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The Dirty Skirts
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Last updated 13 09 11
About The Dirty Skirts:
The
Dirty Skirts are a fiendishly independent band that
has built an impressive underground following since
releasing their EP in 2005. The alt-indie-rock band
is based in Cape Town and comprises Jess de Tolly on
lead vocals and guitar, David Moffatt on guitar,
Maurice Paliaga on bass and Mark de Menezes on
drums.
To date the band has toured to the States to perform
at SXSW, the United Kingdom and the United Emirates.
In South Africa, the Dirty Skirts have shared
festival stages with Oasis, Snow Patrol, Panic at
the Disco, and Evanescence with three Coke Festival
performances. And supported Billy Talent during
their South African tour in 2010. They have also
repeatedly been a featured act at legendary South
African festivals such as Oppikoppi, Rocking the
Daisies, Splashy Fen and the unique Kirstenbosch
Gardens Summer Concerts. The road to these
achievements is signposted with endless small club
performances that have been packed to the gills.
Its been, and continues to be an impressive journey
with many radio successes. The Dirty Skirts
independently recorded and released their eponymous
debut mini-album in 2005. Singles such as “Feeling
the Pressure” and “Set Me Alight” scorched up the
local and student charts. Their first full length
debut album On A Stellar Bender followed in 2007,
with the barnstorming single “Homewrecker” reaching
1 on a number of national radio charts. In late 2007
they began writing the follow up album Daddy Don’t
Disco, which was released in June 2008 and enjoyed 4
radio play-listed singles. Daddy Don’t Disco was
nominated in the Best Rock Album category at the
South African Music Awards. “Strike the Match” is a
late 2010 release, which is currently climbing the
charts and gives insight to the impending 2011 album
direction.
As with most bands, The Dirty Skirts are not fans of
pigeon-holing their music (“we’re not pigeons”), but
their sound has segued from rock electro to alt pop,
and is steeped in an alternative rock tradition
stretching back some forty odd years. Think Joy
Division, Sonic Youth, David Bowie, John Lennon,
Talking Heads, The Pixies, Jane’s Addiction, The
Cure and many more.
The Dirty Skirts Genre:
Indie/Rock
Members of The Dirty Skirts:
Jeremy de Tolly
David Moffatt
Maurice Paliaga
Mark de Menezes
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