Dogs In A Pile
With Special Guest The Roof
The sandy shores of Asbury Park, New Jersey are hallowed ground in the northeast; the rolling waves have ushered generations of venerated musicians to worldwide acclaim. Dogs in a Pile, an eclectic quintet, has emerged as the heir apparent to the town’s rich musical legacy. Merging funk, jazz, and rock and roll with psychedelia, the quintet presents a completely original vibe built on kaleidoscopic soundscapes eerily reminiscent of the days of yesteryear.
The Dogs employ a unified approach to performance and songwriting, crafting aural mosaics through adept instrumentation and humble precocity. As avid storytellers, they draw inspiration from personal experiences, balancing life’s foibles with ever-present youthful sanguinity.
Dogs began when Philadelphia University of the Arts guitar gun-slinger Jimmy Law began playing with young Joe Babick (drums), a student at the Count Basie Theater program in Red Bank, NJ. Lightning struck when they were introduced to Berklee School of Music student and bass player Sam Lucid, who immediately suggested fellow Berklee student and keyboard player Jeremy Kaplan. The addition of fellow Berklee student Brian Murray (guitar) in 2019 made for the quintessential final piece in the Dogs’ puzzle.
A string of successful local shows drove the development of a massive northeast fan base, affectionately known as the Dog Pound. The band’s astronomical growth culminated in an epic, sold-out performance at the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park during the summer of 2021. Armed with a fresh batch of new material, Dogs in a Pile is taking its perpetually evolving testament to the Great American Songbook on tour in 2022, visiting plenty of new cities and spreading good music and good energy to good people along the way.
The Roof
The Roof is a four-piece band from Pittsburgh, PA rocking tones across genres of music including (but not limited to) country, indie, alternative and psychedelic. Their humble beginnings started in the central Pennsylvania mountains at Penn State Altoona in 2015 during their freshman year of college. Initially only friends with similar music taste, they decided to form a band with more serious intent.
Their sound pulls from several eras and genres for inspiration, including Tyler Childers, The Grateful Dead, Colter Wall, Led Zeppelin, Mt. Joy, Hozier, Lumineers, Caamp, and more. Honing their skill through DIY tours, dive bars, city streets, and makeshift mountain stages, they’ve since gained a dedicated following throughout Pennsylvania.
In 2018, The Roof recorded their first EP, “Tangled Lives” in their college apartment and shortly after a live EP, “Live at 3 Dots.” Over the next couple years, singles “Highway”, “We Sure Did”, and “Blending Of The Hues” were released, which were also self-produced and engineered. The Roof would later work with producer Rich Stine on their first LP, who’s worked with acts such as The Head And The Heart, Joshua James, and The Bones of J.R. Jones.
The first single released in September 2022, “Shangri-La”, has amassed over 140,000 streams to date. Just three months later in December 2022, they released “Headstone”, which has over 120,000 listens and counting!