Spring 2008
July
We are
had a work on a full length at the moment, though no word on when it
might be done. Hopefully this summer. In the meantime we are playing
the big Badmaster Records birthday party on March 2 at Johnny Brenda's
and then we are playing the POPPED! Festival in early April. Check the
shows page for more info... December September
(waning) The Good
news- our record will be released in mid-October. There were some mastering
issues that are being taken care of, but really, it sounds great. We are
working on some shows for this November and December, so check back for
more info! September
(proper) The other
big news is that Badmaster
Records from our very own West Philly will be releasing our EP in
the coming months. The art work will be much the same, but the cds will
have professional printing and it will be alot nicer. No release date
yet, but we'll let you know... Also, we've
just realized that there's no contact information on this website, so
we've added our email to the bottom of every page here. We'll get a proper
contact page up here soon, but meantime, write us and say hello at info
(at) kingkongdingdong (dot) net. We've updated
our website a bit. You can now order our EP here, download some songs,
and look at lots n lots of pictures of us. Check it out... May April February Our EP
thing is coming along but I think we're just going to record a whole album
now. We'll see how that goes. In the meantime, we've got a show in March
at the Khyber, check it out. Also, we recently made about a million t-shirts,
so we won't run out of them this time. xoxo, kkdd 2/10/06
- Hang on, we have a show next week! Check the shows
page, it sure is going to be a crazy show. Thanks
to Andrew, Royce, and everyone at the 4W5 Cafe in Wilmington. We had good
time at the show and the trip down. There is really no limit to the amount
of equipment and people that can fit in a mini-van. We don't have any
shows coming up because we've been lazy I guess. We're also in the thick
of recording 4 songs for an EP. It should be done by mid to late February.
It's hot, check back for mp3s once it's done. Speaking
of mp3s, there are a few new ones up on the music
page. Check it. January
2006 We just
played our best show ever last night and we're all very excited about
life in general. Come see us in Wilmington, DE on the 28th and get yourself
one of our hot new t-shirts! Feel it, chumps. November King Kong
Ding Dong is the ultimate Philadelphia super-group featuring members of
like ten other Philadelphia bands. We have mp3s you can download, but
I don't think they sound like we really sound. So whatever you think of
the recordings, our live sound is 100% future music, party-beat, "don't
fight it- feel it". We've got
some shows coming up in December and January. So come and see us! Also, sometime
in early January we're gonna record an demo/EP sort of thing. It's going
to be awesome!!!
After a bit of a slow winter, things are starting to pick back up here on the home front. Some shows are starting
to pop up in and around Philadelphia. New songs are on the way as well. We should be done recording a new album at some point this summer. Maybe even a new website. Stay tuned!
Exciting times in KKDD land, which means Leroy's basement.
Recording the full-length is well underway and so far so good. Hopefully
we will get some new songs up here and the myspace soon.
The tour down south was great! The Spazzatorium is most of KKDD's favorite
place ever. Richmond as well. Look for us in the midwest this August.
Check the shows page for details!
March
Long time no update, but we're mostly on the myspace anyway...
Everyone, we've got a new record out and we are playing shows
this month. Come see us in Baltimore or Philly
this holiday season!
So the bad news is we will not be able to make it to Pop Montreal
this year. We are really bummed about it, but there is just too much
going on at the moment. But some of that goings ons is...
Someone we don't know made a video for our song, "South
Street Bridge". Check
it out...
Also, a whole bunch of magazines including XLR8R, Under the Radar, and
Synthesis are coming out this Fall with articles/reviews about us. If
you see them, you know, take a look...
September (almost)
KKDD is taking a break for a little while. We're
happy to announce that we've been selected to play the Pop
Montreal festival in October. We're waiting to find out what our date
is before we're sure we can make it, but it's big news.
August
The summer is almost over! Come see us while you still can. We've got
two shows left this summer- one's a big festival type thing at a big art
space in West Philly, the other is a more intimate affair in the Norther
Liberties. Both should be lots of fun though.
July
So June is over and we're all back in P-town. This summer is
the summer of KKDD. We are playing tons of shows. Come out to them and
pick up a copy of our new EP!
Our EP is finished! It's 6songs, a few of which you can listen
to on our
myspace page. No shows this month, but be sure to come out to Somebody's
Baby at the M Room on June 1!
Ok, it's still March, but barely. The recording is coming along
and we will have 5 songs done by mid April. One song will be appearing
on a compilation being put out by the Danger
Danger house. More info on this when we have it.
We're also playing up in NYC at Barnard College's radio station (WBAR)on
April 15. There are a bunch of really good bands playing this thing, check
it out if you're up there!
2/20/06 - Thanks to everyone at the Danger Danger house. That
whole show was too good. I didn't stay for the whole thing, but my favorites
were the Flat Possum Boys and the Bad
News Bats, but everyone was great really, fun times!