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
