Brown Shoe Are Playing Public Assembly (7/27) and Fontana's (7/28) Next Week (shoegazer alt-rock)

Folsom, California alt-rock shoegazers Brown Shoe seem to be spending most of this year on the road. The band is back in town for shows at Public Assembly (on Monday night) and Fontana's (on Tuesday night). Monday night's show is with Trashed on Fiction and Black Swan Green; tickets are $10. Tuesday night's show is with Athens (from Chicago) and admission is $7.

Brown Shoe just released a video for "The War" which is from their third release Jackalope.



Links:
Brown Shoe's MySpace Profile

Brown Shoe Are Playing Fontana's on March 29th (shoegazer alt-rock)

Folsom, California alt-rock shoegazers Brown Shoe are playing a show at Fontana's on March 29th. The band is touring behind their third release Jackalope which came out toward the end of last year.

Here is how the Times-Delphic (which is the Drake University student paper) describes Brown Shoe:

Although the hint of different bands can be heard here and there, Brown Shoe's songs have their own unique flavor. They don't hit you with a lot of guitar right off the bat but, instead, build each song into its own musical story. Each note and chorus builds to end with a pleasant sound of soothing vocals and what Baggaley labels "tribal drums."

"Our sound is influenced by all of the current bands, but we try to separate ourselves from the music we enjoy in order to come up with our sound," said Aaron Baggaley, the band's guitarist.

Tickets for the show are $8.00 and the show starts at 8PM.

Check out "Aquarium" - the first video from Jackalope.


Links:
Brown Shoe's MySpace Profile

Brown Shoe - Jackalope CD Review

Brown Shoe's third release, Jackalope, is tough to pigeon-hole into one particular style or genre. The band's music is moody and atmospheric which easily leads to comparisons to post-rock bands like Explosions In The Sky and Mogwai but there are also elements in Brown Shoe's musics of British post-punk and American "jam" bands. The band's overall sound is an interesting amalgamation.

If you check out the video for "Aquarium" (which is one of the standout tracks on Jackalope), you will get a sense for the band's musical style.


Aquarium -- Music Video from Brown Shoe.

Lyrically, singer Ryan Baggaley paints some strong emotional pictures as he sings of love, loss and heartbreak which has led to further comparison to bands like Red House Painters.

On Jackalope, the band sounds at their best on the up-tempo anthemic songs. These songs have a tight, pulsing bass line, big swirling guitars and very crisp, driving drums. In addition to "Aquarium", other standout tracks on the disc are "Take This Paper And Burn It" and "Hey". Brown Shoe has a strong reputation for their live shows and I would bet that these songs are big crowd favorites.

Links:
Brown Shoe's MySpace Profile