“No, this is pop at its best, though not the sort of pop you would find anywhere near the charts or mainstream radio; more’s the pity. No, this is pop made from the best bits of a hundred years of musical refinement and evolution. It is a sound percolated through early jazz dance bands and post-war soul divas, political funk outfits and purveyors of conscious soul, acid-jazz revivals, and post-modern jukeboxes. And the result is both revelatory and authentic, familiar yet wonderfully fresh and forward-thinking.” - Dave Franklin

— Dancing About Architecture

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Find Out

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Find out is about the silly, clumsy moments in a relationship that end up be the very reasons why you fall in love. it's a song about running into your crush too drunk at a bar, or at the grocery store without your makeup on, or completely tongue tied trying to ask them out. it's about the love that never-the-less persists between two people
Find out is about the silly, clumsy moments in a relationship that end up be the very reasons why you fall in love. it's a song about running into your crush too drunk at a bar, or at the grocery store without your makeup on, or completely tongue tied trying to ask them out. it's about the love that never-the-less persists between two people because it's meant to work out. those little mistakes end up being critical to making it a real relationship. this tune is to dance to - maybe a bit clumsily - so long as you're doing it with someone you're crushing on.
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That I'm Pretty

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Mitch van Laar of Dilly Dally Alley makes his songwriting debut with "That I'm Pretty," a song that evolved from a melody he had been patiently waiting to utilize for years. Following the second date with his girlfriend, he felt an irresistible pull toward the piano, and at long last, that melody found its meaning. Weeks of experimentation
Mitch van Laar of Dilly Dally Alley makes his songwriting debut with "That I'm Pretty," a song that evolved from a melody he had been patiently waiting to utilize for years. Following the second date with his girlfriend, he felt an irresistible pull toward the piano, and at long last, that melody found its meaning. Weeks of experimentation followed as he tirelessly explored different melodies and harmonies, with his patient roommate bearing witness to the extremely repetitive process. The song ends with a powerful chorus repeating the lyric "When you said that I'm pretty" referring to a transformative memory of Mitch's girlfriend telling him that she thinks that he is pretty. Midway through the song, Dilly's horn section, Mitch Van Laar and Denny Carlson features a winding, electrifying melody that originated during Mitch's college days when he lived in an apartment above a garage.
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Same Damn Door

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Same Damn Door is about how foolish it is to pursue success with too much ambition. It was written by founder and lead singer of Dilly, Sophia Spiegel, after her engineer and coproducer, Adam Tucker, told her to write a short, silly song without thinking too hard about it. They were having a conversation about the political landscape of the music
Same Damn Door is about how foolish it is to pursue success with too much ambition. It was written by founder and lead singer of Dilly, Sophia Spiegel, after her engineer and coproducer, Adam Tucker, told her to write a short, silly song without thinking too hard about it. They were having a conversation about the political landscape of the music industry, how serious everything felt at the time, and how odd it is that people worked so hard to perform and release to just be in meaningful, playful spaces with other people.

It opens with a high BPM groove laid down by Dilly drummer Ben Ehrlich. Slowly, other voices trickle in to accompany Sophia’s angry diatribe. Maxwell Voda creeps in with a soon-to-be roaring bass groove, doubled by a thrumming synth that gets equally as deafening. Levi Schwartzberg joins in with his sultry Rhodes chords, and so does Sophia with her melodious guitar. Mitch Van Laar and Denny Carlson enter the stream of crescendoing noises with snaking, chromatic horn lines, until the whole band drops out for Sophia’s jaded conclusion to her angry rant: “Is a door that leads to heaven just the same damn door that leads to hell?” Thus commences a song that, within the span of just 3 minutes, will make banging your fists, stomping your feet, and maybe even quitting your job all too irresistible.
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since releasing their debut album in may of last year, dilly dally alley has gained local reputability for their "pop smarts, soulful grooves, deft dance vibes" from sources like the current, mpr, racket mn, americana highways, rootstime, and more. ultimately, they hope that their eclectic jazz sound inspires audiences to dance a little harder, love a little better, scream a little louder, and be a better caretaker for the communities they belong to. 

 

Members of this family so far are Denny Carlson (alto sax), Ben Ehrlich (drums), Levi Schwartzberg (keys),  Sophia Spiegel (vocals, guitar, cello), Mitch Van Laar (trumpet), & Max Voda (bass, violin).

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Jest w/ Lighter Co. & Dilly Dally Alley

Jest w/ Lighter Co. & Dilly Dally Alley

Zhora Darling, 509 1st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN

JEST: Sunsets in slow motion. Love radiating audibly. Patience and presence groove sweetly, and Jest, return after their 2022 release, “Behaviors.” An exploration of grit and luster, their new offering, “Sunsets,” finds poise floating through unexplored planes and spaces. Rhythms are deeper here, laying the foundation for the album's backing group, The Sunsettes (Lady Midnight , Molly Brandt, Jade (SPACEGLOW), and Lauda La Artista ). These Minnesota songstresses of love radiate over the band’s modest bravado.

Rooted in Minneapolis and forming in early 2019, Lighter Co. (formerly Zippo Man) has since garnered a reputation for their live performances. Often considered “genre-fluid”, the band is known for covering a vast sonic terrain throughout a set - and never without their suits, boots, and white Stetson.

Dilly Dally Alley is a Minneapolis-based band eternally striving to seek out the perfect groove, and accredited for their crowd games and lively performances. Think indie funk and neosoul, but they also like to hit you with a synthy grunge hit, an earnest folk tune, or whatever else they’re feeling at the time. Ultimately, Dilly just hopes that their eclectic sounds inspire audiences to dance a little harder, love a little better, and scream a little louder.

15.24

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