New T's Designed by Cortnie Cleary

Do you want to be the coolest kid on the beach this summer? Or do you just want to express your unconditional love for someone? Pick up the new “I Love You Regardless” t-shirts for guys and gals designed by none other than keyboardist/designer Cortnie “Hot Stuff” Cleary.

Available in The Dalloways Shop!

The illustrative design is printed on the highest quality Alternative Apparel T-shirts. Women can choose between "destroyed" vintage black with antique white lettering and slate gray with turquoise lettering. Men can choose between navy with sky blue lettering and chocolate brown with antique white lettering. Super soft cotton T's, super stylish cuts, super Cleary design!

All proceeds benefit future Dalloways indie recordings, so thanks for your support of smart cultcha and music!

Sincerely,

Gerhard, Cortnie, Bluff, Aaron, Ricky

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MARCH 17 ST PATTY'S DAY BAKOTOPIA BASH!

Don't miss this killer St. Patty's Day show featuring The Dalloways, Mento Buru, Mystic Red, The Iron Outlaws, Black Dog, and DJ Mikey!

See you at Fishlips in Bakersfield, 6:30!

Visit the Bakotopia Event!
 

The Feb 9 CD Release at Sandrini's in Bakersfield was huge! We couldn't have asked for more. Started off with our good friends The Sleepover Disaster and their beautiful shoegaze sounds - silky reverb guitar swells reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine. Then The Filthies, our Bakersfield punk heroes. These guys get a mosh of happy fans rabidly dancing every time we see them live. They brought the sound and their fans in droves to this show, so we owe them lots of props.

We put together an all-star band for a few numbers, including Matt Munoz, Mento Buru founding member and Bakotopia editor on sax, Melissa of Near Miss Mallet and Cheri of Mystic Red as backing soul gals. Earlier that day we put the finishing touches on Bowie's "Young Americans." This was the most fun The Dalloways have ever had with a cover song. It's been a personal dream of mine to play in an 8 plus member band - dream come true! Check out the cool Dalloways Mini Documentary: Young Americans on YouTube.

Hectic Films debuted the new Dalloways "Dirty Money and Filthy Love" video, a moody film noir styled piece featuring the title song of our latest EP. Check it out on YouTube and leave some praise for these local guerilla style movie makers who are taking their low-budget meets high quality craft a step up with every new feature.

So there was a shooting down the street shortly after our last number - some nutcase in The Syndicate angry that he was cut off pulled out a gun and started shooting indiscriminantly in the bar and then ran off. The entire street was locked down, and we wer stuck with some concerned people in Sandrini's for awhile. It's too bad when things like this happen downtown. These isolated incidents build up in people's minds and really hurt the scene. But those of us who know the place intimately will continue to support. Downtown is the cultural, art, and music hub of this city - ground zero - and this isn't going to change. I think it's because creative people naturally gravitate to the close, urban feel, the sense of togetherness, the great cafe meeting places and and music venues. It's our local cultural ground zero!

More props go the Bakersfield media and bloggers who stepped up and covered the local music scene like I've never seen.

• View the photo slideshow by ABC 23's Jessica Moncrief
• Read Bakersfield Downtown: The Dalloways and the Shooting Aftermath on Buzz Bands
• Watch The Dalloways Mini Documentary: Young Americans by N.L. Belardes
• Read the Matildakay.com Review of Dirty Money
• Read the Bakotopia Review of Dirty Money by J.R. of Illpressed
• Read the Bakersfield Californian Eye Street Feature by Shellie Branco
• Read Hectic Films' blog Dalloways CD Release Party and Then Downtown Shooting by Jason Sanders

Thanks to the mad/wonderful music fans and media for helping make this show rock!

Dirty Money Review on Concert Livewire

Read the latest Dirty Money Review on Concert Livewire.

Dalloways Get Creative to Battle Myspace Glut

The Dalloways were recently featured along with Bako compatriots Lost Ocean in a KERO 23 article about indie marketing called "Bands Get Creative to Battle Myspace Glut." You can read the article and watch the cool footage on www.turnto23.com.

Read the Hero Hill review of Dirty Money and Filthy Love. And come party with the band February 9!

Music critic Jesse Rivera reviews the new EP on a full-page spread in Bakotopia. Check out the article. The D's hope to see you at the CD Release Bash Feb 9 at Sandrini's! Also on the ticket: The Filthies and shoegaze wunderkinds The Sleepover Disaster. View the Feb 9 Event here. An added bonus?... You may just see a Bako all-star cast on stage, including Mr. Munoz himself on sax. Keep your fingers crossed.

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