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Genre: Alternative / Other / Rock
Location Aarhus & NYC, Please select your region, De
Profile Views: 83208
Last Login: 3/13/2012
Member Since 4/28/2007
Website www.darlingdontdance.dk
Record Label Pad & Pen Records
Type of Label Indie
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....THE STORY...... .. Danish rock band Darling Don’t Dance present a unique unity of style and substance. While unabashedly rooted in the commercial explosion of punk rock in the early ‘90s, the band’s sound also evokes the visceral Portland indie of the latter ‘90s and the artier sounds of New York and Boston in the late ‘80s. .... Since forming in 2007, Darling Don’t Dance have played shows across Denmark, journeyed to Iceland for the celebrated Airwaves Festival, and even ventured three times to the U.S. to play a series of shows in New York. With features in the Danish press and on national television and radio, the band have steadily garnered attention, culminating in the release of their debut EP, “Bare Frames,” on Copenhagen-based label Pad & Pen Records in 2009. The summer of 2010 finds Darling Don't Dance touring New York alongside working on new material for their upcoming album. .... Darling Don’t Dance lack any pretension to the more fashionable reference points so casually tossed around as inspiration, and make no attempt to appease the tastemakers. Darling Don’t Dance take the music of their adolescence and redress it for today. They sound like who they are; a band that was weaned on Smashing Pumpkins, snuck their first drink with the Pixies, and polished off the bottle with Sleater-Kinney. .. .. .. .."It's gripping, and you just sit back and want more".... - Diskant, 2009 .. .. .."Listen to DDD and take note. This is how it should be done".... - Grapevine, 2009 .. .. .."3 girls + 1 guy = some of the best garage rock that has reached our latitudes this year. With their beautiful melodies enveloped in early '90s guitar fuzz, Darling Don't Dance is a very gratifying acquaintance".... - Soundvenue, 2009 .. .. .. ....PAST SHOWS...... 23/12/10 Kielgasten, Holstebronx 19/11/10 DEBASER, Stockholm 18/11/10 DEBASER, Malm'ö 27/08/10 Voxhall, Magazine release .. 04/08/10 The Trash Bar, Owen's Bday party! .. 03/08/10 The Rock Shop, NYC.. 01/08/10 Public Assembly, NYC.. 30/07/10 Union Hall, NYC.. 28/07/10 The Trash Bar, NYC.. 30/05/10 Jelling Festival.. 29/05/10 Silkeborg, supporting NEPHEW.. 22/05/10 SPOT Festival, Officerspladsen.. 20/05/10 Café Escobar, SPOT warm up.. 06/03/10 Pakhuset Århus, Afterparty.. 20/02/10 Pad&Pen Label Night, Aarhus.. 13/02/10 Pad&Pen Label Night, Copenhagen .. .. 05/12/09 URT, Ungdomhuset i Thisted.. 05/12/09 Climate Demonstration Aarhus.. 03/12/09 Studenterhus Aarhus.. 27/11/09 Lades Kaelder, Copenhagen.. 28/10/09 Lille Vega,supporting THE BIG PINK.. 16/10/09 ICELAND AIRWAVES 2009, Grand Rokk.. 09/10/09 Kulturnat, Kvindemuseet Aarhus.. 05/08/09 Skanderborg Festival 09.. 01/07/09 Not Appearing Festival09,MS Stubnitz,Cph.. 13/06/09 Stoneass Festival, Horsens.. 06/06/09 START! Festival 09, Copenhagen.. 30/05/09 Tusindfryd, Aalborg.. 28/05/09 Rust, ..Soundvenue Selected.., Cph.. 08/05/09 Spring Party [Private].. 30/04/09 Stengade 30, .."EP Release Party".., Cph.. 25/04/09 Pakhuset, Århus.. 27/03/09 Maskineriet, Aarhus .. .. 17/10/08 Strange Ears Festival, Pakhuset.. 11/10/08 Lades Kælder, Cph.. 10/10/08 Kulturnat, Kvindemuseet Aarhus.. 06/10/08 Rådhuspladsen, Cph.. 27/09/08 Huset, Aarhus.. 13/09/08 Råhuset, .."release it".., Cph.. 29/08/08 Aarhus festuge, .."Operaen".. .. 26/08/08 Don Pedro, Brooklyn, NYC.. 22/08/08 The Delancey, NYC.. 13/08/08 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NYC.. 06/08/08 Lit Lounge / Fuse galleri, NYC.. 11/04/08 Musikcaféen Aarhus.. 26/01/08 Trøjborg Beboerhus.. 25/01/08 Frem og Forstærket III (Entré Scenen) .. .. 13/12/07 Pakhuset, Aarhus.. 18/08/07 Nilen Festival, 7500 Bronx.. 08/08/07 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NYC.. 31/07/07 Goodbye Blue Monday, NYC.. 28/07/07 Rockwood music hall, NYC.. 26/07/07 Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NYC.. 21/07/07 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn , NYC.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
Mette - bass .. Maria - guitar & vocal .. Julie - guitar & vocal .. Anders - drums ...... Booking: ..darlingdontdance@gmail.com.... Label & distribution: ..info@padpenrecords.com.... Management & other stuff: ..pincinc@hotmail.com.... ....
Influences
Sleater-Kinney .. The Thermals.. The Breeders .. Mclusky.. ..
Sounds Like
Watch Pad & Pen Records' video from Danish SPOT Festival 2010 starring 3 P&P bands: Little Yells Alot, King's Light Infantry and of course Darling Don't Dance (starts 7:47)... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... Darling Don't Dance on Danish national TV in prime time on March 27th 2009. Over 2.2 million people watched this news feature - and that's quite a lot, considering the fact that the population only counts 5.5 million people! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... A rough sounding and noisy live clip from Copenhagen, 2009 .. Darling Don't Dance peforming Golden View.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... Fabulous (unofficial) video for "Un Ensemble de Punk" from EP "Bare Frames" (2009). The video is a re-edited version of The Sonics' Psycho a Go-Go video (1965) made by p0dde... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....

