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The Duchesses

The Duchesses

About Me


The Duchesses are a diverse four-piece hailing from Sydney and parts beyond. Their sound transverses a wide sonic landscape from power pop/rock to post-punk and post-rock and lightly seasoned with the occasional loop. Sometimes angular and rhythmic, other times sweeping and atmospheric, the duchesses are always melodic and catchy.

They have played at a number of venues around Sydney in their brief one and a half year existence including the Hopetoun, the Metro transit lounge, Home nightclub, Ruby Rabbit, @Newtown, the Marquee and the Annandale. There are many more shows coming in the future so watch this myspace for gig details and up and coming demos. Our debut single 'Your Great Escape' is now available at Red Eye Records and Fish Records in King St, Newtown.

"The Duchesses make an impressive entry with Your Great Escape – a slow-building track that grows from an atmospheric keyboard intro to an Editors/Interpol piece of popcraft. … Punchline works a similar template and is also impressive. … Tony Hubbard's voice is at its best when he's crooning authoritatively over crystalline guitars …"

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Music:

Member Since: 6/27/2006
Band Members: Tony- twangin' & sangin'

Jason- bangin'

Kristine- rumblin'

Michael- clangin', bass-midget


Influences: Bloc Party, Interpol, Editors, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver, Radiohead, Joy Division, The Cure, Pixies, Kashmir, Eno etc...
Sounds Like:

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stuff

Hi there, So I thought I'd drop a line about what's been happening. After Leng finished up with us at the end of February we started hunting for a new drummer. It wasn't as simple or as quick as I tho...
Posted by The Duchesses on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PST

We got one!

Hey hey!After several months of searching we are stoked (dude!) to announce that we have found our new drummer.His name is Jason and we're writing and rehearsing and getting used to the new vibe.We ca...
Posted by The Duchesses on Thu, 15 May 2008 05:20:00 PST

Calling all drummers!

So-o-o-ooo ... Our search for a drummer continues ... lawdy it ain't easy finding the right person so we're putting it out there - if you are a drummer or know someone who is, read the ad below and dr...
Posted by The Duchesses on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:19:00 PST

New tune and an update

Hello hello, How have you all been? It’s been a while so I thought I’d let you know what’s been happening. The end of February was Leng’s last show with us - we played the...
Posted by The Duchesses on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:57:00 PST

Updated Start Time for Fridays Gig

Hey there! There's been an amendment to the timeslots for the Rock De 'Lectro gig this Friday 29th Feb. We are now on stage at 9pm. The full timings are as follows: 6.30pm - Lunar Module 7.20pm - Sno...
Posted by The Duchesses on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:43:00 PST

The Duchesses Go International

Greetings!It looks like we're going to be played on an Oz Music show on a Parisienne online radio station that's put together by Natalie Vella (thanks Natalie) & just in case you're interested here ar...
Posted by The Duchesses on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:00 PST

Rock De Lectro - 29th Feb - The Annandale

    Hey hey!We have a gig that only comes around once every four years - the gig you play on the 29th of February! We've had a great month of gigs and have played with some great bands, and ...
Posted by The Duchesses on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:59:00 PST

First show for 2008 - 8th Feb

Hey hey! Belated happy new year to you all! So we have our first show for the year this ... Friday the 8th of February at The Lansdowne. It's Manilla Green's EP lauch and they've got us, Todd Sparrow...
Posted by The Duchesses on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:58:00 PST

Final show for 2007 - 12 December - The Annandale

Band: The Duchesses Venue: The Annandale When: Wednesday 12th December 2007 Time: first band on @ 8:15pm Entry: Freaken free! Bill: Bitchslap, Euphonic & Crash Tragic   Hello!   First ...
Posted by The Duchesses on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:32:00 PST

Thursday 22 Nov 2007

BAND: The Duchesses VENUE: Bar Broadway WHEN: Thursday 22 Nov 2007 TIME: first band on @ 7.30pm ENTRY: $10.00 BILL: Birdbrain, Mahogany Blaze & HOUSE OF ORANGE     Hey Friends!   He...
Posted by The Duchesses on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:19:00 PST