WE ARE ELSEWHERE

hey dudes, we don't really post stuff here anymore, if you want any up to date information on The Dogs, the soon to be massively popular rock n roll group from Chicago you might want to check out the following places:

http://thedogsthedogs.com/

http://facebook.com/thedogsmusic

there are some gems on this blog though for real

cheers!

the dogs

Strange Similarities

I was looking through pitchfork's "overlooked records of 2011" feature today and came across a disturbing discovery.




Turns out the album is titled Absence and is by an Australian band called SNOWMAN. I was a little taken aback by this because, for those of you who are familiar, the album artwork for Camping is remarkably similar.


So naturally, as someone who never listened much to the postmodernist edict that everything's already been done before, I went looking for the release date of Absence. Turns out it released on March 22nd, 2011... 21 days after Camping. Now I'm not meaning to boast but I think it's quite obvious that we thought of it first!!!!!!

But here's where things got stranger. Intrigued by this new find, I decided to dig up a little more info on the Perth born, London based rock band. I learned that they are splitting up due to two of the members moving to Iceland and having a child together, yet they are still releasing Absence as a sort of posthumous release.

But then I saw their band photo.




There are certainly some strange similarities.

Music Video Mania

On The Highway (Come To See You) from Rivkah Gevinson on Vimeo.

Friends,

Please enjoy our first official music video, created by our very own Rivkah Gevinson. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we have

Love,

The Dogs

So we've been getting a little lazy with the Dog Blog, we think it's about time we came back from the vacation. Fortunately for us the blogosphere's been busy spreading the word about the new album while we were away.

• King Sheba's Noodle Shop
• Robot Messiah!
• YVYNYL
• Unilife Magazine
• Songs for the Day
• Magic Arrows
• Berkeley Place
• Music for Ants
• The Sixty One
• The Whitman Pioneer
• Motor City Rocks
• Sylvia Wrath
• Windy City Rock
• Dub Frequency
• Oh My Rockness
• Dat's My Shit
• Sonic Masala
• Best Tuna
• Seattle in Hi Def
• David Kanaga Remix
• Conquistador Remix
• Faronheit
• Switchblade Comb
• A.V. Club
• Those Who Dig
• Jersey Beat
• The Deli Chicago
• Guerolito Music
• Pop Headwound

Once you're done reading all that, come find us on our brand spanking new Twitter to get up to the minute updates from the Dog den.

We are also very proud to announce to you two new partnerships with the creative geniuses at Tron Management and the ever lovely Berg-Hammond sisters.

Stay tuned,

Dogs out

phew...

thedogs.bandcamp.com

James and Matt Talk Camping!

Howdy Blogers,

James and I had a nice phone interview with world renowned "Strange Brew with Joel and Cole." Hear us discuss Pete's lyrics, Third Eye Blind, free music, and THE FUTURE!!! Great stuff, listen below....

Strange Brew broadcasts every Wednesday night from 9-11 pm ct on WSUM:http://wsum.org/.

HEY

2nd single from Camping is now available:

Dance More by The Dogs


The album comes out March 1st.

xoxoxo <3
the dogs

The 12 Days of Camping

Dear fans,

12 days from now the new record will be available to you in its entirety, free of charge over at our bandcamp. Until then, we have a few gifts for you. This is the first single from Camping. It's titled, "A Decent Warning".

Please enjoy.

A Decent Warning by The Dogs


Pete

Lovelies, this one's for you

Dear Dogs fans,

Please check back here [sometime soon after Valentines day], there will be a single from the new album for you to listen to.

Camping get pumped.

All the best,

Pete

We're in the Studio!

Ahhhh shiiiiiit

December is Upon Us... Chicago Bound

Good Morning Pretentious Pre-Teen Pop Enthusiast!

If you haven't had a chance to check your calenders, let me be the first to inform you that we are knee deep in the dark, cold month of December. But there's good news: soon, your beloved Dogs will be reuniting in Chicago to finish our masterpiece, Camping. In the words of Mr. James F. Ponchos Krivchenia, "We are on the home stretch boys." Aka... expect to be hearing some new signals from us around the start of 2011. I don't want to give too much away, but lets just say we've got 15 gems on our hands and James just got the omnichord... you know whats up. Keep your eyes pealed for some potential secret Dogs shows in a basement near you/us walking around the streets of Chicago rocking some sweet 90's sweaters. I've been studying a lot of astronomy of late, and lets just say I'm starting to see The Dogs up in the sky amongst the stars (we're going to be famous!).

All we have is time...

Love,

Lord of Bass

Matthew William IV

ALBUM Details-------Camping

Alright, so I think it's about time we give ya'll some details on this new record!!! Recording is completely done and we've been mixing/tweaking for the last month or so. It's come along way but there is still much to be done, so it's probably safe to expect an early January release........but who knows.

In case you didn't know, the record is called Camping. #$%^E!#$%@%* so pumped. Most of the songs are really short and totally awesome. Alot of friends (and our old high school music teacher(!!), whatup Pearson) helped out and played on the album.

Keep checkin' this blog for updates, you might just want to make it your home page, fuck google.

So much love,

The Dogs

camping

-the dogs

The Dogs LP III

Dear Devoted fans,

We are currently recording the third full-length Dogs release. Things are moving smoothly and we have an entire new set of tunes to tickle your ear drums sooner than you can say Greendale. We're currently tracking violin, cello, trombone, and woodwinds. Many thanks to those who came out to the JUF cafe' this week to support us in our first show of the summer. Keep your eyes peeled for more Dogs updates.

Pete

FREE WRONG!!!

Hey Dogs Enthusiates,

If you haven't already heard (words been spreading on the blogosphere), Records of Mass Destruction has decided to reissue the much hyped and much beloved Free Write. Free Wrong will include five never before heard b-sides from the Free Write sessions. It WILL be amazing. Be sure to pick a copy up from the website when its released in the following week.

The tracklist...

1. In My Room, Not Alone

2. Come On

3. Walla Walla, WA

4. Quiet Nights

5. Ocean

6. Youngstown, OH

7. Cold Mountain

8. See You In the Morning

9. Short Story

10. Bread Letters

11. I Was a Fool

12. Winter's Day*

13. Silent Forest*

14. I Was Never Wrong*

15. Sister*

16. I'd Want To*

* =exclusive b-sides

Enjoy,

The Dogs & Matt

Walla Walla Loves the Dogs Again

It looks as though the Whitman Pioneer can't get enough of the dogs. Juicey article including tons of info on the forthcoming album (excitement!). And some great quotes from Mr. Krivchenia... just in case you didn't already now, The Dogs ain't no "Studio Bitches."

Walla Walla LUV

Matt

Thanks for Making Us the ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Dearest Dogs fans,

Thanks for voting for us the Artisit of the Month in the Chicago Deli Magazine. If you visit their site, you will see our beautiful faces as we jump for joy at the top of the page. We will be sure to not let your votes go in vain.

In other Dogs news, we've been enchanging demos.... and lets just say they're sound amazing. Lots of great ideas for the new record/how we are going to make it. But till then, keep your eyes pealed for some exclusive b-sides from Free Write.

Dogs Luv,

Matt

ARTIST OF THE MONTH... VOTE FOR US!

Yo Beloved Fans... WE NEED YOU!

The Dogs have been nominated for the "Artist of the Month" on the Chicago Deli Magazine. Now we need your help to vote for us to make our Artist of the Month dreams come true! The link is below for you guys to vote. The Poll is on the right side of the page. It's easy and it would be amazing if you could help us out. PLEASE VOTE!!!!

VOTE!!!!!

Much Love

Matt and The Dogs

And They Love Us... Again

Hey Dog Blog Enthusiasts...

Looks like The Dogs are back in the good graces of the blogosphere. Check out what the prestigious Chicago Deli Magazine had to say about the new album. And while your at it, download Free Write from the world renowned Bolochas.org!!!!

-Matt

R.I.P. Puppy

Very sad news... The Dogs have lost one of our most beloved fans/family members/the queen of all pets: Jordan "Puppy" Bachmann died from heart failure today at the age of 13. She was basically the best/biggest baller dog you could ever imagine. Hopefully she is running and eating chocolate in dog heaven. We will miss you Puppy!

