14 :: December :: 2011
LONDON KOKO, GERMANY & PRAGUE SHOWS ANOUNCED FOR MARCH
Sweet. We've added a London Koko, March 7th show to the tail end of the
March UK tour with pre-sale tickets for the show EXCLUSIVELY on sale through
our website from 9am today (14th December).
CLICK HERE when the time comes to get hold of some.
Support comes from Sissy & The Blisters and tickets go on general sale from
Friday morning.
The full run of dates look like this:-
MAR 1 - MANCHESTER RUBY LOUNGE [buy tickets]
MAR 2 - LEEDS COCKPIT* [buy tickets]
MAR 3 - GLASGOW KING TUTS [buy tickets]
MAR 5 - BRISTOL FLEECE [buy tickets]
MAR 6 - BRIGHTON KOMEDIA [buy tickets]
MAR 7 - LONDON KOKO [buy tickets]
*Tickets for the postponed Cockpit show on Sept 19th remain valid for this show.
And then...
From London, the Spirit immediately rolls on into Germany and the Czech Republic
(first ever headline show in Prague) for the following dates.
MAR 9 - HAMBURG MOLOTOW [buy tickets]
MAR 10 - BERLIN C-CLUB [buy tickets]
MAR 11 - PRAGUE LUCERNA MUSIC BAR [buy tickets]
MAR 12 - MUNICH 59:1 [buy tickets]
21 :: November :: 2011
Brothers & Sisters it's been a long time coming but
'Bruiser',
the new album by
The Duke Spirit is finally out and available
to download TODAY in
North America!
12 dextrous new songs, a honeyed & delicious Spirit cornucopia,
to nurse and enjoy.
Just click below to get yourself a copy.
AMAZON /
ITUNES The physical version of Bruiser will be available early in 2012.
BRUISER TRACKLISTING Cherry Tree
Procession
Villain
Don't Wait
Surrender [
watch video]
Bodies
De Lux
Sweet Bitter Sweet
Running Fire
Everybody's Under Your Spell [
watch video]
Northbound [
watch video]
Homecoming
21 :: November :: 2011
6 MUSIC HUB SESSION TOMORROW [TUES 22ND]
To mark the release of 'Don't Wait' the band will be heading
to BBC 6 MUSIC tomorrow morning to play a live 'Hub Session'
on the Lauren Laverne Show.
The show runs from 10am till 1pm UK time.
Available on Digital radio and online streaming.
For the 6 MUSIC site Click Here.
Just go out and dance to the Rock n Roll station.
21 :: November :: 2011
DON'T WAIT-OUT NOW
'Don't Wait', the new single from The Duke Spirit is released TODAY,
in the UK & Europe and is available to download in all the usual places.
ITUNES / AMAZON / HMV / PLAY
It's also available as a highly limited numbered VINYL 7", housed in a
tremendous golden Draw Me Into Space designed spined sleeve with
black inner bag & pressed on extremely lucky emerald green vinyl.
The b-side of the single is 'Villain [Laid Bare]'.
Available for the first time it's a beautiful exclusive one take recording
of Villain featuring only Liela's voice and her piano.
The FIRST 300 singles also contain a different unique photograph from
a moment in the bands history thus far taken by Mr Luke B Ford
. Each picture is hand signed and numbered by brother Ford to an edition of 300.
Here's some links to a few very fine UK record stores where you can
either pick one up or mail-order one from...
ROUGH TRADE [LONDON]
PICCADILLY RECORDS [MANCHESTER]
BANQUET RECORDS [KINGSTON]
11 :: November :: 2011
DON'T WAIT SHIRTS
'DON'T WAIT' Lion shirts now available in the U.K./R.O.W store.
100% ethically produced. Too nice for a Friday Night...check em HERE
11 :: November :: 2011
02 :: November :: 2011
NEW UK TOUR ANNOUNCED-TICKETS ON EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE NOW!
The Duke Spirit have just announced a short sharp hit of U.K.
headline dates for March with exclusive presale tickets available
from 9 a.m. this morning (Wednesday 2nd November).
