History

As a band:

Aggressive Folk-Rock pours like sweat from the members of Sidewalk Dave.  Since 2007, they have conjured up a deep instinct for rebellious brotherhood together in New Haven, CT.  They have played with such similarly inspiring acts as Deer Tick, The Low Anthem, O’Death, Neva Dinova, Woods, De Nova Dahl, Danielson, Cotton Jones, Wye Oak, Mcarthy Trenching, and put out 2 full-length Albums. 

Sidewalk Dave is the singer/songwriter who let go of his identity to form a band that enveloped what needed to be said in this saturated time we live in, but righteousness is not ignorance and courage is what separates them.  The four core members came together because of a common uneasiness with an unjust, immoral, and lost world.  Courage is what keeps us together.  Based on one equal love for bands like The Velvet Underground and one equal hate for the part of us that has forgotten how to let that brilliance breathe, Sidewalk Dave started making albums together. 

Their latest release, “Gold Liquid Mischief” got outstanding national reviews like this one: “Consider this The Beatles, on whiskey instead of acid or pot…They’ve descended deep into the gutter, rolled around for a bit, screwed their courage to the post, and ascended with a very mature and enthralling album…Play this one at full volume”(Country Music Pride). You can stream it for free and buy it at sidewalkdave.bandcamp.com.  Its official street date is May 1^st, 2010.

Their first album, “Songs for Cowards”, came out in March 2009.  It is hailed as “an archive of anthems championing the rowdy, the rugged and the raw”(Hartford Advocate).  It was the first statement that was made by the band and it is the foundation of their vision.  "'Songs for Cowards'... one of the 10 best local releases of last year... it’s a damn fine record filled with shambling blues-based folk that sounds perfect for the stage of a dusty, booze-soaked Southern bar. Of course, there’s lots of intelligence inherent in the music, which is another reason we just love the [LP]"(Pat Farucci, New Haven Register (Apr 01, 2010)).

That vision is clear and consistent from the records to the live show: exciting, satirical, and honest.  "Over the past few years, approximately one zillion young musicians have put their own spin on a fusion of contemporary indie rock and American roots music. It's quite a trick to stand out from that pack. Sidewalk Dave does"(Fairfield County Weekly). They have been featured on college radio stations and blogs such as AmericanaRoots.com where host, Von, of Americana Rock Mix featured them alongside The Monsters of Folk and The Avett Brothers, calling them “Quite an interesting little band”.

From the beginning, ambition and drive to spread the good word through music has always been present.  Now, with a chugging backbeat down the rails of coal shoveling guitars, rickety organs, and smoky voices: golden trumpets and strings of bells soar, dancing in the nostalgic whiskey stained wake.  “What he is saying is worth the attention”, (Brian LaRue, New Haven Advocate).