{"id":20184262,"date":"2025-09-23T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/?p=20184262"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T06:32:05","slug":"dawes-in-menlo-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/dawes-in-menlo-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawes in Menlo Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the early 2000s, the band Simon Dawes, formed by high school friends Taylor Goldsmith and Blake Mills, brought a Malibu flavor to the solidifying indie rock sound. Once Mills left, it reformed as simply Dawes featuring Taylor Goldsmith and his brother Griffin. It also ditched the \u201cindie\u201d label and settled into a more folk sound, keeping that ocean breeze but incorporating a Laurel Canyon flavor. With each successive release, Dawes\u2019 sound becomes more enigmatic, taking pop sensibilities and flipping them upside down, or at least, sideways with introspective lyrics. The group released the album <em>Oh Brother<\/em> last year, resulting in an inviting but slightly demanding address to the modern world, full of great melodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guildtheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dawes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fri, Sept 26, 8pm, $59<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guild Theatre, Menlo Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Dawes - House Parties (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IF7GDdUmHzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Dawes&#8217; &#8220;House Parties&#8221; music video 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