The Damnwells » The Damnwells News http://www.thedamnwells.com Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:35:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 What are you doing on New Years Eve?? http://www.thedamnwells.com/what-are-you-doing-on-new-years-eve/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/what-are-you-doing-on-new-years-eve/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:20:42 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=886 The Damnwells will be playing two (Yes TWO!) shows at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on New Years Eve! Both shows are 21+ $20. Early show doors 7:30pm (show at 8:30), Late show doors at 10:30pm (show at 11). Tickets on sale this Thursday October 20th.

2011 was a great year and we can’t wait to ring in 2012 with you!

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]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/still-hustlin/feed/ 0 Bourbon + July = The Damnwells!! http://www.thedamnwells.com/bourbon-july-the-damnwells/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/bourbon-july-the-damnwells/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:01:21 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=854 The Bourbon-Drinking Hustlers Tour starts Thursday in Philadelphia with Harper Blynn!  Joshua Fletcher will also be joining the tour for the West coast dates starting next week.  Ticket Pre-sale links available on our shows page

 

]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/bourbon-july-the-damnwells/feed/ 0 Riddle of the day: What floats… http://www.thedamnwells.com/trbxi/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/trbxi/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:47:48 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=838 Riddle of the day: What floats, has 2,000 joyous-partying-live music loving people, 25+ bands, leaves from New Orleans and sails to Mexico in March of 2012?

Please, review this video for some important clues:

I”m an Important Clue – Watch me!

If you answered The Rock Boat XII, you are correct! But beware mate, there are less than 200 cabins left on the ship, come join us for this high seas celebration of music and camaraderie!

Prices starting at $599 per person (plus taxes & fees). Book your cabin at the link above today!

Use the comments below and/or head on over to our Message Board if you’re interested in finding fellow fans to room/book with.

]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/trbxi/feed/ 1 Want to direct our next video?! http://www.thedamnwells.com/want-to-direct-our-next-video/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/want-to-direct-our-next-video/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:51:08 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=794 The first tour behind No One Listens To The Band Anymore is now complete.  Big thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed themselves.  It was a blast playing with the Harper Blynn guys.  That was the first of many more Damnwells tours for 2011.  Luxembourg, here we come!  Check out the tour page on our site for some recently announced dates.

During the course of recording and releasing the album, we made a number of videos.  Now, it’s your turn!  We’re holding a contest for a fan-directed music video.  Choose a song from the new album and make a music video.  Be creative – we’re looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.  Sadly, none of the band members are able to appear in the video (unless you turn them into puppets…), but don’t let that stop you from creating your masterpiece.

Create your video and upload it to YouTube or Vimeo (please do NOT send us the actual video file!), then send the link to damnwellsvideo@gmail.com no later than end of day, May 20th.  From there, we’ll pick the best video and post it online for the world to enjoy.   Just remember to thank us when you win the Oscar. Good luck!

Alex & Ted

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Dedicated to our friend Miss Getty Emelia Storm, the SMA warriors who fight alongside her, and the SMA angels cheering them on from above.

Lullabies for Getty can be purchased directly via the LFG BandCamp Site or via iTunes All proceeds from Sweet Water Child will go to The Getty Owl Foundation, to help put an end to Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

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Lee’s Listening Stack: The Damnwells – ‘No One Listens To The Band Anymore’

The Damnwells
No One Listens to the Band Anymore
(Poor Man Records)

The Damnwells’ combination of tenacity and tenderness has never been more striking than on their latest album, the strangely dubbed opus, No One Listens to the Band Anymore. The fact is, this offering ought to get the fans listening intently, what with its rollercoaster of emotion and a stirring determination that asserts both their authority and defiance.

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Resident Media Pundit

The Damnwells Just Keep Getting Better

For nearly 10 years, the Brooklyn/Iowa-based band The Damnwells has been perfecting the art of melodic roots-rock. Singer-songwriter Alex Dezen and founding bassist Ted Hudson are all that remain of the band’s initial lineup, but what the group lacks in members it makes up for with first-rate musicianship. As the old adage says, its quality not quantity. The duo’s fourth album, No One Listens To The Band Anymore, is arguably their best and and another step forward for a band that seems to do little to anything wrong.