Much Love,
Matt

cryptic message

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Motor City Rocks reviews The Dogs

Pretty crazy/awesome review from the talented writers over at Motor City Rocks. Basically they reviewed our album as they were listening for the first time..............and we got a 3.8/5 (let it sink guys it'll be a 5 in no time). It's a funny, honest review, but be warned, they diss Neil Young (fuck that).

Check out the review HERE and dig their site.

BTR,

james

The Dogs in the News!

So it looks like Walla Walla is finally taking notice of The Dogs! Come read the review/get some insight into the recording process. Epic stuff. Catch it HERE

Be the Rain

matt

Drinking Kool-Aid

The Cincinnati publication, Milk Milk Lemonade and been kind enough to feature us on their blog. And it looks like they're diggin it.... maybe you should try it out (and by it i mean free write). Check what they said HERE

dogs out

Matt

2010, Meet The Dogs

The Dogs rang in the new year with an absolutely awesome/insane DJ set that literally set the dance floor on fire. Ponchos were worn, cymbals were destroyed, voices were exhausted from excessive screaming, and the crowd ate up every second of it. We remixed two classics (Come on and Walla Walla, WA) and screamed over three others before closing with epic dance remix of "Be the Rain" that sounded more like Sleighbells than Neil Young (but Neil would have been proud!!!). Videos to come...

We have just started personally contacting our favorite internet publications... be on the look out for some Dogs write ups

btr

matt

Hello, Blogosphere. Nice to See you Again.

Ladies and gents,

Free Write has received its first criticism. For its first, I would say that things couldn't look better. Check out what Hans of "Here Comes the Flood" music blog had to say.

We are the Dogs, Welcome. ALBUM DROPS RIGHT NOW!

It's been a long time coming boys and girls. After over 7 months of arduous labor, the Dogs 2nd full length album has finally arrived. Free Write. the two named tantalizingly tearjerkingly terrific twelve song (-1) album. Perhaps Robin Pecknold will declare it the best album of 2009. Perhaps world leaders will don their headphones and forge a peaceful alliance in a new dog order. It will be called the first dognasty.

In all seriousness though, download the album
for free
www.thedogsmusic.net
love, the dogs

WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS

THE WORLD WILL HAVE A COPY OF FREE WRITE!!!!!!!!

until then.... enjoy

matt

Interview on WSUM

Good Morning Blogosphere!

James and I woke up bright and early to talk about the new album with the esteem hosts, Joel and Cole, from the world renowned radio show Strange Brew broadcasting on WSUM Madison, WI. Lots of discussion of the lo-fi-ness, emotion, and epicness... will definitely whet your appitite for the new album! (which should be arriving very soon!!!!)

Listen to the entire interview below (and check out the sweet pictures that go along with it!!!)

Check out Strange Brew every Thursday Morning 10-11 AM Central broadcasting on WSUM 91.7 Madison WI or steaming online at the WSUM.org

Dogs out

Matt

And the album gets Art....

We would like to give many thanks to Vanessa Haddad for creating something so wonderful and so simple.

Brace yourselves for the new album, it will be dropping any day now.

Dogs out,
-Peter

And the Album Gets a Title

drumroll....

free write

this winter

till then, happy thanksgiving

matt

We Love J Elliot

and did we mention a new dogs album is coming out with in the next month???

its going to be incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

matt

Our One Year Anniversary..

A year ago today, the world rejoiced over the sounds of the debut dogs album, The Dogs. Celebrate by downloading a copy here or maybe even buying a copy??? Sorry if the website isn't working... our web provider sucks... we'll get it up and running in no time

As for the new album... it should be arriving very shortly (decemberish). We are just starting to listen to some of the rough tracks from James' mixing sessions and lets just say that they are sounding AMAZING!!!.... this album is going to be OFFF THEEE CHAIIAAAIAIAAN!!@!# !@!!!

