NEW CAVEDWELLER CASSETTE "GONE TO SEED" OUT ON INSTINCTO RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE NOV 14TH @ CLUB 1808 SECRET QUIET SHOW WITH FOLLOWED BY STATIC AND LITTLE TEETH
TAPE IS $5 AT SHOWS OR CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH INSTINCTO RECORDS
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Thank you to everyone who attended and performed at any and/or all the shows in 2007.  We are eternally grateful.
 

12 Jan 2007, 22:00 - Mohawk w/ST37/Midor Umi
25 Jan 2007, 20:00 - Beerland w/Cartright/Pataphysics/Smoke Detector
24 Feb 2007, 11:00 - Ben's BBQ benefit concert w/The Lonesome Heroes, Midori Umi, American Graveyard, Bello Ragazzo, Honey Thief, La Snacks, Moses and the Burning Bush, Stillwater Pioneers, The Stags, Tank Engine, Ralph White, Things That Go Pop, Transmography, The Cocker Spaniels, Seven Keys
04 Mar 2007, 22:00 - The Peacock w/Karrie Hopper/Goodnight, Fish
16 Mar 2007, 13:00 - Okay Mountain/ free day show  1-10pm featuring- Yellow Fever, Smoke Detector, Ben Kamen, Finally Punk, Anabel, and Best Fwends.
24 Mar 2007, 21:00 - Scoot Inn w/Shapes Have Fangs/Horse +Donkey/The Diatribes
28 Apr 2007, 21:00 - The Carousel Lounge w/Zest of Yore
25 May 2007, 22:00 - Emo's Lounge w/ Willowz and Cartright
09 Jun 2007, 22:00 - Mohawk w/Ryan Anderson/ The Lovely Sparrows
14 Jul 2007, 10:00 - Scoot-Inn w/Street Hassle/Baby Robots
15 Aug 2007, 20:00 - Mohawk w/Shapes Have Fangs
18 Aug 2007, 21:00 - Carousel Lounge w/Silver Pines/Headdress
23 Aug 2007, 21:00 - Mohawk w/Headdress/Cry Blood Apache/Horse + Donkey
31 Aug 2007, 20:00 - Emo's(outside) w/The Black Angels/The Strange Boys
15 Sep 2007, 20:00 - The Parlor w/Count Dracula's Weed Smuggling Jam Engine
26 Sep 2007, 20:00 - Mohawk w/O' Death/Rock Plaza Central
13 Oct 2007, 20:00 - Scoot-Inn w/Silver Pines
16 Nov 2007, 20:00 - Rubber Gloves w/Fishboy/Man Factory
21 Nov 2007, 20:00 - Emo's w/She, Sir/Ringo Deathstarr
18 Dec 2007, 22:00 - Infinyt Hour, Public Access Channel 10. 10:30pm
10 Jan 2008, 20:00 - Emo's w/Bridges and Blinking Lights, Rubble, Dazzling King Solomon

review: Cavedweller's Oblivion

by Shon Toney
Cavedweller – The Best Version of Gloria Ever There Was
The Temple Inc. and Business Deal Entertainment, 2006
www.businessdealrecords.com

Cavedweller's newest begins expansively and ends explosively. Skipping across the country to finish a trail of illegitimate conversations his imagination snuck away and spawned on drunken nights he was distracted with trying to keep the headlights going in the same direction. He's a more seasoned traveler for this round of shimmery falsetto folk psychedlia. Making a clear distinction between the man and the horse he road in on. Despite being inseparable, seemingly unable to stable her liberties because he "can't afford" it.

And for good reason-- there're bits and pieces of him all over the map! As he leaps in and out like Google Earth on a meandering scavenger hunt for black majick rhythms, cocaine cookies, and post modern love conundrums. Everything's fuzzy at first, dropping us into a fractured ocean of details sharpening themselves against the stoned groove. Yet, our Cavedweller is always acutely aware of his location. Even when drifting through the space between... or closer and closer to the sun. But like mythic Icarus-- you've been lovingly warned.

Three tracks in, "Can't Cook Down No More" seems to hold the jangly, life-sized road map. Tracing the unlikely highlights of Cavedweller's journey from a pubescent puking on planes to an adolescent who knows better than steering into a place called "Gun Barrel City" Texas (especially having already been run out of much friendlier sounding locales). Just to retire in the first line of the very next song.

But the journey's only begun. He still has to climb the sky's precipitations, shedding styles like cherished rattlesnake skins, to stare at the sun until it becomes the eyes of the girl who believes, letting everything else burn and burn and...

"The Best Version Of... Ever" is relaxingly well honed, purposefully meandering, and deceptively simple. Like a ninja posing as a folk singer who rides the same bus for 17 years just to pull off a hit... but much more restless. Cavedweller admits that, like every runaway train, he might have to sleep in the ditch. But not before conjuring other restless spirits for rounds of libation, mesmerism, and, as needed-- silky execution.

But Cavedweller doesn't want to hurt anybody. Just lure them in to his warm sonic lair, buried under haunted layers of rock, and sing them a funeral dirge. About how illogical hell thinks heaven's being... How to sew a seamless shirt... How to stick a feather in your hair and call it something besides macaroni... How the hi-way stretches on forever (if the sun doesn't burn us alive first)... Until all the conversations are tucked safely with care back into their wombs... And he rides off... Alone at last.