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Addicted To Vinyl

Vinyl Lust: The Damnwells – No One Listens To The Band Anymore

I don’t even want to tell you how much I’ve been listening to the pre-release of No One Listens To The Band Anymore, the new album from The Damnwells. Actually, I want to tell you a lot of things, but I’m saving myself: I’m supposed to speak with Alex soon for an interview that will run on Popdose and I’ve got a pretty cool idea for the actual interview (although admittedly, I’m easily entertained).

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Radio 92.3 Cleveland

New Music Tuesday-Here’s What We Recommend

No One Listens to the Band Anymore is ironic title of The Damnwells newest release. The Damnwells worked with Pledge Music, an organization that allows fans to directly fund the musical efforts of their favorite artists, in releasing their fourth LP. Werewolves and the Great Unknown were pre-released via the Damnwells Youtube page. NOLTTBA remains loyal to the indie/folk-rock sound that lead vocalist Alex Dezen and bassist Ted Hudson established with their first album, Bastards of the Beat (2003). Each of Dezen’s personal and reflective verses are accompanied by simple melodic instrumentation (and sometimes the back-up vocals of Dezen’s wife Angela).

Houston Calling

SXSW preview: The Damnwells

Musician Alex Dezen releases his new album under The Damnwells moniker today (Tuesday, 3.15.11). After label deals with Epic and Rounder, the band opted for a less traditional route for its new album: No One Listens To The Band Anymore was funded completely by the band’s fans via PledgeMusic. No One Listens To The Band Anymore contains some of Dezen’s best songwriting to date (on “Werewolves” and “The Same Way”), and while the band created the album without label influence or interference nothing in its sound seems to have changed.

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No One Listens To The Band Anymore (Except Me).

I’ve also been listening to No One Listens To The Band Anymore, the new album by one of my favorite bands, The Damnwells. I found them on one of my many Itunes music browsing sessions when I had ample time to do so, circa when their album Bastards of the Beat came out in 2003. I think “Kiss Catastrophe” is what compelled me to go out and buy their music immediately after listening, although “Newborn History” or “Electric Harmony” could have equally been the culprits.

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WTMD 89.7 – Blog for Music People

CD of the Week: Listen to The Damnwells

Perseverance pays off on their new fan-funded release, No One Listens to the Band Anymore, WTMD’s new CD of the Week.

Getting to this new CD has a back story worth telling.

The Damnwells poured their hearts and souls into into their latest CD only to see it sit on the shelf…and it wasn’t even their own shelf.

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Second Rate Blog

Innovative Modern Musicians: The Damnwells

“I haven’t heard of the Damnwells before.”

Blah, blah, blah

“Do you think you’re cool talking about bands I haven’t heard of?”

Yadda, yadda, yadda

“What song would I recognize by them?”

Look. I’ve spoken about less than mainstream bands on this blog from time to time. I know the response can be lukewarm, but I am not deterred. I can only bring the info to you, then you have to go out and see if this band is your cup of tea.

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Paste Magazine

This Week’s New Album Releases (3/15/11)

The Damnwells – No One Listens to The Band Anymore
If simplicity is a good thing, then this video is damn near perfect. The song “The Great Unknown” is a new track from the Damnwells’ upcoming record. If you like the song as much as we do, you might want to download the free mp3.

GigHive – The Buzz

Indie Band The Damnwells Release New Album

The Damnwells have released their new album, No One Listens To The Band Anymore. The independent band will release the new album via PledgeMusic Records – Poor Man’s Records.

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The Rock and Roll Guru

No One Listens To The Band Anymore

Ripe with smooth guitar licks, a solid easy beat, and a vocalist who has pipes that are a gift from the music heavens, the Damnwells are a force to be reckoned with (and listened to). Their latest album (out on March 15th), No One Listens To The Band Anymore continues the great indie rock sound that their fans have grown to love over the years.