To grab some tickets just click
HERE and follow the links.
General sale tickets are then available from 9 a.m. on Friday (4th November)
in all the usual places.
Here's the full list of dates....
MAR 1 - MANCHESTER RUBY LOUNGE
MAR 2 - LEEDS COCKPIT*
MAR 3 - GLASGOW KING TUTS
MAR 5 - BRISTOL FLEECE
MAR 6 - BRIGHTON KOMEDIA
*Tickets for the postponed Cockpit show on Sept 19th remain valid for this new show. And to view all upcoming worldwide Spirit Dates click
HERE...
02 :: November :: 2011
Cutting Vinyl on Channel 4 Tonight!
Tune into Channel Four in the UK tonight at quarter past midnight to
see The Duke Spirits 'on track' film- documenting a recent visit to
Metropolis studios in London to record 4 tracks direct to vinyl!
(3 songs from 'bruiser' and one bitchin' cover).
26 :: October :: 2011
DON'T WAIT BLACK & WHITE VIDEO EXCLUSIVE
An exclusive Black & White Cut of the video for the new Spirit
20 :: October :: 2011
MORE EUROPEAN DATES ANNOUNCED
We just got back from our Europa dash....full of blissful memories-
many great cities, many great shows and so many good spirits we've
met along the way....Praise to y'all....Electric Warriors one and all....
Oh yes.
Just confirmed, The Duke Spirit will be Special Guests for White Lies
on their upcoming European & UK dates.
Roll on....here's a film-clip from the recent Berlin Lido show....
N8 FESTIVAL - SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
Image: Ricardo Vargas
After the Viennese shakedown of a couple of weeks ago-which found us rocking a
boat on the Danube Canal-(see Ricardo Vargas's picture above) we're heading back
to Austria for the N8 Festival in Salzburg.
Information & Tickets can be found
HERE Finally - check out these pictures taken in Amsterdam at the Paradiso on the first
15 :: October :: 2011
NYC SHOWS THIS WEEK!
Back in NYC this week & the following shows will be
taking place brothers & Sisters....
18 October at 18:00, Brooklyn Bowl
Our main CMJ show - takes place at BROOKLYN BOWL on
Tuesday night - Dukes stage time 11pm - ...
Free entry with a CMJ badge or RSVP...follow the link below...
A bit earlier that night we'll also be playing a little half hour show for KCRW
at the BOWERY HOTEL in the City. 'It's a School Night At The Bowery Hotel'
Again - stage time 8.30-9- again free entry if you RSVP at the link below...
05 :: October :: 2011
27 :: September :: 2011
NME STREAM EXCLUSIVE NEW SONG FROM BATMAN
You can hear a brand new Spirit song
RIGHT HERE on NME.com.
The song is called 'Creature' and is featured on the soundtrack
album to 'Batman:Arkham' City' game.
19 :: September :: 2011
12 dextrous new songs, housed in a compendium of mythical beasts, available
on heavyweight 12" Vinyl, CD, and Download...A honeyed & delicious Spirit
Cornucopia to nurse and enjoy!
It's been a long time coming but our new album BRUISER is finally cut loose
&
Japan.
Spanish,
Italian &
Portuguese release dates are
October 3rd and
The NorthAmerican release comes a little later on November 22nd.
19 :: September :: 2011
Later with Jools Holland. Our first time on there we'll be playing one song live tomorrow
night live at
10pm (uk time) and
2 songs on
Friday night's show...
London SCALA show in
Kings Cross on
Wednesday night...hell yeah...
here...
Then
Friday sees the start of our
European Tour...First stop
Amsterdam. We can't wait.
Details on all the dates are
here...
Here's a couple of pictures taken by
Ben 'Hard Skin' Corrigan on our last visit to
Holland19 :: September :: 2011
Here's a grand little time lapse movie from the recent London Boston Arms Boxing Ring show -
featuring our song,
Running Fire. Cunningly shot & cut together by
Duncan Rice.
