Category Archives: The Gig is Up

A Brief Update

By Sam | Published: March 9, 2010

Darlingside has been a busy band lately. So busy, in fact, that we seem to be unable to update our own website, and SO busy that I have to do it, which must mean we’re busy, because I never update the website. I’m usually too busy, or something. Anyway. We’ve been hard at work in our [...]

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Tea-time! with Harris

By Harris | Published: March 1, 2010

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Gig Concentrate

By Auyon | Published: February 7, 2010

1/29: The Teapot Gallery, Westfield MA Pro: The venue was a candy shop. Jars of individually wrapped, brightly-colored bits of high-fructose corn syrup lined the walls. It was a free-for-all. Con: The candy shop had closed down a few weeks prior, and we were the last event before the owner leased the place out. Due to [...]

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Aesop would be proud

By Dave | Published: 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), [...]

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City of the Silk, Bean of the Radio

By Don | Published: 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. [...]

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Three little gigs, a.k.a. This little giggy went to the market

By Dave | Published: 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 [...]

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Home Turf

By Auyon | Published: December 21, 2009

“I don’t want to. Go away,” Harris muttered at me. He began puttering around with his belongings, feigning productivity. “Harris, I like the shirt. Don’t get me wrong. You look good in flannel, it’s just—” “I look great in flannel,” Harris corrected. “Great in flannel,” I agreed. “But you’ve worn it to every single gig we’ve played. We should [...]

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At a Crossroads

By Darlingside | Published: December 6, 2009

Friday night, we played an excellent Battle of the Bands competition at Crossroads Rt. 20 in Palmer, MA, not too near and not too far from the dear ole Mass Pike. We arrived at 9 and had a solid couple of hours to enjoy the other bands, first ‘Miles Orgasmic,’ second ‘Rattlebone.’ We attempted country-style [...]

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