Taste of Sound Interview

Todd sat down with Caroline from Taste of Sound and talked with her about his two favorite things: rock and roll and food. We've reprinted it here, but feel free to check out the site and read about other great foodie bands like Xiu Xiu and Midlake! When we did we found it quite fascinating!

Band Name: summer darling

Hometown: los angeles, california

Hometown favorite food: coconut sugar cookies

Tour favorite food: homemade granola

What's the first food you eat when you get home from tour? lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, specifically apples and carrots

What food is on your backstage rider? Or what food do you wish was on your backstage rider? i wish that ice cream sandwiches, flake chocolate bars, fresh, ripe tomatoes and my girlfriend's homemade bagels were on the backstage rider.

What's the weirdest thing you have eaten on tour? fast food...

What's the best food city and why? portland, oregon. the food trucks and carts are brilliant, convenient and delicious.

Regular or Diet? regular!

Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Raw? vegetarian.

What's for breakfast? yogurt and fresh fruit. sometimes homemade granola, too.

Spicy or Mild? spicy, please.

What's on your bar tab? beer, whiskey and coffee.

Do you see the dessert menu? um... always!

Best fast food? in and out burger

Favorite cocktail? whiskey on the rocks for some, the blackest of black coffee for others.

Do you grow your own food? no, but it is definitely in the foreseeable future.

Are you adventurous or stick to trusted favorites? adventurous!

Coffee? How do you take it? yes, please-all the time! the blackest of black for some, vanilla lattes with whipped cream for others, and laced with liquor for some other others.

Do you like to cook? very much.

Favorite recipe? currently we are super excited about sweet potato pancakes. super excited.

Favorite condiment? salt.

Favorite midnight snack? chocolate.

Do you eat for pure taste or nutritional value? both.

What do you eat before you hit the stage? cookies followed by chewing gum.

If your sound had a taste, what would it taste like? almond sandwich cookies with chocolate filling; a bit sweet and a bit salty.

Do any of your songs conjure thoughts of food? If so, which ones? and what would it taste like? "this would be the time" is reminiscent of macaroni and cheese (the blue box). it's so effortless and so comforting; it seems so new and exciting each time it's played, and yet it's still soooo familiar. and just plain fun to play.

Anything else you want to add? thanks!!!

The One Who Loves You Video

This is the video of a live acoustic performance of our song "The One Who Loves You" directed by Jack Schlinkert with camera by Max Sweeney for Happy Independent Thoughts as part of an ongoing series for Origami Vinyl.

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Aquarium Drunkard Premiers Summer Darling Live Video

Aquarium Drunkard is kindly premiering a live performance video of "The One Who Loves You" we did with Jack and Max from Happy Independent Thoughts. Jack and Max came out to our Spaceland residency and kidnapped us after soundcheck. We walked deep into the Silver Lake hills and found a quintessential Los Angeles neighborhood landscape: succulents behind, power lines and palm trees above, houses topped with satellite dishes and flood lamps, and us, drinking Coors Light out of a paper bag and playin' some acoustic rock and roll. Thanks to these nice lads for lending us an extra acoustic guitar and filming a classic piece of Summer Darling. Check it out here or click on the link above!

3 Shows This Week

Busy weekend for Summer Darling!

This Friday August 20th Aquarium Drunkard presents Summer Darling at the Grandstar Ballroom in Chinatown 9pm

This Sunday August 22nd Spaceland Presents Summer Darling in the Malo Parking Lot for the Spaceland Sunset Junction Party 3pm

Then later that same day, Sunday Aug 22nd Summer Darling joins By Sunlight + Two Guns + Manuok at Alex's Bar in Long Beach for a free show! 7pm

New Photos From Spaceland 7.26.10

Here are some more photos in case you missed our last Los Angeles show. A million thank yous go out to Mario de Lopez for snapping some amazing shots that really tell what it was like to be there!

The Official Summer Darling Playlist of the drive to Santa Cruz

Some songs we felt proud for loving, some songs we felt guilty for loving. But this is the soundtrack that took us from LA to Santa Cruz. Enjoy!

1. AUTOLUX - census

2. KISSING COUSINS - you bring me down

3. EMINEM - lose yourself

4. ARCADE FIRE - we used to wait

5. COLD WAR KIDS - audience

6. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - sweetest kill

7. SPACEHOG - in the meantime

8. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE my mirror speaks

9. ICE CUBE - it was a good day

10. JUSTICE - genesis

11. HARD-FI - hard to beat

12. MENOMENA - queen black acid

13. JACK BLACK - let's get it on

14. JAY-Z - empire state of mind

15. JIMMY EAT WORLD - the middle

16. HALL & OATES - you make my dreams

17. THE KILLERS - mr. brightside

18. M.I.A. - paper planes

19. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - for the price of a cup of tea

20. THE CLASH - train in vain (stand by me)

21. COUNTING CROWS - a long december

22. ALOHA - ruins

23. WARREN G (FEAT. NATE DOGG) - regulate

24. FOALS - this orient

25. BECK (W/ FEIST) - never tear us apart

26. COLDPLAY - viva la vida

27. PINBACK - prog

28. SUBTLE - f.k.o.

29. MY MORNING JACKET - off the record

30. LUPE FIASCO - no place to go

31. ROGUE WAVE - catform

32. ELLIOTT SMITH - l.a.

33. SONIC YOUTH - unmade bed

34. MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - avalon blues

35. FRIGHTENED RABBIT - backwards walk

36. LOCAL NATIVES - who knows who cares

37. GRATEFUL DEAD - casey jones

38. IRON & WINE - boy with a coin

39. JASON DERULO - watcha say

40. NICO STAI - 12 thousand years

41. JAY-Z - lucifer

42. JEFF BUCKLEY - last goodbye

43. KANYE WEST - love lockdown

44. TOM WAITS - cold water

45. ELVIS PRESLEY - suspicious minds

46. ELVIS PRESLEY - kentucky rain

47. JEFFERSON STREET - lakes and barrels

Summer Darling Bay Area Weekend

We're playing three shows this weekend in the Bay Area!

Saturday, Aug 7th @ the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz CA 9pm

Sunday Aug 8th @ Streetlight Records, San Jose CA 3pm

Sunday Aug 8th @ Texas Toast House, San Jose CA 6pm

Come hang out with us!