12 :: September :: 2011
'LATER' WITH JOOLS HOLLAND / LEEDS SHOW POSTPONED
We have good news, with a sprinkling of bad news:
The Duke Spirit will be on the first show of the new series
of 'Later' with Jools Holland, which broadcasts live on Tuesday
20th.
The programme requires rehearsals & soundcheck the day before
so...oh no!...we're forced to postpone our LEEDS COCKPIT show
on the 19th.
We will be rescheduling and all tickets will remain valid or be
refunded if you can't make it.
Sorry Leeds, your loss is the worlds gain.
12 :: September :: 2011
SURRENDER SINGLE OUT TODAY!
New single 'SURRENDER' is out in the UK today.
Available Digitally in all the usual spots - you can also order
a very Ltd Ed. White vinyl 7" from the
Rough Trade link
HERE.
Or if you're in London head to one of their stores and take a
mighty swing at the 'Bruiser' punchbag while you're at it...
07 :: September :: 2011
There's going to be a WEEK OF BRUISER taking place at Rough Trade
East from Monday 12th September culminating in a live show in the
store on Friday 16th at about 7pm.
They have the exclusive on our Ltd. Edition White Vinyl 'Surrender'
7" (the only other place you'll be able to pick one up is at one of the
upcoming shows) - buy a copy from Monday to get a wristband for
Friday night (there will be a few given out on the night too).
To mark the release, they're also installing a 'Bruiser' punch bag in
store all that week, streamed live on
Facebook - pick up the gloves
and take a swing - good punches will make it on to our
facebook gallery, tag yourself to win prizes... More information on all
20 :: August :: 2011
BRUISER - SUPER LIMITED PRE-ORDER
- The new Duke Spirit album Bruiser is unleashed on September 19th in the UK,
and released around the world following that.
You can order your copy of the album in the UK right now - and we've put together
a couple of special bundles available soon in the
UK STORE.
- We have a very limited quantity of lyric books handwritten by Liela, including
personal notes on the new album and a memento from touring - you might find
a used AAA pass, an old ticket, old foreign currency...
Think of it like a winning Wonka bar in sketch-book form. Formidable!
Each one is totally unique, bundled with a cd album.
- Plus if you are a vinyl fan, we've got BRUISER on beautiful heavyweight 12",
with an illustrated lyric insert from Draw Me Into Space and limited edition
numbered Steve Gullick photographic print signed by the legendary photographer
and the band. If you are unaware of the rare genius that is Steve Gullick (this man
toured with Nirvana, beat Grohl at an air-guitar contest and created the famous Bonne
Prince Billy sleeve for Master & Everyone...yep he's amazing).
-
iTunes are offering you 2 exclusive bonus videos from the
Rehearsals Rehearsalsvideo series we filmed (check out the first two on
Facebook if you haven't seen them
yet).
- Recordstore.com have snapped up a limited number of signed copies, available on
- If you like to stick to what you know, the usual suspects have got pre-orders up too:
Look out for iTunes pre-orders in your hometowns around the world at
-We'll be releasing in USA in November, we are just cooking up plans- more news to follow
on that very soon...
17 :: August :: 2011
The Video for the new single 'Surrender' is now live on VEVO.
The Video was Filmed & Directed by Jay Clark and Edited By
David Bowman.
05 :: August :: 2011
Tickets are now on sale for The Duke Spirit's LES INROCKS
show at NOUVEAU CASINO in Paris on October 10th...
05 :: August :: 2011
'SURRENDER' VINYL NOW AVAILABLE ON
EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER
The new single 'Surrender' is now available to pre-order
exclusively from Rough Trade stores as a mighty pretty
white vinyl 7".
The only other opportunity to pick one of these up will be from
the merch stall at the upcoming live shows.
Housed in a beautiful D.M.I.S designed sleeve the record also
features another brand new track entitled 'A Wig On A Mind' as
the flip-side.
26 :: July :: 2011
FIRST RADIO PLAY FOR SURRENDER TODAY!
Our new single SURRENDER will get it's first radio play
today on Steve Lamacq's 6 Music Show, between 4 & 7pm.
