and toured the US co-headlining with Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental alternative country/folk band signed to Sub Pop Records. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a sextet, with Eric Earley , Erik Menteer , Brian Adrian Koch , Michael VanPelt , and Marty Marquis...

. The band made their television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is a Peabody Award-winning American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson, the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise, follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup...

on April 14, 2010. On October 26, 2010, lead singer Taylor Goldsmith told the crowd at a show in Saint Louis, Missouri, that the band took off the month of September to record a new album which was released in June 2011.

In a February 21, 2011 comment left on the same interview, Lenny Goldsmith confirmed that "Alex Casnoff left the band a few months ago. Tay Straithairn is the keyboard player."

Discography

  • North Hills
    North Hills (album)
    North Hills is the debut studio album by American rock band Dawes, released on August 18, 2009.-Track listing:# "That Western Skyline" – 5:59# "Love Is All I Am" – 5:17# "When You Call My Name" – 4:45# "Give Me Time" – 3:18...

    (August 18, 2009) ATO Records
    ATO Records
    According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...

  • Nothing Is Wrong (June 7, 2011) ATO Records
    ATO Records
    According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...

    , (September 5, 2011) Loose Music
    Loose Music
    Loose Music is a British independent record label based in Acton, London, specialising in in Americana and Alt. Country.-Artists:Since 1998, Loose has released music by the following artists: Giant Sand, M Ward, The Arlenes, Inara George, Neko Case, Blanche, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Handsome...

    , Europe

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