Dominic Angelella / Cover Club Session / Original Track / "Saint Toms"

On Monday we were thrilled to unveil the Dominic Angelella (DRGN King) solo cover of the Dead Milkmen hit "Punk Rock Girl". Recorded on a treacherous winter day back in January, it was hard to keep the excitement of the session under wraps for the last month. The song was recorded in one take and it was one of those thrilling recording moments, when you know you just saw/heard something incredible.

DominicAngelella recording his #CoverClub session at Nomad Recording Studios

Excitement and anticipation seem to be two key themes for DRGN King these days. Just over a year since Paragraph Nights, the band filled up the year in between with solid touring, playing XPoNential Festival, and recording a Daytrotter Session.

The anticipation is palpable as new music is never out of the ~~plans~~ ~~future~~ reality for DRGN King. "Saint Toms'" is part of the new material that Dominic Angelella and Ritz Reynolds are working on. This still untitled second album is due out in late summer 2014.

"Saint Toms" is about "going to punk shows at churches in high school," says Dominic. The solo offering with just Dominic and electric guitar, appears to be a cautionary tale offering some of those scared punk kids a look at the future to how things will work out positively!

Cover Club | Dominic Angelella of Drgn King "Saint Toms"

Check out DRGN King this Friday at Johnny Brenda's. They headline with Porches and Mumblr sharing the bill. Buy Tickets here!

Comments

New Release Q&A - Sonja Sofya answers some questions for "Patterns We Know"

The buzz has been all about Sonja Sofya and her new album The Patterns We Know . Tonight Sonja Sofya and band take to the stage at Boot & Saddle in South Philly along with a great line-up featuring Arc Divers and the dove and the wolf. Right off the top we have some great reasons to expect great things from this album, such as produced by Ross Bellenoit at Turtle Studios and excellent musicianship by guitarist/producer Ross Bellenoit, bassist Jonathan Colman , and drummers Matt Scarano and Jonas Oesterle . But we at Root Down In The Shadow wanted to dig further and see what Sonja had to say about the album. Here's 3 questions we had for the songstress Sonja Sofya: RDITS: What was the impetus to make a full length record and why did you pick the people you worked with? At a certain point, playing and writing as much as I was, it felt like the logical next step, but I waited for a while, trying to find the "perfect" time to go into the stud...

New Chris Kasper single - City By the Sea

Here's a wonderfully bluesy tease to the upcoming Chris Kasper album. New single "City By The Sea", is just enough to keep fans from getting restless, while he tours with Carsie Blanton along the West Coast. Hopefully there will be some local dates soon, as 2017 seems so far off right now. City by the Sea by Chris Kasper

Premier Single : Birds Over Arkansas "Forgotten Lights"

Philly/CT band Birds Over Arkansas ' is currently recording their full length release as a follow up to their 2014 Behind The Lights EP. Root Down In The Shadow is proud to debut the first single from this release, "Forgotten Lights." "Forgotten Lights" was first teased in an exclusive release for a RDITS house show in March featuring BOA , Kevin Killen , Chelsea Mitchell , and Max García Conover . Finally ready for the masses, "Forgotten Lights" is helplessly watching a loved one slip away into dementia. The song starts as a mellow Americana groove, and the split at the outro introduces the progressive rock elements to bring in the lyric "the flame blew out again." This was the pivotal point in the lyrics, signifying the change from someone who was slowly losing their faculties who has now seemingly become a different person. The switch from the easy, mellow groove to the frenetic time signature embodies this. Scott Haskitt - ...

Root Down in the Shadow

Search This Blog