Click on over to watch the video for "Oh
Yeah", directed by Andres Ramirez.
More About Billy & Dolly:
Billy & Dolly, the duet of Bill Rousseau and Dahlia
Gallin Ramirez, have been a fixture in the Bay Area independent
music scene since they first broke through in 2004 with their
heavy, Moog-centric outfit, The Monolith. After five years of
pavement pounding, The Monolith called it quits, but the duo kept close together,
traded in the electronics for acoustic guitar and piano, and turned to the
pop music of their earliest memories: Donovan, Simon & Garfunkel, and
Dolly Parton to name a few. With the requisite stripping of layers and
effects, the duo brought their vocals to the forefront, delivering
heartfelt tales and arresting stories of love, loss, and everything in
between.
Debuting in 2009 with their appropriately titled album, In
the Beginning, Billy & Dolly unveiled a smoother, crisper
sound than anything they had displayed in The Monolith. Still
planted firmly in rock and roll, many of the songs on In the
Beginning were explorations rather than determinations. Well received
from their first outings, either as a duo or backed by drummer Alex
de Carville (The Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice) and bassist Adam
Cunha (20 Minute Loop), Billy & Dolly ran with this new-found momentum,
opening shows for the likes of Dr. Dog and Apples In Stereo, and gracing
stages at venues around the city, from The Independent to their personal
favorite, The Rite Spot.
"There's an air of latter-period Teenage Fanclub in the mournful breeziness of songs such as "Oh Yeah" and "Old Ghost," while "Young and on the Way Up" quivers and shakes like something you might hear a thousand times at Johnny Rockets. The bittersweet pleasures these two create are solitary." - San Francisco Chronicle
"On first listen to the album it’s impressive, on further plays it reveals itself as great." - The Vinyl District
"They are playing pop music for adults, and they are doing it without the pretense and the irony that comes with a lot of indie-pop today. This is good stuff." - To Eleven
"There's an air of latter-period Teenage Fanclub in the mournful breeziness of songs such as "Oh Yeah" and "Old Ghost," while "Young and on the Way Up" quivers and shakes like something you might hear a thousand times at Johnny Rockets. The bittersweet pleasures these two create are solitary." - San Francisco Chronicle
"On first listen to the album it’s impressive, on further plays it reveals itself as great." - The Vinyl District
"They are playing pop music for adults, and they are doing it without the pretense and the irony that comes with a lot of indie-pop today. This is good stuff." - To Eleven
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