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Black Tie Dynasty

Big Group of the Year-2008 Quick Big Awards

About Me


Any self-respecting child of the uber-days of new wave, the early 1980s, with its look-into-the-mirror-darkly synth and high drama dance tendencies, will immediately recognize the pitched personas that these Dallas lads inhabit like a second skin. Although some mistaken reviewers continue to lump them in the generic bin of Depeche Mode and the Cure for reasons unknown to me, they are a much better fit in the vinyl echoes of Ultravox and the Church, among others. The drums are subtly syncopated, precise yet not too stiffly preserved sounding, the vocals ebb and flow with dynamic tropes that Morrissey would admit to liking a helluva lot more than copycats inflexions Smoking Popes, the guitar whirls and writhes in sinewy U2 bent and fragile landscapes, and the song Tender is destined to be a big step towards a devoted following of boys with a tad bit of eyeliner make-up and girls with a tongue ready for metro sexual myopic men. Like Icelands endless days and nights, the chill is omnipresent, and the song titles brevity and directness are akin to titles for black and white photography: Midnight Sun, Antarctica, even Lakes. Each serves as a repository for both a wink at the past, when new romanticism and Goth and post-punk fishtailed into each other in pleasant dreams, and each also provides an amalgam of sounds that are both familiar and fleeting, as they should be.-Left Of The Dial

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Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2004
Band Website: For Booking: [email protected]
Band Members: Cory Watson(vox, guitar), Eddie Thomas(drums), Blake McWhorter(bass), Brian McCorquodale(keys, synth, vox)
Influences: The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division, Pulp, Spoon, The National,
Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Air, Morrissey,
Jesus and The Mary Chain, Bauhaus, Shriekback, Arcade Fire,
Sigur Ros, Depeche Mode, New Order, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead,
The Pixies, etc.

Sounds Like:

The $6.00 Photo Shoot

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Black Tie Dynasty "I Like U"

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Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Granada Show Recap:

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us last night at the Granada Theater.That's probably our best show ever and we were glad to share the experience with so many of you.Our local shows are g...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:54:00 PST

Black Tie Dynasty performs LIVE this monday at the Dallas Stars Playoff Game!!!

Attention!!BTD has just been confirmed to play this coming Monday, May 19th at American Airlines Center for the Stars Playoff Game against the Detroit Red Wings.We are scheduled to play during the 2nd...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Sat, 17 May 2008 03:29:00 PST

Granada Theater Show Contest!!!

Hey Everyone,If you haven't already purchased your ticket to our Granada Theater show on May 24th...what are you waiting for!!!...Do not delay...http://tickets. granadatheater. com/ordertickets. asp?p...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Mon, 12 May 2008 02:23:00 PST

BTD on Austin radio!!!

In case you missed our interview and LIVE radio performance on Austins' K101x, you can stream it in its entirety NOW at http://chillville.com/blog/2008/05/11/black-tie-dynasty-visi ts-chillville/It inc...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Sun, 11 May 2008 02:50:00 PST

Exciting news!!! lots of it....

Ok, instead of boombarding you with numerous bulletins about what's going on, I'm going to give you the lowdown on everything right here, so here goes...First off this weekend is a busy one for BTD......
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:37:00 PST

BTD wins Big Group in 2008 Quick Big Awards

Thanks to all of our fans who voted, Black Tie Dynasty won Big Group of the Year in last nights' 2008 Quick Big Awards!Thanks to everyone who participated and voted for us.We love you and appreciate y...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:28:00 PST

merch available now

Attention!!Black Tie Dynasty Tshirts and cd's are available online NOW through paypal on our myspace and our brand new website, blacktiedynasty.comThere are lots of exciting things happening with BTD,...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:23:00 PST

btd street team.

Hey everyone,Please sign up now for the brand new btd street team.The sign up list is on our myspace page and once you sign up we will personally keep you in the loop on all the haps btd......and stay...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:19:00 PST

Vote BTD NOW in Quick’s Big Thing Awards!!!

We have been nominated in two categories in this year’s Quick’s Big Thing.-Big Group -Big Live ActGo here http://www.quickdfw.com/bigthing/vote.htmland vote online or follow directions and...
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

Wanna see BTD on TV!!!

Watch us perfrom"I Like U" on The Gordon Keith Show....http://www.wfaa.com/video/gordonkeithshow-index.html ?nvid=221416Enjoy!xoxoBTD
Posted by Black Tie Dynasty on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:18:00 PST