Daphne Loves Derby, a fresh-off-the-boat indie-rock band, owes its success to the Internet. This band has recently started to emerge from its rain-drenched hometown of Kent, Wash., by posting tunes ... Kent, Wash., produced a treasure when the indie rock band, Daphne Loves Derby, hit the music scene in 2003.
With two highly successful albums full of diverse, melodic instrumental patterns, attention ... Daphne Loves Derby, an indie-rock band often likened to Mesa's own Jimmy Eat World, is scheduled to perform at the Memorial Union today at noon. Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a Greek river god. In her most famous myth, she was desired by the Olympian god Apollo and was only able to escape his advances by transforming into a laurel tree.
daphne loves derby, Daphne her name, and Peneus was her sire. Swell’d with the pride, that new success attends, He sees the stripling, while his bow he bends, And thus insults him: Thou lascivious boy, Are arms like these for children to employ? Know, such atchievements are my proper claim; Due to my vigour, and unerring aim: Resistless are my shafts, and Python ...
