"Brooklyn songwriter Brian Bonz and his band [the Dot Hongs] perform wistful, intensely precious indie pop."- TIME OUT NEW YORK
Brian Bonz accompanied by The Dot Hongs represent the best of Brooklyn's' experimental rock scene ."- Sheryl Witlen of KEXP.ORG
"Bonz fused the bravado of synth-bands like the Anniversary with some funk grooves, and the aesthetics of Broken Social Scene."- LOOSE RECORD
Brian Bonz is from South Brooklyn, NY.
2003's "Susan The Boy Scout" EP can be found here.
Past recordings done by Kevin McMahon (The Walkmen, French Kicks) and James Flames.
Brian Bonz & the Dot Hongs have performed with Joan of Arc, Owen, Travis Morrison (of Dismemberment Plan), Do Make Say Think, The Beauty Pill, New Amsterdams (ex Get Up Kids), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma).
Currently preparing a full length with Professor Christopher Bracco & special guests in 2009.
I now understand why KD was selling a tshirt with a picture of a lion on it that last tour. I realized when i saw your background image and i realized it was the "lions, and tigers, and bears t-shirts" tour!
Remember the big fans at the bottleneck? you can hear them in the audio. Even created a little wind noise effect i think. but the mp3s still sound good!
Hey! Great show in Chicago last week - I posted a review of such fun events over at my blog for you or whoever else just so happens to read this comment to check out. So if you're so inclined, you can see the fabulous things I said about your set here :
since i couldn't make it to your show in columbus, i forced my friends to take you a note i wrote on the front of an envelope. i don't know if you read it or not, but i do know: a)from sumi to japan won't leave my car stereo for the next month. b)you played your cover of superconnected...i'm a little jealous about that. hopefully i'll catch you next time.
Since you'll be going out solo for the Nightmare of You tour, I thought you might be interested in this for company and a little reminder of home in case you get lonely:
Have fun, be safe, and I'm sure I'll see you soon. :)
I had a blast in cleveland, its always good to see ya. It was a great set, i have proof too! VBR mp3s are available at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NHD1EM8I
i also love the dee video and hope to see ya on your solo tour
