The Darts

The Darts (US / Alternative Tentacles Records)

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THE DARTS formed in 2016 with the goal of making great all-girl garage-rock noise, see the world, and have a fab slumber party every night. The four women threw on vintage black slips, kicked off their shoes, and set out on the adventure. In the first year, the band put out two self-produced EPs and quickly signed with Dirty Water Records (UK), which then released the first full-length vinyl, Me.Ow (2017). Dirty Water then re-released the first two EPs as a second full-length vinyl, The Darts (2017). The band immediately went on tour with The Living End and Billie Joe Armstrong’s The Longshot, and soon found themselves on big European stages like Sjock- fest, Cosmic Trip, and Roots n Roses.

In 2018, Jello Biafra signed The Darts to his label, Alternative Tentacles, released their first 7-inch, Bullet (2018) and then put out the third full-length record, I Like You But Not Like That (2018). The band was chosen to support their heroes The Damned on a US tour, performed on main stages at big US festivals like Punk Rock Bowling and The Bash, heard their songs on top tv shows like Peaky Blinders, got great reviews in Rolling Stone, and went to Mexico to play Hipnosis Fest. During the pandemic, Vox hosted an Instagram Live show which quickly got over fifty thousand views. In 2022, they released the EP Love Tsunami for Adrenalin Fix Mu-sic (France), took the new tunes on tour in the US and Europe and performed on KEXP Sessions.

In 2023, Alternative Tentacles Records released The Darts’ fourth LP, Snake Oil, funded entirely by fans and co-produced by Jello Biafra himself. The band went on a massive European tour stretching across several months,with special European versions of Snake Oil and sold-out shows in Madrid, London, Cherbourg, and Edinburgh, plus appearances at famous fests Munster Raving Looney Party, Relache Fest, Festival Beat, Loungefest, and Muehlen Madness. The first pressings of Snake Oil sold out in both the US and Europe sold out in less than two months and second pressings were rushed out on both continents during the tour. While juggling the Snake Oil tours, Nicole kept writing songs, so Nicole, Meliza, Christina, and Mary Rose stopped in Los Angeles to record thirteen new tracks with legendary producer Mark Rains at Station House Studio. The result is The Darts’ fifth full-length record, Boomerang - an album of raw, gut-punch, hook-filled garage-psych-rock. The album is built on vintage Farfisa, Rhodes, Mellotron, Hammond and Wurlitzer pianos and organs, buzzsaw fuzz bass, twelve-string and distorted guitar layers, earth-shaking drums, and Rains’ signature magic vocal production. Crowds on the Snake Oil tour have already been singing along to the new singles “Pour Another,” “Hang Around,” and “Your Show”. With Nicole’s true-story lyrics included and album art by the band’s regular touring guitarist, Louise, Boomerang will be released by Alternative Tentacles Records worldwide on April 26, 2024.

730pm - doors

8pm - show

$15 adv / $18 dos

All Ages

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