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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Aesop would be proud

by Dave | January 31, 2010
On Tuesday, Darlingside had the pleasure of once again playing to a packed house in Cambridge. The show was at Toad, opening for the David Wax Museum, a Boston-based Americana folk band with a Mexican bent. While we’re heartbroken that many of our friends and family had to be turned away at the door (again), [...] Read more »
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City of the Silk, Bean of the Radio

by Don | January 28, 2010
This post finds us in the midst of our busiest gig week yet. We just finished up a Friday/Saturday doubleheader at the Silk City Tap Room in Florence, MA and Radio Bean in Burlington, VT. And we’re currently en route to Toad in Cambridge, MA for a joint show with David Wax Museum. On the [...] Read more »
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Performance Review & Interview from The Williams Record

by Dave | January 21, 2010
Dominique Exume, Williams student and contributing writer for The Williams Record, has written a very nice review of our most recent show at Rebel Sound Records in Pittsfield, MA, as well as a general overview of our present goings-on. From the article: “The unique combinations of instruments were mesmerizing. Every song was unexpected … as [...] Read more »
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Darlingside w/ Caitlin Canty — Volcano

by Darlingside | January 20, 2010
With Caitlin over working on scratch takes for her new release, we thought we’d test out the recording setup on a live take of one of our favorite covers (by Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice). Note Dave’s authentic Irish garb and Harris’ authentic hits-self-in-face at the one minute mark. See photos from the session here.
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Three little gigs, a.k.a. This little giggy went to the market

by Dave | January 18, 2010
The recent and timely arrival of 2010 means two things for Darlingside: the completion of our new home studio (and the resulting urge to use it), and the first real month of steady gigging. We kicked off the former by recording some drum takes and scratch tracks for a few different band songs (see the [...] Read more »
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A Studio Catbird

by Sam | January 13, 2010
We’re recording the first tracks of The Catbird’s Seat in our newly-completed studio.  I couldn’t be more excited about finally putting all of our hard work (and gear) to the test… Check back often for more photos of the process!
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A Live Catbird

by Darlingside | January 11, 2010
December 12, 2009 Cambridge, MA
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A Diffuse Haiku

by Don | January 8, 2010
Sam builds “Diffuser”, small step up from Playmobil: basement walls sound kiiiind.
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