Time Out Magazine (Salisbury, NC)
March 2008
Press.
Interviews: (Click to Read)
The Red & Black Interview (Athens, GA)
Creative Loafing Local Band Pick Interview (Charlotte, NC)
MixtapeMuse.com Interview
Turn Up The Sound Blog Interview
It! Magazine Interview (Fredericksburg, VA)
My Crazy Music Blog Interview
BigSmileMagazine.com Interview
Tour Diary: (Hosted by SceneSC.com)
On The Road with Dylan Gilbert - Part 1
On The Road with Dylan Gilbert - Part 2
Other Recent Mentions:
SceneSC.com
LargeHeartedBoy.com
Reviews/Articles:
"brilliant nuggets of
power pop"
-Spencer Griffith The Independent Weekley
(Durham, NC)
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"Confidence shows through as chances are taken. His
latest effort "Pangaea" is a work of art and is as complex as a Picasso."
-Monty
Chandler Charlotte Music Examiner
(Charlotte, NC)
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"At only 22 years old, Dylan Gilbert has done
more musically than most of his peers, both in age group and genre."
-Allison Hussey The Daily Tar Heel
(Chapel Hill, NC)
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"...it feels like a wild attempt to grab youth and plant it in a terrarium,
it is decidedly open and hopeful. Add to his ability to pen a damn catchy pop
song ("My Name Is Arthur", "I Feel Lost") the willingness to experiment with
genre, and you have a solid record that suggests there's plenty more left in
Gilbert's tank (or terrarium)."
- William Morris Shuffle Magazine
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"En definitiva, Pangaea es un disco de marcado
carácter melódico, lleno de matices y de detalles, un disco que convence y que
gana enteros conforme aumentan las escuchas."
-LitoMusic.com Barcelona, Spain
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"The grueling travel and performance schedule he has
maintained for years, up and down the East coast, prompted me to dub him “the
hardest-working musician in North Carolina”
-Sarah Hall The Salisbury Post (Salisbury, NC)
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"Dylan Gilbert continues to reinvent himself with each
new offering - and not to be taken lightly, grow as an artist.
Always melodic, always on the cusp of being pop but
with heart and intelligence, Gilbert is years beyond his age in terms of
lyricism and musicality."
-Brian Tucker
Performer Magazine
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"Dylan Gilbert has produced his best album to date
with Pangaea, which stands up – even benefits – from repeat listens."
- Davey Cox
Charlotte Indie Music Examiner (Charlotte, NC)
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"The local music machine known as Dylan Gilbert
doesn't find much time to take it easy. Seems like every time we look, there's a
new CD being released. His latest, Pangaea, came out on June 29.
Gilbert's known for poetic songwriting and fringe performing that takes his folk
rock to the edge, sometimes playing the part of a mad scientist working the
pedals with a frenzy. He's got a new backing band, The Over Easy Breakfast
Machine, which could help bring his songs into focus."
-Jeff Hahne Creative Loafing Magazine (Charlotte, NC)
"Fresh from an East Coast tour with new band the Over Easy
Breakfast Machine, he celebrates his fifth release, “Pangea.” On it, Gilbert
drifts from charming pop (the opener “I Know I Love Her”) to playful rock (“Trip
to the Zoo”) to psychedelic folk-rock (“Isabella”) amid layers of delicately
detailed, fun instrumentation – from glockenspiel to pots and pans and toys."
- The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)
"Charlotte's true gem in the indie scene,
Dylan Gilbert is on his way to making his name familiar to the world's lips.
Having already captured the heart of the East Coast, Gilbert has accomplished
more in his lifetime than some musicians can even fathom. His young tenacity and
fearlessness in his music shine through brighter than the stage lights that
Gilbert is destined to sweat under."
-Sam Webster Creative Loafing Magazine, Charlotte NC
"To classify Dylan Gilbert as a
singer-songwriter would be like classifying aluminum foil as a metal. The
disparity between the two is too great. So instead think of "Dylan Gilbert" not
as a person's name, but as a cool hip name, and think of "Radiohead" as a
person's name. Yeah, do that."
-Deckfight.com
Robert Smith of Tokyo, a local alternative pop band, suggests that everyone not
go "see The Avett Brothers for the umpteenth billionth time" rather go see
Robbie Snell and Dylan Gilbert.
- HamptonRoads.com (Hampton Roads, VA)
"Dylan Gilbert is immensely talented...his
stage presence is electric and engaging . He'll talk to the crowed, unabashed
and everything but shy, He'll move about the stage playing guitar and singing
far from the microphone. The emotion he gives is powerful enough that the
microphone seems unnecessary."
