Dirtyphonics definitely live up to their name with the release of their debut full-length album, Irreverence, which is out now on Dim Mak Records. The record has so many grimy bass sounds and filthy, in-your-face synth lines, you're going to need a shower after just one listen. If you haven't heard the nasty wobbles of ...

The Duke Spirit, "Cuts Across The Land"
Nightmare Air's long-in-the-works debut "High in the Lasers" is the sound of three people at the volume of 3,000 — blissful layers of guitar, bass and drums that isn't so much shoegaze as it is sonic neurosis. It's the brainchild of guitarist and pedal geek Dave Dupuis, who played in Film School and paid some bills manning the soundboard for the likes of the Duke Spirit, Jenny Lewis and Silversun Pickups. Indeed, some of "High in the Lasers" (out on Tuesday via Saint Marie Records) sounds like the Pickups at their most furious, getting Tasered. But not only does the [...]
Having lived out my formative years beneath the Heathrow flight path, I feel only too well acquainted with the vexatious "low plane" recurrently referenced by enigmatic UK ensemble PSALMS on their one and only as yet audible output, Low Plane. A tumultuous clusterfuck of turbulent drums, nonchalant vox, and guitars that slither between the two disparate ends to the spectrum of the typically snappy loud/ quiet dynamic, although little may be known of the troupe it is immediately apparent that their formative years were played out sometime or other during the '90s. Equal parts Duke Spirit-inspirited [...]

If we're ever going to hear Beck's new unrecorded album of sheet music , Song Reader , musicians need to step up and perform those quarter notes, staff lines, lyrics and chords. Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt interpreted the material last week with a toy piano and windup bird , while the album's official site has begun cataloging a first wave of YouTube covers to surface. Earlier this month, the Duke Spirit's Liela Moss joined Ed Harcourt and David Coulter for "America, Here's My Boy" live in London. With Coulter on saw, Harcourt on piano, and Moss [...]

Hace algunos meses Beck anunció que su nuevo disco, Song Reader , no sería lanzado en ninguno de los formatos comunes como vinil, CD or MP3, sino que lo presentaría como partituras sin grabar. Para escuchar el material, básicamente uno mismo tendría que tocar las canciones. El día de hoy, Rough Trade anunció que, junto a Faber Social y Heavenly Music Services, presentarán la premiere del álbum en el Reino Unido con una selección de canciones de Song Reader interpretadas por Carl Barat (ex-Libertine), Steve Mason (de The Beta Band), Liela Moss (de The Duke [...]

Para el libro Gary Numan: Now…and then la revista Artrocker -quien edita-, nos promete doscientas nuevas fotografías y varias entrevistas inéditas en torno al pasado, presente y futuro de Gary Numan , incluyendo una que aborda el origen, grabación y lanzamiento del sencillo “ Are Friends Electric? ”, un momento decisivo no únicamente en la carrera de Numan, sino en la historia del synth-pop . Gary Numan: Now…and then será un lanzamiento digital para tablets (iPad, Android y Kindle), disponible [...]

The 2012 CMJ Marathon 2012 is set to host over 1300 artists at 80 different venues across New York City for over 120,000 fans from October 16-20. Attendees have the luxury of catching 80 different shows, panels, parties and special events with distinguished and rising music industry professionals, artists, entrepreneurs and more. This year several artists we've interviewed with will play the fest, including Erin Barra, Teen Daze, The Duke Spirit, VHS or Beta, Electric Touch, Motopony, US Royalty, The Wombats and more. Check out the schedule here . Most recently Teen Daze announced [...]

" Petals " se desprende del EP colaborativo de Gary Numan y Officers que verá la luz el 19 de noviembre en Original Wall Of Death, el cual incluirá remixes por Ade Fenton, Jagz Kooner y LOSERS (Eddy Temple Morris de XFM/Paul Mullen de YourCodeNameIs:Milo/Tom Bellamy de The Cooper Temple Clause). Recordemos que Splinter , el nuevo álbum de Numan estará a la venta el próximo año, al igual que versiones de su anterior material, Dead Son Rising , interpretadas por Tim Burgess, Alec Empire, The Duke Spirit, Alessandro [...]

Duke Spirit, "Wooden Heart (demo)"
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Wild Flag, The Duke Spirit Song: Tilly & The Wall - Love Riot [download here ] What's so good? [...]
This is definitely a weekend reserved for rock with Rock for Pussy, a tribute to David Bowie at First Ave. on Friday and Rock the Vine, a day reserved for music and wine tasting, on Saturday. Minneap

[Varsity Arts Presents] Groovy London quintet The Duke Spirit will make a stop in Minneapolis this Sunday and they are toting MFR faves Hacienda with them! We are totally stoked for this show, so it's time to share the love- for your chance to win a pair of tickets email laura@minneapolisfuckingrocks. com with your answer to the following question. Who was the bigger badass: Wonder Woman or Cheetara (of Thundercats)? Sunday, June 10 2012 8pm // [...]

It’s the 2012 Summer Fundraising Drive , the Seventh Annual Hood-to-Hood Challenge , and it's Noise For The Needy 2012 week, so suffice to say this is the time to give. What a great excuse (as if you needed one) to get out and enjoy some local music with friends! Noise for the Needy is taking place between June 1st – 10th in venues throughout Seattle and proceeds will benefit Seattle Community Law Center (SCLC). There's a ton of other great choices as well. On Wednesday night, Terry Lee Hale, Little Silver, and Whiting Tennis are at [...]
Your smashing Sunday selections: ► The Duke Spirit stops by the Echoplex in support of their new album "Bruiser." San Antonio's Hacienda and the Dead Ships of L.A. support. ► The Beach Boys play another show this weekend. This time, those sunny melodies will be ringing throughout the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine. ► Lana Del Rey heads to a sold-out El Rey Theatre and touts Jarrod Gorbel as the opener. ► Part Time Punks bring Brooklyn's Violens [that's [...]
Depois de terem lançado o álbum 'Bruiser' no ano passado, é preciso estar em Roma para saber que os The Duke Spirit lançaram há muito pouco tempo um single de nome "Glorious". Como é que ninguém me disse nada?? "Glorious" está disponível para comprar apenas através da página oficial da banda. O que eu gosto de ti, Liela. :) Video Credits: thedukespiritTV on youtube.com .:: Artigos
Britain's blues-rock group, The Duke Spirit, summonsed artists Kid Acne and Dscreet for direction in the video for their new track "Glorious". Featuring excerpts from Kid Acne's Stabby Women film series, the tracks' postmodern force is enhanced by the ominous and heavily contrasted black and white images. Leila Moss' voice is as sexy as ever [...]
The Duke Spirit's migration from the shoegazey/Britpop turf of its inception into more bluesy territory suits the U.K. quintet well. Singer Liela Moss has grown into her boots as a frontwoman with style and swagger, and guitarists Toby Butler and Luke Fore are still capable of cutting across the land. The fivesome last week released a new single, "Glorious," their first new music since last year's very good album "Bruiser." The video is the work of Sheffield street artist Kid Acne and was directed by Dscreet; it features snippets of Kid Acne's "Stabby Women" film series. Get ritual. [...]
Watch 'Glorious' below. Catch The Duke Spirit on their North American tour. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: The Duke Spirit - Don't Wait (Live)