NEWS

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Jan 2011

Balcony TV appearance over at http://www.balconytv.com/v/darlings-of-chelsea.

Dec 2010 News

DOC are proud to announce their signing with A&G Sync!!! A sync and licensing company based out of London (England) and Los Angeles (California, US), A&G Sync represents a 'boutique' roster of quality artists specialising in music for TV, Film, Commercials, Video Games and Online.

Live performance captured at the Bovine Sex Club by Guerilla Remote on 3 HD cameras and 24 tracks of sweaty rock'n'roll action. Check out Devil is a Woman.

Die Mannequin show review posted at torontomusicscene.ca with pics at buyingshotsforbands.com.

Oct 2010

Podcast interview with guitar player Jay Millette over atToronto Tocks and a big nice photo over at Music Vice with the same interview.

Sept 7, 2010
TOUR DATES with announced on the shows page.

Sept 2010

An article about the KOI Music Festival in Kitchener posted in Echo Weekly.

June 2010

The band has been accepted to NXNE once again! Showcase is Sat June 19 at the El Mocambo (Downstairs) 10PM

May 2010

May 15, 2010
In the studio recording DEMOS for the new album and shopping for a record label!

May 1, 2010
Darlings are back from a 3 week tour of Ireland and Spain with Indie Week and Last Tour International. Lots of new Canadian dates announced!

Apr 2010

Featured on IndieWeek.com home page again and well as a page just for the Darlings of Chelsea featuring the Ireland Tour Dates.

Nice little article from local blogger Laura Iaccino called "bands you really need to know about".

Mar 2010

Spain tour dates announced by Last Tour International on their website beside ACDC and KISS!

A great review from SXSW is posted at sentimentalistmag.com.

Listed as a band to see at SXSW over at thedumbingofamerica.net.

Canada Blast describes Darlings' upcoming SXSW showcase with a nice little recap of the bands success in 2009.

Feb 2010

Ireland and Spain April 2010 tour dates announced! Check out the SHOWS page for details.

Read an interview by Robby Ruckus over at SXSW 2010.

Darlings of Chelsea will be playing the Requiemme Showcase at SXSW with the west coast's 70's punk heroes The Zeros!

A shout-out to the Darlings and Robby from the recent Toronto Plays for Haiti.

A two song vinyl album is being recorded this weekend over at the world-famous Orange Lounge Recording Studio. Look for its release before the Ireland Tour in April 2010!!!

Jan 2010

Another A+++ show review over a FAZER Magazine: "...shook Lee's Palace to the rafters with their unbridled energy, relentless raw power and ungodly guitar distortion."

Indie Week has re-launched their site with a strong focus on Darlings of Chelsea and their win at Indie Week; check it out.

The Mimico Sessions Voted #3 top albums of the year over at Blogs'n'Roses. Rocknroll forever.

Dec 2009

Darlings of Chelsea have been accepted for SXSW!!! North America's largest music industry festival.

The band has announced plans to record a new album soon into the new year. Keep an eye out for more details...

Featured "Devil is a Woman" on Bootleg Asylum Radio!

Nov 2009

Huge shows announced with some of the biggest names in Canadian rock'n'roll: Die Mannequin, Priestess and The Creepshow!!!

"I Want Your Love" featured in episode 2 of popular web TV show "Around the World in 30 Lays"

"I Want Your Love" chosen as SONG OF THE WEEK over at RadioRockCafe! http://www.radiorockcafe.com

Oct 2009

A review in Subba Cultcha gets it right again; "an EP full of raunchy, radio friendly rock and roll tracks, showing a likening to pop-rock legends QOTSA". I heard you're not famous until you start getting bad press. We're still waiting...

Hanging out with Sleazegrinder after a show in London at Call the Office ended in this hilarious Darlings of Chelsea interview.

It doesn't get much better that this review from REVOLT: "Despite just six months together as a band and no record label, their polished and refined style of classic yet contemporary rock not only appeases the musically educated but exudes the mass appeal needed to land Darlings Of Chelsea on the covers of magazines and the tops of the charts."

Darlings of Chelsea win IndieWeek 2009!!! 100 bands competed over 4 days in 10 venues across Toronto for a chance to tour Ireland; Darlings of Chelsea came out on top - IndieWeek 2009

Écouter! The Mimico Sessions is now available from Virgin Records France. That's right; the French are hipper to the rock scene than you.

Read an interview over at Indie Week 2009.

Featured on the 102.1 Edge Indie Hour again Oct 1st at 1am; they played "Riot" this time!

Sept 2009

Chosen by festival organizer Darryl Hurs as a "not to miss band" as part of Indie Week 2009 at the Horseshoe Tavern; Wed Oct 7th.

Featured on IndieCan Radio: Download the entire episode FREE (hear Darlings at around 37 mins).

5/5; another review declaring blabbering on about how Darlings will take over the world and save rocknroll at Toronto Music Scene.

A cool review over at AwMusic.ca reads more like an essay than most of the recent reviews, but you get the idea.

Aug 2009

College Radio charts Darlings #8 at CFRU Guelph and #25 at CITR Vancouver!

