Tag Archive for the term: the darling demaes

The scene was set in a Montreal park on St-Jean Baptiste weekend, Quebec’s national holiday, June 2007. We were hanging out in the park, hiding our beers from the cops, eating grapes and nacho chips. Enter Erik Virtanen with guitar case in hand. He joined us on the picnic blanket that had become rumpled over [...]

Montreal’s the Darling DeMaes posted a couple pre-mastered sound-bytes from their upcoming album on their myspace (www.myspace.com/thedarlingdemaes).
The F.A.C.T.O.R-supported album was recorded and mixed across the train tracks at Mountain City by Joseph Donovan (The Dears, Sam Roberts) and Adrian Popovich (Tricky Woo, Mongrels).
In late August, the demaes head down to Toronto to master the record [...]

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Our Indyish Monthly Mess remains messy, and is especially tricksy when we convert a non-venue into a venue for one night, but it always seems to manage a magic, diversity and glow that I love in it’s every manifestation.
This month, Feb 29 2008, we returned to the private loft Studio 300 for some class, [...]

[Update: Our host for the evening will be the beautiful wordsmith, Miss Gina, and Moly Kulte will be gracing us with a new unique creation!]

For Immediate Release
Announcing: 1 Year of Mess!
FEB 29, 2008.
Studio 300
409 St-Francois-Xavier
PWYC - Suggested Donation - 5$
Fantastic Attire Desired (but not required!)

For the past 12 months (12! Already! crikes) we have traveled [...]

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For Immediate Release
MINI TOUR ENDS WITH A PAIR OF MTL SHOWS
Montreal, November 12th 2007 – Building on the success of their critically acclaimed introductory acoustic EP Winter Keep Us Warm, Montreal’s acoustic indie rock band The Darling DeMaes gets set to make a final splash in Montreal to finish this busy year on a good [...]

Last Wednesday I went down to the new weekly singer/songwriter night at the downtown Ye Old Orchard Pub (1189 De La Montagne) for the first time. I had a great time with host Ben Griffin whose music I have always loved, and I felt a glow from the warm and serious supportive vibe he [...]

Last night was our Monthly Mess V, the Birthday Mess. We’ll post pics and video soon soon, but for now let me just spin a yarn:
Here’s one- at about 4pm yesterday I got an email from the painter we’d been so excited to see - he was supposed to paint the event as it [...]

Yes, sounds like all will be well in Mess-land for Indyish’s first birthday celebration. Despite some stress, things seem to be falling into place, and plans are moving happily forward over at the Main Hall for hosting the Indyish Birthday Mess, this upcoming Wednesday July 25th.
The new Main Hall deal is that the Mess [...]