Listen-Tweet-Text-do it all people...
04 :: July :: 2011
GERMAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
FOR SEPTEMBER
These are the first German Dates since the beginning
of 2009, along with the bands first ever Austrian show
at the WAVES festival in Vienna.
07 :: June :: 2011
Q MAGAZINE REVIEW - BRUISER
There's a review of Bruiser in this month's Q Magazine...
06 :: June :: 2011
Y-NOT FESTIVAL
on August 5th...
06 :: June :: 2011
TRAMLINES FESTIVAL CONFIRMED
in Sheffield on Saturday 23rd July - and it's FREE entry baby!
23 :: May :: 2011
6 MUSIC - MARC RILEY SHOW
We're live on 6 Music tonight at 7pm! playing a few songs
on the Marc Riley show before we head over to the Academy
3 for tonight's gig.
15 :: May :: 2011
TATTY DEVINE
We've collaborated once more with our good sisters and
London legends TATTY DEVINE In the shape of some brand
new Duke Spirit 'Bruiser' Ram Charms and necklaces.
As modeled by Moss right here....
These little golden sweethearts/paragons of power (whichever
way you wanna view them) will be available on the merchandise
store at all of the upcoming UK shows and on sale in the UK Web
Store imminently.
04 :: May :: 2011
THE COMPUTERS - JOIN THE TOUR!
The Duke Spirit Tour heads out in just under 2 weeks
and we're psyched-psyched-psyched to announce that
support for all shows from Lancaster down to Brighton
These boys play things out in all the right ways, believe
it...
They've even just made a record with Spirit
hero John Reis, at his home. Hell yeah.
31 :: March :: 2011
LIELA ON SIX!
On Sunday April 10th, Liela is co-hosting the Huey Morgan show on BBC 6music.
She will be the show's first Sunday Girl live between 1 and 4pm [UK time]. OOooh.
For those reading this outside of the UK who don't know about 6 Music, it is THE
finest National Radio Station in our homeland - and you can Stream it online
HERE.Tune in to hear the sweet records Moss has up her sleeve for ya.
31 :: March :: 2011
DUKES TO PLAY HOP FARM FESTIVAL 2011
The Duke Spirit have joined the bill for The Hop Farm Festival 2011,
[Kent,UK]. They will be performing on Friday 1st July...
10 :: March :: 2011
SCALA SHOW CONFIRMED
All the tickets for the LONDON show at The Dome at The Boston Arms on
May 18th have now SOLD OUT.
Fear not though, as another London show has just been confirmed.
This time at 'THE SCALA' on September 21st.
Tickets for this show are on sale exclusively through The Duke Spirit store
from 9am TODAY- 24hrs before general release tickets become available.
08 :: March :: 2011
LONDON SHOW SOLD OUT
All tickets are now sold out for the Show at the Dome in London on
May 18th.
04 :: March :: 2011
UK TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR MAY.
TICKETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY from 9am TODAY
In preparation for the arrival of the mighty 'Bruiser', The Duke Spirit's
third LP, the band take to the road again with UK dates throughout May
and into June.
Early birds catch the worm as tickets go on sale exclusively through
The Duke Spirit website from 9am TODAY [March 4th].
CLICK HERE TO GRAB YOURSELF ONE
General Sale tickets will then become available at 9am on Monday
March 7th from all the usual suspects.
Tickets For the Album Launch Show at London's 'The Dome'-
@The Boston arms [18th May] are very limited and ONLY available
through the Website.
23 :: February :: 2011
MTV INTERVIEW WITH LIELA
There's a MTV little Interview with Liela about the
'Everybody's Under Your Spell' Video, Wizardry and
Moustachioed men RIGHT HERE.
