L to R > Chauntelle DuPree Guitars Garron DuPree Bass Sherri DuPree Vocals/guitars Weston DuPree Drums Stacy DuPree Vocals/keyboards
Short Bio: Eisley: Considered an indie on a major. Formed in 1997 in their bedroom after youngest sibling wrote their first song at 8, performed first show in ’98, grow in local coffee house/rock venue, played 100’s of shows as unsigned indie for 4 years (’98 - ’02) in Texas, found and audience in Deep Ellum with Dallas, TX fans where label scouts sent rep’s to see the band live > showcasing in LA/NY > Eisley signed w/ Warner Bros.
2 EP’s + 2 Full Lengths (+ several B-side) later, Eisley’s steady growth and credibility as writers / performers comes from the live side (touring). The band’s undaunted commitment to their own unique, visually imaginative brand has, perhaps, curbed access to mass homogenized portals such as FM radio, though, single - "Telescope Eyes" charted on Dallas rock radio (102.1 The Edge) as 24th most played song in 2003. Indifferent to industry boundaries / conventions, Eisley continues their expansion (invasion :-) centered around adherence to the their own creative style, devotion to song-crafting, commitment to on-line (relational, tangible) marketing, and an unquenchable passion for touring.
Past tours include: Coldplay (Rush of BTH US/Canada tour), Brand New (Deja Entendu Tour), Snow Patrol (Final Straw Tour), Yahoo Sponsored Eisley headlining tour, New Found Glory (Catalyst Tour - 60 shows), Switchfoot (Nothing is Sound Tour), Taking Back Sunday (Louder Now Tour - Aus/UK), The Fray (How to Save a Life Tour), Mute Math (Reset Tour), plus TONS of Eisley headlining tours and festivals: Coachella, V-Fest (UK), Voo- Doo Fest, Reading and Leeds Festivals - UK. Eisley made their TV debut on Conan O’brien in August ’07
Influences
Hey Panera Bread. Build one of your fine eateries in Tyler, TX, pls!
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Indie Rock, (on a major; but that's just a style vs status issue). Emotional but not Emo (stop saying emo). Pop but not so popular (Warhol did pop in a commercial way. Rauchenberg did pop in fine art way). Soul-ful but not Soul,Dream-pop, but not a Dreamsicle (well, maybe... if dark chocolate replaced the vanilla interior). Alt (because AP magazine says so.) but not alternative...Maybe if the Fathers of "Alt" endorsed it, but Stipe or Cobaine will never agree. Haunting but not in an evil way; not like a scary, scary clown. Folkish (sometimes) but not country. Catchy - like when you catchy a fishy. Moody but not e-winey. Melodic - yes.very. Rock but take it out of the rock-tumbler after only 3 days (more than that and they get too polished. some disagree. we like guitars in tune and all that shizzle)Radio Rock? Not so far; the machine says they're not "broad" enuf' lyrically, so maybe that's good; Radio = dumbie downio. sorry, but eisley's music does not compare to the man-rock drawl that dominates the current dying, radio regime (dominion?).College Radio? - yes.Web Radio? - yes. Some Serius and XM.Modern Rock? - hmmm... Modern Art began late 1800's and ended in the 1970's; Music and art are typically joint manifesto's. Organic: yes, but if an organ - a heart (aww...). Punk Rock?not, because yesterday, a punk rock fan left a message saying, "your music sucks, eat s___ and die"... nevertheless, it seems that the pop part of punk resonates w/ lots of pop-punkers.
Sounds like: a deep woods troll (a kind one; not mean) who was kicked out of his evil hovel (insubordination)... and, while wandering about the forest floor, he stumbled upon the one and only Elf tree (Keebler) in the thick, dark enchantment. He knocked and knocked, and finally heard a shout from above:"hey...don't you know there are grizzly's out there?" and just threw him a mint chocolate cookie. After eating the cookie, the Troll felt safe...so he sojourned on - deep, deep into the forest where he wallowed out a beautiful little home (a pine bed for slumbering); but rest assured, he always kept his GrizBlade 6000 zirconium coated machete blade beside him...just in case ole' Grizz' came a paw-flashin' in the night. "With lightbulbs in our pockets, we light the darkened forest".
INDUSTRY REVIEWS:
Entertainment Weekly Review "...the DuPree kids expand their sound - contrasting soaring, Radiohead-aping vocals with big-bottomed prog-rock grooves."
- Kerrang London, England. "The girls' voices are as angelic as they are disturbing, pitch perfect - amazingly so, in fact - but their harmonies full of spectral sorrow and deep-rooted despair"
- Texas Monthly "Combinations: is album two, and it's the proverbial time to deliver. That they do..."
- Spin Magazine "Remember the '70s? Neither do they (eisley), but that doesn't stop 'em." Throughout Combinations, the DuPree sisters augment the slow-moving indie pop of their 2005 debut full-length with dramatic prog-guitar lines and shades of Fleetwood Mac's warm soft-rock glow."
- Pop Matters "The album proves Eisley to be masters of melody, strong lyricists, and capable of evoking a whole combination of emotions."
-Boston Globe Review "...Eisley is a darker and more aggressive than ever before..."
-AP Magazine "Lone Star's plaintive pop stars muscle up, but stay lovely."
