The new album WILD GO by DARK DARK DARK is released in the US on October 5th. More info coming soon. To listen to the first single “Daydreaming” and pre-order, head over to http://brightbrightbright.com
The band will be touring the west coast this summer, and hitting the road again in October to support the new LP. here are all the latest tour dates:

Saturday, June 26th – Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio (IMPOSE Magazine
Northside Showcase, with Lower Dens, Matteah Baim and more)
Sunday, June 27th – Brooklyn, NY – Zebulon (ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE HERE
Northside Showcase, with Vandaveer, Callers and more)
Saturday, July 3rd – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 (with
Gemma Ray)
Wednesday, July 7th – Long Island City, NY – Socrates Sculpture Garden
(Rooftop Films screening of FLOOD TIDE with Dark Dark Dark performing
a live score)
Monday, July 19th – Denver, CO – The Hi-Dive (with The Mynabirds)
Tuesday, July 20th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Urban Lounge
Wednesday, July 21st – Boise, ID – TBA
Thursday, July 22nd – Portland, OR – Rotture
Friday, July 23rd – Olympia, WA – Northern
Saturday, July 24th – Bellingham, WA – TBA
Sunday, July 25th – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Monday, July 26th – Eugene, OR – TBA
Thursday, July 29th – Nevada City, CA – St. Joseph’s Cultural Center
Friday, July 30th – Oakland, CA – TBA
Saturday, July 31st – Santa Rosa, CA – The North Bay Film & Art Collective
Sunday, August 1st – San Francisco, CA – Amnesia
Monday, August 2nd – Los Angeles, CA – Avenue 50 Mini-Mart
Tuesday, August 3rd – Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space
Wednesday, August 4th – Albuquerque, NM – TBA
Thursday, August 5th – Marfa, TX – Marfa Book Co.
Friday, August 6th – Austin, TX – Ghost Room
Saturday, August 7th – Houston, TX – Mango’s
Sunday, August 8th – Denton, TX – Hailey’s

Radio K’s Off The Record presents:

Dark Dark Dark (EP Release!)
with Spirits of the Red City
and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton)

Cedar Cultural Center, Doors @ 7:00
$8 in advance, $10 at door

PS, if you haven’t heard the new EP it is RIDONKULOUS.

Listen HERE

If you knit things with incredibly small yarn, or need a constant supply of crate paper, or have mulled wine and MPR going on in the kitchen, this is a show to appreciate you for your fabulosity.

Dark Dark Dark
Anders Ponders
and The Chord and The Fawn
Tuesday Dec. 15 9pm
Kitty Cat Klub – Free

Tomorrow 7:30 PM Dan Deacon @ The Cave (Northfield, MN) 7:30 PM Mum with Sin Fang Bous presented by Vita.mn @ Walker Art Center (SOLD OUT) 7:30 PM Osso & Sufjan Stevens’ the BQE @ Southern Theater 8:00 PM BOUNCER FIGHTER @ THE NOMAD (MINNE-SERIES) 8:00 PM Monsters of Folk (M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Jim James, and Mike Mogis) @ The Orpheum 8:00 PM On the Road with Dark Dark Dark @ Franklin Art Works 9:30 PM Ghostband, Aby Wolf and Brett Bullion @ Sauce Spirits & Soundbar ]]> http://morecowbell.net/2009/10/whats-going-on-thursday-2/feed/ 0 http://morecowbell.net/2009/10/franklin-presents-on-the-road-with-dark-dark-dark/ http://morecowbell.net/2009/10/franklin-presents-on-the-road-with-dark-dark-dark/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:20:38 +0000 admin http://morecowbell.net/?p=5504

Franklin Presents: On the Road with Dark Dark Dark

Music and Closing Event

Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8pm

In the spirit of Fischer’s interest in travel and the mythological American road trip, local chamber-folk band Dark Dark Dark will give a special performance, interlaced with their stories of floating down the Mississippi river on homemade rafts, discussions of special projects (see below), and projected images of life on the road.

In the last several years, Dark Dark Dark have become known as one of Minneapolis’ most talented musical acts, while simultaneously embarking on journeys across the country to play music and participate in exhibitions and collaborative projects, exchanging stability for a life of travel and adventure on the road.
Debuting Franklin’s new program of live events, Franklin Presents, band members Nona Marie Invie, Marshall LaCount, and Jonathan Kaiser will discuss their participation in Swimming Cities, an art boat project originating in Brooklyn, an upcoming film entitled Flood in which they are the featured subjects, participation in major exhibitions (at MassMoCA and the Van AbbeMuseum, the Netherlands), and collaborations with artists SWOON, Jay Heikes, Tim Piotrowski, Tod Seelie, Christian Rex VanMinnen, and filmmaker Bill Daniel.

For this closing event, Dark Dark Dark will perform amid the sculptural environment created by Fisher for Few Landmarks and No Boundaries, once more bringing the space alive with live music and stories of restlessness and adventure in celebration of the exhibition’s closing.

Opening band tête-à-tête. Suggested $5 donation.

About Franklin Presents

Franklin Presents is a new arts program devoted to presenting live music, film screenings, readings, lectures, artist talks, and collaborative projects that highlight underlying themes of concurrent Main Gallery exhibitions.

Please contact Colleen Harriss at 612-872-7494 x 4 or at colleen@franklinartworks.org

with any questions regarding the program.

Franklin Art Works

1021 East Franklin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55404

City Pages has a great interview with Yoni of Why? detailing the involvment of Fog and the recording process..

Pictured below, these dudes will be on the whole Why? tour. Dates and Mp3′s below..

Dark Dark Dark is everyone’s favorite nomadic gypsy string group, often a trio and sometimes even more than the core of the group Marshall (Banjo & Piano) & Nona (Accordion & Piano.) They have been featured on Daytrotter twice now..

WHY? – “This Blackest Purse” (mp3)
from WHY? - Eskimo Snow
WHY? – “The Hollows” (mp3)
from WHY? - Alopecia

Dark Dark Dark – Junk Bones (Odd Nosdam Remix) (Mp3)

Au. – rr vs. d.mp3 (MP3)

10/07 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock #%
10/09 Denver, CO Bluebird #%
10/10 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue #%
10/13 Annacortes, WA Department of Safety &$
10/14 Seattle, WA The Vera Project &$
10/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom &$
10/17 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *%$
10/18 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet Jones *%$
10/20 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex *%
10/22 Oxnard, CA The Loft (UCSD)
10/23 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts *%
10/24 Tucson, AZ Club Congress *%
10/26 Denton, TX Hailey’s *%
10/28 Birmingham, AL Bottletree *%
10/29 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle *%
10/30 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle *%
10/31 Atlanta, GA Lenny’s %^@
11/02 Orlando, FL The Social %!
11/03 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds %!
11/04 Tallahassee, FL Club Down Under %!
11/06 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon %~
11/07 Houston, TX Walter’s On Washington %~
11/08 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/10 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall %~
11/11 St. Louis, MO Firebird %~
11/12 Rock Island, IL Daytrotter Session
11/12 Grinnell, IA Gardner Lounge %~
11/13 Bloomington, IN Rhino’s Youth Center ~

* = w/ Serengeti and Polyphonic
# = w/ Dark Dark Dark
% = w/ AU
& = w/ No Kids
$ = w/ Mount Eerie
^ = w/ Jemina Pearl
@ = w/ Islands
! = w/ James Husband
~ = w/ The Moore Brothers
+ = w/ Owen Weaver with Flexible Music