-Josh Spilker Bootleg Magazine, Wilmington NC
"If degrees were based on talent, Gilbert just might have that
doctorate."
- Jeff Hahne Creative Loafing Magazine, Charlotte NC
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"Gilbert’s junior
effort, The Quiet Life, is further proof of his remarkable ability to
not only write great songs but to also produce and execute them as
well...Gilbert’s ability for songwriting is one of the strongest around and at
the mere age of 20, the future knows no limits for this up and coming artist."
--Matthew
Godbey
South Eastern Performer Magazine,
Atlanta GA
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“Both romantic and realist, Gilberts young mind shows wisdom
beyond his years. At nineteen, he already showcases what
promises to be a rockin career in music. An amazing talent,
he has nowhere to go but up....Dylans early display of
maturity
as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist has only to age like
the fine Bordeaux
that he is,
and the world will be drunk,
buzzing about him soon.”
- Rogosich The Raleigh Hatchet, Raleigh NC
"The excellence of Gilbert’s compositions is fueled by the maturity
of his songwriting. A poet at heart, Gilbert is a bard capturing
the times. His writing can be thought-provoking,
inscrutable at times,
while maintaining a broadness that allows it to be accessible to everyone.
It is a hard balance to maintain, and Gilbert does it masterfully."
-Donald E. Quist. The Morning News, Florence SC
“Offering both beautiful music and lyrics, anyone who appreciates music
could enjoy listening to what I consider to be Gilbert's masterpiece.”
-Leigha Hougland The Salisbury Post, Salisbury NC
"North Carolina indie-folk musician Dylan
Gilbert is nothing short of brilliant."
-Stephanie Boscovitch It! Magazine, Fredericksburg VA
"Definitely one to keep your eyes on
around the local music scene, Gilbert is a fantastic songwriter and musician.
He's one of those "leave it on the stage" performers who dives into his own
world and isn't afraid to break out feedback and effects on an acoustic guitar."
- Jeff Hahne Creative Loafing, Charlotte NC
"If this kid is already writing
music like this now — combining pop, jazz, folk and British experimental rock —
I can’t imagine what sort of innovations he has planned for the future."
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“Gilbert writes pop gems with a mastery that is far beyond his years.”
- Flagpole Magazine, Athens GA
"He really has something exquisite to say
and does so with sophistication and skill that escapes the banality of crushed
velvet musicians who barely eclipse their own novelty. The songs on The Quiet
Life sound full, far grander than previous albums, notably 'No Mystery' which is
Springsteen by way of a mid-seventies carnival"
-Brian Tucker Bootleg Magazine, Wilmington NC
"There is little more that can be said. Dylan Gilbert is easily one of the
finest song-writers that I have come across in recent years. "
-Josh Hogan IndependentClauses.com
"This whole album should be in heavy rotation on every college radio station."
-Diana 75orless.com
"The Future looks awfully bright for this young man."
-Jason James South Eastern Performer Magazine
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"..he blends genres and sounds so
smoothly and naturally you can not imagine it sounding any other way, he pushes
your contemporary ideals of music and its sounds."
-Bobby Bowers BigSmileMagazine.com
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"The Quiet Life
is the soundtrack that follows your trips back home, from the car ride and diner
stops to the midnight coffee runs and everything else along the way. When you
get to the last track, "Please Repeat," you'll want to do just that."
-Jamie Vinyl-Visions.BlogSpot.com
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Read More!)
"It's here that his message and the fuss behind this whole "quiet
life" come into sharp focus: It's not a sound. It's a concept for obtaining
peace of mind, and for finding out how to grow older without losing yourself,
all the while trying to discover what "yourself" truly entails."
“I'm not ready to anoint him the New Dylan just yet,
but rest assured that this
Dylan's the real deal nonetheless.
What's in a name? A lot, it seems."
– Timothy C. Davis Creative Loafing Magazine "BEST OF THE NEW ISSUE", Charlotte NC
"Gilbert creates a unique mix that he can proudly call his own."
-Spencer MyCrazyMusicBlog.com
"He has a jazzy indie folk sound which curiously striking
and just flat out good stuff."
- Tyler TheAlbumProject.net
"Rarely
does a tune come off without some clever hitch, some digital blip or squawk
of feedback that gives you something to remember, as well as something to
look forward to in the next track. Add to this an ear for classic pop
melody, and you’ve the makings of an intriguing listening experience, which
Gilbert achieves in spades here."
-Chris Cooper
Smokey Mountain News
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