-Houston Chronicle "...dirgelike lyricism against thrashing instrumentation that could fill an arena."
-Absolute Punk.net "...Combinations proves to be their best work to date. ...Combinations proves to be the perfect end of summer/beginning of fall album. "
EP Releases "Laughing City" - 2003 Record Collection, "Marvelous Things" - 2003 Warner Reprise.
"Room Noises" - 2005 Warner Reprise.
"Combinations" - 2007 Warner Reprise.
While in New York at the Filmore for CMJ (also during the Mute Math/Eisley tour), RecCenter did some sweet, intimate, lo-fi, live taping in a nearby park before moving to the Ben Sherman offices (yeah!) for the interview. clickpic.
No more will tour pics be buried in the depths TrolleyWood. Here are some "best of" moments from our happy tour with the beloved Mute Math's. It's a fat download so...wait for it. Feel free to use the pics as you wish. Thnx.
Stacy Interviews Stevie Nicks. PICK UP A COPY. WE FOUND OURS IN BARNES AND NOBLE.
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Stacy was privileged to get to interview her favorite female artist - veteran Reprise label-mate... the legendary Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac. FOAM Magazine (who r eisley fans) and WB made it happen. Pick up a copy to read the entire unedited interview.
EisleyMySpaceVisualogue EMBARKING ON LENGTHY SPRING TOUR
Come out before the House of Blues in San Diego show if you have a a chance. Thnx.
ON TOUR NOW. Pic of sherri w/ new LaRose custom guitar.
EISLEY NEWS
We're still on tour but there's always stuff going on we're supposed to talk about:
Our friends at Macbeth put together their first digital magazine with
Loserkids.com and Synthesis.net that includes embedded audio/video so you
can read, watch and listen to the content. Download your own copy of the
mag that includes interviews with Eisley, Angels And Airwaves, The Color
Fred, Sparta and more.. www.synthesis.net/digital_magazine/issue_16
Quote from Australian fan about MacBeth:
"OMG I went to my friends shop because he got some of the Eisley macbeths in. And he told me that they are his fastest selling shoe ever! He ordered 10 pairs and they all sold out the first day he put them on the shelf. So he ordered another 10 and they arrived yesterday and I was buying the 7th pair today. They're so pretty. And they're totes comfortable. I love them. I might buy another pair just so I have 2. I love eisley, they should come back and play here. k, that's all!!! Hope you had a good 'kend."
It might not be cool to give your mom a voice on your myspace. But that's you. :-)
You'd think Eisley would have had a make-up endorsement by now, right? Or maybe no one was thinking about it :-) Obviously the big name brands weren't. So we're going with these cool people. Mom and daughter. They've been developing and working on this for years. They're all about bands, shows, etc. Look for ads in AP magazine soon w/ eisley's pic.
DuPree's In S.L.Y. Boris Yeltsin's Video:
Day off tour - at the beach in South Carolina before driving to Carrboro, NC for "Cat's Cradle". Will try to post more rock & roll.
- Learn how you can own an exclusive track from their performance at “Where Music Meets Film™: Live from the ZonePerfect Bar” that took place at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (LINK TO: ZPMusicToYourMouth.com)
46 CITY EISLEY HEADLINING TOUR!
Tickets are on line now. CLICK poster for links & tour info.
"Go Away" - Park City TV. Theme song? :-) B-roll footage/Press Op' for Sundance Film Festival. 3 chicks, 2 guitars. If the song fits, wear it.
MSNBC.com picks Combinations in Top 5 Albums of the Year 2007. > CHECK IT OUT<
It's hard to get support from huge .com giants without radio support but I think this mass-stream vote of confidence proves that Eisley's ability to grab hearts and minds beyond parochial boundaries (like radio) is evident. Please >VOTE!! < so we'll have some fan credibility on this short list of pop-familiar artists.
BUY "Like The Actors - digital EP"
RELEASED ON ITUNES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH -
This is the most beautiful b-sides eisley has offered to date (in my opinion). Here's a preview for tomorrow's debut:
Labels push you to do this stuff - then once you're doing it, you're like - "meh, why not". We did this last year but failed to provide a context for what we were doing. Still... ridiculous questions require ridiculous answers. Happy Holidays! "Wupdy-crap". :-)
No more will tour pics be buried in the depths TrolleyWood. Here are some "best of" moments from our happy tour with the beloved Mute Math's. It's a fat download so...wait for it. Feel free to use the pics as you wish. Thnx.
Eisley was blasted into 1.5 million homes. The mix wasn't so great but, meh...par for late night TV. It was a blast.
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Banners are Trojan Horses.
When your profile is asleep, we launch an Invasion. We could make jillions of these things like other bands, but... it seems overkill. You either like the music or not.
on behalf of me and my three other friends, i would like to say that you guys were AMAZING last night. it was my first time seeing eisley and i had a wonderful time... it was actually my birthday yesterday, so the show was an awesome awesome awesome birthday present (not to mention the cd i got signed!!). hope to see you guys again soon!
Sherri! Chauntelle! Stacy! Garron! Weston! you guys were amazing in sf at the Great American Music Hall on 5/14! please come back soon to the cityy by the bayy!
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