Paste Ilegal Sessions: Watch Dawes in Los Angeles

By Josh Jackson  |  December 12, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Paste Ilegal Sessions: Watch Dawes in Los Angeles

Paste Studio “On The Road” joined our friends at Ilegal Mezcal for a day of Paste sessions at Marquez Clásico in downtown Los Angeles. The haberdashery served as a lovely, intimate setting for performances that included some of our favorite Angelenos, Dawes. Brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith dropped by with another set of Goldsmith brothers—Taylor’s two sons. The boys enjoyed the music as much as we did and couldn’t help but dance both on- and off-camera. Watch the full performance below and check out the cover Taylor did for The A.V. Club’s Undercover Series, giving Pulp’s “Common People” a Laurel Canyon spin.

Full Session

The Goldsmiths played three songs from their new album Oh Brother, their first release as a duo, starting with “House Parties.” The song celebrates the joy of local music with new friends over arena shows with strangers. The harmonies hit as hard as the lyrics, as the brothers have been singing together since before they understood what harmonies were.

“House Parties”

Taylor and Griffin’s father played in bands around the city when they were growing up, and that love of music seems destined for yet another generation with young Ozzie volunteering to sing some Tom Petty between songs (to be fair, that love of music might also come from his mother, Mandy Moore).

The second song “Mr. Los Angeles” lampoon’s the music business world, even though Taylor’s heart will always be with his city. Both of Taylor’s and Griffin’s families have settled in the Pasadena area at the foot of the mountains and are deeply rooted in L.A.

“Mr. Los Angeles”

Taylor played the final song solo, the intimate “Surprise!” It was a lovely way to close the band’s latest Paste Session. I’m not sure we’ve recorded any band more times over the last decade and a half.

“Surprise!”

Thanks to Dawes, Ilegal Mezcal and Marquez Clásico for making this session happen!

 
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