Find us here: @theLBDmusic
And of course our personal twitter accounts:
@DanLBD
@HohmannKyle
@BrianLBD
@SweetLewLBD
@DamianLBD
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Playboy Bunnies + The Little Black Dress
If it's good enough for Hugh Hefner...
Find us here: @theLBDmusic
And of course our personal twitter accounts:
@DanLBD
@HohmannKyle
@BrianLBD
@SweetLewLBD
@DamianLBD
Find us here: @theLBDmusic
And of course our personal twitter accounts:
@DanLBD
@HohmannKyle
@BrianLBD
@SweetLewLBD
@DamianLBD
Saturday 11 February 2012
Winter Touring: The Road Less Travelled
Hey Folks, we have officially capped off our winter season GTA run with our final show at The Hideout, here in our home town Toronto. It was another classic LBD party, except this time on a Monday night! Lots of friends and family came out to cheer us on, and we were thrilled to have them there. One of the nice things about "all ages" shows is that they usually start a little earlier, (this particular show has us on stage at 9:30!) allowing us to play to some new fans. The band felt great about the show, which had a lot to do with all the loving and familiar faces we had in the audience. This show truly reminded us that home really is were the heart is. Simply put: we love playing shows in Toronto!!
Speaking of home towns, last week we made a midnight journey to London, Ontario, the city where Damian and I grew up. We threw the keyboard up on the roof yet again and drove through the blistering winter cold for 2 hours each way to become a little more acquainted with our London fans! London definitely has an energy of its own. Our friends in the London-based band "Calvin James" (nobody in the band is named Calvin James, that's just their band name, I swear!) were hosting a keg party, and, of course, the logical thing to do is bring an entire busload of party people to the show; and that is just what they did! While my parents stood a few feet away from quite possibly the queen of all drunken party girls (mind you she was wearing a little black dress and apparently it was her birthday) the rest of the rowdy crowd got down and dirty for our set. We made sure to play our heaviest, bluesiest and rockin'est stuff for everybody's sake. There was some jumping around, some moshing, and at one point we all thought the new birthday girl was going to bring down the PA system with her vivacious dance moves! In here defense, the speaker pole did closely resemble a stripper pole. Basically, she was awesome, and Dan took a few chances to get off stage to dance with her. We certainly had a great time playing to a packed London crowd! We look forward to our return... whose birthday will it be, one can only wait and see! (Yeah, we spit rhymes when we don't even mean to.)
They're right when they say nothing brings a band closer together then touring! There is something special about loading up the van and hitting the road. Each gig and city brings a new energy and whole new mix of stories to tell. You get a chance to work on your musical set and see the results of your hard work night after night! Of all the bands I have toured with I have to say this one truly is awesome and unique. The merging of our personalities is completely cohesive and mostly "laugh out loud" funny (that's LOL for you internet n00bz). With a riddle here and there, a stop at Timmies every 40 minutes or so, and the likelihood that we probably won't let Lew drive again, this band has now found it's road... rain or snow... frequently traveled. We look forward to hitting the road as much as possible in 2012.
Now that our slew of outta town gigs is over, we have some time to gear up for our record release! The mixes are starting to come in from our producer Johnny Simmen (@colourJohnny) and they sound big, bombastic, and phenomenal! Stay tuned for our CD release this year at CMW!
- @BrianLBD
Speaking of home towns, last week we made a midnight journey to London, Ontario, the city where Damian and I grew up. We threw the keyboard up on the roof yet again and drove through the blistering winter cold for 2 hours each way to become a little more acquainted with our London fans! London definitely has an energy of its own. Our friends in the London-based band "Calvin James" (nobody in the band is named Calvin James, that's just their band name, I swear!) were hosting a keg party, and, of course, the logical thing to do is bring an entire busload of party people to the show; and that is just what they did! While my parents stood a few feet away from quite possibly the queen of all drunken party girls (mind you she was wearing a little black dress and apparently it was her birthday) the rest of the rowdy crowd got down and dirty for our set. We made sure to play our heaviest, bluesiest and rockin'est stuff for everybody's sake. There was some jumping around, some moshing, and at one point we all thought the new birthday girl was going to bring down the PA system with her vivacious dance moves! In here defense, the speaker pole did closely resemble a stripper pole. Basically, she was awesome, and Dan took a few chances to get off stage to dance with her. We certainly had a great time playing to a packed London crowd! We look forward to our return... whose birthday will it be, one can only wait and see! (Yeah, we spit rhymes when we don't even mean to.)
