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Los Angeles Wildfire Updates

In an incredibly dark time, Jimmy Kimmel Live asked us to come sing a song about the city we love. It’s not a joyous occasion for music, but hopefully a cathartic one amidst all this chaos.

The LA Times included Taylor’s thoughts on the fires wiping out two neighborhoods with unique significance in L.A.’s music industry.

Here are Griffin’s thoughts on the love and generosity he’s experienced in spite of such overewhelming loss.

Here’s Griffin & his wife, Kit, on CNN with Jake Tapper.

This Rolling Stone article is Taylor’s account of the first 72 hours after wildfire wiped out Altadena. He speaks about the overwhelming kindness of former bandmate Wylie, losing their studio and Griffin’s home. He also emphasizes how the Altadena community is sticking together and committing to rebuild.

Click here for the Mutual Aid LA list of resources available to those affected by the fires. They keep it updated with new resources or calls for volunteers & donations.

Hear Our New Album ‘Oh Brother’

It’s here. You’re here. We’re here. Our time stamp of the moods and emotions, revelations and disappointments, swirling in and around us for this most recent chunk of living. It’s a ninth record. It’s a first record. I couldn’t feel more proud and I couldn’t feel more exposed. It’s a very good feeling. Thank you all for helping us do this.
Oh Brother!

I hereby deem you music journalists. Please share your hottest takes and deepest thoughts about what you’re hearing. Now that it’s out in the world, I looking forward to this batch of songs finding new ways of bringing us even closer together. I love our little family so so much.

LISTEN TO ‘OH BROTHER’ HERE

New Video ft. Conan O’Brien

Spicy new video for our song Mister Los Angeles is out today featuring the one and only Conan O’Brien! Directed by two of my favorite people on the planet, the masters Adam Nee and Aaron Nee. Read about the exclusive premiere people.com 📹🌟

Preview 3 tracks! Album October 11

Our new album ‘Oh Brother’ drops October 11th!

Stream the new singles ‘Surprise!‘ ‘Still Strangers Sometimes‘ & ‘House Parties‘ now!

Join us on the road!
TICKET AVAILABLE NOW!

Preview Exclusive Vinyl & Album Merch at our online store.

A Note From Taylor:
Happy to unleash House Parties into the world today. It’s been a long time coming, as many of you who have seen us play in the last few years can attest. I guess it’s a nostalgic song…A song about how true cultural experiences aren’t in the tourist traps but within human connections among specific communities. It’s a goofy lyric but the sentiment is not. We can all relate to feeling truly alive at a dive bar or a stranger’s home, getting access into a universe we didn’t even know existed…Whether across the planet or just one town over.

How are the first bites?

Catch Us on ‘Oh Brother’ Tour

We’re playing soon in a town near you! Join us! Tickets at https://dawestheband.com/tour/

Thu 11/7/24 Mill & Mine – Knoxville, TN
Fri 11/8/24 Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA
Sat 11/9/24 Carolina Theatre of Durham – Durham, NC
Sun 11/10/24 The Ryman – Nashville, TN
Wed 11/13/24 Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
Thu 11/14/24 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
Fri 11/15/24 Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
Sat 11/16/24 Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
Tue 11/19/24 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
Wed 11/20/24 XL Live – Harrisburg, PA
Thu 11/21/24 Warner Theatre – Washington, DC
Fri 11/22/24 Roadrunner – Boston, MA
Sat 11/23/24 State Theatre – Portland, ME

Fri 12/6/24 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sun 12/8/24 Solana Beach – Belly Up Solana Beach
Mon 12/9/24 Solana Beach – Belly Up Solana Beach
Fri 12/13/24 San Antonio,TX – Stable Hall
Sat 12/14/24 Houston, TX – The Heights
Sun 12/15/24 Austin, TX – ACL Moody

Wed 4/9/25 Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theatre
Thu 4/10/25 Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
Fri 4/11/25 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
Sat 4/12/25 New York, NY – The Beacon
Sun 4/13/25 Princeton, NJ – Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
Wed 4/16/25 Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
Thu 4/17/25 Madison, WI – The Majestic
Fri 4/18/25 Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
Sat 4/19/25 Columbia, MO – Blue Note
Mon 4/21/25 Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
Wed 4/23/25 Denver, CO – Ogden
Fri 4/25/25 Kalispell, MT – Wachholz College Center
Sat 4/26/25 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Sun 4/27/25 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall

NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE: Stories Don’t End 10th

Our Stories Don’t End 10 year anniversary rerelease is finally available for streaming! Click Here to Listen.

