The Duchess, York: Just booked

Sat 8 May: NME Radar Tour with Hurts + Everything Everything + Darwin Deez

The Duchess, York — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:13:17 +0000

NME Radar presents the elegant and enigmatic Hurts, all sharp suits and visuals joined by co-headliners and fellow Mancs Everything Everything pitching for the deliberately arty and catchy. Winner. Tickets on sale Friday March 4 from 9am.

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Mon 5 Jul: The Orbitsuns

The Duchess, York — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:18:02 +0000

Damn straight, they're drinkin' again ... straight outta Detroit summoning the spirit of Exile On Main Street and stuffing it in a redneck cow-punk disco. It's country, but not as you know it.

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Mon 17 May: Fuzzbox

The Duchess, York — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:54:57 +0000

They gotta fuzzbox and they're gonna use it! Four brilliant Birmingham birds crossing pop-lite and indie with big hair, big beats and big tunes. Original line-up now back together ... come on, how can you miss this????

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Fri 23 Apr: The Black Spiders + Slaves To Gravity + Black Paper Cats

The Duchess, York — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:07:33 +0000

Sometimes, only a riff will do. Like a whole lotta Black Spiders, the UK's answer to Motorhead and Wildhearts, Monster Magnet and Kyuss.

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Sun 25 Apr: The Duchess Record Fair

The Duchess, York — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:52:05 +0000

Following on from successful events at Leeds Brudenell Social Club and Manchester's Deaf Institute, records, autographs, memorabilia - listening posts as well. And it's FREE to get in ... 10am - 4pm.

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Tue 16 Mar: The Hive Live! + Dead Rebellion + Lights In The Sky + Dorien Starre + Club Smith + Trophy Club + Surprise Fire + Radio Gypsy + Gleam Of Dawn

The Duchess, York — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:50:33 +0000

One heckuva line-up for a Tuesday in March ... most of York's top acts and all for a measly £4. Doors 7pm; first band 7.30pm; event finishes midnight. Come on and give your favourite bands a bit of a shout!

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Wed 8 Dec: Electric Six

The Duchess, York — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:32:27 +0000

Disco, synth pop, glam and arena rock from Detroit, all wrapped up in macho flippancy and tongue-in-cheek pomposity so be warned ... High Voltage!

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Sat 17 Apr: Liam Frost

The Duchess, York — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:43:17 +0000

"I'm never going to write a moronic 3-minute song with the same lyric over and over", says Liam Frost. Spoken like a true songwriter, whose latest album is dominated by optimistic love songs, collaborations with Ed Harcourt and a duet with Martha Wainwrig

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Fri 30 Apr: Son Of Dave + The Cubical + The Dead Delta

The Duchess, York — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:25:17 +0000

He's a one-man Alabama 3, a wild lonesome fusion of wild and soulful vocal-patterns over rhythm-and-blues New Orleans riffs; man, it's hard to imagine anything more downright earthy and damn funky.

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Mon 31 May: The Oli Brown Band + Virgil and The Accelerators + The Dan Hudson Blues Band

The Duchess, York — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:14:53 +0000

Three incredible young blues-rock bands with gobsmacking musicianship. Headed by wunderkind Oli Brown "One of the best and brightest guitar heroes playing in the world today" - Classic Rock. Welcome to the new generation. Not on a Memphis porch.

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Sat 29 May: Johnny Dowd

The Duchess, York — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:39:01 +0000

Utterly noir-ishly lazily non-bullshittingly unique; Waits and Cave can't even come close. Deadpan, lyrical car crash of Americana, beatnik rock, poetry, prose, jazz rock, rap, screaming metal guitar, retro pop, spoken word and country noir.

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Sun 11 Apr: Seth Lakeman

The Duchess, York — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:52:24 +0000

A big welcome back to the lavishly-talented, ruggedly-handsome fiddle-playing singer-songwriter from Devon, taking the folk world, and beyond, by storm. Yup, folk is cool.

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Sat 1 May: Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart

The Duchess, York — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:57:40 +0000

When your brother is the legendary Steve Earle, there's a weight of expectation. Happily, Stacey and Mark have long established themselves as one of Americana/folk's most popular and hard-working pairings.

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Thu 27 May: Example

The Duchess, York — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:48:37 +0000

Forget Mylo and Calvin Harris. Set to explode in 2010 after two Top 20s (Watch The Sun Come Up and Won't Go Quietly), London rapper Elliot Greave is a good example for us all ...

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Thu 8 Apr: Does It Offend You, Yeah? + Fortune + Hounds

The Duchess, York — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:58:52 +0000

If you can't get past the name, just get out of the way. Hyper dance rock marrying mile-wide synths to Rage Against The Machine. And not a gold helmet in sight.

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Wed 24 Mar: Young Rebel Set + Thomas White (Brakes / Electric Soft Parade) + Young Believers

The Duchess, York — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:36:01 +0000

Just how does a Teeside 7-piece produce such blue-collar authenticity (Springsteen, The Hold Steady) and heartstring-tugging tunes like If I Was and Won't Get Up Again. More Stewboss than Bruce at the moment, but it'll come, it'll come ...

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Sat 20 Mar: Emma Pollock (ex-Delgados) with full band + Josh Pyke + The Sorry Kisses

The Duchess, York — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:45:13 +0000

Great double-header with ex-Delgado Emma Pollock (appearing with a band) and multi-award winning Australian folk troubador Josh Pyke, influenced by Elliott Smith and The Shins. Classic show!

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Thu 22 Apr: Sweet Sweet Lies + Brigada Mercy + The Blueprints

The Duchess, York — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:05:22 +0000

Brighton band fusing jump blues with post-punk, folk and bluegrass. Johnny Cash meets Joe Jackson, Kurt Weill and Nick Cave (!). Dark and haunting, they have an overrated girlfriend ...

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Thu 1 Apr: Rock'its

The Duchess, York — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:08:42 +0000

Occasional classic rock and party punk night! 10.30 'til 3am; drinks deals; Blackout DJs Yoghurt and Stubbsy. No excuses not to stay out 'cos it's a Bank Holiday tomorrow ...

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Thu 20 May: Hedphone Party (Silent Disco) - 2 DJs and not a sound

The Duchess, York — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:37:59 +0000

Put on headphones; choose between 2 DJs: dance and sing. And not a single note can be heard. As seen around the UK club and festival circuit. Nothing can prepare you for how surreal and how much fun this is ...

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