Now that our slew of outta town gigs is over, we have some time to gear up for our record release! The mixes are starting to come in from our producer Johnny Simmen (@colourJohnny) and they sound big, bombastic, and phenomenal! Stay tuned for our CD release this year at CMW!
- @BrianLBD
Thursday 9 February 2012
A link to an amazing review of January 6 at the Horseshoe Tavern
Robyn Lewis knows a thing or two about music. Especially about local music. She recently wrote up this incredibly complimentary review, and posted it on her blog.
The following is an excruciatingly unbiased and honest review of The Little Black Dress, specifically our concert at the Horseshoe Tavern on January 6 in Toronto. We'd like you to click on the link to prove that we directly lifted the text (with Robyn's approval, of course), and have posted a direct link as well.
Here is Robyn's review:
"I titled this post ‘The Little Black Dress: Rock Stars In The Making’, but let’s face it. If you have ever seen The Little Black Dress perform, you know that these guys are already rock stars. They strut around on stage, they dance, they rock out on guitars and bass and drums, they make jokes and they make the crowd feel involved. They always have a lot of fun, which I think makes the crowd have a lot of fun! Everytime that I see them perform, the energy in the room is just fantastic. Everyone is excited and ready to sing and dance and have a great time. I can’t imagine that it’s easy to bring that kind of energy on stage and give it to every single person in the crowd, and yet somehow they do it every show.
The band consists of 5 guys. Dan, who is the frontman, guitar player, songwriter and a super dedicated, talented musician. He loves to engage the crowd, dance around, and be an all around crazy person. There’s no possible way you can’t love this guy. They couldn’t ask for a better frontman. Then there’s Kyle, who plays keys and bass, and I would say is equally as crazy as Dan. Brian plays guitar (a pink one actually, which I think is awesome!) and Damian plays bass. These two may not be quite as crazy on stage, but they are both very talented, and the band wouldn’t be the same without them. Last but not least, there is Lewis on drums, who did not play for the night, and was replaced by an equally talented drummer Alex.
It was Friday January 6th, at Horseshoe Tavern (in Toronto). I’m wearing my little black dress and The Little Black Dress was set to start at 11:45pm. Their set ended up starting just after 12am, since the bands before them went late. Horseshoe suddenly became packed, which of course didn’t surprise me. I believe it was $7 to get in to the show, but I couldn’t tell you for sure because you don’t have to pay to get in when you’re on the guest list.
They played lots of great songs over the course of the show. This was their set list:
Easy Type, Lovers & Paparazzi are all off of their self titled EP. Four on the Floor and This Town are off of their EP ‘Strut’. Each song that they play makes the crowd sing. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Easy Type, September or Spotlight. If you are in that crowd you will feel the urge to sing and the need to dance.
There are a lot of really awesome bands in the music industry. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication and talent to become a real success. Yet there are a lot of artists in the industry who are popular, with millions of screaming fans, but they don’t really have any actual talent. Within a few years (or possibly months) they will disappear, only to be heard of when they go into rehab or randomly end up on Dancing With The Stars. The talented artists work long and hard, and stay around for a very long time, which they deserve for all the long hours and hard work that they do. These talented artists are the ones who care about their fans, because they realize that the only reason they are so successful, is because of their fans, and if they weren’t there they would be nothing.
The Little Black Dress is one of those talented, awesome bands. They work hard and are very good at what they do. They have a very loyal fan base and have a lot of family and friends who come out and support them. What I don’t understand is how they are not already with some huge record label, selling millions of albums all over the world, while touring all over the world. Now you see, I could be selfish and want The Little Black Dress to not become so hugely popular, because I want them to have shows in my area as much as they possibly can. This would be very selfish of me though, and even though I want to come support them at shows as much as I can, I want them to be able to tour the world and have millions of fans all over the world, because they are too good not to be noticed.
