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The Dutchess And The Duke
Also Playing: Greg Ashley and The Parlour Suite
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Sun Dec 6
8 pm
The Dutchess And The Duke, Greg Ashley, and The Parlour Suite at 7th Street Entry
Seattle boy-girl duo The Dutchess & The Duke audaciously play pretty ’60s folk-pop like it’s the sexiest, most dangerous stuff in the world. Amazingly, it comes off great on record: Both the recent Sunrise/Sunset and 2008’s She’s The Dutchess, He’s The Duke immerse themselves in sad, emotionally heavy balladry without letting it get too precious, with a refreshing directness likely borne out of members Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz's punk roots. Their debut kept things direct and punchy via no-frills, eight-track production, but Sunrise takes a more layered, cinematic approach (thanks to Gris Gris' Greg Ashley, who opens here)—though the cocky spite dripping from Lortz’s Jagger-esque vocals keeps the songs away from sounding like twee, Wes Anderson soundtrack material. While the results are undeniably pretty, the songs also exude a dark sexuality that gives them a dangerous edge.
7th Street Entry 701 1st Ave. N., Twin Cities, MN
Seattle boy-girl duo The Dutchess & The Duke audaciously play pretty ’60s folk-pop like it’s the sexiest, most dangerous stuff in the world. Amazingly, it comes off great on record: Both the recent Sunrise/Sunset and 2008’s She’s The Dutchess, He’s The Duke immerse themselves in sad, emotionally heavy balladry without letting it get too precious, with a refreshing directness likely borne out of members Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz's punk roots. Their debut kept things direct and punchy via no-frills, eight-track production, but Sunrise takes a more layered, cinematic approach (thanks to Gris Gris' Greg Ashley, who opens here)—though the cocky spite dripping from Lortz’s Jagger-esque vocals keeps the songs away from sounding like twee, Wes Anderson soundtrack material. While the results are undeniably pretty, the songs also exude a dark sexuality that gives them a dangerous edge.
Updated 02/04/2010
