
Sometimes I feel like I'm being singled out. It's paranoid I know but sometimes I think the Canadian Indie Musicians Association (CIMA), or the Austin Alliance of Great Roots Rock Bands (AAGRRB), or the Portland Oregon Music Label Group (POMLG) (all ficticious groups btw) are all out to get me. Their tactics primarily include sending amazing unsolicited music directly to my mailbox. Perhaps they're sending this stuff to everyone else, but sometimes it seems I'm the only one writing about. Take The Great Outdoors ( DDG Records ) for example. Their record, [...]

After this post from Best Week Ever , I was gonna do a post called "A Pack of Wolves". As there are oodles of bands with "wolf" in the title. Instead, The Duke will feature bands with the word "Great" in their name. Fourteen bands to be exact. In beta-alphaical order: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ~ Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps The Sixth Great Lake ~ Everybody Loves To Be Loved The Late Greats ~ [...]