The Duke Spirit - Covered In Love

I've posted about how much I like The Duke Spirit here numerous times (heck we even put em on our Best Of list way back in 2004) and this new EP of covers only makes me like them even more. The band really Mazzy Stars it up on this one and they've hand picked some killer tunes to cover (Desmond Dekker's "007 (Shanty Town)", Jessie Mae Hemphill’s "I’m So Glad" and "A House Is Not A Motel" & "A Message To A Pretty" from the late Arthur Lee's band Love) and made them their own. They only released this baby digitally (and only in Europe from what I can tell) on Rough Trade but if you can get your hands on it... do it. The word on the street is that they may be headed over here soon to jump into the studio to record with Chris Goss... sounds killer to me. Hit their myspace for more info and whatever else. Oh two more thing... First, someone posted on here a few times asking me if I like any girl musicians... here's your answer dude. Secondly, my angry beer gut has vanished cuz I watched The Secret. You might wanna get into it.

(Download - "A Message To A Pretty" Love)

(Download - 007 (Shanty Town)" Desmond Dekker)

Comments

[Miss Jillian]

Whoa, you guys at the 'head are onto the Secret too? Cosmic. That shit really does work.

[James Langly]

hey travis, you stoked on the Elliott Smith rarities coming out soon?

[pharreal]

"Secondly, my angry beer gut has vanished cuz I watched The Secret. You might wanna get into it."

Was this some kind of joke?

[Daria]

Wait, are you talking about that weird shit that was on Oprah (Don't ask how I know that...)

[jfwhiteside]

hahaha this is such new age philosophy garbage. i guess the 4.95 to view this movie is worth it if you dont wanna spend time reading about the new-age "law of attraction." this shit is so common sensical it hurts.
here's the secret:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction

[MickeyMouse]

1. if a girl gets raped, did she secretly wish for it?

2. if you had a shitty life since you were born (parents were shitty,poor ect..),, were you thinking negatively when you were in the womb?

3. did those 8 million jews that died in WWII "attract" to be killed?

4. what about those people that are busted, jerk off all the time to playboys, and never get any pussy? they are thinking about sex all the time yet they never get any.

as for your gut mr.travis, stop being a lazy bitch and start doing some crunches on one of those pink yoga balls. guts are not cool, ask the guy from blues traveler, but then again, hey maybe one day travis, if you dream and think hard enough,, youll just wake up one day with a six pack.

[Ryan]

wait. doesn't the secret tell you to think yourself thin? Are you serious dude?

[tv ugly]

jokes are hard to get.

[Tim]

That Desmond Dekker tune is pretty b.a. If anyone's kind of into reggae, but not really INTO reggae, you should check out Johnny Greenwood is the Controller. It's a Trojan comp. hand-picked by that dude from Radiohead. One of the ones that isn't bald or in possession of a broken face. Anyways, it's hip, and I found it for free on the internet!

Oh, and thank you Travis Keller for continuing to push awesome music on a portion of the masses. I wish there were seven of you.

[Eliz]

Lovely soul - Jessie Mae Hemphill - Salt O' the Earth.

[Eliz]

ps.Maybe your "angry beer gut" vanished because you aren't angry anymore!?!

[sex positions]

Three phrases should be among the most common in our daily usage. They are: Thank you, I am grateful and I appreciate.