At the Dakota
Following the release of their debut EP Melt earlier this year, and an NT Song of the Year nomination for the infectious ‘Arrow Holder’, At the Dakota are busting to bring you their unapologetically groovy tunes. They will have you dancing, moving, shaking and celebrating local music with unabashed enthusiasm at the Rails this month, and newest band member, bassist Dan Prime, answered The Fast Five for Off The Leash.
What's the ï¬rst album you ever bought?
Well the first album I owned was given to me – it was the original score to Star Wars: A New Hope. Love Star Wars! However, the first album I ever bought with my own money was 28 Days' Upstyledown. Every song was a banger!
If you could see any artist – living or dead – this weekend, who would it be?
It would probably have to be John Fogerty. He is an incredible artist and dead-set legend. Plus Credence Clearwater – so, enough said! Or… maybe Prince?
Whose posters did you have stuck to the wall as a teenager?
I had every poster from every Blunt poster mag on my walls. I was massively into punk and heavy music, still am!
What song would you like played at your funeral?
‘I Will Follow You Into the Dark’, by Death Cab For Cutie.
Finish this sentence. The thing people would be surprised to know about me…is that I have an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of pop culture. I could rattle stuff off for hours about music and movies! Things that people don't have any idea about.
Fri 20 Oct | 7.30pm | Railway Club | $15 | $10 presale | darwinrailwayclub.org
