Dangerbird Records

In preparation For Darker My Love’s performance at the Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend in Seattle, KEXP has named “Two Ways Out” their song of the day for today (22 JULY). You can subscribe to the KEXP podcast on iTunes, or visit the KEXP Blog to get them straight from the source.

Darker My Love is featured in the current round of the Yahoo! Music “Who’s Next?” competition, and needs your help! Head over to Yahoo! Music and vote early and often. The winning band is invited to perform a set in the Yahoo! Music Studios…

MTVu interviewed Rob Barbato of Darker My Love for a feature on their site. It’s possible, at times, that Rob may be taking the piss—or DML may indeed have tried to purchase a baby alien. Read the whole thing HERE.

Darker My Love’s “Two Ways Out” (from their forthcoming album, 2, out 5 AUG) video is premiering today on MTVu! See below, or click HERE to check it out.

Darker My Love will be heading out with The Dandy Warhols for a late summer / early fall US tour. Be sure to check them out in a town near you:

SEPT 9 MINNEAPOLIS / First Avenue
SEPT 10 MADISON / Barrymore Theatre
SEPT 12 CHICAGO / Vic Theatre
SEPT 13 TORONTO / Kool Haus
SEPT 14 MONTREAL / Club Soda
SEPT 16 BOSTON / Wilbur Theatre
SEPT 17 NEW YORK / Terminal 5
SEPT 19 BROOKLYN / Music Hall of Williamburg
SEPT 20 PHILADELPHIA / The Filmore at TLA
SEPT 22 WASHINGTON, DC / 9:30 Club
SEPT 23 ATLANTA / Center Stage Atlanta
SEPT 26 LAWRENCE / Liberty Hall
SEPT 27 DENVER / Gothic Theatre
SEPT 28 ASPEN / Belly Up Aspen

Darker My Love is taking over Los Angeles and San Francisco with a series of free shows where they will pull back the curtain and reveal material from their polychromatic, forthcoming record, 2. Each fan will receive a limited edition 7-inch as well as the opportunity to pre-order the band’s sophomore LP for a special, discounted price at these performances. This dual-city onslaught will culminate with two back-to-back album release shows at San Francisco’s The Independent August 5 and the Troubadour in Los Angeles August 7, where fans will receive a copy of the album when they purchase a ticket for only $9.99. A swirling mix of reverb-drenched guitars, pounding rhythms and beautiful, stratosphere-scraping harmonies, Darker My Love’s, 2, will be released August 5.

June 5 Los Angeles, Calif. Troubadour w/Black Angels
July 17 San Francisco, Calif. Popscene
July 18 Los Angeles, Calif. The Echo
July 24 San Francisco, Calif. The Rickshaw Stop
July 25 Los Angeles, Calif. The Echo
July 26 Seattle, Wash. Capitol Hill Block Party
August 5 San Francisco, Calif. The Independent
August 7 Los Angeles, Calif. Troubadour
September 13 Denver, Colo. Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks

Supporting PF Flyers archival release of the 1956 Bob Cousy All-American, Darker My Love, Eulogies, the One AM Radio and Dappled Cities recorded classic tracks from 1956 to beautiful new expression. Click this link to listen to / download the tracks.

The 2008 Capitol Hill Block Party is going to be HUGE, and Darker My Love is gunna be there. Also confirmed are:

Vampire Weekend
Les Savy Fav
The Hold Steady
Girl Talk
Chromeo
Kimya Dawson
The Dodos
Jay Reatard

Click HERE for the official flyer.
Tickets for the two-day event go on sale this Friday at 10a.
For more info, head HERE.

Sea Wolf and Darker My Love will be at South by Southwest this year. See below, and check the ‘tours’ page for more details.

Thursday MAR 13 (12:15pm) – Darker My Love – Musebox / BUST Magazine Party
Thursday MAR 13 (1am) – Darker My Love – BD Rileys (SXSW showcase)

Friday MAR 14 (3pm) – Sea Wolf – Waterloo Records in-store

Saturday MAR 15 (5pm) – Sea Wolf – Filter Showcase at Cedar Street Courtyard
Saturday MAR 15 (1am) – Buffalo Billiards (SXSW showcase)

Darker My Love has just added a third date with Jesus and Mary Chain, at the San Francisco Fillmore. That’s back to back nights in SF, with an additional performance at the Denver Fillmore. See the tour page for all Dangerbird-related tour dates.

Darker My Love will be playing two shows with Jesus and Mary Chain this month; the first on 27 OCT at The Fillmore in San Francisco, and the second at The Fillmore in Denver the following night. See the touring page for details and all other Dangerbird tour info.

The Freshmen on MTVu has a video by Darker My Love in the running this week—the winner goes into full rotation. Vote for your favorite swarthy psych rockers here!

Darker My Love have signed to Dangerbird. DML’s reckless, gorgeous, droning debut record is already completed, and will come out in late August. DML includes former Distillers drummer Andy Granelli and former Nerve Agent Tim Presley.