21 :: February :: 2011
LIELA & NICK CAVE SING ON NEW UNKLE EP
Liela sings on new UNKLE track out April 4th...'The Dog Is Black' is the
second track on their forthcoming EP featuring Nick Cave. Delicious...
check details and pre-order it HERE
The Duke Spirit Will also appear as UNKLE's special guests at their
Brixton Academy Show on April 1st CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
14 :: February :: 2011
ARTROCKER REVIEW - KUSAMA EP
14 :: February :: 2011
TDS - CONFIRMED AS MAIN SUPPORT FOR UNKLE'S BRIXTON SHOW
The Duke Spirit have been confirmed as main support
for UNKLE's Brixton Axademy show on April 1st.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
14 :: February :: 2011
FREE LONDON SHOW THIS FRIDAY (18TH FEBRUARY)
The Duke Spirit are John Kennedy's guests at his 'Remedy' club
night at The Tooting Tram & Social.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
07 :: February :: 2011
DOWNLOAD THE KUSAMA EP ON iTUNES
Click HERE to download in the U.K.
Click HERE to download in the U.S.
07 :: February :: 2011
KUSAMA 12" VINYL EP RELEASED TODAY!
EXCLUSIVE KUSAMA BUNDLE AVAILABLE IN THE STORE!
The KUSAMA VINYL EP [Limited Heavyweight 180gm 12"]
is available to buy from The Duke Spirit Store from Today.
You'll also be able to pick up a copy at any of the upcoming UK shows.
The EP is also available as part of an exclusive BUNDLE along with
A Kusama T-Shirt and Signed Limited Edition Numbered Hand Screen
Printed Tour Poster for just £20.
Click HERE to visit the store.
31 :: January :: 2011
KUSAMA EP RELEASED ON ITUNES TODAY
In The UK / Europe/ Australasia & Japan.
Click HERE to download it.
Kusama will also be available on Limited Edition
Heavyweight Vinyl from Next Monday (7th February)
through The Website's UK/EUROPE Store.
The vinyl will also be available in select UK record stores.
You'll also be able to pick up a copy at any of the
upcoming UK shows.
14 :: January :: 2011
THE DUKE SPIRIT - FUEL TV
Click HERE to see footage from the FUEL TV performance.
12 :: January :: 2011
THE DUKE SPIRIT - THE TONIGHT SHOW
Click HERE to see footage from last night's show.
24 :: December :: 2010
UK HEADLINE SHOWS ANNOUNCED
To celebrate the UK release of their KUSAMA EP, which hits the streets on Feb 7th, the band are playing a handful of very intimate shows across the UK.
They promise to warm the cockles of yer' heart. Oooh yeh...
02 FEB - GUILDFORD BOILEROOM
03 FEB - LONDON HEAVEN
09 FEB - SOUTHAMPTON TALKING HEADS
10 FEB - LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
12 FEB - GLASGOW CAPTAIN'S REST
13 FEB - EDINBURGH SNEAKY PETE'S
14 FEB - MANCHESTER SOUND CONTROL
15 FEB - CARDIFF CLWB IFOR BACH
[CLICK FOR TOUR PAGE/TICKET LINKS]
22 :: November :: 2010
LONDON HEADLINE SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR FEBRUARY
The Duke Spirit have been confirmed to play a Headline NME Awards show at London's 'Heaven' on February 3rd, 2011. Tickets go on presale at www.NME.com from 9am on Wednesday 24th November and on general release from Friday 26th
22 :: NOVEMBER :: 2010
LIVE BUZZ SESSION
Click on the song title links below to see the recent 4 song Live Buzz Session we did in Los Angeles with Nic Harcourt. Came out pretty well! We got to record in 'The Village' - under the shadows of There's A Riot Going On and Goats Head Soup.
There are two new songs "Villain" and "Surrender" that are unreleased until now so check them out and enjoy.
VILLAIN
PROCESSION
EVERYBODY'S UNDER YOUR SPELL
SURRENDER
23 :: October :: 2010
REVIEW - THIS WEEK'S NME
THE DUKE SPIRIT / EVERYBODY'S UNDER YOUR SPELL
'These cult heroes return with a glossy fur coat slung over the shoulders of their dirty blues rock. Liela Moss' rasp has a new smoothness, and with the band thundering beneath it, The Duke Spirit suddenly sound more confident and glamourous than ever before.' [Martin Robinson - Deputy Editor NME]
