Darlingside is continuing their marathon of releases leading up to their album Pilot Machines - this time with The Ancestor/The Woods which is the second 73 release featuring tracks from the upcoming LP. If you missed the story before (read/listen here), Darlingside is bringing a new form of marketing to music and new kind of buying power to music listeners like you and me. For $10 you can purchase the full album, Pilot Machines , which is due this July. Also for that $10, you get early delivery of three different 73 releases featuring tracks [...]
New England's progressive "string rock" quintet Darlingside are counting down to the July release of their debut album Pilot Machines with the release today of their new 7" and digital single Ancestors . New track -- and eyepopping video from animator Erik Tostevin premiering here -- "The Woods" sprints (literally!) on an intricate guitar lines and insistent backbeat, another sterling example of Darlingside's artful, cinematic music we've described as "meticulously arranged with orchestral flair" from an album "brimming with smarts and ambition." It's not too late to grab hold of the [...]
Darlingside is getting by with a little help from their fans, while providing fans with a taste of some new tracks.
Cinematic progressive pop is the mainstay of Darlingside , a New England quintet that fuses elements of art/rock, folk and classical instrumentation into luxuriously harmonied and hook-heavy songs. Forthcoming debut album Pilot Machines , set for a July launch, was produced by Nathaniel Kunkel (Sting, Crosby/Nash, Maroon 5) created at the band's home "hi-fi recording laboratory and playground" near the Connecticut River. Meticulously arranged with orchestral flair and remarkably entwined vocal choruses, Pilot Machines promises that the five friends -- all songwriters and accomplished musicians -- have fashioned an album brimming with smarts and [...]
Darlingside released the first of their wonderful 7" series to the world today, all in buildup to their upcoming album Pilot Machines which will be completed and released later this year. The good news? As they are in the studio working on Pilot Machines , they are giving all of us a chance to get our grubby little hands on the songs as they are completed…hence the 7" series. Today's release features the absolutely phenomenal "Blow The House Down" - a case study on what makes Darlingside so special and a none too subtle promise of [...]
Darlingside released a video for "Still" which we put up yesterday. It's nothing overly technical, just a cute clip of some sock puppets serenading you with the sweet sounds of rock.
For those of you who read regularly, you've already been introduced to Darlingside - they are a string rock outfit from Northampton, MA. I hope if you haven't met them yet, you will take the time. Darlingside is putting out a new album called Pilot Machines …and it's going to be released via subscription. You pay ten bucks up front (or more if you want vinyl or shirts/posters/etc) and as the band completes and masters the tracks in the studio, they release them for your consumption in short EPs. It's an intriguing new process and [...]
Take the easy listening capability of one of those soft rock hits that played when you were a child, throw away the cookie cutter and sprinkle in some real lyricism, add a helping of folk and maybe a dash of alt-country and you've got something beautiful. Don't believe me? I didn't think you would. You've always been a show me kind of crowd so I'll give you a listen to "Good Man" and "In The Morning" compliments of Young Giant Records . "Good Man" has a chorus that reminds me of my dad's beat up [...]
Northampton, MA-based band Darlingside sent around this song to the members of their mailing list last week, and I've been meaning to talk about it since it came our way. The song itself is taken from a performance in an old barn somewhere in the middle of Massachusetts, which you can see in the video...
Roots-rock quintet Darlingside are playing a free show this Wednesday at Rockwood Music Hall (8PM set time). The band describes their music as "string rock" and they prominently incorporate often intertwined violin, mandolin, cello and saz (I had to look this one up) into their music. The band is touring behind their new six-song EP, " EP 1 ", and band's music skirts and incorporates a number of genres seamlessly. The disc starts with two up-tempo roots-rock style numbers and the leadoff track, "Good Man", sounds like something that a more [...]
Persistence, it's often said, pays off. For the guys in Darlingside, it did – at least as far as this blog is concerned. I can't really complain about the state of our submissions inbox because it's our own fault, but I will say that it's easy for us to lose things because of the rate [...]
It's been a long, trying week, and I'm exhausted, so forgive me if this week's mix is a bit light. Hopefully, I can recover over the weekend, and get back on track next week. Tracklisting: British Sea Power - Zeus Darlingside - Good Man Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone Masonic - [...]
Here are three more artists to consider this weekend: Darlingside For those who like: Nickel Creek If you like your Americana to include lots of strings then this band is definitely for you. Darlingside's Myspace The Black Fuzz For those who like: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion This Los Angeles band continues the seemingly endless growth of garage blues rock. The Black Fuzz's Myspace Heinali
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If you haven't already had the pleasure, please meet Northampton, MA-based string rock quintet Darlingside . Lush vocal harmonies, classical cello-violin duets and compelling break-beats characterize their sound. Recently having wrapped up their first tour, which comprised of 35 shows across New England and the mid-Atlantic, the band is now looking forward to a busy fall promoting their freshly released debut EP. Malea , is off the debut, self-produced studio effort, EP 1 , available here . It was the first song we heard and not only [...]
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