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The Darts (US) L-R  Nicole Laurenne, Rikki Styxx, Michelle Balderrama, Christina Nunez     Photo: Kelly Sahr
The Darts (US) L-R Nicole Laurenne, Rikki Styxx, Michelle Balderrama, Christina Nunez Photo: Kelly Sahr

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Dirty Water Records Presents: The Darts (US) - New Album Release

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THE DARTS (US) are an all-grrrrl garage-psych-rock supergroup featuring Nicole Laurenne (The Love Me Nots, Motobunny, Zero Zero), Rikki Styxx (The Two Tens, The Dollyrots, Thee Outta Sites), Christina Nunez (The Love Me Nots, Casual Encounters, The Madcaps), and Michelle Balderrama (Brainspoon).

                   

The band formed in early 2016 when, after watching each other’s bands from the sidelines for years, Nicole and Michelle realized there was no good reason why they shouldn’t just start writing songs together already. With six songs ready, Rikki and Michelle recorded their tracks in Los Angeles and then Nicole and Christina tracked their parts in Phoenix. Arizona producer Bob Hoag then masterfully stirred the mess together over a piping hot console. The results are two smoking 10” vinyl EPs full of garage riffs, girl-group harmonies, fuzz bass, farfisa organ, badass drum fills, and all-around lo-fi-turned-hi-fi goodness. 

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Soon after their October 2016 release, the singles “Running Through Your Lies” and “Revolution” enjoyed instant radio airplay and  “Take What I Need” was selected by Sirius/XM’s Underground Garage channel as “The Coolest Song In The World 2016.” The band played its first live show in October, 2016, and signed with London’s Dirty Water Records shortly thereafter.

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The Darts will tour across the southern US in January 2017 with Oakland’s all-girl rock duo Steel Cranes, and then… The Darts will invade Europe on tour in May 2017.

Order the Darts (US) Now! 


Recent Press:

The Darts 'Take What I Need.' Very cool." - Stephen King, author

"The Coolest Song In The World ['Take What I Need]" - The Underground Garage (SiriusXM Radio)

"The talent in this band is off the charts." - 50thirdand3rd (UK)

"Visceral, unhinged..One of my favorite tracks of the year." - Phoenix New Times

"A raucous first EP." - Arizona Republic

"The best new band I have seen in quite awhile." - John Carlucci, The Underground Garage

"Catch them on their way UP." - Valley Bar (Phoenix)

"A knock-out punch." - Rich's Rants n Raves (Las Vegas)

"The best girl band in the universe." - Blog Da Buzzo (Brazil)

"Exciting, dark..A sweltering sound that consumes all of your garage rock desires." - Java Magazine

"Oh yeah, Nicole Laurenne does it again!" - Genya Ravan, Chicks and Broads / The Underground Garage

Best 50 Singles By Phoenix Bands 2016 - Phoenix New Times

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Vote now for The Darts (US) "Take What I Need" as "The Coolest Song In The World" 

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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.

Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers (from the Cramps), The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.

Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.

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