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Cuff The Duke Still Winning People Over

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 19, 2009 4:43 pm
Cuff The Duke's first of two nights at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on Friday began with a fairly average set from Boys Who Say No. The Toronto country/folk/indie quartet were without their customary banjo, which made their set sound far more indie than country. While their set might have been ordinary, the banter was not. "Fuck you!"...
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Cuff The Duke — Way Down Here

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 11, 2009 3:28 pm
If Cuff The Duke's fourth album, Way Down Here, sounds like Canadian rock in its heyday, it's with good reason. The Oshawa, Ont. quartet recorded the disc in Peterborough, Ont. with Blue Rodeo guitarist Greg Keelor, who co-produced it. The album was also mostly recorded in mono, and was cut live-off-the-floor on tape. There's an After The Gold...
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Cuff The Duke @ CMW 2009

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 16, 2009 12:21 pm
Background / Composition: This Oshawa, Ont. foursome are Canada's torchbearers for twang-filled indie rock. They were the first band to have an album released on Hayden's Hardwood Records (aside from Hayden himself) and have repeatedly toured with the indie legend, playing as his backing band. Grade: 89 Comment: It's never easy to follow...
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Cuff The Duke Have Groupies

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 25, 2008 12:48 pm
Friday night's Cuff The Duke show at the 'Shoe — the first of two consecutive nights they played there — was entirely enjoyable and entertaining, despite a huge distraction. Oshawa's The Stables got things going with their brand of country. Instead of a bass, they used a small tin washtub turned upside down with a hockey stick tied to it with...
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Cuff The Duke — Sidelines Of The City

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) November 5, 2007 2:13 pm
This is by far the best effort alt.country purveyors Cuff The Duke have ever brought to the table. Period. The deep, guttural guitar snarls of album opener "If I Live Or If I Die" perfectly embody the reckless abandon the title suggests. The soaring guitar solo coda of "Surging Revival" punctuates a song that embodies the '70s Americana vibe of...
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Cuff The Duke — Cuff The Duke

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) July 26, 2005 2:23 pm
It’s been three years since Cuff The Duke unleashed their indie alt.country on the masses. Now, with a new home on Hayden’s Hardwood Records, the band try to outshine their stellar debut. With more electric guitar, odd falsettos and average songwriting though, this record falls short. Disc opener "The Future Hangs" sounds like a...
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Cuff The Duke @ NXNE 2003

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By Darrin Keene (CHARTattack) June 9, 2003 2:30 pm
Hometown: Oshawa, ON Background/Composition: Oshawa-based quartet Cuff The Duke blend neo-psychedelic sound treatments with a strong dose of country and cow-punk. They've released their debut album, Life Stories For Minimum Wage, on reputable indie Three Gut Records and have found a strong following in the Greater Toronto area. Comment: No...
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Paper Bag Records releases free-to-download live sessions featuring Austra, PS I Love You, Rural Alberta Advantage, and more

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) January 17, 2012 12:55 pm
Canadian indie label Paper Bag Records had a great 2011, and to celebrate they've released an awesome ten-song compilation of The Paper Bag Sessions, a video series created by Mitch Fillion of Southern Souls that captures Paper Bag artists delivering stripped-down performances in interesting locations.The Paper Bag Sessions Vol. 1 collects the...
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I Read The News Today... For July 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 6, 2011 2:59 pm
Cuff The Duke are playing a free show in Guelph, Ont. with Constantines' Bry Webb, hometown folk rockers Your Neck Of The Woods and singer/songwriter Donovan Woods. It goes down July 16 at the alley behind the Red Brick Cafe on Douglas Street from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Music writer Lorraine Carpenter is heading on a mini tour of Ottawa, Toronto and...
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I Read The News Today... For June 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 27, 2011 3:59 pm
Toronto alt.country band Cuff The Duke will return with a new album dubbed Morning Comes, which will come out through Paper Bag Records on Oct. 4. The first single is "Count On Me," and the LP reportedly includes an eight-minute tune dubbed "Bound To Your Advice." And it's the first part of a two-part album. Pixies frontman Black Francis will...
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Song Of The Day: The Express' "Nobody Knows"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 3, 2011 3:44 pm
The Express is a joint project between Hey Rosetta!'s Kinley Dowling and Two Hours Traffic's Liam Corcoran, with Cuff The Duke's Dale Murray. The three recorded their upcoming self-titled debut at Murray's home studio in Nova Scotia, and "Nobody Knows," which appears on it, is probably best representative of what the album will sound like. It's a...
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Together At Last: Two Hours Traffic + Hey Rosetta! + Cuff The Duke = The Express

