dada & Fighting Gravity

Dada loves Hampton Roads. And the feeling, obviously, is mutual. The California trio returns to The NorVa, this time playing with another local favorite Fighting Gravity. What’s Dada been up to? The chops-heavy guitar pop band recently released a new album, “How To Be Found,” which is pleasing fans with catchy tunes and immaculate production. The new tunes break some new ground, but fit comfortably with Dada favorites “Dizz Knee Land” and “Dim.”

- Sam McDonald

Source: Hampton Roads Ticket

Live!

WHO: Dada and Ingram Hill WHEN: 9 p.m. Saturday WHERE: State Theatre, Falls Church

A band that had its biggest hit more than a decade ago exits the scene for nearly four years and then hits the road to promote a new album. A typical reunion tour, right? But the L.A.-based trio named Dada has always sought to be more than a typical rock band.

Back in 1992, Dada released “Puzzle” on the small, hip IRS Records label (R.E.M.’s first home). That debut sold more than a half-million copies, and its single, “Dizz Knee Land” charted high on alternative radio before denting mainstream pop and rock playlists as well. Read the rest of this entry »

After hiatus, dada’s return plays like the band never left

The title of dada’s latest album is “How to Be Found,” particularly apt given the band released it after a three-and-a-half year hiatus.

Not that the band needed help to re-establish itself. Testing the waters last year, the band was encouraged when a show in Central California attracted fans from all over the country.

“They seemingly never went away,” says singer and bassist Joie Calio of the group’s followers. “It was one of the happy bonuses when dada did decide to come back.”

Dada plays the Rex Theatre on the South Side on Wednesday.

- Regis Behe

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Power trio keeps rock alive at 8150

In between stops at the Whisky à Go Go in Los Angeles and tour dates in Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and dozens of other cities, another national headline act has found space to stop by 8150 and hook us up with some high quality music.

This time around it’s Dada, the power trio that came onto the scene just over 10 years ago with the hit “Dizz Knee Land,” along with gems like “Dim,” and “Trip With My Dad.”

Back in the early nineties, Dada was part of an elite group of alternative rockers – back when the term “alternative” really meant alternative. Read the rest of this entry »

Dada’s on the road again

Dada isn’t dead.

After a more than three-year hiatus, the Los Angeles rock trio recently kicked off a 38-day tour to promote the band’s first studio album in nearly five years.

Drummer Phil Leavitt said the outing isn’t a reunion tour or an attempt to get back some of the critical and commercial buzz the band saw when its debut album, “Puzzle,” came out in 1992 and sold 500,000 copies.

The album spawned the hit single “Dizz Knee Land,” which became a modern-rock staple. Read the rest of this entry »

Dada: refreshing change from Top 40 songs

Those who been turned off by tuneless, repetitive Top 40 songs and have given up on rock music should give it another chance.

The trio dada, coming to the Pickle Barrel on Killington Road on March 4, hearkens back to a generation ago when intelligible lyrics, well-crafted songs and harmony singing were more the rule than the exception.

The fact that they have put out several releases doesn’t mean they’ve had a fair chance at national exposure. Read the rest of this entry »

Irrationality, chance and intuition

‘When dada came out with pop single “Dizz Knee Land” in 1992, they had no idea they’d jump to the front of the line. The single slid into the #5 slot on Billboard’s pop list.

Several albums, a couple solo careers and one helluva sabbatical later, the group is back together again and touring like mad. The bus stops in Vail today for a show at 8150. Doors open at 8 p.m. and Wild Blooms open. Read the rest of this entry »

Alt-rockers Dada together again after extended break

After playing with the same band for close to a decade, Joie Calio needed a break — not a breakup, just a long vacation.

“I said, `Look, here’s the deal, I need time to do other things.’ Luckily I’m with a band that allowed me to do that,” Calio said during a telephone interview from his former home, Hollywood, Calif.

Now that the four-year, self-imposed hiatus is over, Dada is back, recharged for a new tour and its fifth studio album — aptly titled “How To Be Found” — set for a March 2 release. Read the rest of this entry »

In this day and age, finding music that hasn’t been computerized or morphed in the studio is as exciting as receiving a letter in the mail. If it hasn’t been sampled, then it’s been electronically tweaked–not all bad things. Nonetheless, every music fan has a special place in her heart for a straight shot of rock ‘n’ roll, minus the hoots and whistles. Dada is just that, plus a couple of beloved guitar-drum solos–God bless ‘em.

Source: Willamette Week: Portland’s News Weekly

An older, wiser dada

The rock band dada tells one of the best discovery stories this side of movie star Lana Turner’s star-making trip to a Hollywood soda fountain.

The husband of guitarist Michael Gurley’s sister owned a Los Angeles car dealership. That was where Miles Copeland, who was then managing the English rock band the Police, had just bought his first American car, a Chrysler convertible.

Gurley, a 1978 graduate of Saratoga High School, asked to deliver the car to Copeland. And, in a move that would change his life forever, he left a copy of his demo tape for Copeland in the car’s cassette player.

Copeland got in later, listened and fell in love.

After a few phone calls, dada — like the haphazard and spontaneous art movement from which it took its name — began a wild ride. Read the rest of this entry »