08.27.08 | new shows- new bass player!
We're happy to have Charlie as our new bass player- check out the photos from the Evergroove party in the gallery. After some promo pics it will be official!
We also have 2 new shows coming up in September, thus bringing some much needed ass kicking rock to our fair city! Will Denver ever be the same? Grab your drinking boots and come on out!

07.23.08 | MASTERING COMPLETE
We have finished the Mastering 10 of the 11 songs for our new album Polarity. The mastering was complete by Airshow in Boulder, Colorado. We're busy trying to settle on an idea for artwork. Our first live performance will be up at Evergroove Studio's on August 16th for their 2 year anniversary.

Later
Paul

06.29.08 | done mixing!
finally- done with the mixing! we have 10 songs we're ready to send to the mastering studio to put the final touches on then ready to duplicate! In other news, we have a new bass player, Mark, he found us and he should be in some new band promo pics to come soon...

peace,
-Darren

06.20.08 | almost done!
yeah its been along time coming but here we are almost done with the mix phase and then it's off to mastering. more work to be done on album art and liner notes now. also added us to Twitter.. https://twitter.com/doubledownrocks

peace
-Darren

04.10.08 | studio update - the next phase
All of the parts are tracked in now, and so begins the mixing of the album. This is as much of an art form as anything else we've done, and we are very fortunate to have the talented Brad Smalling along for the ride, and helping us to bring this baby forth into the world. Brad is a great engineer and understands how we want this album to rock for you all, so with a measure of patience and a burning desire to kick some tail, we're looking forward to fitting all the parts into place.
We're also lining up some mastering engineers to do the final touches at the Grammy Award nominated Airshow Mastering in Boulder. We're pretty grateful to have all this talent within short reach of the Denver Metro area!

peace,
Jeff,Darren,Paul

04.07.08 | studio update- still tracking!
yep- still putting down the last of the vocal tracks.. Jeff and I finished up the guitars last Tuesday. Vocals were the last thing to lay down and we should be finished soon, then it's off to mixing! I posted another video under the downloads section- unzip and QuickTime should be able to view it.
peace
-Darren

03.30.08 | 3 days gone
Jeff and Darren finished up bass lines for all 11 songs. With hardly any time to spare for the day the studio let us lay down all percussion tracks. It was a great day for me to lounge on the couch and watch the other two create the bottom end of it all. We had some discussion on the title of the new album. It's difficult to find a theme that we will all be pleased with. We have an idea of the layout we would like for the CD now. Jeff is brainstorming some artwork for the cover.

03.29.08 | studio update
We finished up the second day of recording at Evergroove last night. Paul is happy as all his drum tracks are recorded now- sounds awesome! Brad the engineer and hs wife Jenny are great folks, we are having a blast up here in the mountains. Nice to get away from the city a bit and concentrate full on for this album. Can't wait to get it out to you all. Brad brought in an assistant Julie for the first 2 days and she has her own group called the Mile Markers. Find them on MySpace.
We got a bass line tracked in last night too and we are starting on the rest of those tracks then it's time for the guitars (which Jeff and I are really excited to get to! there are so many guitar tools to play with, hahahaha)
The gallery section on the website has some pics of day one and two. Theres a pic of Paul the keyboard player that also came up from Castle Rock the first day to put some sweet stuff on 2 songs. You're gonna love it!
Peace
-Darren

03.17.08 | Pre Production
We're making our way through the recording pre-production process as a band for the first time. Background vocals here, shaker and tambourine there. Cowbell is a must for Icarus! Wednesday we will have our first pre-production meeting with Studio Engineer Brad from Evergroove Studios. Two more practices to go off to the hills we go!

Paul

03.12.08 | headed to the studio!
finally! Darren here- we are headed into Evergroove Studio at the end of this month and we will have hopefully 10-11 songs on a new album in the next few months!

02.11.08 | band news early 2008 and stuff
aw crap, how long has it been since a post? We've been at Winter Park, Table Steaks East and McDonough's Pub since the last.
We are getting ready to hit the studio this spring and we think we have a bass player coming on board so we can properly deliver the two guitar attack this band really deserves. We're putting some summer festivals in our sights too so we have a busy year already and it's barely started yet.
Podcast coming back again soon, we hope.

-D

09.29.07 | 2 shows down, 1 to go
the past 2 weeks have really been a blast, in Avon and Eagle, lots of driving but so worth it. I think it's fair to say the bars were sufficiently rocked! We took a well deserved break in Glenwood Springs today.. pics coming soon of everything...!

Next show is this Thursday at the Paramount Cafe!

peace,
-Darren

09.17.07 | get ready, get set.....
3 shows in 3 weeks, the last being the PARAMOUNT CAFE downtown on the 16th St mall, and we are ready to go! We also have a new podcast episode posted. More to come soon...

peace-

-Darren

08.27.07 | geting ready for
getting ready for the Avon gig next month. Anyone up in the Vail valley want to put us up for the night? We would be eternally grateful!

In other news, we got some cool FM radio play on the 103.5 Lewis and Floorwax show last Friday. Nothing like Whiskey Driver for your morning drive time!

We have all our songs ready to go for the studio. Want to donate to the effort? We'll put you in the liner notes! Maybe we could run a contest or something... hmmmm.

K then until later

peace,
-Darren

07.22.07 | so hot in the summertime, oh yes we are
Hey! I'm blogging in the checkout line at the grocery store, and speaking of, we are shopping for studios- can't wait to get in and lay it all down! It'll be killer stuff! I was playing some telecaster guitars this week, and maybe I'll get one to play on our records someday- but fun to play at the music store until then! ha.

We have a few live shows coming up in the next few months, including the 16th Street Mall's Paramount Cafe, and it's always cool! Have you seen the new pictures? It's in the 'gallery" section under "The Gang"

till next time,

peace
Darren

07.12.07 | Surfing the website
Yea, I decided to check on my band's official website and ponder around a bit. I've receved some good comments on the page from people. I'm also posting a blog for my first time. Blogging sounds like something a sensitive person would do, Oh Gee whiz... I told my ex-guitarist who was promoted to bassist to update the band bio and get some new pictures posted. Christ, we only spent a day taking pictures last month by his patient wife and we have nothing posted. Well, if we do, I'm not going to spend time an look for them. Additionally my guitarist is enjoing a well deserved vacation with the family and I'm landing some gig's for the posse. Somebody get me a doctor!!!!!

05.27.07 | work work work
yeah so I'm just working on getting some flyers done for the shows coming up, and checking email, and updating our calendars on our other sites, etc. My fingers hurt. Bad enough that I work with computers all day too. Oh well. Gotta practice later tonight too. I'm taking Memorial Day off tomorrow. Sleeping in!
-Darren

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