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The Duke Spirit at The Echo

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Scott and I just barely made it in time to The Echo the other night to see The Duke Spirit who were kicking their set off with “I Do Believe” the hymn sounding intro to their new album Neptune, when we walked in the door. The Echo was completely stuffed for the Brits who were in town for a KCRW performance before heading to Austin for SXSW next week. It was shoulder-to-should with smelly east side hipsters, old men (must be a British thing or the KCRW appearance), and Noel and Liam Gallagher (Scott saw them near the bar, big surprise).

They played pretty much everything from Neptune, and completely nailed all of it. Epic set….’nuff said.

Check out “Lassoo” (mp3) via KEXP’s Song Of The Day archive.

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