There's a gorgeous, haunting soul that darts between the cracks of the Duke Spirit's walls of fuzzy, sonic guitars. Brassy singer Liela Moss imbues each track with the type of broken-down pluck that overpowers while it pulls you in. The captivating "The Step and the Walk" from the UK band's 2008 album "Neptune" embodies its spit-polished indie brashness and retro-minded pedigree - it borrows a bit of its melody from "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." The music has enough detached distance for cynics to appreciate, and enough warmth for the hopelessly romantic. The Duke Spirit performs tonight with Boston's shoe-gazing, experimental sound-chasers the December Sound. 18+. 9 p.m. $10. TT the Bear's, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge. 617-492-2327. www.ttthebears.com Boston Globe
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