The Onion: "Worst Band Names of ’07"

The Onion's AV Club ranked us as one of the worst band names of 2007!!! Check it out:

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_worst_band_names_of_07

Fuck yeah!!!
-Ryan

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Tour Shout Outs + Thank Yous!
Current mood: jubilant
Category: Music

So, as The World Famous 2007 tour comes to an end, it saddens us to leave the road and go back to our regular lives for the next few months. But don't worry, "No More Snack Bags Tour 2008" is already in the works, so we will be visiting all our new friends we have met this summer again next year. We are looking forward to meeting up with them, as well as meeting a bunch of new friends in the year to come. Thank you to everyone that came out and hung out with us, below are is a short list of shout outs to some awesome people we met up with along the way:

La Jolla, CA - Eric, merch guy for the first stretch
Yorba Linda, CA - Evan, ultimate chiller and pizza master
SLO, CA - Sadie and her awesome friends
SF, CA – Bonnie, Michelle, everyone else in that apt that dealt with us for 3 days + Mr. Peter Tullio for joining us
Springfield, OR – PJ!! (come to SD we'll show you some real beer pong)
Portland, OR – Lasers All the Time! Lee for letting us sleep in his yard
Seattle, WA – Greg and Chuck at S.S. Marie for being awesome. Angela darling and of course Jon Manning!
Boise, ID - BOAT for getting drunk and wandering the streets w/ us
Salt Lake City, UT – Old Man Clark and Kitty!!! Awesome people
Provo, UT - Marks and Angels, Sariah and Matt!!
Denver, CO – Buddy, Brittany and the rest at Rhinoceropolis
Omaha, NE – Oleaver's and of course, Little Brazil
Cedar Falls, IO – The Teddy Boys, Andy... yes Mike we've been listening to Circa
Dekalb, IL - Astral Gaurd and dance party girls. Ryan found his sandals!!!11
Chicago, IL – All the awesome girls who let us party and crash with them (Karlye, Fel, Lisa, Chio and Jess) and of course the amazing Eric Krewson!
Ann Arbor, MI – Cris :)
Toronto, ON CAN – Bartender Girl, thank you!
Montreal, QC CAN – Hostel homies, Iceland girls, and Trigger Effect (lets blow up more shit in microwaves next time)
Glens Falls, NY - Wild Bill IV! thanks bud
New York, NY – Villa Vina and Blake and Steve Hennig!
Philadelphia, PA - all of our beautiful friends
Baltimore, MD – Ann Marie, Nicole, Maurice, and everyone else that hung out! EL GATO!!
Greenville, NC – Spazzatorium and Jess Wess
Charleston, SC – Clay, Miles, Morgan, George, Aaron, Aaron's GF and Clay's Old Man
Mobile, AL – Da Nick!!! tons of fun
New Orleans, LA – Grace and the guys
Houston, TX – Super Happy Funland!
Austin, TX – Shannon and Melissa
San Antonio, TX – Clay, Kerry, and Mike
Tuscon, AZ - Tyra and Alex 
Mesa, AZ - Page the Village Idiot, thanks for sending us home smiling.

Also, big ups to anyone / everyone who bought merch, talked to us after a show, played with us, drank with us, stayed up late with us, and made us realize the potential generousity of people.

Its been so much fun, thank you for being so awesome!
- Da Bears

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Piratepods Interview with Ryan

Check it out, Hannah talks to Ryan about the dynamics of the band, the move to the East Coast, the Ever Since I Was Young video, our live show, the meaning behind the name, and much more!

http://www.piratepods.com/piratepods/music%20feb~march%2007/BF587F7B-6352-4FF4-AF32-C3CD4DE17ADA.html

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Cage of Ribs featured on Said The Gramophone today

Our song, "Cage of Ribs," was featured on the music blog website Said The Gramophone. They give a brief review and offer it for free download so check it out.
EJ

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San Diego Punk Interview / CD Review + more press

San Diego Punk was nice enough to feature us on their local spotlight section. Check out the WFDB album review, as well as the post interview.
San Diego Punk CD Review
San Diego Punk Interview

MORE PRESS:

Shawne Malik
(2 track reviews and general comments)
Standards of a Rock Album
     A merry send-up of rock and roll clichés, Standards of a Rock Album attacks ready-made music for the masses through detached observation, commercialized hooks and youthful glamour. The satirical whimsy, however, is anchored in the tuneful Britpop movement; drunken vocals and driving piano give the song its shape, but it is the thickly distorted guitar-pop solo, straight from Brian Eno..s Here Come the Warm Jets, that provides swagger with a wink and nod. All of this vintage sensibility is underlined by subtle background noise, reminiscent of the ethereal productions of My Bloody Valentine. The punch line comes with the final bar of music as the piano motif descends into cabaret territory .. Da Bears may be poking fun at rock and roll conventions, but instead of facing them with a scowling diatribe, they do it with a bright-eyed grin.
Galactic Cannibalism
     A noisy introduction of feedback leads into the homophony of a singularly deranged theme and incomprehensible vocals. As the song progresses, you feel awash in its simple charm, which is equally exciting, carefree, crashing and incoherent. This is postmodern surf music, paying tribute to its originators The Ventures and Dick Dale, but without sounding anything like its inspiration. Instead, Da Bears infuse their theme with the bravado of scuzz-rock and the venomous bite of rabid art. You are engaged by the song..s hypnotic spell, and it sticks with you after the final notes are long left ringing in the atmosphere. This is the musical equivalent of a highly quotable one-liner from your favorite movie. In a word, Galactic Cannibalism is relentless.
     Da Bears.. music looks back to a time when rock and roll was a little more fun and a lot less serious. They sound bright and shiny, easily treading the vast expanses of previously explored pop and rock territory, but the implied baroque sophistication of their music is anachronistically guided by a sense of humor straight from the current Generation Y. The bubblegum flavor of Da Bears.. male-female vocal counterpoints tugs the band into lovely regions of crafted melodic pop, while their left-handed tendencies pull them towards raw, eruptive rock noise. The juxtaposition of bright light and loud gestures allow Da Bears to transgress their influences and present their audience with something to smile about.
     But let us digress from the verbose miasma of affected hyperbole. Da Bears sound fiery and alive, playing their instruments as if the concept of music was their own personal creation. This gang of youth brings a palpable sense of excitement and fun to their songs, and their attitude is not only witty, but also likeable. Da Bears offer an irreverent blend of pop architecture fused with a keen appreciation for surf-rock melodies and original rock and roll style. Think of it this way: Listening to Da Bears.. music is like wearing nothing but a flesh-tone leotard into a crowded room .. it will grab the attention of everyone in its path, but more importantly, it just feels good.

Brandan Glendenning - www.moreinput.org (full review on site)
     Da Bears like their instruments. They seem to have a great understanding of counterpoint, which could be a result of the utterly confusing recording process and lineup they've got. Ryan Solomon says he did about half the bass, but David Damasso is listed as the credit for the bass, which means there should be approximately 1 1/2 bass going on. there is, however, only one.
      Da Bears are a gateway band, the band that is so good stupid people can listen to it and slowly start to realize how interesting and subtle music can be. It turns people on to thinking about music without them having to ever really think about it. 
     They take modern styles and exploit them, abuse them, neglect them and give them a big group hug in the end because they love them and never meant to hurt them. They celebrate pop music by making it better rather than allowing it to settle. They beat the pop right out of pop, and hang the music out to dry, where it collects pollen and makes you sneeze when you're trying to sleep.
     Yes, this music is so good that it will make you sneeze at night by carrying pollen on soundwaves. It defies all logic! First there was jazzercise, and now there is exerpop, with the added benefit of no physical requirements beyond being awake and in a mental state to be aware of music. The best part is you require no active effort in becoming better at listening. Da Bears can make you a better person without your permission, and that is making a statement in the sense of music as an expressive, artistic medium.
     This is the kind of music that makes nonmusicians want to become musicians, and musicians want to become better musicians. It is young, fresh, creative and relative to the youthful generation. When I think about the things I want to represent my age I don't want to think of some shitty 40 year old guys trying to figure out what I like and singing about it.
     The World Famous Da Bears is at once monumentally sad and ultimately resigned. A cyborg charlie brown for an aural representation of that first christmas you found out santa claus just doesn't exist, but you still got a nintendo with a copy of super mario and duck hunt, and found out that there are other ways to escape the harsh reality of the absence of santa claus. Only now you've grown up, and you're starting to realize a few things.      
     A billion tons of nuclear explosives out of a billion tons of nuclear explosives

MORE TO COME!

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Da Bears: Yesterday and Onwards

To start, we'd love to thank everyone who made it out to our show last night! We hope you enjoyed it, and regardless, we'd love to hear what you thought about it. Please leave us feedback! In one way the LAST SHOW part is true. A lot of the boys are leaving for college and we probably wont have a chance to play live again until late December.

But, the spirit of Da Bears lives on forever. Similar to last year about this time, the rest of us will not be idle. We currently have plans to release a brand new ~8 song E.P. before X-Mas. Beyond that the future is uncertain, but stay tuned for updates on the recording process and possible live appearances. Thanks again.

-Ryan

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CDs NOW AVAILABLE AT MOJO AND MUSIC TRADER!!!

"The World Famous Da Bears", our full length CD on Grizzly Records is now available at Mojo Records and Music Trader in Pacific Beach, as well as through myspace.  Go pick it up and support us pleeeease, thatd be awesome.  Hope to see all you guys at the Che Cafe tomorrow night for the show also!!
   EJ

www.dabearsrock.com

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The album is complete!!

Exactly 5 months later than originally planned. But it was worth it, I think we'll all agree.

It is finally done in its entirety, and we're planning on getting it pressed with cases, art, shrinkwrap, the whole 9 yards.

BUT! If you want it NOW, we are offering a sort of digital presale deal. For $5, we'll send you the .zip containing all 15 songs with original tags, and then ALSO send you a hardcopy when they are pressed. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal! (We plan on selling them for $6 when we have the copies, so why not get it now and save a buck?)

Send a message if you are interested in this offer.

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New 4 song E.P., news on Full Length

Da Bears are back with their first newly recorded material in over a year. "Ladies and Gentlemen... Ready to Rock with Da Bears?" contains 4 songs, including newly reworked Da Bears classics. You can download the songs from our myspace, website, or ask if you want a hard copy.

In other news, work on the new full length is continueing at a good pace. Titled "The World Famous Da Bears", it will contain 14 brand new songs, and should be expected to be out sometime in January.

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Da Bears website

Da Bears website is back, and you can now download music straight from the page. Awesome!

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