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Direct Current

The Damnwells – No One Listens to The Band Anymore

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Alex Dezen, one-man mainstay and creative force behind The Damnwells, has seen backing bandmembers and record deals come and go over the past decade, even to the point of being the subject of the indie film Golden Days documenting his endless travails with former label Epic. Now independent and with bassist Ted Hudson and a bevy of musicians backing him up, Dezen follows up ’09′s “free-on-demand” One Last Century with the new, fan-funded album No One Listens to the Band Anymore due March 15.

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Stratoclay’s Weblog

The Damnwells …setting a new path with new record, No One Listens To The Band Anymore

Every band that sets up in the basement or garage has the dream of getting that big shot: opening slots on bills with your heroes, rock stardom…a major label record deal.

The Damnwells have lived that dream, opening on tours for bands such as Cheap Trick, signing deals with Epic records and recording big budget albums. The lead singer of the band, Alex Dezen, also holds one of my favorite rock and roll moments- watching him sing “Surrender” with Cheap Trick , his face frozen in a grin like a child who has met Santa…

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]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/no-one-listens-to-the-band-anymore-notables/feed/ 0 Newbury Comics Pre-Order http://www.thedamnwells.com/newbury-comics-pre-order/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/newbury-comics-pre-order/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:57:36 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=766 Pre-Order the upcoming release, No One Listens To The Band Anymore at Newbury Comics and get a limited* autographed CD Booklet with purchase!  Orders can be placed online via Newbury Comics’ site here.

Pre-Order the upcoming release, No One Listens To The Band Anymore by The Damnwells and get a limited* autographed CD Booklet with purchase!

About The Damnwells :

Coming off a transitional year for the band, The Damnwells are set to release No One Listens to the Band Anymore, an album funded entirely by fans through PledgeMusic.com. The album contains twelve new Damnwells songs recorded in Chicago with producer Neal Ostrovsky.

The band has been referred to as a collaborative of great musicians and producers working with songs by lead singer/songwriter Alex Dezen. Dezen and Ted Hudson are the only two musicians who have remained a constant presence in the band over the years.

No One Listens to the Band Anymore was written while Dezen was participating in the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, getting his MFA and teaching at the University of Iowa. Writing songs so far from the music business – both physically and emotionally – provided Dezen with a fresh perspective that can be heard in the realness and authenticity of the songs.

*Offer valid only with purchase of No One Listens To The Band Anymore. This special offer is valid for both domestic and international orders. Pre-ordered CDs shipping with promotional items are limited to (5) per customer. Booklets will be available while supplies last, newburycomics.com will post information when autographed booklets are sold out.

]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/newbury-comics-pre-order/feed/ 0 The Damnwells on Grooveshark http://www.thedamnwells.com/the-damnwells-on-grooveshark/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/the-damnwells-on-grooveshark/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:16:34 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=763 “No One Listens to the Band Anymore” is now available for streaming on Grooveshark.  Other songs by The Damnwells as well as an array of artist are also available.  To make your listening time more aesthetically pleasing, you can listen to your music through the new Damnwells skin!

]]> http://www.thedamnwells.com/the-damnwells-on-grooveshark/feed/ 0 Merch Store Now Open! http://www.thedamnwells.com/merch-store-now-open/ http://www.thedamnwells.com/merch-store-now-open/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:47:16 +0000 Gilly http://www.thedamnwells.com/?p=761 You can now pre-order your copy of “No One Listens To The Band Anymore” as well as T-Shirts and bundles here on the site! Simply click the “Store” tab above to access the online store. The store is also available on Facebook (“MyStore” to the left) & MySpace (towards the bottom under the Shows) and yes, we will ship internationally! So spread the Damnwells love, buy a gift for a friend! Check back regularly as “One Last Century” and “Golden Days” are planned to be added at a later date, and who know what else we’ll have in store for the store ;).

Let us know in the comments what other merchandise you’d like to see in the store

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