April 2 Make-Out Room in SF

Sunday night at one of the finest clubs in town! Dalloways headline at 11:00, with Ryan Mc Phun and the Ruby Suns and Parks and Recreation opening; 3225 22nd Street, SF, CA 94110; Tel: (415) 647-3997; $7, 21 and over; www.makeoutroom.com

Dalloways in Bakersfield March 31, Debut Kenny Filthy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LIVE MUSIC EVENT: THE DALLOWAYS PERFORM THREE SETS IN BAKERSFIELD

DATE: Friday, March 31

VENUE: McGee’s at the Ice House, 3401 Chester Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93301

TEL: (661) 323-8730

BAND: The Dalloways

TIME: Three sets! Start times: 6:30, 7:30, 8:30 PM

COST: Free!

DETAILS: California dreampopsters The Dalloways perform three sets at fine dining establishment and club, McGee’s at the Ice House. The Dalloways will perform standards off their full length CD Penalty Crusade, play choice covers by Tears for Fears, The Smiths, and House of Love, and debut new tunes, including the scandalous and tragic “Kenny Filthy.” For more information on The Dalloways and this performance, visit www.dalloways.com.

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Fresno Famous Intereviews The Dalloways

Read the revealing January 26 Fresno Famous Interview with The Dalloways conducted by Mitch on Speed.

You can also read and comment on the intereview at Mitch's myspace blog or at Mitch's blogspot.

Dreampop 101 February at The Bay

San Francisco, California – January 21, 2005 – Cross a college English lit. professor with a Britpop inspired rhythm section and one platinum synth girl (who happens to be married to the prof.), and you’ll get something like The Dalloways, a stylish-- and only slightly esoteric--dreampop quintet performing at Kimo’s in San Francisco Friday, February 10 and The Stork Club in Oakland Sunday, February 12

The Dalloways are touring to promote their latest full-length CD, Penalty Crusade (Bird in Box Records), an album influenced by British luminaries such as The Smiths, Prefab Sprout, and Modern English, to name a few. About the band, frontman and songwriter Gerhard Enns says, “We’re feeling a close affinity with artists like The Dears and Belle and Sebastian--bands with melodic guitars and synths who draw on the Brit pop tradition of the 80’s.”

Enns’ background is fiction writing (he has published short stories in several literary journals), so it’s not surprising that many of the songs weave narrative threads: a down-and-out Olympic figure skater seeks lost love; a brother runs from family and friends to make his own way in New York; lovers on the Metro feel the separateness of their fractured relationship. “Every day you come across a new story,” says Enns about songwriting. “You stand behind an interesting person at the grocery store, read a cryptic headline in the newspaper, and ten minutes later, you’ve got the a new song.”

Local bands Harvey Cartel and Lurid Bliss will be performing with The Dalloways on February 10, and The Meek, Carousel, and Centric on February 12.

Kimo’s is located at 1351 Polk Street in San Franciso, and The Stork Club is located at 2330 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. For directions and set times, call Kimo’s at (323) 876-6612 or The Stork Club at (510) 444-6174. For more information on The Dalloways, visit http://www.dalloways.com/.

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Penalty Crusade Receives N. L. Album of Year

Bakersfield music critic, punk activist, and author of scandalous novels N. L. Belardes has awarded The Dalloways' Penalty Crusade Album of the Year for 2005.

The Dalloways are honored to have received their first N. L. Read the full article on nlbelardes.com for more information on the awards.

Penalty Crusade Makes Earfood Top 20 of 2005

The kind editors at Earfood have listed The Dalloways' Penalty Crusade in their Records That Made 2005 Rad!!! list. The list places The Dalloways in the ranks of bands like Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Broken Social Scene, and British Sea Power, just to name a few of the other fantastic acts on the list. Says Editor In-Chief Ken Glanton, if you love "beautiful productions and great songs, put Penalty Crusade on your must buy list." Check out the list for some great 2005 pics, and be sure to link up to Earfood for great music news and articles.

