The Nightgowns
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The Nightgowns are a four-piece electronic indie rock band based out of Tacoma, Washington
, with members Trevor Dickson (Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals), Cody Jones (Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals), Kyle Brunette (Bass, Guitar, Keyboard), and B.J. Robertson (Drums). Voted "best band" in Tacoma in 2007, and 2009 The Nightgowns music is a nice mix of mostly uplifting, if occasionally moody, electro-pop, and is seemingly heavily influenced by '80s pop.
The band's first album experienced heavy airplay on college and independent radio, especially on Seattle station KEXP
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The Nightgowns formerly "The Elephants" (2005–2008) included member Jason Freet now of "The Drug Purse."
After Freet they added members B.J. Robertson and Kyle Brunette, who is also the singer and guitarist of Tacoma rock group Friskey.
In 2009, The Nightgowns played alongside Frank Black
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Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
, with members Trevor Dickson (Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals), Cody Jones (Keyboard, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals), Kyle Brunette (Bass, Guitar, Keyboard), and B.J. Robertson (Drums). Voted "best band" in Tacoma in 2007, and 2009 The Nightgowns music is a nice mix of mostly uplifting, if occasionally moody, electro-pop, and is seemingly heavily influenced by '80s pop.
The band's first album experienced heavy airplay on college and independent radio, especially on Seattle station KEXP
KEXP
KEXP-FM is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in alternative and indie rock programmed by its disc jockeys. Its broadcasting license is owned by the University of Washington, which operates the station in a partnership with Paul Allen's Experience Music Project...
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The Nightgowns formerly "The Elephants" (2005–2008) included member Jason Freet now of "The Drug Purse."
After Freet they added members B.J. Robertson and Kyle Brunette, who is also the singer and guitarist of Tacoma rock group Friskey.
In 2009, The Nightgowns played alongside Frank Black
Frank Black
Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...
's Grand Duchy
Grand duchy
A grand duchy, sometimes referred to as a grand dukedom, is a territory whose head of state is a monarch, either a grand duke or grand duchess.Today Luxembourg is the only remaining grand duchy...
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