Dex Romweber Duo to release Images 13 on March 18 + new single and tour dates

Dex, with his whip-wristed sister Sara Romweber on drums, takes Images 13 through neon-lit alleys, full of pulp fiction juvey rock, sci-fi theme songs and greasy denim hipster jive. Recorded at Rick Miller’s (Southern Culture on the Skids) Kudzu Ranch studio in North Carolina, Images 13 would make everyone from Duane Eddy to Stan Kenton to Lenny Bruce crack a smile, a joke or the seal on a fifth of rye and head for the Naugahyde ice bucket.
Images 13 will release on March 18 via Bloodshot Records (pre-order available here). This is the band’s third release on the label, and first following 2011’s critically acclaimed Is That You In The Blue?  

For a quarter century, Dex Romweber has trolled the dark corners and back shelves of the haunted thrift store of Americana ephemera and honed an extraordinarily idiomatic sound, a particular and readily identifiable DEXness for those in the know. It’s a creepy doll collection of surf, proto-rockabilly, garage, dark and vengeful blues, and nobody, but nobody, plays it like Dex. First with the legendary Flat Duo Jets and now with his Duo, Dex distilled the punk ethos of less-is-more to the essential guitar/drums template. Left in the wake of his lecherous and slithery Silvertone were early acolytes like Jack White, Neko Case, and the Reigning Sound as well as a current crop of the indie pack like Ty Segall, No Age, Japandroids, and The Black Keys. All owe an unclaimed pawn ticket of debt to his sublime and spine-tingling sound. He is a live wire back to the murky, sometimes dangerous and always unpredictable headwaters of real rock and roll.

Listen to the new single “Roll On”



Dex Romweber Duo have also just announced a run of tour dates with Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops:

BIG DAMN ROOTS REVOLUTION TOUR:

Fri March 14 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club ~
Sat March 15 – Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag Theatre ~
Sun March 16 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop ~
Tues March 18 – Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room ^
Weds March 19 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater ^
Thurs March 20 – Harrisburg, PA – Appalachian Brewing Company ^
Fri March 21 – Rehoboth Beach, DE – Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats ^
Sat March 22 – Harrisonburg, VA – Clementine Café ^
Sun March 23 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge ^
Tues March 25 – Somerville, MA – Johnny D’s ^
Thurs March 27 – Washington, DC – The Hamilton ^
Fri March 28 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater ^
Sat March 29 – Erie, PA – The Crooked I ^

~ = Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Dex Romweber Duo, and Dom Flemons (formerly of Carolina Chocolate Drops)

^ = Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and Dex Romweber Duo only