Monthly Archives: February 2009

Let them eat cake

DUELS 2009 - first rehearsal

As Whiskas mentioned in the Live at Leeds post, we hit the rehearsal room this week for the first time as DUELS III, and muchos fun was had. A cake in the shape of a champagne bottle and warm Grolsch all laid on special like to welcome Whiskas. Despite our creaking bones shaking with the [...]

Live At Leeds

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After breaking the ice on Duels III last night, chomping into champagne cake and guzzling Grolsch, we will break into the public domain at this years’ Live At Leeds event – Saturday 2nd May The event features 100s of bands in 1000s of venues¬†across¬†Leeds – where and when we are playing will be revealed nearer [...]

News of the World

News of the World

Our Barbarians give away made the News of the World north of the border this weekend If you’d have said to us we’d be in the tabloids next to an article that references a “cunning wheeze” I would have suggested we keep that quiet, alas no harm done as they are merely mentioning the album [...]

Download "The Barbarians Move In" for FREE

On the anniversary of the digital release of the album, we’re giving away the digital version of the album for free. Right click on the link below to download the digital version of “The Barbarians Move In”. The Barbarians Move In.zip (67MB) It includes MP3 versions of: 1. The Furies 2. Sleeping Giants 3. Regeneration [...]

Now we are five

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Yes that’s right, we’re delighted to announce that Whiskas has joined the band. He’s always been close to our inner workings, particularly through the making of Barbarians, but beyond anything he’s a fantastic guitarist and it’s gonna be great to see and hear how it all fits together. We’re gonna try and document the making [...]



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Brothers & Sisters on Channel 4′s Shipwrecked

Earlier today I received a tip-off from an avid fan of crap tv that Duels has just provided the soundtrack to T4′s “Shipwrecked”. Needless to say, I uncorked a vintage and populated the cheese board and kicked back with Channel 4 +1, and was subjected to a quite peculiar bunch of Man and Woman Friday’s [...]