The nerve of some people. First it was Rocco DeLuca, who sang with Daniel Lanois last night in Austin - and sounded great, I'm told - and had the temerity to stay in my hotel last year in Austin. Then it was Dan DeLuca, the weary eyed actor who was the academic paired with the great Bunny Colvin in Season 4 of The Wire.
And now it's DeLuka, the four piece from Birmingham, England who played the Tap Room at Six on Wednesday. I kind of wanted to hate them, what for stealing my name spelling it with a K. But it turned out, I couldn't, partly because they've got good taste - their roadie told me they call themselves that "just because it's a cool sounding name." And mainly because they came off in a 40 minute set like a hard rocking, less arty, totally credible spin on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with a touch of glam in silver shoed effects pedal pushing guitarist and singer Elli Innocenti's - now there's a name - banshee wail. Not a travesty after all, even if they don't know how to spell.
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