Scottish Diskant Reviews Dalloways

The excellent Glasgow based music review journal Diskant has just posted a wonderful review of Penalty Crusade this New Year's Eve. Simon Minter, editor-in-chief, says of the album, "This music evokes bands of a different era–- McCarthy, the Pale Fountains, even Felt --but it is of course timeless." Visit this Scottish journal online to read the full Diskant review of Penalty Crusade.

Portland and Fresno Music Scenes Unite

FRESNO - DECEMBER 29 - The Dalloways perform this Thursday with three fabulous bands: The Sleepover Disaster, Climber, and Man of the Year. Climber and MOTY are touring from Portland and are the bands to see in pdx.

The show will happen at the historic Tokyo Garden in downtown Fresno, known for its great live music offerings. Visit each band's website or visit myspace to make friends with all these bands and to check out their music.

Dalloways in Bakersfield January

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DREAMPOP CRUSADERS RETURN TO BAKERSFIELD

Bakersfield, California – December 15, 2005 – Local dreampopsters The Dalloways kick off their 2006 tour in Bakersfield Thursday, January 12 at Jerry’s Pizza.

The Dalloways are developing and performing brand new material along with songs from their most recent full-length CD Penalty Crusade (Bird in Box Records). “The new songs have got a slightly more ‘Montreal’ sound” says Gary Enns, singer/songwriter of the band. “We’re feeling a close affinity with bands like The Dears, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Feist—the new Canadian scene of melodic synths and male-female duets.”

Other musical influences for The Dalloways are noticeably British—Pulp, Belle and Sebastian, Modern English, The Smiths, Prefab Sprout. “Those things you hear in your formative years tend to stick with you later on,” Enns says. “And it all happened to be British pop for me. It’s hard to shake the sounds that moved you so much as a kid.”

After their Bakersfield show, the Dalloways will tour Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura, and The Bay Area, among other locations. The new album will is in production and is scheduled for release mid-2006.

Jerry’s Pizza is located at 1817 Chester Avenue in downtown Bakersfield. Telephone: 661.633.1000. Jerry’s is an all-ages venue. Cost and additional bands for the show will be announced soon. For the latest information on The Dalloways and their Bakersfield appearance, visit www.dalloways.com.

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Dalloways December and January

Visit the Dalloways Tour for details on the December 16 show with Hijack the Disco and the December 29 show with Man of the Year, Climber, Sleepover Disaster, and more.

We've got more coming up in January, including stops in Bakersfield, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, so stay tuned.

Beautiful South, Please Travel West!

Remember The Beautiful South? Northern Soul practitioners, child of The Housemartins? You know, "36D"... Last time we saw these Northerners in our part of the world was 2000 at the Warfield in San Francisco. It was the happiest, most positive crowd of young and old hipster music lovers I'd ever seen, and the show had a fantastic vibe, despite the fact that singer Jacqueline Abbott didn't make the tour. That was too long ago. So why such a long time gone? I'm sure a Beautiful South California visit could pay for itself.

Of course, the band has seen much more success on their home turf, but we're hoping they'll consider a U.S. tour for their tenth studio album currently in the works. This one will follow 2004's CD Golddiggas Headnodders & Pholk Songs, a limited edition U.K. collection of cover songs dear to the hearts of the band. The new album will be produced by Ian Stanley, who has worked with Tears for Fears, Pretenders, and, much more.

Dalloways a-Blur by Mattias Thorslund

Thanks to photographer Mattias Thorslund for posting this killer "blur-ish" fifteen second exposure shot of The Dalloways performing at Club Fred October 29.

You didn't' make the show? The Dalloways sported new rockin'' tunes and all new Halloween wigs. Blake Jones and The Trike Shop rounded out the night with their infectious California pop.

Sadly, Club Fred has seen better days. I hope this Fresno music institution will get its act together and live up to its reputation as one of Fresno's finest venues. One can hope!

Methamphetamines and Dead Mathematicians

The Dalloways are up to new music again, with a new album in sight. Lyrical themes to include methamphetamine abuse, brilliant but dead mathematicians, coffee liqueurs, graffiti and subway posters, love, getting dumped, rural punk rock kings, and more.

We're taking our time and are constantly writing new material. Currently, we're looking at February 2006 for a new release. Check back for more info.

Belle and Sebastian Touring Again

Looks like Belle and Sebastian are at it again, but no 2006 US tour dates to speak of yet.

