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Label

Mazarine Records

 

U.S. Publicity:

Jeffrey Smith
Crash Avenue
jeffrey [at] crash-avenue [dot com]
502.384.3107

 

European Publicity:

Peter Holmstedt
Hemifrån
peter.holmstedt [at] telia [dot com]
+46 (0)33.26.0210

 

Booking

Dare likes to play any place where people want to hear him—living rooms, stadiums, art galleries, derelict strip malls, glitzy music venues filled with trend-setting starlets, fire-gutted churches with free enchiladas. Write STS Booking, and together we will find a way:

Bright Elephant
bright.elephant.booking [at] gmail [dot com]

 

Dare Dukes

dd [at] daredukes [dot com]

Thugs Tour: Atlanta

 

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Largehearted Boy: Try It Before You Buy It

 

One of our favorite music and lit blogs, Largehearted Boy, has mentioned us again!  This time for their weekly feature on new music, “Try It Before You Buy It.”

 


All Together Now at Mazarine Records

 

Words have been given, hands have been shaken, and I’m very excited to announce that I have joined the terrific group of lovelies at Mazarine Records in Athens, Georgia.  Mazarine is Athens’ youngest and coolest record label—biased, me?  Their artists include post-rock heroes pacificUV and much-adored indie folksters Hope for Agoldensummer.  They’re reinventing the way record companies do business.  And I’m thrilled that Thugs and China Dolls will be released by them!

 

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MCWN Posts “Meet You at the Bus,” Says Nice Things

 

Music blog Middle Class White Noise posts “Meet You at the Bus” and says some very, very nice things!

“Dare Dukes, unsurprisingly, comes out of Savannah, Georgia, though his biography seems to throw him all across America at one point or another. ‘Meet You at the Bus’ contains a universality that seems borne out of that travel, as does the simple sentiment of, well, meeting at the bus. Its youthful restlessness is something that virtually everyone has felt at one point or another and its coupled with a ‘let’s steal away together’ romanticism befitting of young, not-quite-so-forward-thinking love. (more…)


Those Who Dig Posts “Meet You at the Bus,” Says Nice Things

 

Music blog Those Who Dig offers up “Meet You on the Bus” and says nice things:

“Dare Dukes is a fine Southern gentleman who knows how to rock the banjo and write some pretty great music. I am digging this tune of his ‘Meet You at the Bus.’ Nice horns and harmonies on it, especially the chorus.”


Music That Isn’t Bad Posts “Meet You at the Bus”

 

Minneapolis music blog Music That Isn’t Bad posts “Meet You at the Bus” and says some very nice things:

“With hints of Tom Waits, Dare Dukes has made a wonderful album that takes a quirky romp around the American landscape, exploring the people and places that comprise it. With plenty of horns, banjo and accordion parts there’s no lack of musical diversity, and Dare Dukes does a great job of rallying all that sound under a single banner based around smart, upbeat, pop-folk hooks and breakdowns.”


Indie Rock Reviews Posts “Meet You at the Bus”

 

Indie Rock Reviews posts “Meet You at the Bus” and says nice things:

“Somewhere between They Might Be Giants’ off-kilter playfulness and The Decemberists americana romanticism lies Dare Dukes’ brand new single ‘Meet You At The Bus.'”

 


Largehearted Boy Posts “Meet You at the Bus”

 

We love us some of this Brooklyn-based Largehearted Boy. In fact, it’s sorta one of our favorite blogs.  And we are so happy they like “Meet You at the Bus” so much as to let it grace the space of their daily download. Go and get it.