Until then, keep checking back to the blog for updates.

btr

matt

My Beard

i made a pact with myself a few weeks ago: i'm not shaving to till the dogs album comes out. just sayin'. let the mixing continue,

james

3,000 Plays and Counting

Woke up late this morning... brushed my teeth, combed my hair, and found a pleasant surprise on the good ole myspace page... "Useless me" has 3,000 plays! WE'RE BLOWING UP... slowly. Makes you wonder how many plays the singles from the new album will have: "dd" or "come on" or "quiet nights"... probably a million or something.

In other dogs related news, we will be holding a virtually meeting tomorrow to discuss the state of the album. Look out for us on twitter in the near future.

Dogs out

matt

it's coming.....

A teaser???

matt

EPIC Skype concert!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !

First off, I would like to apologize for not posting this concert on myspace or other places. Although, I'm afraid that if any more people were added to the skype conference call conference, we would have had some serious bandwidth problems. So it only consisted of the members of our band.

Thanks Zane for chiming in on the flute. Rivkah, thanks for rising out of bed early. Cole and Joel, you guys were there too. James way to figure out the conference call setting. Matt, thanks for turning 21. J. Elliot, I think I heard your voice but I may have been hallucinating.

We opened and closed with be the rain. It was a great set.

Keep your ears peeled for the new album. It's coming in the near future to a computer near you.

Also, if you happen to be at CMJ this year, look out for Matthew Bachmann to get some exclusive Dogs promo material.

Dogs out

-Pete

OMG! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW DOGS ALBUM

neither can we. im literally shitting my pants at the thought of how good its going to be... but im getting ahead of myself

If you haven't heard already, The Dogs have finished up the summer tour as well as all of the tracking for the new album! We labored long and hard on a total of 19 songs and you should expect to see a new album within the next couple months as well as some b-sides in the more distant future. We are EXTREMELY excited about how all the songs turned out, and you should expect nothing less than a masterpiece. A FUCKING MASTERPIECE!!!! All thats left is for James to work his mixing magic... and some bottles to be broken

To keep you guys occupied for the time being, here are some videos from our last two shows... enjoy

NEW SONG

EVERYTHING IS BROKEN

BE THE RAIN

matt

The Dogs on itunes

Last friday while James, Pete and I were driving around listening to Drake, Pete received a fateful call from his pops informing us that The Dogs have hit itunes! Exciting stuff... and only $7.92! Sure makes you want to buy another copy, ehhh???

Videos from Ottoman Empire and Wiser House Ballroom on there way. Crazy recording going down these next two weeks.

Matt

Ottoman Empire Recap

Wonderful show at Ottoman Empire last night. Thank you so much Sabrina and Aaron for opening up your basement to us. Manson Family Picnic put on a great set after us and Leaf Bird played beautifully as always. It was one of our most destructive concerts to date but thankfully we managed to get through most of "Be the Rain" before the (nice) cops shut us down.

We are still recording our asses off trying to get the new album finished. It's sounding...... awesome......

Only one more show left this summer - this weekend at The Wiser House w/ Reverend Funnk and Agents of Change. Hope to see ya'll there, take care,

james

YA YA!

The Dogs are deep into their first honeymoon. We've been recording non-stop since we blessed the animals of Palatine on Sunday. Steady progress is being made. Expect nothing short of a masterpiece.

In other news, we will be playing a show at the Ottoman Empire this coming Wednesday August 12th at 9:30 pm. The address is 2820 w. Lyndale Ave. in Chicago. We will playing alongside our most esteemed colleagues Leaf Bird and Manson Family Picnic. Great music, should be a great night. Time to get some sleep and get crackin again in the morning. Dogs out

Pete

Yak-Zies Cancelled :(

Due to some licensing issues with live music at Yak-Zies, the August 8th concert has been cancelled. In better news, expect two more shows to be added very soon (August 12th and 15th are the tentative dates). More news coming soon...

matt

The Dogs are Blessed

The Dogs have never been much of a religious band.... that is, until now. This Sunday (AUGUST 2nd) The Dogs will be playing the blessing of the animals service at Countryside Unitarian Universalist Church in Palatine IL. We will be blessing the shit out of some animals YOOOOOO!!!! If you want to ensure that your cats, dogs, lizards, hamsters, snakes, fishes, and what ever you consider a pet is properly blessed, come over to Palatine and listen to some great music while your pets soak in the holyest of the holy blessings.

