Dare Dukes @ the Bean 1/16/10

Is anyone else having problems writing 2010 in dates? 2 weeks in and I'm still not comfortable with it. No matter what year my hands feel comfortable typing you should go see Dare Dukes at the Sentient Bean next week end. It's kind of like those Holiday Inn Express commercials - but for your soul. You won't actually be a better person, but you might feel like one for a little while...

If you want to check out what he sounds like live, grab a copy of this live version of "Old West Broad" that Dare did on the radio in Tennessee a while back.

Dare Dukes Live May 9th with Don Chambers

Dare Dukes makes literary, alt-country-flavored indie rock. His most recent album, Prettiest Transmitter of All, which he released late last Fall, has gotten a lot of critical praise from all over the place, and he's spent the last few months doing a patchwork quilt of gigs around the Southeast and in NYC.

He is a songwriter's songwriter. His lyrics are visual and paint vivid tableaus of quirky modern living, or as he describes it, "jangly pop from the off-ramp lands of ex-urbia." Either way, it's definitely going to be worth checking him out when he performs at the Sentient Bean (13 E. Park Ave) on Saturday as part of a strong triple bill that pairs him with Rose and the Rivals and Athens' Don Chambers.

Show starts at 8pm, Dare is on at 9, and Mr. Chambers steps on stage at 10.

Check out some of Dare's music here.