Music Oct 8, 2009 at 4:00 am

The Dutchess and the Duke Keep the Campfire Punk Burning

Kristen Blush

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1
This is beautiful, Travis!
2
"Sunset/Sunrise stands to be one of the best records put out by a Seattle band this year, hands down"...?... stunning statement for a music department that ignores 90% of Seattle's music scene.. i'm not saying that statement isn't true.. i'm just saying i don't trust you.
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lovely!!
4
for the life of me, i don't know what people see in this band. not that they're bad, they're just very, very mediocre and horribly bland.
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#4, what I like about the D & the D is that they stand out as being different. They aren't necessarily my thing and the way the male/female vocals are layered is similar in a lot of the songs which makes them sound a little redundant. But "Reservoir Park" is a great folky pop song.

I'm more interested in hearing unique bands like this than technically competent yet uncreative bands that regurgitate the same styles and sounds.
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@4--thank you. They are soooo boring. I saw them last winter at KEXP's Yule benefit and they almost made my seasonal depression worse. Bland and dull with a friend in a bad sweater playing tambourine. Perhaps the worst part was when the Dutchess screeched a proposal into the microphone for one of her guy friends who was too chickenshit to ask his lady himself. Auugh. Her voice was like nails on glass when not singing. Needless to say, I walked out. Seattle, quit making a fuss over these lusterless hipsters (Apologies to Nicholas).
7
you guys are dicks....don't like it don't listen...your opinions are not important
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BUT YOURS IS GORDON! KEEP PREACHING
9
So much negativity, you all must just be jealous. I love em' live (I saw them touring as a three piece). The album is totally solid, I listen to it a great deal.
10
wow. these are the nicest, most unpretentious folks you will ever meet. they work really hard to make refreshing music, and aren't trying to shove themselves down anybody's throat. the negative comments are a real bummer.
11
Yeah......take it else where turds. The new record is killer and couldn't be more excited for the show at the croc tonight with Meth Teeth.
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@5...I'm all for uniqueness and originality, which is why I don't really care for this band. There are bands that can pull off being simple and folky because there is something unique about them: Cave Singers, Violent Femmes, etc. What does D&TD have that makes them stand out? What am I missing?

@7, 9, 11...Just because I'm not impressed by this band and am not buying into their hype I'm called out as being "jealous," a "dick" and a "turd?" How about we have a discussion about music without name calling? Take YOUR negativity elsewhere.

@10...I'm sure they're very nice people. I hope to someday be popular enough that people I don't know criticize my work on a message board and my friends defend how nice of a person I am. It's the curse of success.
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#13, Tell me the D & the D come on the radio and you don't automatically know who they are. That's what I mean by unique. I can't say that about half the bands KEXP plays, but I can certainly recognize these guys.

And you'll notice that critics never seem to compare them directly to other bands. I haven't read tons of articles about them, but the ones I've read have all used the "campfire punk" term to evoke their sound rather than saying they remind them of so and so...

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Fat boy and his ugly lover. That would have been a better name for this no-talent shitpiece.
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wow, i've been hating on the stranger's music coverage for quite some time now... but you guys are total dicks for sure. opinion can't be worded so strongly. i do sniff some jealousy... i'm all for people not buying the hype that is this band.. like so many other craptastic, beloved seattle bands; mad rad, throw me the statue, pearl jam, the entire electronic scene, the endless list of indie "let me on kexp and my life will be complete" bands.. not too sold on the rap scene either.. but mostly because all those peoples are motivated by ego and masturbation.. and there is nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING more spoiling of art than ego and masturbation... i don't smell that too much with these guys.. i'm not a fan.. totally not a fan.. saw them a couple times, didn't like them before i saw them and i didn't like them more after i saw them.. but i want to hear some debate? i want some reason? this band isn't all that creative.. they are playing it safe, artistically speaking, for a commercial audience.. this shit is old hat.. it's indie-folk rock with a dash of garage because lord knows that's the new shit.. what is creative about that? what barriers does that medium push? what about it has the 60's not already done? of course this will get an audience, tours, record deals, press, people being "powerfully moved" while it spins in their volvo on the way to their office job... none of that is surprising... but of all the terrible seattle bands that the stranger latches onto ultimately the stranger is the one playing it safe and being uncreative when it comes to discussing music, art in a real way and not as entertainment.. and its readers are sheep for buying into that shit. you can go to a show in this town on any given night of the week and it will be twice as crowded if the stranger "suggests it"... that's pathetic.

#15 "wake me up when they stop": please take your screen name back to some emo message board like alternative press or something where you can anonymously proposition 13 year old hot topic chicks for blow jobs and quit calling out the obvious; "fat boy and his ugly lover"... real creative. somehow i can't take shits on art from you very seriously. i picture you smashing beer cans on your forehead before locking up the doublewide and taking your sister on a date.

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