Thanks Marc @ BMG for the tip…
The band Black Tie Dynasty has posted on their Tours page:
Friday, September 15
CMJ Music Festival
Continental Club
New York City, NY
w/ Brian Joneston Massacre, The Doves, The Arcade Fire, etc.
Black Tie goes on at 11:20pm
Suuuuuuuure boys. (And pssst … the 15th is a Thursday.)
Anyway, we like a band with a sense of a humor even if they’re liars. (And even if they tour with Flickerstick.) Download this bit of melancholy pop. Not bad.
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Anyone worth a listen knows the band is named Doves, no “The.”
nice to see the local dallas boys mentioned on stereogum. even if it is for being liars.
Yes, the band is Doves, not “The” Doves Gum boneheads…
And Black Tie Dynasty is an excellent listen. Shadows of Echo & The Bunnymen thruout. Good stuff!
At least the Gum is finally mentioning some music on this site…
That’d be Black Tie making the mistake, Johnny…
Okey dokey Jim or Scott or whoever the heck you are…..i see now that it was an excerpt from Black Tie’s Tour page. i still like their music though.
Who are all these random bands you keep talking about lately? Flotation Toy Warning, Blood on the Wall?
Black Tie is a great band on the brink. Cut’em some slack…they’re probably a little to coked-up to realize what day the seemingly biggest gig of thier lives is. Fuck.
what do you mean liars? they messed up the date that’s all, CMJ’s site has them confirmed for friday the 16th, sheesh.
Dude, that’s a really old mp3 of thiers. I’ll email you their latest album.
wow, they sound like everyone else! AWESOME!
Yo dude Scottie, hey man theonly Land Speed Rec i knows is by thisa band call Husker Du dude….
Yo mofo’s prob neve heard of them mofo’s…
Shit dude maybe its tha weed agin….
First of all, Johnny Appleseed, the band is not comprised of the kind of guys that would be “coked up”. So watch your stereotypical-rock-star attacks. Second, misprint or not, these guys play awesome music, and are definitely going places. The realize exactly how important things like that are. Thanks for posting them on your blog. Good guys, BTD.
Pop trio Atomic Kitten will reform to play a concert in support of jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields…
Sounds like The Killers to me. I don’t get any of the 80′s references, but perhaps it is cool now to be compared to the likes of The Cure, Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen.
Recording: Movements
Artist: Black Tie Dynasty
Label: Idol Records
Release Date: 25.April.2006
Reviewed by: Brett Spaceman
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: Nostalgia. Some quick research and all I see is “memories” and “nostalgia” in relation to Black Tie Dynasty. To my mind, this is like stopping at first base when there’s a home run to be had. Yes, play the record and we’re reminded of the early 80s ? Echo and the Bunnymen in particular. Big deal. What of context? Indie was a niche market back then. Now it’s mainstream. What of potential, of possibility? Writers eh! Spot one influence and it’s pipe and slippers time! Tsk.
Black Tie Dynasty built their reputation with their live shows, and released an earlier EP to rival any mini album going. This is their debut proper and to give you an idea, you could take any track and drop it seamlessly into the soundtrack to Donnie Darko. Big, splashy guitar licks, anthems, choruses! Remember those? Black Tie Dynasty make indie that embraces melody. Not for them the angular, discordant thrusts of Forward Russia or Bloc Party. These guys have gone for the songs first and foremost, and THEN delivering them with sonically crafted perfection.
While the EP was a languid, exploratory affair, Movements runs like a Greatest Hits album. Bells is an appropriately named opener as it chimes with all the swaggering intent of A Promise. Just listening to Cory Watson sing is stratospheric stuff. Didn’t Bono Vox mean “best voice” in Latin? (McCulloch disagreed.) Well, maybe it’s time somebody learned the Latin for second best?
Once around is a lost Editors classic and when the synth kicks in, The Killers would turn and weep. Debt is very formative (I will follow) U2. Less messianic than Bono, more wholesome than Dave Gahan, Watson at least doesn’t attempt a faux English accent infusing this record with a fresher, transatlantic feel. I like you is arguably THE killer track here. An obvious single cut, this soaring, timeless classic only makes me wonder just how good Black Tie Dynasty can get. The mood becomes New Romantic on Tender (think early Talk Talk or Tears For Fears) And to throw away a chorus as magnificent as Lakes in the middle of the album?.unbelievable generosity.
Movements is a better record than X&Y. Mind you weren’t Coldplay another Bunnymen influenced, nostalgia band? Black Tie Dynasty are doing more than chasing the reminiscence dollar. The clubs never rocked to The Bunnymen, The Chameleons, or Kitchens of Distinction. Yet Movements is as essential a collection for indie DJs as the first half of Hot Fuss. Remember most other records of this ilk emphasize style over substance? How many times have we experienced great sound, one or two tunes, yet never able to follow up the early promise? (Hands up Interpol.) Movements has plenty of substance with a fair amount of style thrown in for good measure, but I think this band can get even better. Devotion works well as a climactic finale, but Black Tie Dynasty can go further in perfecting their darker, moodier tracks, varying the pace and stemming the tide of anthems.
Unless fate or the fickle music biz has a cruel trick up its sleeve, greatness is signposted all over this record. Passionate, joyful, honest and ambitious. The stars their destination?
Related Links: Label Site: http://www.idolrecords.com/
Artist MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/blacktiedynasty