On his most recent album, listeners need not half a minute to hear why
David Dondero calls
Conor Obersts
Team Love label home. Those quivering vocal lines, that handsome, fly-over country twang, the all-American story telling prose? Chasing anyone of Obersts albums with the familiar sounding
Simple Love will certainly go down easy enough. But where
Bright Eyes can always muster up a mall ready record, dont anticipate Dondero to appeal to the suburban masses anytime soon. Those urban crooners longing for a taste of the country? Perhaps
But not the suburbs. -
David Pitz
Simple Love comes out August 21st on
Team Love.
*Dondero will hit the road with
Matt & Kim and
Against Me! this fall:
Aug 12, 2007 - Wilmington, NC - Bella Festa
Aug 20, 2007 - Clemson, SC - Bowmen Field at Clemson
Sept 3, 2007 - Raleigh, NC - Duke Coffee House - Duke University
Sept 4, 2007 - Poughkeepsie,NY - The Chance*
Sept 5, 2007 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*
Sept 6, 2007 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street*
Sept 7, 2007 - Buffalo, NY - Town Theatre*
Sept 8, 2007 - Toledo, OH - Headliners*
Sept 11, 2007 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre*
Sept 12, 2007 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre*
Sept 13, 2007 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater*
Sept 14, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV - Jillians*
Sept 18, 2007 - Reno, NV - Stoney's*
Sept 19, 2007 - Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theatre*
Sept 20,2007 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall*
Sept 23, 2007 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom*
Sept 25, 2007 - Chico, CA - Senator Theatre*
Sept 26, 2007 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst*
Sept 27, 2007 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove of Anaheim*
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MP3: David Dondero:: Rothko Chapel Simple Love
MP3: David Dondero:: When The Heart Breaks Deep Simple Love
David Dondero @ MySpace