DC Rock Club: The Time Machine: Frightened Rabbit, Oxford Collapse, and Peel (Jul 2008)
Peel is like sex. They're both at their best when it's a little sloppy
mp3hugger: Peel - Oxford ~ indie mp3s you can hug ~ (Aug 2008)
Their self-titled LP of last year pick up plenty of critical kudos and in the grand tradition of 2008 they have decided to give their new EP ‘August Exhaust Pipes’ away for free (witness the curveball that is the title track below)
Zelda Ray: Live Music Capital of the World (Sep 2008)
As with last time, Peel was almost done with their set when we arrived. The two songs we did see where great. The crowd was really into it last night and there was even an impromptu dance floor in front of the stage which was kinda crazy and only slightly odd.
The Peel World (Sep 2008)
Even though I'd seen them twice in the past few months I was guided by a simple formula: Peel + Two Japanese rock bands + Beerland = guaranteed good time. You don't to be a Calculus professor to understand that equation.
scotfree - Shake A-Peel (Oct 2008)
For those interested, these young, down and dirty rockers have a new ep available for download at this weird page:
Hidden Bonus Track: Band you should have heard of: Peel (Jan 2009)
I was kind of surprised to learn that a band this good was mostly unknown; they're on a tiny indie, Peek-a-Boo Records (also home to the Octopus Project), and they're all apparently very young and a bit publicity shy.
Little Box Of Indie (Feb 2009)
Well apparently someone gives a f**k about Oxford, because without breaking a sweat I found tons of songs with the “Oxford Connection.”
Letters in Bottles: Show Review: Peel at Circle Bar (Feb 2009)
Dakota Smith, the quintet's frontman, combined an uncontrollable Presley-style gyration with Cobainic mop to electrify the intimate living room space beneath the giant glowing red clock face hovering overhead.
Women\'s Radio News (Feb 2009)
We recommend listening both entirely and repeatedly!
Debaser: Dakota Smith of Peel | Features | Music | Austin | Decider (Mar 2009)
I really like playing SXSW Interactive. “SXSW Music” is sort of like saying “SXSW Cassette Tape.”
MakeMusic TalkMusic: Peel + MVSCLVZ, Neiliyo, DJ Mel at Beauty Bar | Events | Austin | Decider (Mar 2009)
the smart-assed slackers of Austin’s Peel drop shards of fuzzed-out guitar and nitrous oxide psychedelia in a blender and set it on “destroy.” The group’s jubilant joie de vivre and bricolage approach is echoed throughout this boisterous bill organized by tyro tinkerer magazine Make, which also features trashy techno terrorist MVSCLVZ, laptop-and-Telecaster-rocking electro MC Neiliyo, eye-popping experimental films, and interactive “noise robots” courtesy of Bleep Labs. We’ve seen the future and it is fun.
Fast Forward » Product Comparisons (May 2009)
Dakota Smith plays guitar for the Austin-based band Peel. He has owned a Thingamagoop since 2007 after he found out about them through a secret online society. “With a normal keyboard you look at it and there’s a lot you can do and there’s a lot of potential, but you don’t know how to really craft the sounds,” said Smith. “With the Thingamagoop you have fewer methods of interface than people have fingers so you can actually play with it. It’s more organic.” Peel often uses the Thingamagoop in some of its noisier parts of songs. “It’s a cross between a spice or seasoning and a garnish,” said Smith. “It gets used live so much because it is something people haven’t seen before. They don’t quite know how it works. The correctly inspired person could use it to play music.”
Peel says goodbye for now | Austin Music Source (Jul 2009)
“I think Allison (Moore) and Dakota (Smith) are going to try and continue the band in some form or another. Once Josh leaves, they’re the only two remaining founding members. It may or may not still be called Peel — it’s all kind of up in the air and I don’t think they’ve figured it out themselves.”
DIY ATX: Peel (Nov 2009)
For Peel fans, this is a bittersweet occasion - a farewell to guitarist/vocalist Josh Permenter of Peel - who moves on to San Francisco - surely a trade up for him, but a loss for the Austin music community. No official word from Peel yet, but I have high hopes that the band will continue to record and tour in some form.
Peel Live Concert at Red Eye Fly (Austin, TX) Mar 15, 2008 - WolfgangsVault.com (Feb 2010)