Downward Dogs

Rank #139 New York, NY Indie / Lo-Fi / Post Punk

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Members: Joe Yoga - Guitar, Vocals / Bill Chambers - Bass / Ryan Roger - Drums / Zach HB - Trumpet / Blair Frowner - Sax

Sounds Like: Steely Dan, Violent Femmes, Silver Jews, Chicago, PIXIES

Bio: Formed in the wilds of the NYC open mic scene, Downward Dogs bring acoustic punk up from the curbsides of New York City with an aggressive swing; we heard rock and roll needed more horn sections, so we obliged. Picture Pixies and Steely Dan rumbling in a Burger King parking lot, brass and drone b... See Full Bio

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: RT @veeveeveeveevee: yeezus is the best reptilian shapeshifter music i've heard since channel orange probably

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“This unlikely Brooklyn quintet offers a completely timeless and unique music. Sax and trumpet accompany vocals which harken back as much to the Violent Femmes as to the early sound of Dexy's Midnight Runners without leaving out the elegance of the Lounge Lizards. This 5 song album exudes a quirky class, making one want to dance elegantly at a club in Brooklyn to the sounds of brass which can't help but bring to mind the best of The Pogues or The Waterboys. To be continued... [translation from French]”

— http://www.canalb.fr/kerozene, Canal B

“Backed by an imaginative, tight drummer and a nimble bassist whose tensely rising, trebly lines enhanced the suspenseful ups and downs of the songs, Yoga led the band through a mix of big swaying anthems and quieter, more brooding material. Every single song in the set was good. The lyrics were intriguing... pensive, sometimes smoldering sax parts... ”

— NY Music Daily, NY Music Daily

“[Joe Yoga is] working on... that basic passion, a sort of land-where-blues-began attentiveness to the half-broken heartbeat of a sound”

— Nick Courage, A Mutural Respect

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Small Hands

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Urban Planning

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The Wrecking Crew, Downward Dogs 1/13/12 at the National Underground, NYC

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Apr 27

Matchless
Brooklyn, NY, US | 8:00pm
Matchless
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Albert and the Solid Goold @ 8pm https://www.facebook.com/albertandthesolidgoold Lee and the Nings @ 9pm https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lee-and-The-Nings/ Downward Dogs @ 10pm http://www.downwarddogs.com/ Calum Ingram @ 11pm http://www.calumingram.com/ Also featuring special guest appearances by Jaqi Furback http://www.jaqifurback.com/ Tim Shea Zach Huckel-Bauer http://www.reverbnation.com/zachhuckelbauer and a special acoustic set by BIG GIRL!!! http://biggirl.bandcamp.com/
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Matchless
Brooklyn, NY, US | 7:00pm
Matchless
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Sat Apr 27 7:00pm
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A fun night of music and comedy. Come for us, or stay all night and make friends! Special discount code to be announced day of show!
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Apr 13

The National Undergroun…
New York, NY, US | 9:00pm
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Double Down 9pm Downward Dogs 10pm
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Mar 23

Sidewalk Cafe
New York, NY, US | 11:00pm
Sidewalk Cafe
New York, NY, US
Sat Mar 23 11:00pm
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2013
Jan 23

Fontana's Bar
New York, NY, US | 8:00pm
Fontana's Bar
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Wed Jan 23 8:00pm
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Annelise Clemmer
Love the band name. Listening to your songs, I like your punk edge... want to hear more of that. XO, SP
Shane Alan Swaim
I am listening to "Urban Planning." Great song with alot of meaning. Sincerely, Shane
This Is My Curse
truly "great work" most deff. got a "like" push from us!!! goin far!! keep kickin AZZ!!

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Q: What inspired you all to write and record "Urban Planning?"

A: Hey Shane, Urban Planning is one of the first songs we worked on as a group - The song is pretty different from how I originally wrote it, before it was more up and down, almost like a mellow Weezer tune. Now it's got some swing and some balls. Anyway it's about that moment when someone asks you a question that you don't have the answer for, or more accurately, when you gotta give them the answer you know they don't want to hear. Or perhaps even more accurately, you gotta give the answer you don't want to have to give. Kind of an abstract breakup song. It's about breaking up, not being broken up with. Thanks for writing! Joe Yoga

Asked by Shane Alan Swaim. Answered on Mon Jul 09 2012

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