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Dragonette Pro

On Tour

Genres: Rock / Electronica / Pop

Location: United States

Stats: 552 fans / 26,685 plays / 0 plays today

Members: Joel Stouffer, Martina Sorbara, Dan Kurtz, Will Stapleton

Dragonette's Top Song: I Get Around Buy Album

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It started with a... well, not a kiss, exactly. "We met at a Canadian music festival we were both playing at ...and then we screwed."

The musical fruit of this encounter between Dan Kurtz and Martina Sorbara was Dragonette. With drummer Joe Stouffer, the band eventually decamped to London hooked up with guitarist Will Stapleton (the British quarter of Dragonette), where they honed their small but perfectly-formed, all-killer-no-filler repertoire of sharp, sardonically witty electronic pop music. Ruthless perfectionists, they explain, "We donâ€™t have any spare songs. We write songs till theyâ€™re finished, then we kill off other ones. Itâ€™s not like we picked 10 out of a possible 20 for the album."

The results are a dirty, hook-heavy, electropop album called Galore with monsters like "Take It Like A Man" and "Competition", depicting a world of guilt-free pleasure mixed with an 80s party prowess. Their debut single, "I Get Around," made the Top 20 and airplay charts in Canada for over 9 months, and led to a Best New Band nomination at the Juno Awards (Canadaâ€™s answer to the Grammys). Their album track "Get Lucky" has been synched over 15 times, from major movies to major advertising campaigns, from the USA (where it has soundtracked campaigns for JC Penney and Dell) to Croatia. Their music has also appeared on TV shows for Fox and NBC, and has a prominent placement in the new Julia Roberts film (due in January).

With album praise from NME. The Observer, and Perez Hilton, Dragonette has played clubs large and small across the planet, with stops at the legendary Glastonbury Festival, London's historic Trafalgar Square, Spain's Summercase,, V Festival and Australia's traveling Parklife shindig along the way. Theyâ€™ve headlined in Paris, Barcelona, London, Buenos Aries, Sao Paolo their native Canada. But now, Dragonette has set their sights on America.

Oh, and the name? Nothing to do with puns on retro cop shows. Dan explains, "It's about this female-fronted male power band. It's a fire-breathing dragon, but it's a chick!" Martina beams. "A dragon in stilettos."

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ForeverTheSickestSABBY! said:
omg i remember you guys :D i had "I Get Around" on my myspace profile along ass time ago x) 2 weeks ago
itsmartuh said:
:) 3 weeks ago
alynna said:
(c: fanfuckintasticle. Jul 18
ForRealFresh said:
I LOVE this... Jun 24
Snuggleblade said:
purevolume.com/snuggleblade Jun 10
mariane said:
i want to dowlaod ur songs plss..... May 10
mariane said:
i want to dowlaod ur songs plss..... May 10
mariane said:
hey ur so amazing .... May 10
ZaAAch MaRsHaLl said:
this is where its at! Apr 22
said:
i like it, sounds so 80's. woot woot x] Jan 18
Ezekiel 3000 said:
Calvin Harris! "the girls" song is fucking amazing! i think this version is good as well! Dec 11
Ashley in Wonderland said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MneuAt9wGXs Dec 07
Ashley Ramos said:
I LOVE this band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Nov 14
Haley said:
i get around is defidently my favee. Nov 09
__Mari said:
yer mah favorite Nov 06