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DOGS 'Fly Like Eagles' Mini Album Free Download
This record is the product of trouble and turmoil and we're very pleased that we've actually managed to get it done. We levitated.
This is also the first record where we've recorded and mixed everything ourselves, it's truly a lo-fi DIY job, though a big thanks must go to the infinitely patient Steve Good for manning the mixing desk so dextrously and helping to slick it up a bit while we barked our orders.
Also this is the first ever record we've made as a 4 piece. Aside from Kev Iverson's second guitar in 'Fly Like Eagles'. And because of all this it sounds quite different to what we've done before. And we love it.
We're very proud to give you this for nothing. Fuck the fucking system.
Johnny, Paul, Rikki and Dunc.
You can download it here.
DOGS NEWS JANUARY 2011
Happy New Year, we hope you all had a great Christmas, 2010 was a very eventful year for Dogs, full of good memories and great times. We're starting 2011 with a fresh perspective and focus, things are going to be quiet on the live front for awhile because we are busy in the studio writing and working on new material, we'll keep you updated with how it's all going and will try and get some new demos and previews up online when we can. Shows will be booked at some point in the coming months, we'll let everyone know when we plan to get out again, our priority at this stage is to make sure album three is something we're all proud of.
DOGS CHRISTMAS GIFT FREE DOWNLOAD
Seeing it's the season for giving we're giving away an early demo version of 'Every Once In A While,
Just Won't Do' taken from the Fortress sessions back in mid 2009 when we recorded 'Into The Garden'.
It will be available until New Years Day.
Wishing all of you a great Christmas and New Year.
Dogs x
Dogs New Years Eve Show At The Grove Tavern Wimbledon
We are rounding off the year by playing an early New Years Eve show at The Grove Tavern opposite
South Wimbledon tube station, stage time is 7 o'clock, it's looking to be a good night, there's a mixture
of bands and DJ's, the night finishes at 4AM, all the details are on the flyer on our facebook and blog.
Tickets are on sale through our gigs page.
This years Christmas show was a blinding success, taking into account it was a Tuesday night it's up there
with one of the best Dogs gigs we've done. Thanks to everyone that turned out you really made the night
something to remember, especially you lot down the front.
Have a great Christmas and we'll look forward to seeing all of you in the new year.
Dogs x
Dogs Christmas Show 2010 Announced
We are happy to announce that this year's Christmas show is going to be held at Dingwalls in London
on the 14th December. It's going to be our second 'Dogs Music Presents' night so they'll be a few surprises
in store.
We are in the process of confirming our support acts, they'll be announced shortly.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through our gigs page.
Follow the link to the event on Facebook it contains an eflyer, click on the flyer to enlarge it, drag and drop it on to your desktop and email to all your mates. More details will be announced soon.
October round up
We'd like to thank all of those that made it out to our Leicester, Tunbridge Wells and Coventry shows. All our gigs up north are selling well so best get in quick if you're planning on coming.
We are currently in the studio demoing new tunes, we've got a lot of ideas coming through and we may preview some of them in our live set soon. Some of you may of noticed that a Dogs documentary is in the process of being made, they'll be more news on this to follow shortly.
A NIGHT WITH DOGS 8TH SEPTEMBER @ MCQUEEN
We are very proud to announce the first of our own 'Dogs Music Presents' gigs. To be held at McQueen on Wednesday Sep 8th in London (Winner of the best bar 2010 at the London club and bar awards). It's not your usual gig venue, that's for sure.
We look forward to seeing you there. With love. Dogs x
DOGS ARE ON THE MOVE
So over the past couple of months we've been really busy trying to sort out the remaining Pledges and making sure you all receive your EP's. Obviously a batch got lost in the post and we have been doing our best to resend to those who have contacted us, we do apologies for this but unfortunately once it's been put in the post box it's pretty much out of our hands.