Another blazing Mimico Sessions review over at Spun Blog says "I hope this band takes over the world. With only six songs in their arsenal their guns are loaded and they are taking back rock n roll."

Cancer Benefit show announced for Tuesday Aug 18th at Failte's Irish Pub in Missisauga; FREE for the ladies and only $3 for the guys! Come out and support Breast Cancer Research

North Ruckus announces official release of the Mimico Sessions across global media outlets.

"I Want Your Love" got its first major radio airtime this weekend (Aug 1) on Toronto's biggest radio station; 102.1 the Edge!

July 2009

Darlings of Chelsea featured on Indie Love Radio tonight (Mon July 27). Listen to a few tracks and support Canadian Indie Radio!

A review from the show supporting Spinnerette at Call the Office in London, Ontario can be found over at London's PluggedIn Media.

The reviews keep on coming up tops; "The hooks are huge, the songwriting is absolutely radiant... Darlings have a great shot at returning rock and roll back into what it’s supposed to be - badass." - Fazer Magazine

Napster picked up the Mimico Sessions and you can no download it for no cost if you have a Napster membership.

Darlings have hit 99,000+ plays and 69,000+ profile views on MySpace in under 6 months of playing shows and posting music! Fuck yeah.

A new blog review rates each song and talks about the CD Release show over at TigerBeat Socialites; "Based on the quality of this EP, I would have sex with Darlings of Chelsea."

The MySpace chart race continues, Darlings of Chelsea jump 10 spots and now rank #83 in the unsigned rock band category in all of Canada. Look out Pride Tiger!

Andrew Paquet has provided an amazing set of photographs on our pics page, go check them out.

DarlingsOfChelsea.net launched a brand new MP3 player Powered by Flash MP3 Player. Help celebrate the launch by listening to a new track called "Sleazy RocknRoller". Check out more using the player at the top right of your screen!

June 2009

Darlings of Chelsea declared "Best New Band of 2009" and "Top 5 Albums of the Year" by Mass Movement Magazine $%^@!!! Fuck Yah

The press keeps coming up positive on the new Mimico Sessions album, see what Exclaim Magazine has to say!

Read a raging review in Blogs'n'Roses: The Darlings of Chelsea The Mimico Sessions EP Review

Check out a brand new article in Chart Attack! Darlings of Chelsea Honour Classic Rawk

A short yet brilliant quote in the Grubtunes blog: "Darlings of Chelsea were incredible. This indie-rock band with punk leanings sounded huge, loud and dangerously cool."

Chart Attack gives The Mimico Sessions a decent review, but doesn't quite get it yet; "...these songs contain strong hooks and show the band's potential...".

A new blog entry over at A Thousand Points of Light gives a shout out to Paul's knack for ripping up bar solos and opening for Spinnerette."

You can now buy Darlings CD's from the best punk merch site in the world: The Mimico Sessions on Interpunk

Now Magazine's Carla Gillis picks Darlings of Chelsea as the show to be at for NXNE sat night 2am El Mocambo! Get your free Now mag on most street corners and music shops in Toronto.

See a wicked Darlings of Chelsea Poster over at GigPosters.com

"The Mimico Sessions EP" was chosen as Album of the Week and "I Want Your Love" as Single of the Week on CHUO 89.1 FM Ottawa. Other bands in the running included the new NOFX record and the critically acclaimed Manchester Orchastra album. Oi!

Darlings of Chelsea are raging up the MySpace charts and after only a few months of playing shows are now the #93 ranked unsigned band on MySpace in all of Canada

"I Want Your Love" ranks consistantly in the top 5 and often #1 in the most rock songs played daily at UBETOO.COM, check it out to see where they are today or leave a comment to help spread the rock.

The Darlings of Chelsea will be featured on 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' this Wednesday June 10th at Midnight EST on CHUO 89.1 FM Ottawa and CHUO FM

The Mimico Sessions entire album was featuring on Monday June 8, 2009 at CKCU FM Pure Radio Kaos.

Darlings have been selected to open for Spinnerette (ex-Distillers) at Call the Office in London, Ontario this Wed June 17th, 2009. Legendary!

May 2009

Darlings have been added to a SECOND prime NXNE gig: Sat June 20th at Bovine Sex Club 1am !!! It will be sold out, you will fight to get in, you won't want to ever leave!

Live to air interview Fri May 29th, 2009 on CJIQ 88.3 FM "New Rock" on the Indie Rock Invasion show with Todd Donald. They played New Addiction, Riot and Devil is a Woman!

Another live to air interview aired Thurs May 21st, 2009 on CHUO FM 89.1 in Ottawa @ 1AM. Listen!

A live Darlings of Chelsea interview aired Wed May 13, 2009 on CKCU FM Ottawa @ 4PM. They played "Riot" and "Devil is a Woman" from the new EP. More songs will be aired from Monday May 18th and on to support the Ottawa shows. Listen Now!

April 2009

Darlings have been chosen for NORTH BY NORTHEAST music festival in Toronto! Friday June 19th at the El Mocambo: http://nxne.com/music/lineup.

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