Haim (band) spotted by musician Jenny Lewis at a jam session in Laurel Canyon, which led to Danielle joining Lewis' touring band. The Strokes' singer Julian Casablancas came to see one of Lewis's shows on tour, and he in turn asked Danielle to play guitar and percussion on his solo tour. Danielle rehearsed with Casablancas' band every day for two months, which she later described as "an eye-opening experience." Following working with Casablancas from late 2009 to mid 2010, she auditioned for a place in Scarlet Fever, the all-female backing band for CeeLo Green. Danielle performed only once with the group, on
Julian Mandrake in the Teri Timms fronted rock band "Onyxx" from Austin, Texas as well as the band "Litzbomb". In 2002 Julian temporarily joined Matt Noveskey's band A+ Machines and recorded demos with the band, but departed before playing any public shows. Julian played lead guitar in the band Canvas from 1999 until the band parted ways in 2006. That same year, Julian played guitar on Blue October's "Foiled" tour, covering Justin Furstenfeld's guitar parts while Justin was injured. His performances included Lollapalooza on August 4, 2006, as well as Jimmy Kimmel Live! on June 28, 2006. Julian can be seen performing