Dolorean
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Years active | 1999––present |
| Labels | Partisan Records, Yep Roc Records |
| Associated acts | Ash Black Bufflo, Holy Sons, Damien Jurado, Bruce Kaphan, Peter Broderick |
| Website | doloreanmusic |
| Members | Al James, Jay Clarke, Ben Nugent, James Adair, Jon Neufeld |
 Dolorean - "Black Hills Gold" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (Dec 9, 2011) |
Dolorean is an American band based in Portland, Oregon. Their current line-up is Al James, guitar/vocals, Jay Clarke, organ/piano, Ben Nugent, drums/percussion/vocals, James Adair, bass, and Jon Neufeld, guitar. They have released four studio albums. Their most recent, The Unfazed, reached No. 41 on the Top Heatseekers chart. The group has worked with Portland area musicians such as Jay Clarke who records with Knitting Factory Records under the moniker Ash Black Bufflo, and Emil Amos who records on Partisan Records under the moniker Holy Sons.
The band Dolorean was founded in 1999 in Silverton, Oregon. Local songwriter Al James asked arranger and pianist Jay Clarke to play on a "slew of his quiet, avant folk home recordings." After self-releasing an EP, Sudden Oak, and performing a number of shows around Oregon as a duo, by 2001 Dolorean had resettled in Portland. In Portland they added drummer/singer/arranger Ben Nugent, and according to Allmusic the band became a "fixture on the local literati scene," accompanying events such as poetry readings with an "understated sound." Dolorean began recordings its debut LP in 2001, with rock producer Jeff Saltzman providing the bass lines. Copies of the album were self-released by the band in the middle of 2002, though the official release came a year later in November 2003, when Not Exotic came out on Yep Roc Records. To perform the music live, James Adair joined the group on bass.
Allmusic gave it a glowing review and a score of 4.5/5, writing that "even with the addition of understated percussion, shimmering synth and piano, and stately cello, the record still runs on James' sharply rendered lyricisms and quietly deliberate guitar work."Pitchfork Media gave it a more mixed review and a score of 6.6/10.PopMatters praised the release: "the paring of Ben Nugent and Al James, along with some other seasoned people, has more of a dirge-like atmosphere."
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