Right on Dynamite
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- Bio: Right on Dynamite is set to kick off the new year with the release of its self-titled debut EP. “RIGHT ON DYNAMITE” will be available on Standpipe Records in mid-January ... (more)
- Bio: Right on Dynamite is set to kick off the new year with the release of its self-titled debut EP. “RIGHT ON DYNAMITE” will be available on Standpipe Records in mid-January; the five-track collection will also be available via the iTunes Store worldwide and other digital retailers.
The Greenpoint, Brooklyn-based trio will celebrate the five-song EP’s release by embarking on its first-ever U.S. tour, joining acclaimed Glaswegian combo, Frightened Rabbit. The dates kick off on Friday, January 16th at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia and continue through the month. An additional slate of shows – as well as a series of SXSW-related activities – will be announced shortly.
Produced by Tom Beaujour (Nada Surf, The Virgins, Juliana Hatfield), the “RIGHT ON DYNAMITE” EP is striking in its straight-up pop thrills, featuring five distinctively dynamic tracks fit to burst with both vim and vigor. “Time,” the EP’s lead-off track, is currently featured in Ford Motors’ SYNC promotion.
Daniel Murphy (guitar/vocals), Nicholas Cirillo (bass guitar, vocals), and Jonathan Molina (drums, percussion) have been friends and bandmates since high school, playing together in a couple of other outfits before finally taking control of their own destiny as the mighty RoD. They’ve been making a righteous racket ever since, busting out exceptionally addictive guitarpop fuelled by scrappy energy, sly wit, and a seemingly endless supply of hip-shakin’, hand-clappin’ hooks.
Right on Dynamite rocked 2008 with its first single, “Won’t Let It Go” b/w “Wrong, Too Right,” also released on Brooklyn’s own Standpipe Records. Recorded at the world famous DFA Studios, the seven-inch was produced by LCD Soundsystem’s Matt Thornley and mixed by Roger Greenawalt (Ben Kweller, Aberfeldy, the Pierces).
The single’s release prompted Spin to wax effusive, praising the trio as “a welcome reprieve from brooding and over-serious rock.” RoD were later named as Spin’s “Artist of the Day,” noting the “the heart on Murphy's sleeve is always more important than the sleeve itself – the band gets by more on raw emotion than style and flair, while also bringing the fun for all ages.”
A loose-limbed, amped-up live act, Right on Dynamite has spent much of its existence playing in venues across NYC, including an acclaimed three-gig residency at Piano’s in early 2008. In addition to dates at such venerable venues as the Mercury Lounge and Knitting Factory, the band has supported the likes of The Cribs and Morning 40 Federation, while also making its debut SXSW appearance at the ’08 installment of the annual Austin extravaganza.
High praise for RoD has also come from such publications as Time Out New York, which hailed the band’s gleeful tuneage as “fun, up-tempo stuff – sort of like the Strokes, minus the stern posturing. You’re going to want to check them out before they blow up like those other fellas did.” “They just sound better than the other semi-indie bands out there,” noted New York Press, while L Magazine enthused, “A promising rough-edged, sweet-centered local act…who distill everything good about every band that's ever practiced in a suburban basement that has a couch, rug, TV, and cement floor.” The reverberations have even been heard across the Atlantic, with NME pronouncing the band to be both “effortlessly brilliant” and “flipping marvelous.”
Right on Dynamite recently spent a solid year as a top 10 favorite on NME’s “Breaking Bands” site. Tracks from the band’s 2006 debut demo have logged countless streams on the band’s own MySpace page, as well as via a number of prominent music blogs. In addition, songs have received radio airplay from coast-to-coast, including numerous spins at two hugely influential stations, LA’s KROQ and NJ’s WFMU.
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