Daniel Francis Doyle, your ambidextrous Jonathan Richman

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Austin's Daniel Francis Doyle is currently touring with his new nine song, 33-minute LP We Bet Our Money On You. While it's hard to shake anything but the sheer virtuosity of a Daniel Francis Doyle live set (with guitars and vocals looped in real tie, piled atop his frenetic drumming), it's worth trying to lose any impressions you might have for the benefit of the deftly composed, often surprising tunes he's recorded for this album.

Also, dude sounds more than a little like Jonathan Richman, especially with the rueful perceptiveness he offers up like, “Learning things at school / always troubled you / you should learn another way to live / but you didn't.” So, yes: see his shows, and buy the album he'll be selling.

Daniel Francis Doyle, “How Can You Work

Daniel Francis Doyle, “Learning Things at School”

Daniel Francis Doyle spring 2009 tour dates
April
16 Ameroplace (House Show) Fayetteville, Arkansas
17 Lemp Arts w/ .e St. Louis, Missouri
18 The Mopery w/ Skoal Kodiak and more Chicago, Illinois
19 NOW THAT’S CLASS Cleveland, Ohio
20 Fredonia Shows @ BJ’s Fredonia, New York
21 Danger Danger Gallery w/ Make A Rising, Oh! Pears, & Owl Stations. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
22 Women’s Community Building Auditorium w/ Shooting Spires & Twin Powers Ithaca, New York
23 Death By Audio w/ Shooting Spires, Starring, Twin Powers, and Ric Leichtung. Brooklyn, New York
24 The Silent Barn w/ Fiasco, Black Feelings, Blue Lions, & Iyaxia. Ridgewood, Queens, New York
25 The Talking Head Club w/ Yukon Baltimore, Maryland
26 The Triple w/ Gull Richmond, Virginia
27 The Nightlight Chapel Hill, North Carolina
28 The Ice Cream House Asheville, North Carolina
29 The Secret Squirrel w/ We Versus the Shark & Marriage Athens, Georgia
30 Egan’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama

May
01 Lazer Puzzy Little Rock, Arkansas
02 The Exchange Hot Springs, Arkansas
03 Aboca’s Italian Grill w/ Yells at Eels, Orange Coax, & Eat Avery’s Bones! Richardson, Texas
21 Club 1808 w/ The Numerators, Followed By Static & more! Austin, Texas

June
10 Beerland Austin, Texas
11 The Burnside House El Paso, Texas
12 Modified Arts Phoenix, Arizona
13 Biki Co-op Garage Performance Space w/ That Ghost Isla Vista, Goleta, California
14 The Smell w/ Anavan, That Ghost, Math the Band, & I.E. Los Angeles, California
15 Sean Carnage Monday @ Pehrspace w/ That Ghost, Dozal Brothers, Ear Pwr, & Adventure. Echo Park, Los Angeles, California
16 The Knockout w/ That Ghost & more. San Francisco, California
17 The Blank Club w/ That Ghost San Jose, California
18 West Street Market Reno, Nevada
22 Grandma’s House w/ Dozal Brothers & La Knots Boise, Idaho
23 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
24 Rhinoceropolis Denver, Colorado
26 Bash Riprock’s Lubbock, Texas