The world tour should be posted soon, however, and California should be prominant in the mix. Here's where you'll find the Belle and Sebastian 2006 U. S. tour dates as soon as they're posted.

It would be nice to see them in an intimate setting, but being as they're international indie superstars, that may be an impossibility. Coachella? Mmm... no thanks. I think I'll stay home and watch a B & S Live DVD instead.

N. L. Revealed, Lords Released

NOVEMBER 5 LENGTHWISE POST-SHOW PICS AND COMMENTS

Yesterday afternoon, Nico and I joined Norfolk, The Filthies, Fatt Katt and the Von Zippers, Nunez, and Mento Buru at Lengthwise Brewery for the Official Lords: Part I Book Release Party. This show was a grand success and a groundbreaker unplugged session for Bakersfield musicians. Lengthwise was packed with happy people eating fried twinkies and French fries, drinking good beer, and purchasing copies of N. L. Belardes' new Bakersfield-grown novel. I noticed many artists and musicians in the crowd, including bloggers of Ill News, Matilda Kay, Three Chord Whore, and Art Speak.

We had some difficulty hearing ourselves through the monitors but seemed to pull off a short set of new tunes without a hitch. Usually we're feeling pretty confident in front of a crowd, but without the other guys to back us up, honestly, we were feeling a bit tentative and nervous, two folks sitting in a fish bowl. This was definitely good practice for us and a very good reason to work out some new tunes. Rumor has it there'll be a Buck City Podcast of the event up soon.

The most revealing part of the night occurred when Belardes himself joined Mento Buru front and center and shook a set of hollow-gourd maracas. Was his dream finally coming true that moment on stage? To become the frontman maraca shaker of a Latin ska band? Is there a future for him in the maraca shaking field? If last night is our preview, we may just see Belardes taking up a new career path. "More maraca! More maraca!"

November 5: New Tunes and Lords

G will be playing a few solo tunes acoustically Saturday, November 5 @ Lengthwise Brewery for N. L. Belardes' Lords: Part I OFFICIAL BOOK RELEASE PARTY. Expect some new tunes plus an ole' standard or two from Penalty Crusade.

4:00 PM. Address: 6720 Schirra Court, Bakersfield, CA 93313. Tel: 661-836-ALES.

UPDATE: Notice the time slot change. We're now going on at 4:00 PM, which means N will be able to join on stage.

Rave Review in Indie Workshop

The Dalloways are feeling a little bit furtunate today, thanks to writers like Mark Horan, who seems to be intimately aware--and fond of--our influences in his indieworkshop.com review of Penalty Crusade. Anyone able to write fondly about Nick Laird-Clowes the way Horan does has got to understand us on a deep level. This is a great little review in a fantastic online music mag. Take a look at the review and the pull out that old Dream Academy cassette for old time's sake. It really is brilliant.

October 29 w/ Blake Jones and Trike Shop

The Dalloways host a night featuring Blake Jones and The Trike Shop--and yes, the guy plays a mean Theremin! Beach Boy goodness and dreampop syndication. $6, 21+. Doors at 8:30, music at 9:30. 1426 N. Van Ness Ave. 93728. Tel. 559.233.3733. Visit The Dalloways Online and Club Fred for more information.

Penalty Crusade a Hawaiian Hieroglyph Moment

Penalty Crusade made someone's incredible Hawaiian hieroglyph moments list. Wow! This is one of the most flattering things I think we've heard as a band! I mean, reviews are reviews, but making a "moments" list means a CD has tuly made an impact. Thanks, MK, for sharing the moment with us!

New Review of The Dalloways' Penalty Crusade at Independent Clauses

When I hear about a new Dalloways review, I quickly send the link to Nico for perusal. She's my reviews buffer. (I've got a kind of soft heart when it comes to criticism. Don't we all?) So I'm always pleased to get an email back from her telling me "You're gonna want to read this one!"

So, without any more chatter, check out the latest review of Penalty Crusade at Independent Clauses

How can you resist a review that mentions Britney Spears, N’SYNC, The Beach Boys, The Smiths, and Belle and Sebastian all in the same paragraph!?