The Golden Dogs
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General Info
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Genre: Pop / Rock
Location Toronto, Ontario, CA
Profile Views: 392916
Last Login: 8/24/2011
Member Since 1/20/2005
Website www.thegoldendogs.com
Record Label Nevado (Canada)
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
On the surface of their current record (about which Grassia and Azzolini say is their best work), one can easily hear the classic ‘Golden Dog’ sound and feel the familiar frantic bop and bounce that has always been their calling card. Yet ‘Coat of Arms’ in the context of their oeuvre, and in the context of the bands’ favorite contemporaries work, has a depth and cunning that places Azzolini in league with the world’s best pop writers. The most obvious and wonderful difference this time around is that Ms. Grassia takes a giant leap forward and can be heard taking the lead on almost half the album with a range spanning from sweet & psychedelic (UNDERWATER GOLDMINE) to seductive (AS LONG AS YOU LIKE) to furious pop madness on songs like WHEN THE MOVIE’S OVER, and CHEAP UMBRELLAS. Her vocal performances while drumming (AS LONG AS YOU LIKE and LESTER) is quickly becoming a Golden Dogs secret weapon and quite an impressive element to their live shows. On record, Azzolini stands in fine, impressive form as usual. The listener imagines him as a larger than life mad hatter in BURST or a wild-eyed, possessed preacher man unleashed in the opening track DEAR FRANCIS, that fades out while Azzolini whips the band into a feverish frenzy. The album holds surprises for those willing to stay with the long play. The beautiful, bizarre mystery of OLD HAT, which ends in a mad, shrieking Neil Young-esque solo with Azzolini’s classic, heavy stamp on it. Or, PERMANENT RECORD, which infects you with its unexpected twists and turns, and herky-jerky stops and starts. This prog-pop-meets-Pixies screamer displays the band’s muscle and dexterity. ‘Coat of Arms’ brilliantly displays the musical union the band has fostered while seeming more confident and commanding than ever before. 'COAT OF ARMS' is currently available on Nevado Records (Bahamas, Lief Vollebekk, Yokun Blonde, Meligrove Band, The Paint Movement) on cd & vinyl. This will be the first time The Golden Dogs will have a 12-inch vinyl release - a very welcome, and long overdue event for this group. Feeling up-beat and optimistic about the new direction, Azzolini boasts that “the versatility of this new line up opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Golden Dogs live shows and the future of our recordings…there are so many directions we can go…and we’re going to try all of them.” <realeditor><a style="border:0;background-color:transparent;" href="http://www.realeditor.com/?r=reBannerUpper" title="Get a banner like this!" class="reBannerUpper"><style>a.reBannerUpper{height: 200px;rc: 1;position: absolute;rc: 1;width: 850px;rc: 1;margin-left: -425px;rc: 1;left: 50%;rc: 1;top: 0px;background-image: url("http://www.flickr.com/photos/54578148@N07/5056217660/][img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5056217660_07eb74ac82_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/54578148@N07/5056217660/]GD FONT myspace banner[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/54578148@N07/]jennicajennica[/url]");background-position: center center;background-repeat: repeat-x;}body.bodyContent {margin-top: 200px;}</style><span></span></a></realeditor> Read more: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=451102142&blogId=508066708#ixzz11XaESDrq -
Members
DAVE AZZOLINI (guitar), JESSICA GRASSIA (keys), TAYLOR KNOX (drums), JAMES ROBERTSON (guitar), JAY MCCARROL (bass), Management : Nick Bernal - nick@nevadorecords.com -
Influences
caffeine, left arm tans, 3:00am, moving lights -
Sounds Like
'HOME MOVIE' was filmed in our living room on June 17th, 2010. We wanted to create a different live video for each track from our new album 'COAT OF ARMS' so we put up a green screen behind us, performed the record from start to finish and let the cameras roll. We are releasing a new segment of the film each week. All performances are absolutely live and were captured by a few cameras and a recording rig. To see all the current installments of HOME MOVIE, visit our youtube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/GoldenDogsVids
















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Review of Coat Of Arms in this issue of Exclaim "Driven by a mid-tempo piano riff, "Dear Francis" opens the album, while Bahamas' Alfie Jurvanen lends a hand on "As Long as You Like," with its start-stop rhythm. But Coat of Arms doesn't find its groove until fourth track "Weapon." From there, the album begins to pick up steam, culminating with "Permanent Record," the best summation of the band's new emphasis on rhythm"
Awesome, you guys need to come to San Francisco Bay Area soon!
Great CD review in Eye Magazine "Without straying too far from their traditional sound, Coat of Arms is certainly a more confident record. Credit is due to harmony vocalist Jessica Grassia who brings her bronzed pipes to the forefront, carrying six of the 12 songs with her on-point caterwauling"
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Hey,
Just dropping a line because there's a new review of Coat Of Arms up now on Ground Control. You can check it out here if you're
interested:
http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/3/2070/
Great record! I absolutely loved the first half, particularly.
Thanks,
Bill Adams
Editor-In-Chief, Ground Control Magazine.
When will u be coming to Vancouver??
You guys are the best people who love these guys plz add me