THE DARKNESS SET TO HIT U.S. FOR TWO ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SHOWS:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
IN NEW YORK CITY AT TERMINAL 5
AND
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 IN LOS ANGELES AT CLUB NOKIA
The multi-platinum British rock group THE DARKNESS who will be coming back to Los Angeles in support of their new album, HOT CAKES for a one-night-only show on Wednesday, October 24 at Club Nokia. A second show will take place on Sunday, October 21 in New York City at Terminal 5.
Although the above dates mark the only remaining U.S. shows for THE DARKNESS in 2012, on Wednesday, October 24 fans nationwide will get a glimpse of the thunderous power of the band when their Club Nokia (Los Angeles) concert will be air live on AXS TV (formerly HDNet, AXS TV channel is broadcast in over 31 million homes to find your channel, visit: http://www.axs.tv/schedules/daily-schedules ).
THE DARKNESS--JUSTIN HAWKINS (vocals/guitars), DAN HAWKINS (guitars/backing vocals), FRANKIE POULLAIN (bass) and ED GRAHAM (drums)--are currently in the midst of a worldwide tour supporting Lady Gaga to support their critically acclaimed third studio album HOT CAKES out on Wind-up (see link to critical soundbites here: http://msopr.com/files/critical_quotes75.pdf). In a recent live review during the Monster Ball tour The Independent (U.K.) noted the group “Deliver a shameless feel-good stadium rock show like no one else alive” (9/16/12).
HOT CAKES was produced by the band’s JUSTIN and DAN HAWKINS with long-time collaborator Nick Brine and mixed by Bob Ezrin. The resulting 11-song cycle delivers the epic rock anthems and infectious pop choruses the band has become renowned for worldwide.
Listen to HOT CAKES and share it with your friends for a limited time, via: http://bit.ly/S2h07B.
What the critcs are saying:
ASSOCIATED PRESS: “Hot Cakes just exudes fun. It seems to wipe away a period of discord during which the band broke up and its members started other projects. ‘Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us’ has a feel-good 1980s rocking chorus and guitar solos you can imagine being played in atop a huge speaker in a stadium.”
--Sian Watson (August 20, 2012)
ROLLING STONE: “After seven years off, these Brits bounce right back on ‘Every Inch Of You,’ the kickoff to Hot Cakes. Justin Hawkins cheekily tells his backstory: surviving on the dole till Led Zep changed his life, becoming ‘an Englishman with a very high voice, doing rock & roll.’ Hot Cakes stays amusing, mixing beer-barrel chuggers with proud schlock ballads. Sneakiest trick: going full-on metal… with a Radiohead cover.”
--Chuck Eddy (3/5-star review, August 21, 2012)
ALTERNATIVE PRESS: “Frontman Justin Hawkins’ otherworldly shriek, his brother Dan’s FM roc-god guitars and the band’s stacked-like-pancakes harmonies are in fine form on ‘Forbidden Love’ and ‘Keep Me Hanging On.”
--Annie Zaleski (3/4 star review, September 2012)
PASTE: “Hot Cakes is the most varied record of The Darkness’ canon-11 Killer-no-filler songs that steer through the ‘70’s and early ‘80’s and veer from fist-pumping anthems to mid-temp good-time rock, all with an ear for a killer pop hook.”
--Mark Lore (7/10 star review, August 21, 2012)
MAGNET: “…champs at penning solid, tuneful rock pop.”
--K. Ross Hoffman (August/September 2012)
For more information re THE DARKNESS, visit:
www.theactualdarkness.com
www.facebook.com/thedarknessofficial
https://twitter.com/#!/TheDarkness
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