If royal folk-like Duchesses and Dukes need to work hard at one thing, it's drilling home the fact that they are better than you in every conceivable way. As we reported earlier, Jesse Lortz, Kimberly Morrison, and their crew of noblemen have already released a new record called Sunset/Sunrise on Hardly Art earlier this fall and are currently playing the requisite amount of West Coast supportin...
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The Dutchess & The Duke make great albums (including this year’s Sunset/Sunrise) and as someone who just saw them for the first time recently, I can tell you they are a great live band as well. So in the spirit of you getting up and getting out to see them, I have tour dates, a lot of tour dates. And for those that don’t know them, I have a song called “Hands.” Check it out and see what yo
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Indie rock? Fine music, I guess, but ultimately a peasant's art. It is music for peasants, by peasants. Which is great, if you can satisfy yourself simply with a common man's thrill. Some of us desire something with a little more nobility, a little more regality. That's why I'm so excited about the new record by The Dutchess and The Duke. Finally, there will be an indie rock record for us noble...
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In describing The Dutchess and The Duke, a Seattle-based duo of Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, my descriptions always begins with "you could add some of their tunes on a '60's mix of Newport performances and nobody would blink an eye." But while their sound might be rooted in 60's folk and early Stones albums, [...]
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Some of you may have noticed that I have been MIA over the last several weeks when it comes to proper album reviews, and for that I apologize. I blame my recent absence on a combination of the stress from my job hunt and move to NYC along with the fact that I haven't come [...]
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Gritty in their psychedelic-tinted folk-pop, The Dutchess And The Duke maintain much of their lo-fi folk sensibilities on “Hands” while simultaneously progressing in their mastery of song and style. Always a group backed by the sounds of old, they are undoubtedly modern; entirely hip, in “Hands” The Dutchess And The Duke once again fill [...]
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At first listen, Seattle folk duo The Dutchess and The Duke seemed like it was missing something essential. After getting accustomed to its stripped-down sounds on subsequent listens, She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke slowly evolved and I was soon wrapped up in this bare-bones, folksy debut. Sounding like they just finished a set at the [...]
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Night Shall Eat These Girls and Boys - "Where Did Our Love Go?" This is a version of the song as performed when lost at sea. When slowly spinning in circles in a round little dinghy, with candles for atmosphere, and the supper of distilled salt water and dried seaweed having been joyously consumed. And when I say "joyously", please understand that it's all relative, this is as joyous, as rauc...
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A hockey reference form someone who's only ever lived in sub-tropical and desert climates. Ha. Thanks 90's era Wayne Gretzky videogames.So here's the last bit of stuff I accumulated whilst while MOG decided to take its ball and go home. And it's the sort of thing I normally hate with a passion most people reserve for their worst enemies...... acoustic folk.And now that half of you have fled in ...
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Matt Slaybaugh's interview with Jesse Lortz of indie-folk wonder duo The Dutchess ' the Duke
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Whoa! I just stumbled upon this song and am really loving these kids! Check it out. I hope to catch their show when the play here in Los Angeles at The Echo on August 16th.
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Indie rock? Fine music, I guess, but ultimately a peasant's art. It is music for peasants, by peasants. Which is great, if you can satisfy yourself simply with a common man's thrill. Some of us desire something with a little more nobility, a little more regality. That's why I'm so excited about the new record by The Dutchess and The Duke. Finally, there will be an indie rock record for us noble...
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| 1 Hands |
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| 2 Scorpio |
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| 3 Let It Die |
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| 4 Living This Life Makes It Hard |
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| 5 Sunrise/Sunset |
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