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 2, 2011 4:26 pm
Members of two of eastern Canada's best loved bands have come together to form one. Really, it was only a matter of time before two members of Two Hours Traffic and Hey Rosetta! collaborated on something. Both make gorgeously sweet pop, though to be honest, Hey Rosetta!'s tunes are a little more symphonically-influenced. But things go a little bit...
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Cuff The Duke: CMW 2011 Special Feature

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 10, 2011 2:51 pm
Cuff The Duke are busy fellows these days. They've been working on a new album, which they say should be out sometime this fall, and singer/guitarist Wayne Petti's been playing with backing band The Thieves at shows with Toronto singer/songwriter Peter Elkas.Cuff The Duke play the CHARTattack/Horseshoe Tavern showcases at Canadian Music Week, so...
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New Cuff The Duke Album Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 2, 2011 4:50 pm
Expect to hear some brand new Cuff The Duke material when the Oshawa, Ont. band play the CHARTattack/Horseshoe Tavern Canadian Music Week showcase on Friday, March 11.The alt.country quartet just finished their fifth album, and frontman Wayne Petti says the band should play about four or five new tunes during their set. The follow-up to 2009's Way...
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Zeus, Cuff The Duke, Die Mannequin Headlining CHARTattack CMW Showcases

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 21, 2011 4:48 pm
March is still more than a month off, but it's about time we let you know who's playing the annual CHARTattack/Shoe Canadian Music Week showcases at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern this year. Cuff The Duke, Zeus and Die Mannequin are our marquee acts this time around, and each band will headline a night at the 'Shoe. Still Life Still, Winter Gloves,...
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Cuff The Duke End Tour At Their Home Away From Home

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 29, 2010 4:50 pm
At the end of a long (on and off again) tour for their most recent album Way Down Here, Cuff The Duke returned to both their home and their roots to perform for a packed, appreciative audience at the club that gave the Oshawa quartet their first big break. Led by Wayne Petti, Cuff The Duke presented the Horseshoe crowd with a set culled mainly...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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Cuff The Duke — "It's All A Blur"

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By CHARTattack Staff February 8, 2010 1:39 pm
Cuff The Duke's video for Way Down Here's "It's All A Blur" finds the four-piece performing as the house band in a bar with disinterested people staring off into space, playing darts, looking forlorn and seemingly doing everything except watching the band. It's like a Bret Easton Ellis novel, except with less sex and cocaine (think Less...
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Cuff The Duke, Lowest Of The Low Members In New Documentary

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 20, 2009 2:26 pm
Cuff The Duke's Wayne Petti and former Lowest Of The Low members Ron Hawkins and Stephen Stanley are among five musicians that are the focus of the new Born 2 It documentary. The film, which also features Alun Piggins and singer/songwriter Elissa Mielke, will premiere Nov. 8 at Toronto's Royal Theatre. Born 2 It screens at 7:15 p.m. that day, and...
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Cuff The Duke Help Jay-Z's Death Of Auto-Tune Campaign

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 25, 2009 11:44 am
Cuff The Duke's Way Down Here, their recently released fourth album, is a change in many ways for the band. Firstly, it's their first release on their newly formed Noble Recording Co. label. The band were formerly with Hayden's Hardwood Records, but have parted ways from the label because Hayden wants to focus on starting a family. They decided...
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