We are Dark City Kings.
Music that says - love is punk.

Our story:
✒️Year of Kings | Instagram

Our shows:
@The Outpost
Fri May 24 @9pm (with Fashion Bath and 40 20 10s) details & tickets 🎟️

@Shiloh and Gaines
Sat June 1

@Sly Grog
Sat June 8 (with Puppy and the Dogs & Shorty Can't Eat Books)

📆Show Calendar📆

Our music is heartbreaking love songs, rowdy drunk sing-a-longs, and make-out songs for the dark end of the bar.


We use traditional instruments like fiddle - but our music references the smart art pop of The Cure, B-52s, Duran Duran, INXS.

We write songs every day, we practice together, we play live (a great run of shows & festivals coming this spring/summer), and we record - most recently for the first time at the historic Asheville Citizen Studios with famed producer Kevin Moloney.💫

St Patrick's Day at Shiloh and Gaines

St Patrick's Day at Shiloh and Gaines

📷@queencush

📷@queencush

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

@ssturdyphoto

@ssturdyphoto

📷@ssturdyphoto

📷@ssturdyphoto

📷@swiftbennett

📷@swiftbennett

We are thrilled to be a part of this rich mountain music community.

We started DCK on the Black Mountain Brewing porch in 2020, and have been playing ever since.
Originally classic country + garage rock, and tailoring our set for a brewery crowd, we’ve been through changes in our sound, lineup, and instrumentation.

The truth is we just want to dance (and you are very welcome to join us).

Thank you Orange Peel - we loved playing the local showcase

Thank you @swiftbennett

Thank you @swiftbennett

Thank you @ssturdyphoto

Thank you @ssturdyphoto

Thank you @chuckstlaurent

Thank you @chuckstlaurent

Thank you @geddimonroe

Thank you @geddimonroe

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Thank you Laurie! You were great backstage! @theorangepeel

Thank you Laurie! You were great backstage! @theorangepeel

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Porch (our brewery days album) Spring 2023
Spotify | Apple | YouTube | Amazon | Bandcamp

Dancing around town

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Thank you Railyard Black Mountain

Thank you Railyard Black Mountain

Thank you Fleetwoods Asheville

Thank you Fleetwoods Asheville

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Thank you Black Mountain Brewing

Thank you Black Mountain Brewing

Thank you Mills River Brewing

Thank you Mills River Brewing

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Thank you Jack of the Wood

Thank you Jack of the Wood

Thank you to this wonderful community in and around Black Mountain and Asheville

Thank you Jordan @98.1 the River

Thank you Jordan @98.1 the River

Thank you John @railyardblkmtn

Thank you John @railyardblkmtn

Thank you @Queen Cush

Thank you @Queen Cush

Thank you Santa

Thank you Santa

Thank you Elaine @thesourwoodfestivalblackmountain

Thank you Elaine @thesourwoodfestivalblackmountain

Thank you @K Boggs & Loc-Level Sound

Thank you @K Boggs & Loc-Level Sound

Thank you @Jack of the Wood

Thank you @Jack of the Wood

Thank you Kevin Moloney @kevin.moloney.music

Thank you Kevin Moloney @kevin.moloney.music

Thank you Eric Travers Band @allaboardrecords

Thank you Eric Travers Band @allaboardrecords

Thank you Tony Bones @Fleetwoods

Thank you Tony Bones @Fleetwoods

Thank you Mary and @YAWNi for the MOP benefit

Thank you Mary and @YAWNi for the MOP benefit

Thank you Joe @icookwithjoe

Thank you Joe @icookwithjoe

Thank you Ernesto @loosefitradio Avl FM 103.3

Thank you Ernesto @loosefitradio Avl FM 103.3

Thank you @Jay Brown (and Josh and Tony too)

Thank you @Jay Brown (and Josh and Tony too)

Thank you Bob and Don @whitehorseblackmountain

Thank you Bob and Don @whitehorseblackmountain

Thank you Talon @jackofthewood

Thank you Talon @jackofthewood

Thank you Annie @redpepperphotography

Thank you Annie @redpepperphotography

Thank you Lucy and Brice (and Big John too) @blackmountainbrewing

Thank you Lucy and Brice (and Big John too) @blackmountainbrewing

Thank you Kelly @southernappalachianbrewery

Thank you Kelly @southernappalachianbrewery

  • The Railyard Blk Mtn Sept 2023 calendar Dark City Kings Thursdays