Year : 2025
Style : Hard Rock , Rock , Female Vocals
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 86 mb
Bio:
DOROTHY is an American rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band is composed of vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Zac Morris, guitarist DJ Black and bassist Gregg Cash. They released their first project, a self-titled EP, in 2014. Rolling Stone deemed them "a you need to know," and named them #14 on their 50 Best New Artists of 2014 list.In early 2013, Dorothy met producer/guitarist Mark Jackson and his production partner Ian Scott with song ideas and plans to start a band. "When we heard Dorothy's voice, we were like, 'Holy shit — if we put this behind some serious old-school metal riffs, we'll have something big,'" said guitarist Mark Jackson in a November 2014 interview with Rolling Stone. "It sounded so cool when we did it, just having that fat bottom of old-school hip-hop records with metal guitars [playing] really simple riffs.[We're taking] this back to AC/DC or Sabbath —just one guitar, one bass, and drums and bad-ass vocals." Dorothy joked, "Basically, we want to make songs that we think Beavis and Butthead would like." Jackson and Scott called on their friend Gregg Cash to play bass. Dorothy ran into Zac Morris outside of The Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.What started as a piano ballad Dorothy had played for Jackson and Scott during one of their first meetings transformed into the band's hard-hitting debut "After Midnight". On June 10, 2014, the video for "After Midnight" premiered on VICE music network Noisey, dubbed as "the perfect modern rock concoction".The live performance video was shot at Swinghouse Studios in Hollywood by George Robertson and Aris Jerome. The video featured vocalist Dorothy donning her trademark fur coat, vintage T-shirt and red lips.The song spread quickly, climbing Hype Machine’s music blog charts and gaining traction locally in Los Angeles as well as overseas. DOROTHY fielded early comparisons to The Kills, The White Stripes, Patti Smith and Grace Slick. London-based fashion publication Hunger TV commented "it feels good to know raw power, sex and whiskey is back en vogue".On July 24, 2014, Huffington Post named "After Midnight" the #1 song on their 12 Songs You Need to Know This Week, calling them "dangerous," "kick-ass" and "exactly what rock needs".In August 2014, the band was invited by Skullcandy to perform at select cities in Europe, including Paris, Berlin and San Sebastián. On September 12, 2014, Vogue UK debuted a video using "After Midnight" starring English model and actress Suki Waterhouse.After breaking their song on LA radio, KCRW DJ and music director Chris Douridas invited DOROTHY to perform during his weekly School Night series at Bardot in Hollywood on October 6, 2014. "A packed house moved increasingly closer to the stage while Dorothy, whiskey in one hand and microphone in the other, mesmerized the crowd with her powerhouse vocals," noted LA Weekly's Pamela Chelin.[7] "She's such a badass...like a revved up Adele teetering on the brink of chaos," said Douridas to Chelin.On August 19, 2014, the band premiered its second single "Wild Fire" on IndieShuffle to great reviews.On October 27, 2014, Billboard premiered DOROTHY's third single "Wicked Ones," comparing their bluesy, rock sound to Black Sabbath and The White Stripes. "You get a load of their easygoing cool and you’re reminded that there have always been kids like them keeping rock edgy, albeit under the radar, far from mainstream attention," noted Chris Payne of Billboard. "Wicked Ones" became the band's most successful single thus far. It was the #1 trending indie rock song on Soundcloud, peaked at #4 on the HypeMachine chart, and was selected by Skullcandy to lead a national ad campaign with James Harden.On October 28, 2014, DOROTHY released their debut self-titled EP, which was recorded in a spare bedroom at Scott's residence in Los Angeles. Following the release, they headlined a local residency at Bootleg Theater every Monday night in November. That month, they recorded a cover of Jay Z and Kanye West’s "No Church in the Wild" and have since added it to their live performances, which have received rave reviews. Following the residency, DOROTHY was named on Rolling Stone's Artists You Need To Know list on November 24, 2014. "You really get the full energy from everybody, because they put their heart and soul into the performance," said Dorothy to Maura Johnston for Rolling Stone. "It's more loose; it's not going to be exactly like the record. There's a lot of energy and vibe." In an interview with LA Weekly, Dorothy spoke on the band and overcoming stage fright. "I’ve always just wanted to sing and it was a long journey to get over the stage fright and find who I was," she says. "If you don't get knocked down, you can't stand up and say, ‘I'm ready for this now.’ I am fucking ready now. This is what I was meant to do. It’s about fucking time. Let's go. This is the first band that has been serious and feels right. I'm not telling the world, ‘Fuck me, fuck me.' Fuck you. I don't care if you think I'm hot or not, or want me to take my shirt off. I'm not going to. I’m going to grab the microphone and sing. That's what I came to do." On December 30, 2014, Rolling Stone pegged DOROTHY #14 on their 50 Best New Artists of 2014 list.On June 24, 2016, DOROTHY will release their debut album, ROCKISDEAD.
Album:
While there are a lot of unique voices in rock, not many are as much a powerhouse as Dorothy Martin of DOROTHY. The Los Angeles-bred singer and songwriter has the kind of guttural, aggressive delivery that's only reserved for the hardest rockers. Think Janis Joplin or Joan Jett for a new generation.Now, DOROTHY is back with their fourth studio album, "The Way", out on Roc Nation, the label founded by Jay-Z. Sure, Jay-Z is a hip-hop guy, but he also knows when he hears a good rock act, as was displayed when he teamed up in 2004 with LINKIN PARK on "Collision Course"."The Way" is an album that's really crafted to listen to from front to back. From "I Come Alive"'s opening lines to the last bars of the album's title and closing track, "The Way", the album takes the listener on an empowering journey of explosive riffing and passionate, often faith-filled lyrics.On "I Come Alive", Martin's alto vocals grab the listener from the get-go, with a dark, hypnotic tone and soulful singing. Her opening soloing almost sounds like guitar shredding, if it were duplicated on vocals. After she asserts that she's "come alive," the guitars crash in and crank the song up to maximum volume.Martin has a very unique style. That's a good thing, of course, and what you get is almost a female Myles Kennedy, but with her own sound. The Kennedy comparison comes from her soaring vocal style, which is really apparent on the anthemic "The Devil I Know", where Martin's singing really carries the song and takes center stage over the guitars. Elsewhere, on "Tombstone Town", Slash lends his expert guitar work to make this song a real banger."The Way" is chock full of mid-tempo rockers. Tracks such as "Bones" and "The Way" are a bit more bare bones, showing off DOROTHY's raw talent. The title track is a real standout. Martin sings about searching for the light amid darkness. There's something so heartfelt and vulnerable about Martin on "The Way", and it's fascinating to hear her go from a proud, bolstering rock chick throughout the album to a sensitive creature as the album wraps up.Martin already has a name for herself, but "The Way" should only elevate her in the rock world. It's the kind of album that leaves the listener wanting more and stoked for the next release.
Line Up:
Dorothy Martin - Lead Vocals
Sam Bam Koltun - Guitars
Eliot Lorango - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jake Hayden - Drums, Percussion
Guest:
Slash - Guitars (4) - See also: Guns N Roses
Tracklist:
01. I Come Alive
02. The Devil I Know
03. MUD
04. Tombstone Town (Feat. Slash)
05. Bones
06. Unholy Water
07. Haunted House
08. Putting Out the Fire
09. Superhuman
10. The Way
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