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About Darling Don't Dance

The Danish noise rockers Darling Don't Dance released their debut album City Ghosts March 26th 2012. Obviously inspired by bands like The Breeders, Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins the choice of letting the well-reputed producer and engineer John Agnello mix the album was evident. He's been working with Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, The Kills, and The Breeders among others.

Some of the reviewers wrote: "Three-quarters of Darling Don't Dance could be J. Mascis' forgotten daughters. In the spirit of the Dinosaur Jr. front man they are playing cupid with golden melodies and the perfectly right grunge sound coming from big muff guitar effects." (Soundvenue, 2012)

"Simple rock rhythms, vocal melodies with a twist of pop and noise have never been mixed so uncompromising and harmonic." (Underlyd, 2012)

"The 90s-sounding debut of Darling Don't Dance is a nice collection of pretty vocal harmonies and strong melodies. Just listen to the high point 'Replacement' that successfully combines a 'snapping' verse with a charming, Breeders-like chorus." (Gaffa, 2012)

In 2009 the band released the EP Bare Frames which was reviewed as "some of the best garage rock that has reached our latitudes this year. With their beautiful melodies enveloped in early '90s guitar fuzz, Darling Don't Dance is a very gratifying acquaintance" (Soundvenue, 2009) and described as "a quartet with a great potential. It's gripping and you’re left wanting more" (Diskant, 2009). After a show at Iceland Airwaves a reviewer worte: "Listen to DDD and take note. This is how it should be done." (Grapevine, 2009)

Bio:

THE STORY

Danish rock band Darling Don’t Dance present a unique unity of style and substance. While unabashedly rooted in the commercial explosion of punk rock in the early ‘90s, the band’s sound also evokes the visceral Portland indie of the latter ‘90s and the artier sounds of New York and Boston in the late ‘80s.

Since forming in 2007, Darling Don’t Dance have played shows across Denmark, journeyed to Iceland for the celebrated Airwaves Festival, and even ventured to the U.S. three times to play a series of shows in New York. With features in the Danish press and on national television and radio, the band have steadily garnered attention, culminating in the release of their debut EP, “Bare Frames,” on Copenhagen-based label Pad & Pen Records in 2009. The debut album "City Ghosts" was released March 26th 2012.

