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DARTZ! - This Is My Ship
I've been following and supporting (and occasionally sheltering) my brother's band DARTZ! on and off now for nearly two years. It's been a while since I read the NME, and I was never one to hang on every word inside, but it's moments like these that make you proud:
"It's been said that the Ramones only had two kinds of songs. Songs for punk rockers to go nuts to (the fast, agitated ones), and songs for punk rockers to smooch to (the slow, romantic ones.) It's fair to say that Stockton-born wobble punks Dartz!, on the other hand, only have one kind of song - ones for punk rockers to get the fuck down to (the fast, giddy, heart-bursting, dancable-as-shit ones).
The beyond-brilliant 'Once, twice, again!' twitches like the fleshy stump of a recently decapitated cadaver, while recent single 'St Petersburg' manages to sound like scene godfathers the Minutemen playing Chic songs. Nerdy, snappy and smart; this is jerk-punk played by real live jerks.
They've only got one kind of song, but hey, that doesn't matter one bit because it's a fucking brilliant one. 8/10" -- NME
There are many more reviews, and links to buy the album and singles, on their myspace page. An album launch party of sorts is happening at Borderline in London on Monday.
Congrats to Henry, Phil and Will for keeping their heads down and doing what they do best - writing excellent, intelligent rock music and taking it to the people. I miss them loads and I wish I could be there for the album launch. Fingers crossed they come to San Francisco soon.
DARTZ! - St. Petersburg
My younger brother plays guitar in a band called DARTZ! (myspace.com/darts). They recorded an album in London this summer and the first single is out this time next month. There's now a rather swish video for it on youtube*, and local radio recently played it twice.
In other news, a fan of theirs put some of their lyrics on Newcastle's Secret Flickr Wall. If you obsess over Flickr for long enough, eventually Flickr will obsess over you.
* Not embedded because Wordpress is too damn opinionated to let me post invalid HTML dammit.
Another Shameless Plug for DARTZ!
My brother's band DARTZ! have been mentioned here before, but I'm quite excited about them again because this weekend they're playing in London for the first time. Your presence is requested at the Camden Barfly on Saturday 8th October for a Best of In the City gig, comprising a line up selected from last weekend's music industry event in Manchester.
If you haven't heard them you should have a listen on their myspace or purevolume pages. If you like what you hear, you could do worse than buying their song Once! Twice! Again! from iTunes, and if you're really keen they have an EP out on Fake Dreams records soon.
DARTZ! have also been recently profiled in the Northeast's local paper, The Evening Gazette, and maintain a continuous buzz on BBC Tees. Reviews of their Manchester shows can be found here and here if you'd like to know what to expect.
Release Early, Release Often
My brother's band, DARTZ!, have recorded another new song, "Once Twice Again", and an early mix of it is available on their myspace page.
This is how things should be done.
DARTZ! with a Z
DARTS! have become DARTZ! to avoid confusion with Darts. There are two new songs for your listening pleasure too.
DARTS! is good
My brother's latest band - DARTS! - have just recorded a demo. You can have a listen to the first cut of it over at myspace.com/darts.
Influences, apparently, include Minus The Bear, Devo, The Police, The Futureheads, Dismemberment Plan, Q and Not U and Talking Heads. It's funky, punky, disco-tinged, jazzy, spazzy, indie rock. With Teesside accents. You might like it.
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