Rock duos have been extremely trendy since the advent of The White Stripes – heck, we know this – having had two-peeps-bands on the last 4 covers of The Deli!!! (Buke and Gass, Zaza, Glass Ghost and Talk Normal…). In this kind of dual musical collaboration, most of the time the "sacrificed" instrument/player is the bass/bassist. Thankfully, Hank and Cupcakes are vindicating this often underestimated 4 string guitar. Hank’s virtuoso bass (with the help of a well picked selection of pedals) manages to create full arrangements spreading through the entire frequency spectrum. The man uses his instrument in what we could call a "maximalistic" way (as in: "I’m gonna squeeze all I can out of this thing, dude!"). Cupcakes (on the other side of the stage) sings, entertains, plays tight drums standing, while wearing "minimalistic" clothes – for the joy of part of the audience. The band is about to release a new EP with a show at Le Poisson Rouge in the West Village on May 12 – be there!