Darling Don’t Dance lack any pretension to the more fashionable reference points so casually tossed around as inspiration, and make no attempt to appease the tastemakers. Darling Don’t Dance take the music of their adolescence and redress it for today. They sound like who they are; a band that was weaned on Smashing Pumpkins, snuck their first drink with the Pixies, and polished off the bottle with Sleater-Kinney.

PAST SHOWS..

27/08/10 Voxhall, Magazine release
04/08/10 The Trash Bar, Owen's Bday party!
03/08/10 The Rock Shop, NYC
01/08/10 Public Assembly, NYC
30/07/10 Union Hall, NYC
28/07/10 The Trash Bar, NYC
30/05/10 Jelling Festival
29/05/10 Silkeborg, supporting NEPHEW
22/05/10 SPOT Festival, Officerspladsen
20/05/10 Café Escobar, SPOT warm up
06/03/10 Pakhuset Århus, Afterparty
20/02/10 Pad&Pen Label Night, Aarhus
13/02/10 Pad&Pen Label Night, Copenhagen

05/12/09 URT, Ungdomhuset i Thisted
05/12/09 Climate Demonstration Aarhus
03/12/09 Studenterhus Aarhus
27/11/09 Lades Kaelder, Copenhagen
28/10/09 Lille Vega,supporting THE BIG PINK
16/10/09 ICELAND AIRWAVES 2009, Grand Rokk
09/10/09 Kulturnat, Kvindemuseet Aarhus
05/08/09 Skanderborg Festival 09
01/07/09 Not Appearing Festival09,MS Stubnitz,Cph
13/06/09 Stoneass Festival, Horsens
06/06/09 START! Festival 09, Copenhagen
30/05/09 Tusindfryd, Aalborg
28/05/09 Rust, Soundvenue Selected, Cph
08/05/09 Spring Party [Private]
30/04/09 Stengade 30, "EP Release Party", Cph
25/04/09 Pakhuset, Århus
27/03/09 Maskineriet, Aarhus

17/10/08 Strange Ears Festival, Pakhuset
11/10/08 Lades Kælder, Cph
10/10/08 Kulturnat, Kvindemuseet Aarhus
06/10/08 Rådhuspladsen, Cph
27/09/08 Huset, Aarhus
13/09/08 Råhuset, "release it", Cph
29/08/08 Aarhus festuge, "Operaen"
26/08/08 Don Pedro, Brooklyn, NYC
22/08/08 The Delancey, NYC
13/08/08 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NYC
06/08/08 Lit Lounge / Fuse galleri, NYC
11/04/08 Musikcaféen Aarhus
26/01/08 Trøjborg Beboerhus
25/01/08 Frem og Forstærket III (Entré Scenen)

13/12/07 Pakhuset, Aarhus
18/08/07 Nilen Festival, 7500 Bronx
08/08/07 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NYC
31/07/07 Goodbye Blue Monday, NYC
28/07/07 Rockwood music hall, NYC
26/07/07 Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NYC
21/07/07 The Trash Bar, Brooklyn , NYC

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Member Since:

April 28, 2007

Members:

Mette - bass
Maria - guitar & vocal
Julie - guitar & vocal
Anders - drums

Booking: darlingdontdance@gmail.com
Label & distribution: info@padpenrecords.com
Management & other stuff: pincinc@hotmail.com

Influences:

Sleater-Kinney
The Thermals
The Breeders
Mclusky

Sounds Like:

Watch Pad & Pen Records' video from Danish SPOT Festival 2010 starring 3 P&P bands: Little Yells Alot, King's Light Infantry and of course Darling Don't Dance (starts 7:47).

Darling Don't Dance on Danish national TV in prime time on March 27th 2009. Over 2.2 million people watched this news feature - and that's quite a lot, considering the fact that the population only counts 5.5 million people!

A rough sounding and noisy live clip from Copenhagen, 2009
Darling Don't Dance peforming Golden View

Fabulous (unofficial) video for "Un Ensemble de Punk" from EP "Bare Frames" (2009). The video is a re-edited version of The Sonics' Psycho a Go-Go video (1965) made by p0dde.