So far so good! The only sections not finished are the live archive & the discography. Those will be up by the end of the week. Some posts/pages may not look right, I’m in the process of fixing that.
Everything from blogspot has been transferred. Whilst the live section is still to be finished, you can find what you are looking for using the new search function on the right.
Otherwise the blog carries on as normal, not that I expect much Doves news over the coming weeks or months!! Though Echoes In The Alleyway is moving on at a fast pace, looking forward to bringing that to you all.
Got my copy today. After what was said on the Doves Fourm I was expecting a dogs dinner to be honest.
Not at all. Comes in a nice glossy digipack. It was clearly stated before hand we were buying CDRs, so that comes as no surprise.
CDs are definitely not burnt mp3s. Though yes I have that awful Greatest Denier fade out, so I will request a new CD.
Otherwise, glad I bought a copy. As I said after the May tour, they should release a live album to document the band playing better live now than ever before. So if you enjoy Doves live, get yourself a copy.
Welcome to the new home for Doves Music Blog. As you can tell there is allot of work to be done. All should be back to normal within the week, so please bear with me. Nothing will be lost, all the archives from blogspot can and will be transferred. All the regular features/apps will return over the coming days.
For those of you who emailed/commented via the old blog about issues with the Live at Eden CD/download. Please see this post at Doves forum, that should answer your questions.
Head over to the Doves Live Store to hear clips from the Live at Eden album. The digital download tracklisting is as follows…
1. Push Me On 2. Snowden 3. Pounding 4. Jetstream 5. Winter Hill 6. Where We’re Calling From 7. House Of Mirrors 8. Words 9. 10:03 10. Greatest Denier 11. Kingdom Of Rust 12. Black And White Town 13. Caught By The River 14. Cedar Room 15. Firesuite 16. Catch The Sun 17. There Goes The Fear
18. Spaceface
The full show is being made available. This marks the first time Doves have officially released a full show to download/on CD.
Don’t be alarmed if the blog goes down over the next few days. I’m in the process of moving the blog over to WordPress. DMB has outgrown blogger so it is time for a new home. Nothing from the last year or so will be lost, though the menu pages may not be available at first. May take a week or so once the change over happens to get back to normal.
EDIT: If www.dovesmusicblog.com goes down, the blog can still be access HERE this is until I’m able to action the change over. dovesmusicblog.com is going nowhere.
I’m playing around with the WP theme, which you can view at this temp url.
You can also view the new Echoes In The Alleyway site here.
This is what happens when its too hot to do anything outdoors!
by admin · Published July 8, 2010
· Last modified July 17, 2010
Thanks to Adam for the above atmospheric picture from Eden. Another review of the Eden show, this time from never enough notes who seemed to enjoy the show abit more than the this is Cornwall reviewer did..
Doves have some hard work to do: When the gig was announced Mumford & Sons were still emerging and Doves, with their solid following and previous storming set at the Eden Sessions in 2002, were a steadfast finishing band. And although the crowd is still up for it when they take the stage, it is clear that many are Doves virgins.
The band grab the audience well to start; Jimi Goodwin’s memorable voice and the moody and atmospheric music is the perfect soundtrack for the sun setting over the stunning Eden Project scenery. The band have worked hard on this ‘greatest hits’ tour and put on a good show with dramatic visuals including some interesting videos, my favourite being the ‘hoodies’ filmed for Black and White Town. The band relies heavily on the crowd being right there with them and affectionately coining the audience ‘Edeonions’, Goodwin manages to gain friends in most of them, especially when he offers to pay any council fines if the sound techs cranked up the volume.
Check out the official Eden Sessions blog here, for a short review of Doves set & pictures.
A few of you have wrote in asking about the status of the Eden download. Latest from the Doves Live Store..
We are expecting final approval from the band very shortly, as soon as we have it we will ship the CD’s and downloads.
Finally, work has started on the Echoes In The Alleyway microsite. Expect a full launch sometime late August ready for the album to be made available at the site early October. I have already received 9 tracks for the album so far, the quality is fantastic. Some really talented artists involved. I’m sure you will enjoy their take on some of your favourite Doves tunes. Tracks not dared to be covered yet include.. The Fear, Pounding & Words.
Abit of a blast from the past, but some of you may recall a Doves keyboard roadie kept a wee blog going during the tours in 2005. Anyhow I came across it again today, good to see its still up. Some interesting reading especially if you saw some of the shows that year. Shame the photos are no longer up. Give it a read..
Just a heads up for those of you attending Oxegen in Ireland. Doves are playing the Vodafone stage at 9:30pm on Saturday. Doves are returning to Oxegen after a successful set last year.
by admin · Published July 5, 2010
· Last modified July 19, 2010
Setlist from Friday’s Eden show, thanks to rederic7 at doves board for posting.
Push Me On Snowden Pounding Jetstream Winter Hill Where We`re Calling… House of Mirrors Words 10:03 Greatest Denier Kingdom of Rust Black and White Town Caught By The River Cedar Room
— Firesuite Catch The Sun Fear Spaceface
This is Cornwall posted a review of the show at their site, though I suspect the reviewer was there for Mumford & Sons and not so much doves!
Lee asks where did it go wrong for the Doves Eden Session?
ON ENTERING the Eden Project on Friday night and spying CDs of Doves’ headline set would be on sale straight afterwards, I made a note to self to buy one.
On leaving I avoided the stall like the plague.
Where did it all go wrong?
It certainly didn’t help that Mumford & Sons were supporting –arguably the band of now, this gang of waistcoat-wearing public schoolboys have updated the sound of The Pogues and Men They Couldn’t Hang for the Twitter generation.
With their sense of zeitgeist many believed they should have headlined despite the lack of songs. It appeared Doves thought they should have headlined too.
The Mancunian three-piece who stormed the Sessions back in 2002 were sadly lacking.
Always devoid of character, they previously made up for it by powerful gigs of emotional firepower, halfway between Elbow and The Verve.
Once again, its time to focus on a band not called Doves.. Blog favourites Cherry Ghost release their long awaited second album Beneath This Burning Shoreline today. Its already receiving media rave reviews..
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