Chris Stamey: Lovesick Blues

Last year The dB’s released their first record in almost three decades, applying a fresh coat to their slightly nerdy, paisley power-pop.  read more

The dB's: Falling Off the Sky

In terms of the grand musical historiography, a dB’s resurgence is around par with that Feelies reunion in terms of pure necessity. A mostly forgotten group of oddball innovators with two albums of slick, power-pop firepower breathlessly adored in record-clerk circles—it felt like a flashbang even at their prime. They rolled loose and liquid out of North Carolina, specializing in indelible, insect-reflex guitar hooks out of the forever-frantic Peter Holsapple. Candy-coated jams like “Black and White” still reverberate, quite possibly because they were the finest examples of pop genius that their Southeastern beatnik crew had to offer. R.E.M. ain’t got...  read more

The dB's Announce New Album, Falling Off the Sky

The dBs announced today a new album, Falling Off the Sky. The album is their first in three decades that features the band’s original lineup of singer/guitarists Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, bassist Gene Holder and drummer Will Rigby.   read more