Here in Nashville, Tenn., a huge number of the writers I dig also dig Dawes, and you can find out why on the group's smooth-groove third album, "Stories Don't End." The album's cover depicts the ...

Would the new album mark the end of underdog Dawes? Would this be their ‘Only By the Night?’ We were hoping it was just hype. "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it," we whispered softly in the ...

But rather than going the big band route and playing endless radio-sponsored festivals, where a bevy of bands perform truncated sets, to promote Stories Don’t End, Dawes hit the road on a tour ...

“From A Window Seat,” meanwhile, is a bouncy piano banger that tells the story of an airplane passenger’s in-flight daydreams. Like so many Dawes creations ... they don’t like—which ...

by doing the musical equivalent of sidling up to them and eavesdropping, and then transforming that found material into art. That's what Dawes manages on the frequent best moments of Stories Don't ...

Dawes will release Stories Don’t End on April 9th through their own label in conjunction with their management company, Q Prime, after leaving ATO Records last year. “Some people might depend ...

Southern California folk rockers Dawes will release their third album, “Stories Don”t End,” on April 9. The set marks the band”s first since its departure from ATO Records. “Stories ...

Wrapped in funereal black graphics inside and out, the music of Dawes' third studio album radiates an ambivalence that undermines its ambition. Yet the effort expended doesn't camouflage chief ...

References like those have to make Dawes itchy. No young band wants to be framed entirely by the past. Small wonder on the folk-rock band’s third, and latest, album, “Stories Don’t End ...

And not unlike the legendary malt shop where the late Lana Turner was discovered, the same fate befell Dawes when Wilson invited the group - led by brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith ...

There are few bands with as firm a command of lyrics as Dawes. On their third album, leader Taylor Goldsmith continues to sing stories — in a wistful voice that seems to mash up Jackson Browne ...

Working with Kings Of Leon producer Jacquire King, ‘Stories Don’t End’ is smoother than a drive down to Malibu with the Eagles chilling in the back seat. So if it’s earthy fireside folk yo ...