There are very few solid copies left of the EP and are only avaliable from our shop, once we have sold out then it's MP3 format only which can be purchased from the usual outlets such as iTUNES, AMAZON and PLAY.COM. The response to the release have be positive so far with 'The Cost Of Loving' being play listed on a fair few regional radio stations. Starting from September we are going to be getting out and gigging a lot more to promote our new material, gigs are slowly coming in so keep your eyes on the gigs page, ideally we want to hit every area of the UK so we can play for you guys.
You may have noticed from the banner at the top of this page that we are giving away a free 5 track bundle called "Introducing Dogs", so many new people have been getting on board with us since the release of the EP we wanted to give some tunes away for those that haven't heard much of our material. Feel free to pass the link on to anyone you know that might be a potential Dogs fan.
Dogs Free Bundle Track Listing
1. Cost Of Loving
2. Dirty Little Shop
3. Winston Smith
4. 20 Odd Wrongs 'live'
5. Ghost Train 'live demo'
EP TRACK-LISTING AND ARTWORK
1. Cost Of Loving
2. This Sorry Scene
3. The Floor Fell Away
4. Long Walk Home
5. When I Threw Stones
6. Now The Rain Falls
"I definitely see this record as a trip. It's a bit of a ghost train that starts out fun then
swiftly takes you into dark and dirty places, but puts you down sweetly at the end.
It's the start of a new era for us" Johnny.
EP COMPLETE
Morning all, it's dawn, and it's about time we filled you in with some of the fruits of your labour. The EP is being printed, pressed, poked, prodded and packed as we speak and will be shipped on air balloons to the eyrie shortly. When it's here the five of us will put on our overalls and get to work signing, prodding, packing and pushing them into post office shoots. We love what we've done, all of us lot, that means you lot too of course.
There is no let up however, we are working feverishly on new songs and revelling in new sounds and sentiments. There's so much to be done, such fleeting time, but we flock on together.
WE ARE THE DOGS' EP NEARLY COMPLETE
Firstly we're proud to say that we’ve raised over a grand for Animals Asia and Macmillan Cancer Support, very much looking forward to handing the cheques over. Thank you.
We're also very proud of the record we’ve made, it’s having the final few mixing tweaks then it’s off to press. The artwork’s ready and might give some of you a nice surprise.
All pledges continue to go towards pushing this record and funding our charities and we continue to be immensely grateful to you all.
Gigs are coming soon, we are the dogs, all of us, love Johnny and the boys. x
DOGS NEWS MARCH 2010
'MIXING THE WE ARE THE DOGS' EP
Just a quick update to let you all know that the EP is now in the final mixing stages. The week at Sawmills went very well and we really can't wait for you to hear the result. Once again we'd like to thank everyone who made a Pledge, the response really has been overwhelming and we feel very lucky to have such dedicated fans.
DOGS LIVE
We are going to be confirming more shows in the near future so keep your eyes on the gigs page.
The next one is Thursday 22nd April supporting 'RENEGADES" at the electric ballroom in london, it would be great to see you all there.
PLEDGES
Regarding all your Pledged items, we are working hard to get everything sent out to you, it's going to be a slow process so please be patient.
For all of those who have received and framed their hand written lyric sheets, we'd like you to send your photos of them to us at dogs@dogsmusic.com
BLOGGER
We have opened an official Dogs blog which can be viewed at wearethedogsblog.blogspot.com
more news to follow shortly
DOGSx
'WE ARE THE DOGS' EP LAUNCH PARTY SOLD OUT
Our EP launch party has now officially sold out, we'd like to thank everyone that purchased tickets.
Tickets for this show come as a usb stick containing the EP and a signed lanyard. All the names of the ticket holders will be left on the door of the venue, when you arrive give your name and you'll be handed the usb and the lanyard, this is your entry to the show, NO TICKETS WILL BE SENT TO YOU PRIOR TO THE GIG.
We are the dogs E.P Launch Party!!!
