Post-rock atmosphere and swathes of synth wrap around spiky post-punk fury. A kind of sunny melancholy drenching fits of energy. Quietly optimistic songs of love, ambition and modern life played with punk vigour and a very real passion.
Duke Raoul have played alongside bands like The Futureheads, Clor, Pull Tiger Tail, The Subways and Victorian English Gentlemens Club. As well as appearing on underground compilations and podcasts they appeared on Smalltown America’s highly acclaimed Public Service Broadcast compilation series (PSB 2 and PSB 9). They’ve played been played on Radio One, XFM, and enjoyed rave reviews from DrownedinSound.
Right now they are recording their debut album.
Chuck us an email at info AT dukeraoul DOT co DOT uk
OUT NOW
Public Service Broadcast 9 new bands compilation from Smalltown America recordings. We're featured alongside bands like Holy Fuck, Tiger Force, Q Without You and loads of other exciting bands. It's out now and you can order it HERE.
He was in the year above me at school and then after uni I played in a band with him called Bunkbed (now called Seven Summits), but then I moved to London and joined a new band!
i am off to london tomorrow to help my alex buy a twelve string guitar haha, it's all lost on me i'm afraid, though i wouldn't mind trying my hand at piano... x
Two of our most exciting events of the year come to you back to back, this Thursday and Friday.
First 070808:
Released Sept 08' but brought to you in advance by Not For Resale, the new compilation release from Brighton's Toy Soldier Records gets it's rightful release knees-up (and in yr face) at NFR in August.
'1:18th' - 18-Track CD compilation featuring: Jonquil, Revenge of Shinobi, Bats, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Everyone to the Anderson, Lebanons, Little Trophy, Who Owns Death TV, Epideme, Laish Quartet, Sunshine the Werewolf +++ Many, many, many more
Then FRIDAY (080808 – YEAH!) brings you this:
The NFR club night in full effect - future disco, mutant indie, guest djs and bands. A ridiculously decadent night of neon insanity.
Starting off with ex-My Rhino man matt’s new Overwatch outfit. A meshing and mashing of Warp style IDM electronics and crushing Relapse guitar riffs and textures www. myspace. com/httpwwwmyspacecomoverwatch
Second up is Londons one and only 8-bit one-man thrash metal band. We’ve been playing him for months and are very excited to bring you his debut Brighton performance. The immense Kkasio-dooom-wave-thrash-tech-getto-core of Iron Pirate is primed, under orders and ready to ravage!!! Get his album now and see what’s in store for y’all come high summer www. myspace. com/ironpirat
Finishing you off will be Brighton’s P For Persia with their psycho-jungle-comes-alive inter-galactic no-wave, ex-grunge de-fib un-tuned diskko sludge www. myspace. com/pforpersia
.....This gig is going to be one of the most incendiary off the wall events you will EVER see.
Brighton’s premier alternative disco returns this FRIDAY 18th JULY with the hotly tipped FLASHGUNS and the rock n’ soul diamonds CRANE BROTHERS playing live.
Open till 2am with late entry and DJs dropping bombs of the musical variety to make you dance ‘til your shoes cry for help.
Hello, hope all is good just dropping by to say our album is now only £2+postage, for 12 tracks on limited edition cd our shop is http://d67. bigcartel. com, thanks and take care, Absent.
Friday comes early this month. For one Night only, NFR LIVE! is on Thursday. But Thursday's are Friday's dipped in chocolate. Or something.
Brighton’s only free future music live band club night >>>
Laish Band are a genuine real, roots and dust folk band, hotwired into the 22nd century - a hybrid of rewardingly sensual experience the like of wish I can damn near promise you won’t have seen before (www. myspace. com/laishmusic).
The Stars Down To Earth say Rock And Roll Is Not Enough. It probably isn’t, which is why they get all percussive and pretty and heart-meltingly gorgeous. Because Rock and Roll is not enough (www. myspace. com/thestarsdowntoearth).
Last Days of Lorca have attitude. They have scary breaks of intimidating drums and will floor you with massive, immersive tidal waves of indie-noise – think Radiohead, but fiercer (www. myspace. com/lastdaysoflorca).
ha ha awesome, good luck in the studio (: i'm off to new york in less than two weeks, can't wait. I won't be making a fake ID like you though tut tut ha ha. x
Hello there, just a quick note to say thank you for becoming our friend here on myspace, old and new. We would be grateful to know what your personal opinions are and if you can ever make it to one of our gigs we would love to meet you in person.
We’ve got a new venue for it – The Hope – BLAM in the centre of town. Still free.
Hope you can make it, this one’s going to be intense and a whole lot of fun.
This month we’ll be DJing new and exciting tunes from these kinds of outfits>>>
Be Your Own Pet / Benga / Blood Red Shoes / Bonde De Role / Boys Noise / Brodinski / Celebration / Chromatics / Cosmic Metal Mother / Crystal Castles / Dananananaykroyd / The Death Set / Der Blutharsch / D.I.M. / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Errors / Foals / Fucked Up / Future Of The Left / Glass Candy / Guns ‘N’ Bombs / Heartsrevolution / Holy Fuck / Klaxons / Kode9 / Late Of The Pier / Le Dust Sucker / M83 / MGMT / Midnight Juggernauts / Neon Neon / Of Montreal / Om / Portishead / Pterodactyl / Santogold / Shinichi Osawa / The Teenagers / Turbowolf / The Sword / These New Puritans / White Denim / White Hills / Wooden Shjips / Working For A Nuclear Free City…
All that, plus pure party atmos, strobes, projections…mayhem.
aaah what!! 147?!! For fucks sake, the only year since about 1988 that I haven't been glued to the snooker like the sad twat that I am over the month of April, and there we go, I miss a truly great moment.
Hullo there,
we finally have a single, and set of lovely guests.
if you can make it, please come down and help make our launch party a night to remember.
tickets cheaper from komedia in advance
Hey Guys! Hope all is good with you! I'm playing at the Troubadour, London this wed if you fancy coming by! Should be a great night! All the details are on my page. All the best Sarah xx
We’ve been shortlisted in the Gigwise competition for a slot at this year’s Camden Crawl.
It’s all down to a kind of online X-Factor public vote now, yes you have the chance to put us up there with the likes of Gareth Gates, Michelle McManus and that Andy bloke.
Please show us you support by taking a moment to vote for us here:
