Gang of Four, Damaged Gods, A Biography
Friday, October 31st, 2008Look what arrived in the mail today, a Gang of Four biography. Just skimmed it. Lots of fun facts, lots of inaccuracies. More later.
No Age, live at MusicFestNW 08 and an interview
Friday, September 5th, 2008No Age live at MusicFestNW 08, a song and a chat from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Here we have a chat backstage at MusicFestNW 08 with Dean and Randy aka No Age in which we discuss Wire’s Pink Flag, Dean asks about Gang of Four and I don’t reply, they both discuss Portland and vegans and [...]
Of Montreal, new album available by Lantern, Wall Stickers, T-shirt and more
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Brilliant! This was exactly the way I wanted to release new Gang of Four material. Of Montreal’s new album ‘Skeletal Lamping’ will be released on CD of course and as a 180 gramme double vinyl set but, even better, it can be had in MP3 format when you purchase a variety of goodies from Polyvinyl. [...]
Does The World Need Another Indie Rock Band? Discuss
Friday, August 8th, 2008The UK’s Independent newspaper asks the question. It’s too long of an article to summarize efficiently so I encourage you to read it here and then discuss.
Also I’ll send a free Gang of Four 7″ single with a Shepard Fairey artwork cover to the person that tells me what the image above is parodying [...]
Aaliyah, Talking Heads, Van Halen, Cure Mash Up with me on bass
Thursday, August 7th, 2008My good friend Jon Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine invited me to “join” his band for a show at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom on Saturday August 16th. The premise being that it is a Talking Heads and Cure cover show! Ha! But put Jon and Dave in a room and you’re not going to get [...]
gang of four, damaged goods ep, free mp3s from vinyl
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The back cover of the Damaged Goods EP
On June 18 I spent an afternoon with the University of Oregon’s philosophy department class presenting a talk on Gang of Four and our place in the “creative, potentially transformative popular music pantheon.” It was fun. As a band our achievements are well known, mainly in critical circles, [...]
fauxtape, while we’re at it
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Here’s a sneak peek into the world of Faux Hoax.
my interview on roy christopher dot com
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Last summer I enjoyed Mexican food and beers while Roy Christopher threw some questions at me. Upon reading the result of that discussion now it doesn’t feel so much as an interview as it is two friends discussing the state of “things” over a drink. As Roy writes “Dave’s ideas about the state of the [...]