Dope Lemon on Tour
Soul-pop performer Angus Stone -- aka Dope Lemon -- originally hails from Australia and has performed both solo and in a number of successful musical groups. Born in 1986, Stone grew up in Sydney and started playing keyboard and guitar in elementary school. Coming from a musical family, Stone would frequently perform with other family members, including his parents (both folk musicians) and his older sisters, Julia and Catherine.
In high school, Stone started writing pop songs and joined local bands. In 2006, he and his sister, Julia Stone, formed a duo, Angus & Julia Stone. They released their debut EP Chocolate And Cigarettes, in August of that year, then followed it up with two more EPs, two compilation albums, and four studio albums.
In 2009, Stone released his debut solo album, Smoking Gun, under the pseudonym Lady Of The Sunshine, which reached the Top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In 2011, Stone and his sister parted ways to pursue individual solo projects, and in 2012, he released his sophomore effort, Broken Brights, which featured "Bird on the Buffalo," "Monsters," "Wooden Chair," and the title track as singles.
In 2016, Stone began recording under the name Dope Lemon. He released the album Honey Bones that same year, recording with Rohin Brown (of The Walking Who) and Elliott Hammond. The album's singles included "Marinade" and "Uptown Folks." The following year, Stone released another set of studio recordings as Dope Lemon: the four-track EP Hounds Tooth.
By 2019, Stone released another Dope Lemon album called Smooth Big Cat. It peaked at No. 2 in Australia, with Beat magazine calling it "Dope Lemon's most developed and ethereal sound yet." In early 2022, Stone shared his fifth studio album, titled Rose Pink Cadillac. It featured the singles "Every Day Is a Holiday," "Kids Fallin' in Love," "Rose Pink Cadillac," and "Stingray Pete."
Opening up to GQ Australia in January 2022, Stone talked about how he views his personal musical evolution, saying: "I think your respect for the craft becomes more refined. It's a labor of love, to say the least. It's an ever-turning, growing wheel of learning how to tell a story. It's something I wake up every morning when I'm in the studio mode and I'm super excited. I make a coffee and wander in and it's just... I don't know, for me, I feel like I'm in this place that I'm supposed to be."
