Taylor Goldsmith is the lead singer and songwriter of Dawes, the L.A. band he started with his brother Griffin in 2007. Until a few days ago, Taylor, Griffin, his parents, and Dawes’ former bassist Wylie Gelber, all lived minutes from each other in Altadena, California. Taylor’s main house is still …
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Taylor Goldsmith is keenly aware that the Dawes who released the album Oh Brother last fall are far different from the band that dropped their breakout LP, Nothing Is Wrong, in 2011. Not only has the group’s sound evolved, moving from compact folk-rock songs into sprawling nine-minute jams and back …
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There’s a reason why Taylor Goldsmith felt a deep, restless urge to release a brand new live recording of his band Dawes’ 2022 album, Misadventures of Doomscroller. And it all had to do with identity. “I just felt like so much of what our band is —so much of our …
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