by Adam White
Cuff the Duke will release their self-titled, sophomore album via Hayden's Hardwood Records imprint on August 30th. This will be the Oshawa band's follow up to 2002's Three Gut released Life Stories For Minimum Wage. The CD release will include be enhanced and include the video "No Sleep, No Heat." Starting on August 1st the entire album will begin streaming on the band's website, and various tracks will sporadically be available for downloading.
The band has a number of Canadian festival dates lined up for the coming months. This includes an appearance at the 22nd annual Hillside festival in Guelph, Ontario along with the Weakerthans, FemBots, Stars, the Arcade Fire and many others.
| Date | Location | Venue | With |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 11 | Toronto, ON | Horseshoe | with Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer) and the Sadies |
| July 8-9 | Sudbury, ON | Northern Lights Festival | |
| July 16 | Ottawa, ON | Ottawa Blues Festival | |
| July 22-24 | Guelph, ON | Hillside Festival | with the Weakerthans, Arcade Fire, Stars, Fembots |
| July 31 | Gimli, MB | Icelandic Festival | |
| August 4 | Winnipeg, MB | Lyric Theatre | with The Sadies |
| August 6 | Kingston, ON | Wolfe Island Music Festival |