DES ARK

Bio:

*solo shows denoted with [solo]*
**************OCTOBER**************
10.12.10 [solo] NEW YORK NY @ THE BOWERY BALLROOM w/Bowerbirds, Death Vessel
10.15.10 [solo] BOSTON MA @ T.T. THE BEAR'S PLACE w/Bowerbirds, Death Vessel
10.20 GERMANY FRANKFURT @ IVI
10.21 GERMANY GÖTTINGEN @ T KELLER
10.22 GERMANY AACHEN @ AZ
10.23 FRANCE NANCY @ CHAPITEAU (FESTIVAL MICHTO)
10.24 FRANCE LYON @ GRRND ZERO
10.25 FRANCE STRASBOURG @ MOLODOI
10.26 FRANCE ORLEANS @ 5EME AVE
10.27 FRANCE RENNES @ L'ANTIPODE
10.28 FRANCE VENDOME @ MINOTAURE (FESTIVAL ROCKOMOTIVES)
10.29 PARTY TIME!!!
10.30 FRANCE PARIS @ GLAZART
10.31 FRANCE BLAINVILLE SUR MER @ SALLE DE LA LOUVERIE

**************NOVEMBER**************
11.01 PARTY TIME!!!
11.02 NETHERLANDS @ TBA
11.03 GERMANY HANNOVER @ STURMGLOCKE
11.04 GERMANY BREMEN @ SPEDITION
11.05 GERMANY BRAUNSCHWEIG @ NEXUS
11.06 GERMANY BERLIN @ SCHOCKALADEN
11.07 WURZBURG GERMANY @ IMMERHIN
11.08 GERMANY MUNICH @ KAFE KULT
11.09 GERMANY NÜRNBURG @ K4
11.10 WINTERTHUR SWITZERLAND @ KRAFTFELD
11.11 GERMANY FREIBURG @ KTS
11.12 SWITZERLAND BASEL @ TBA
11.13 FRANCE ST ETIENNE @ L'ASSOMOIR
11.14 FRANCE MARSEILLE @ O BUNDIES
11.15 FRANCE CLERMONT FERRAND @ RAYMOND BAR
11.16 FRANCE ANGERS @ L'ETINCELLE
11.17 FRANCE NANTES @ LIEU UNIQUE (FESTIVAL BATTANANTES)
11.18 FRANCE SAINT-NAZIARE FRANCE @ VIP (SOIREE MEZZANINE)
11.19 FRANCE @ TBA
11.20 FRANCE SAINT-PIAT @ L'ETABLE
11.21 PARTY TIME!!!
11.22 GERMANY GIESSEN @ AK44

**************DECEMBER**************
12.07.10 [solo] MÜNSTER GERMANY @ SPECOPS
12.08.10 [solo] MÜLHEIM GERMANY @ GALERIA
12.09.10 [solo] BIELEFED GERMANY @ AJZ
12.10.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.11.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.12.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.13.10 [solo] SWITZERLAND TBA
12.14.10 [solo] GENOVA ITALY @ KITCHEN
12.15.10 [solo] LUCCA ITALY @ BLUE
12.16.10 [solo] AREZZO ITALY @ BISTRO
12.17.10 [solo] BOLOGNA ITALY @ XM24
12.18.10 [solo] FORLI ITALY @ TBA
12.19.10 [solo] MANTOVA ITALY @ LA BOJE
12.20.10 [solo] AUSTRIA TBA
12.21.10 [solo] WIEN AUSTRIA @ RHIZ
12.22.10 [solo] PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC @ REKOMANDO SHOP
12.23.10 [solo] JINDRICHUV CZECH REPUBLIC @ BAR 69
12.24.10 [solo] BEROUN CZECH REPUBLIC @ JINA KAVA
12.25.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.26.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.27.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.28.10 [solo] GERMANY TBA
12.29.10 [solo] HANNOVER GERMANY @ TBA
12.30.10 [solo] BRAUNSCHWEIG GERMANY @ TBA
12.31.10 [solo] BERLIN GERMANY @ SCHOKOLADEN

**************JANUARY**************
01.02.11 [solo] GÖTTINGEN GERMANY @ TBA
01.03.11 [solo] DRESDEN GERMANY @ TBA

BIO: During the last decade, Aimée Argote has had more bands called Des Ark than she has albums under that name. She's howled and jerked in sweaty houses and rock clubs, backed by a drummer, another drummer, yet another drummer and a second guitarist, and a small symphony. She's brought big crowds to a whisper with nothing but her voice and a banjo or a tiny guitar that kept slipping out of tune. But, a stack of radio sessions aside, Des Ark only has one LP, 2005's Loose Lips Sink Ships, and a collaborative split, 2007's Battle of the Beards, to call its own.

Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker—the band's brilliant second LP, due this summer on Lovitt Records—makes up for the time lag and the lost members.

"On the record, I wanted to put on tape whatever it was that I heard in my head, which I can never do live. And that doesn't matter," says Argote, walking to her job making crepes in Philadelphia, where she's lived for the past several months. "It's my project, and I wanted it to be what comes out of me when I do it how I imagine. It was a fun experiment."

The experiment took its time. Sink is a record of extremes—heavy and roiling during "Ashley's Song," twinkling and tender during "Howard's Hour." As such, Argote couldn't do everything in one place or one room. She began recording the quiet tunes in Richmond, Va., in 2007, finishing just last year. The more aggressive numbers were recorded last May in trio form with guitarist Noah Howard and drummer Ashley Arnwine in Salem, Mass., by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. The multiple sessions afforded Argote the chance to think through the material more than ever before.

"Usually, you get stuck on a part, and you just have to keep going," she says. "Here, I had a lot of time to sit with it and wait to see how it would be fixed. So a year later when I'd go back to finish this song, I knew how it was supposed to sound." —Grayson Currin

Member Since:

March 21, 2005

Members:

AIMEE ARGOTE, SEAN MCGUINNESS, NOAH HOWARD, TUBE AMPZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Influences:

BETTY DODSON, ANIMAL FRIENDS

Sounds Like:

Des Ark - which one of you assholes ate christmas!!! from If You Make It on Vimeo.

BATTLE OF THE BEARDS
LIVE ON WXDU (solo) VOLUME 2
DECEMBER 2008, SELF-RELEASED CD

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BATTLE OF THE BEARDS
JANUARY 2007, LOVITT RECORDS
split release w/BEN DAVIS & THE JETTS
CD/LP


LIVE ON WXDU (solo demo)
JANUARY 2006, SELF-RELEASED
CD


LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS
MARCH 2005, BIFOCAL MEDIA & BAKERY OUTLET RECORDS
CD/..LP

Record Label:

LOVITT/BIFOCAL MEDIA/BAKERY OUTLET/EXOTIC FEVER/THE COMPANY WITH THE GOLDEN ARM