In other news, the dogs will be adding two more dates very soon!!! (lets just say that you may want to keep your August 14th and 15th open)

Recap:

August 2nd- Blessing of the Animals- Palatine IL time tba

stay holy

-matt  

The Buzz Recap/ Lafayette Show Cancelled :(

Great show at the Buzz Cafe yesterday. Shout out to all the peeps who came out to our first acoustic show of the summer. On to the not so good news. We have to cancel our show tonight at the Skylight Coffeehouse. I (james) have come down with flu and have been unable to get out the house, much less get to Indiana. Sorry for the inconvenience - we still love you Lafayette and we will try to make it there soon.

Show at Val's Halla tomorrow is STILL ON.

-James

Elbo Room Kinda Rocked

coming off a pretty sweet weekend of music at the old pitchfork music festival we were pretty excited to play some music of our own. so on monday we took the stage at a chicago staple - THE Elbo Room. then we played. i stood on some bass drums. it was fun. look out for a crazy weekend of shows coming up. blogging to come.


-james

Val's Halla Record Store on July 26th

The Dogs will be helping Val's celebrate their 37th anniversary by playing a free show on Sunday July 26th at 1:30. We will most likely be playing a more intimate, stripped down set which should be nothing less than amazing. Check the myspace for details on directions and what not. Be sure to bring a friend. 

RECAP: vals, FREE, 1:30 JULY 26th

Tour

July 20th- Elbo Room, Chicago IL

July 24th- Buzz Cafe, Oak Park IL

July 25th- The Skylight Cafe, Lafayette IN

July 26th- Val's Halla Record Store, Oak Park IL

August 8th- Yak-Zies, Chicago IL

matt

Thanks for Coming out

We want to thank everyone who came out to Reggies last saturday. We had a blast playing in the small space behind the counter and rocking the hell out of the record store. Hopefully you guys found some good music to add to the collection (I know I did.... Reactor!!!).

We have now entered the full time recording mode. Lots of work to be done, but at the end of the summer we should have a masterpiece on our hands. We will be announcing at least one new date this week and there should be hopefully two more dates to come. Keep checking back at the blog.  

If you're 21+, come check us out at the Elbo Room next monday. We set up this cool thing where our concert will stream live over the internet so even if you can't come, you could listen live or on your own time. More details to come when we've got 'em.

btr

matt

So Crazy, Tires were Slashed

We want to thank everyone for coming out to the Viaduct last Saturday. It was an awesome night of music and art. We personally had our best concert probably ever (for 116 people!). Even though my tires got slashed, it was still probably the best night of the summer. For all of those who missed the show, here are some clips of some of the songs we played (links to youtube vids below). We have now kicked it into full recording mode and will be making some retreats to Palantine in next couple days to get some serious work done.... get excited!!!

Everything is Broken 

everything is broken

27 years ago

new song (DD song)

drum break

matt

Reggie's on July 11th

New dates are pouring in. The Dogs just confirmed July 11th at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago. It's a FREE all ages concert that will start around 4 PM. Check the myspace for more details (when they come). We'll update you guys as more dates are finalized

What's Left of the Tour...

JULY 11- Reggies- Chicago IL
JULY 20 - Elbo Room- Chicago IL
JULY 24- The Buzz Cafe - Oak Park IL
JULY 25 - Skylight Cofeehouse, Lafeyette, IN
AUGUST 8th- Yak-Zies- Chicago IL

be the zane

matt

THIS SATURDAY!!!

This Saturday, The Dogs will be headlining a night of amazing music and artwork. 14 artists including Vanessa Haddad, Rachel Wakeman and April Metler will be displaying their work while Under an Indigo Sun, Two Aglets Jazzing , Leaf Bird, and of course The Dogs rock your socks off. Doors open at 7:30 and there will be a $5 cover. 

If you're going to try to make it to one Dogs concert all summer, this is the one. Should be absolutely amazing!!!

Directions (kinda) 

matt