As Christmas and Channukah and Chakwanza are coming up and the economy being what it is, here is a great present for those of you cheap, ahem, I mean creative types to make for that iPod person in your life. Geeky Gadgets has the layout here
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Blur is getting back together for two shows in London, and maybe more? More here
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I was recently back in Austin for Thanksgiving and met up with some friends at Gingerman to catch up. Cobo asked me what Seattle band he should be listening too. I was too drunk to answer, or remember what I did say, but I hope I said The Dutchess and the Duke.
There are many Seattle bands that I'm interested in: These Arms Are Snakes; Hazlewood Motel; Fleet Foxes. But these days I've been listening to The Dutchess and The Duke's cd She's the Duchess, He's the Duke. The first time I heard their song Mary on the interweb radio I thought it was the new release from the M Ward/Zooey Deschanel project now known to the world as the royally simplified band name She & Him. The reason? The tDntD guitar sound is a bit like Ward's, and the female voice sounds a lot like Deschanel's in the movie Elf. (And I've frequently secretly fantasized about Zooey ever since Almost Famous, so that's what I project when I hear any woman's voice...yes, even when listening to NPR).
What I like about tDntD in a word is...okay I can't do just one words so here you go: they have an old school whimsy about them. Or rather, like they dropped out of school and decided to see what Mexico was like during the winter; then they ended up playing sweet, sad, yet surefooted songs, for the passing travelers for gas money...in the 60's.
I've heard mixed reviews of The Dutchess and The Duke's shows, so I'm a little anxious to see them play tonight at Neumo's, along with Shearwater and Grand Archives.
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Is it me or does the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah singer sound exactly like David Byrne?
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