Thanks to many of you we are heading back to Sawmills Studio where it all started to record our brand new E.P! To celebrate it's release we will be playing a small and special gig at 'The Luminaire' in London on Thu 29th April. Tickets to this are USB sticks with the E.P on, they are extremely and strictly limited so please be quick if you want to come!
To get your USB E.P Ticket you have to visit our Pledge site. where there are lots more rarities, one offs and exclusives to get busy with. All money raised goes to the E.P's release, Animals Asia and the Macmillan Cancer Support and we need you all to get involved so we can get this record out there and beyond. Bless you!!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
PLEDGE “WE ARE THE DOGS” EP
Early this year we are going to record the “We Are The Dogs” E.P
and we need you all to participate with us to make it happen!
We will be offering up a load of special experiences, rarities, tracks,
treats, videos – STUFF !
To get amongst it please go to our Pledge page.
Once we reach our target we will be returning to Sawmills Studio
in Cornwall where we made “Turn Against This Land” to re-unite
with producer John Cornfield.
We’d really like to thank everyone that has Pledged so far, the response
and support has been overwhelming, the more we raise the more we can
get the music out there.
All Our Best To You, Johnny, Rikki, Dunc, Paul, Kev.
And here's to the future X
DOGS JOIN TRUSTY CHORDS MUSIC
We are extremely pleased to announce that our debut album 'Turn Against This Land' will be released in Australia early next year through
Trusty Chords Music, it will include bonus tracks 'Charlie' and 'Why Do We Do It To Ourselves'.
It's really inspiring for us to be involved with Trusty Chords, their belief in DOGS and in good honest music is a breath of fresh air.
UPDATE
First of all we'd like to thank everyone who came to see us at our Margate and Atherton shows. We really enjoyed both gigs and are itching to get out and play again as soon as we can.
Our Christmas show is getting closer and some tickets are still available through our gigs page. A date has been booked at the Tunbridge Wells Forum for the 30th January 2010 to kick the year off. We are also looking to book up a set of regional shows which will be announced as they come in.
DOGS Atherton Review
A recent interview with Johnny
DOGS UP NORTH
We are playing The Fever Night Club in Atherton, Greater Manchester on the 27th November. This should prove to be an amazing night as it’s our first gig in the North West for a long time. Tickets are available through our gigs page.
Christmas Show announced
We are happy to announce that a few new dates have been confirmed. Firstly an intimate show at The West Coast Bar in Margate
on the 26th November, tickets for this gig are limited so get in quick, and secondly the DOGS Christmas bash which will be held at the Camden Underworld in London on 15th December. Supports will be announced shortly, tickets are available through our gigs page.
DOGS 'VS' THE POSTAL STRIKES
First of all we'd like to thank everyone who has been ordering from our store, the support has been amazing and is massively appreciated. Unfortunately due to the current postal strikes taking place in London we are finding that many of the orders are taking a lot longer to reach you than normal, this is something that is out of our control, so please be patient, all your orders will arrive.
Dogs featured on Levi's USB Promotion
DOGS have been picked as one of three acts to have their music featured on the new Levi's USB stick. It will be available from participating stores in France from the 10th October. The songs included are This Sorry Scene, 20 Odd Wrongs and Winston Smith, it's estimated that it will be stocked in up to 500 stores until the end of November. A list of all stockiest will be posted on our myspace.
Dogs interview on Musio Music Tv
A short interview with DOGS taken from the 100 Club show back in April 09 is featured on Musio Music TV, Episode 11 Part 1.
September round up
Hello, here we are, finally, home. It's so nice to have somewhere to hang your coat.
Today the news is the self evident and massively welcome news that our long awaited new website has been built! So we would like to extend our heartfelt welcome to you. You'll find all sorts of words and pictures on here and we'll keep you as updated and informed as we can.
Also we've just completed a bunch of new songs and will put bits of their demos up here shortly. So once more welcome, come in, there's a dark force afoot.
x J