CAVEDWELLER
THE BEST RECORDING OF GLORIA THERE EVER WAS
BUSINESS DEAL RECORDS
Cavedweller was formed by Dirk Michener in 1995 in Austin. Michener writes most of the band's material and plays much of it, too, with "additional instrumentation provided by T.W. Bond and Jamie Welwarth," according to the liner notes. Be warned: despite the album's title, there is NO cover of "Gloria" on the disc. I was struck by the variety among the songs on the disc. Some—such as "A Horse and a Man", "I'm Retired", and "Forget About Heaven"—are very folksy. Others (e.g., "Black Magic") are soulful and bluesy; while yet others (such as the VERY Buddy Hollyesque "Eyez") sound quite retro. In general, though, there is an extreme lo-fi, indie sound to the music here. That, the catchiness of the tunes, and the heartfelt intimacy from the lo-fi quality all made me really enjoy this. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes things a little off the mainstream radar. -tekolote
http://www.skratchmagazine.com/bloggage/?p=33

Record review

A gushing review from INsite Magazine August 2006

Reviewed by Danna Williams

Cavedweller
The Best Version of "Gloria" Ever There Was
2006 Business Deal

Imagine a musician who sounds like he was listening to early rock and rhythm & blues radio in the '50s, '60s and maybe early '70s. Then picture him descending underground for about 20 years with a guitar, and a seemingly limitless supply of notebooks and pens. Now wonder what he wrote...Concrete and abstract observations, stream-of-consciousness poems transformed into lyrics, eventually set to heartfelt rock 'n' roll - something I didn't realize I missed until I heard Cavedweller live for the first time at Trophy's in February.  
Cavedweller, a.k.a. Dirk Michener, formed a one-man musical project with an occasional live band in Denton, TX in the mid '90s. And with acoustic and electric guitars interchangeably in hand he pays homage to early American folk, blues and country - the precursors of rock.
As much as I enjoyed his last CD, 2004's Sugary Glue and A Bow of Bees (he seems to prefer long titles these days compared to his first releases, dating back to 1996), The Best Version of "Gloria" Ever There Was is his most accessible recording so far. "A Horse And A Man" gently shepherded me like a lamb on a West Texas hillside. The iconic James Brown and the gutsy vocal delivery of Cavedweller become the heroes of the blues rocker, "Augusta, GA". Can you fall in love with a CD? By the time I heard what could be an ode to the best of '60s rock, "Eyez", I thought it was possible; and after "Black Black Magic" I was ready to make a commitment. Maybe it was the lyrics: "I believe in girls who believe in rock & roll."  Thank you Cavedweller for making a believer out of me again. ..>..>
As for the rest of The Best Version... the entire recording could become a muddle of music in less capable hands. But the musicianship and production keep it from becoming just another last gasp of rock. His love of the music will challenge the passive listener, evident in the acid tantric dream "Steppingwolfe", complete with tantric guitar strumming and flute. Cavedweller manages to breathe new life in the psychedelic rock genre - perfectly pairing dark humor with offbeat lyricism ("Forget About Heaven" and "We Built The Thing As Pony Clock Guided").
The nasal, whiny vocals and repetitive piano of "The Blow" could be the only slice of overindulgence, but the sacred wordplay hymn "This Time Will Be The Last Time" had me hoping this won't be the last I hear from Cavedweller. Want to hear real live rock 'n' roll? Check myspace.com/cavedweller or cavedwellermusic.com for shows throughout this month - solo and with a live band. (A) DW

I am proud to announce that Cavedweller, the person, not the band will be going on tour with Fishboy, the band.  Nooo, not as a supporting act, rather as the bass player for the Fishboy band.  That will makes 3 tours with 3 different bands in less than a year.  We will be touring  east with our gracious hosts The Red Pony Clock, from San Diego, CA.                   Here are the dates-

Aug 6th- Denton, TX (w/count dracula's weed smugglin jam engine)

Aug 7th- Shreveport, LA

Aug 8th-   Panama City, FL

Aug 9th- Orlando, FL

Aug 10th- Jacksonville, FL (w/astronautalis)

Aug 11th- Gainsville, Fl (w/astronautalis)

Aug 12th- Athens, GA (Athens PopFest- of montreal, circulatory system, tall dwarves, tullycraft, bunnygrunt, plus a ton more )

Aug 13th- off

Aug 14th- Charleston, SC

Aug 15th- Ashville, NC

Aug 16th- Lexington, KY

Aug 17th- Washington DC

Aug 18th- NYC, NY (w/corn mo)

Aug19th- off

Aug 20th- NYC, NY (w/corn mo)

For info about the clubs we'll be at, check yofishboy.com

So, what is Cavedweller doing after this?  CAVEDWELLER NYC.  with an all new band! Look for showdates in September.     

It's come to my attention that Cavedweller has been nominated for best "avant-guard/experimental" act by the Fort Worth Weekly.  I suppose there's a serious shortage of these acts in Fort Worth right now or something for someone like me to get on the ballot for that category, but anyhoo, if you live in Fort Worth/Denton/Dallas please pick up a copy of the Fort Worth Weekly and vote for somebody.  

Business Deal Records will soon be(this month!) releasing a compilation titled "Business Deal Top 40" featuring 4 cavedweller tracks: "campfire polly", "telephone twist", "rich girl(rock version)", and "dorothy and chrissie". Other bands featured- zom zoms, gene defcon, fishboy, telephone company, old timerz, charles potts magic wyndmill band, the wyndyms, video screams, and many many many more special new bands. Order copies thru businessdealrecords.com !!!only $5!!!