If you have never heard of The Little Black Dress, or you have but just never listened to their music, please do so. If you don’t now, you will regret it.
I’m just waiting for that day when The Little Black Dress is headlining at the Air Canada Centre, or some other huge venue, and I can sit there and say I’ve been there since before the world realized how talented they are…"
Thank you Robyn, your words are so touching and so encouraging!
The following is an excruciatingly unbiased and honest review of The Little Black Dress, specifically our concert at the Horseshoe Tavern on January 6 in Toronto. We'd like you to click on the link to prove that we directly lifted the text (with Robyn's approval, of course), and have posted a direct link as well.
Here is Robyn's review:
"I titled this post ‘The Little Black Dress: Rock Stars In The Making’, but let’s face it. If you have ever seen The Little Black Dress perform, you know that these guys are already rock stars. They strut around on stage, they dance, they rock out on guitars and bass and drums, they make jokes and they make the crowd feel involved. They always have a lot of fun, which I think makes the crowd have a lot of fun! Everytime that I see them perform, the energy in the room is just fantastic. Everyone is excited and ready to sing and dance and have a great time. I can’t imagine that it’s easy to bring that kind of energy on stage and give it to every single person in the crowd, and yet somehow they do it every show.
The band consists of 5 guys. Dan, who is the frontman, guitar player, songwriter and a super dedicated, talented musician. He loves to engage the crowd, dance around, and be an all around crazy person. There’s no possible way you can’t love this guy. They couldn’t ask for a better frontman. Then there’s Kyle, who plays keys and bass, and I would say is equally as crazy as Dan. Brian plays guitar (a pink one actually, which I think is awesome!) and Damian plays bass. These two may not be quite as crazy on stage, but they are both very talented, and the band wouldn’t be the same without them. Last but not least, there is Lewis on drums, who did not play for the night, and was replaced by an equally talented drummer Alex.
It was Friday January 6th, at Horseshoe Tavern (in Toronto). I’m wearing my little black dress and The Little Black Dress was set to start at 11:45pm. Their set ended up starting just after 12am, since the bands before them went late. Horseshoe suddenly became packed, which of course didn’t surprise me. I believe it was $7 to get in to the show, but I couldn’t tell you for sure because you don’t have to pay to get in when you’re on the guest list.
They played lots of great songs over the course of the show. This was their set list:
Easy Type, Lovers & Paparazzi are all off of their self titled EP. Four on the Floor and This Town are off of their EP ‘Strut’. Each song that they play makes the crowd sing. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Easy Type, September or Spotlight. If you are in that crowd you will feel the urge to sing and the need to dance.
There are a lot of really awesome bands in the music industry. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication and talent to become a real success. Yet there are a lot of artists in the industry who are popular, with millions of screaming fans, but they don’t really have any actual talent. Within a few years (or possibly months) they will disappear, only to be heard of when they go into rehab or randomly end up on Dancing With The Stars. The talented artists work long and hard, and stay around for a very long time, which they deserve for all the long hours and hard work that they do. These talented artists are the ones who care about their fans, because they realize that the only reason they are so successful, is because of their fans, and if they weren’t there they would be nothing.
The Little Black Dress is one of those talented, awesome bands. They work hard and are very good at what they do. They have a very loyal fan base and have a lot of family and friends who come out and support them. What I don’t understand is how they are not already with some huge record label, selling millions of albums all over the world, while touring all over the world. Now you see, I could be selfish and want The Little Black Dress to not become so hugely popular, because I want them to have shows in my area as much as they possibly can. This would be very selfish of me though, and even though I want to come support them at shows as much as I can, I want them to be able to tour the world and have millions of fans all over the world, because they are too good not to be noticed.
If you have never heard of The Little Black Dress, or you have but just never listened to their music, please do so. If you don’t now, you will regret it.
I’m just waiting for that day when The Little Black Dress is headlining at the Air Canada Centre, or some other huge venue, and I can sit there and say I’ve been there since before the world realized how talented they are…"
Thank you Robyn, your words are so touching and so encouraging!
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