You might remember that the vinyl came out and the end of last year, so now all y’all without a record player can listen too. And it’s not some typical anniversary release where it’s just the original recordings with some bonus stuff at the end. The whole album has been remixed (by our compadre Dave Cerminara) and remastered (by Adam Ayan) and it feels like it’s been given a new life. Even with new art by Ian Bush.

The bonus material includes some acoustic demos, some early versions of songs recorded with Blake Mills and Shawn Everett when we were still in the discovery phase, and an outtake of Griff singing an early version of Picture Of A Man.

Follow us on Substack for more inside scoop about this rerelease.

And grab the Stories Don’t End 10th Anniversary Vinyl & T-shirt at our online store.

Dawes & Lucius Tag Team Tour

JUST ANNOUNCED! The Tag Team Tour: An Evening with Dawes & Lucius. Catch us on the road this spring, performing a collection of our songs as one band!

3/9 Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
3/10 Pelham, TN – The Caverns
3/12 Tuscaloosa, AL – Druid City Music Hall
3/15 Roswell, NM – The Liberty
3/16 Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s
3/17 Beaver Creek, CO – Vilar Performing Arts Center
3/19 Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth
3/22 Monterey, CA – Golden State
3/23 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
3/24 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s

Tickets are on sale now

Stories Don’t End 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Vinyl & Our New Substack

Just in the nick of time too.

And this isn’t the kind of anniversary release where it’s just the original recordings with some bonus stuff at the end. The whole album has been remixed (by our compadre Dave Cerminara) and remastered (by Adam Ayan) and it feels like it’s been given a new life. Even with new art by Ian Bush.

The bonus material includes some acoustic demos, some versions of songs recorded with Blake Mills and Shawn Everett when we were still in the discovery phase, and an outtake of Griff singing an early version of Picture Of A Man.

We’re gonna release it all digitally as well but figured we might as well wait til the new year so that any potential spins aren’t swallowed whole by Mariah Carey and her minions. So for now it’s just vinyl (read this whole post to figure out how to score it for free basically).

AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH FOR YOU

We’re also announcing a new Substack account! This is gonna allow us to get a little cozier, dig a little deeper, and go way back into the archives and share the histories of songs, shows and entire albums (starting with ALLLLL of the SDE material we couldn’t fit on this latest offering). It’ll be a place for a bit more intimacy, a bit less brevity and all of the intel we’ve always wanted to share but never had the right platform to.

COOLEST PART COMING UP BELOW

If you subscribe to our founding-member tier on Substack, you get the SDE 10 year vinyl for FREE. YEP, a FREE VINYL RECORD! It doesn’t make a lot of business sense for us. Our managers aren’t proud of this decision. We just like the idea that it can help kick off and accompany this new Substack chapter with the most members of the Dawes family as involved as possible.

Alright, enough from me!

New Vinyl: https://dawes-the-band.myshopify.com/
Join us on Substack: https://dawestheband.substack.com

Covering “I Love” by Tom T Hall

We released a cover of a great song today just for fun. It’s a favorite for my good friend #judgecolvin and for my older son, Gus. Ozzie hasn’t weighed in yet. Play it for yer babies – TG

Click HERE to listen!

Get Dawes Sheet Music

First Dawes songs as sheet music, “All Your Favorite Bands” + “Little Bit Of Everything” Let us know if you learn these so we can hear you.

Grab sheet music RIGHT HERE.