Dynasty Electric Press
"Dynasty Electric seem poised to be NYC's next art rock darlings, and it's easy to see why. First off, they dress like The Carpenters on a bender, and this makes them unusually attractive. Second, this boy-girl band shows off some serious musical chops (and all the attitude that comes with them) in creating their feisty blend of dance, punk, electronica and so forth. Multi-instrumentalist Seth Misterka works his guitar into a frenzy and punk goddess Jennifer DeVeau soaks her vocals with a fem-rock attitude that hasn't sounded relevant since the late '70s. Between her Chrissie Hynde hairdo and her dissonant sass, which is reminiscent of Pretty Girls Make Graves' Andrea Zollo, DeVeau appears destined to become a pin-up girl for a new generation of indie hipsters. If the debut EP proves to be a mere warm up for these kids, now is a good time to hop on the Dynasty Electric Duo bandwagon. Just remember, you heard about them here first." -Philip Stone, Splendid

"Harnessing the same erotic energy as another duo, The Kills, New York's Dynasty get there via a much more intricate sonic approach, creating an elabrate tapestry of synthetic textures and beats, then weaving in melodies with a dark, Eastern feel and the occasional blast of lo-rock sax to seduce. Their debut, 2004's Black Box, has earned them the dreaded 'critical buzz', but judging by this record, it's largely warranted."- John Schacht, Creative Loafing

"Black Box is the debut album for this Brooklyn duo. Their music features gritty and dirty sounds of underground guitarist Seth Misterka along side drum machine beats and keyboards. Jennifer DeVeau's powerful vocal performance is reminiscent of P.J. Harvey's, with her combination of strength and sensuality. With this solid debut, Dynasty establishes themselves as fine purveyors of arty indie rock." (CL) Impact Press

"With a background in experimental jazz, this NYC duo merge garage rock and funky yet electro synth-pop with Jennifer DeVeau’s sexy vocals. The result is a low-fi Garbage sound that gives other more popular male-female duos like the White Stripes and the Kills a bit of inventive competition." - Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer

"NYC jazz/rock scene-swinging collaborator Seth Misterka scored the spazz pop perfection of Dynasty when he scored the phone number of then bartender Jennifer DeVeau while waiting for a date in the East Village. Serendipity aside, this shaken, stirring Peaches/Suicide/Rapture is a cocktail of punk sneer, electronic precision and avant tumult backing her distinctly anthemic '70s fem rock attitude" - Independent Weekly, Chapel Hill

"Dynasty is an exercise in mastery of pop music. It should come as no surprise that members Jennifer DeVeau and Seth Misterka come with impressively diverse credentials: DeVeau was already touring with an all-girl Beatles cover band by the time she was a teenager, and Misterka has been a fixture of the avant-garde jazz scene for years. Dynasty’s brand of electro-rock should be a walk in the park for these stalwarts. Not that the music itself is any slouch. Tight and spare, the tunes unwind and contract around DeVeau’s sinewy vocals, or Misterka’s sax. For a band that relies on preprogrammed drums, the music never feels canned. Misterka’s Newsonic Studios houses the band, where they avail themselves of its 24/7 recording studio to hone their sonic experiments. "We’ve been doing some new material that’s a little slower with more complex arrangements" says Misterka, "but we still do a lot of high-energy material too." For the latter, check out their driving, gritty "Hypnotized," available on 7" vinyl. It’s to their credit that they can make such mesmerizing music without resorting to the smoke and mirrors that plague most synth-driven bands. In "Game of Jewels" the minimal melody bursts into a disarming guitar and bass break that not only takes the song musically skyward, but lets us know they’ve got many more cards up their sleeves" - Chris Glazier, New York Press

""Black Box" is Dynasty's debut album that brings together a sense of experimental jazz, electronic, punk beats, and great pop vocals. DeVeau is a pop jem in the waiting. Her sexy swagger and sassy good looks are enough to get your attention. When she sings she instantly reminds me of a younger, sexier version of Christie Hynde. This is a band that needs to be seen live. Great tunes for fans of The Kills, Joan Jett, and Mommy and Daddy" - Crashinin.com

"Let me start by saying DO NOT listen to Dynasty on your crappy radio! Experience this on a real system equipped with adequate and abundant bass for the full-blown, all-out, hot-sexy electro-noise fusion. Did I say sexy? Yes, very! Enigmatic dynamic duo Seth Misterka and Jennifer DeVeau each hold their own as the other half of electronica meets punk meets jazz meets I don't know what but it's good. DeVeau's voice is simultaneously punk, angelic and 70's rock-n-roll; it's profound, unmistakable and moody. Multi-instrumental Misterka switches from guitar, saxophone, keyboards to vocals. Saxophone with effects never sounded so fine. Misterka apparently has a grasp on unsullied sounds and clever arrangement. Check the video game snippets on "Black Box" and that addictive opening reverberation on "DayDream" (I love that sound). It's hard to choose a favorite song from this album because they are all great listens in their own right. Some songs are sexy, some are badass, some are dark and mysterious and some are just quirky enough to keep you glued to the speakers. Catchy, smart lyrics make you feel like a sophisticated music connoisseur. Well, maybe not, but it's still good. Every track on Black Box has a noise surprise waiting for you; nothing to disappoint here. This is the album you want to rock out to when you're getting ready to go out on a Friday night. You know, when your mojo needs a little kick start. Yeah, it's pretty hot." -Jessica Bratton, Indofunk.net

"Dynasty hails from NYC and mix experimental, border-line jazz methods with electronic pop, but don’t hold it against them. Seth Misterka’s sax, guitar, and computer blip all coalesce with Jennifer DeVeau’s caterwaul, rocketed at the libido and cerebral cortex simultaneously." - Chris Toenes, Independent Weekly

"On their appropriately titled debut "Black Box", the Brooklyn two-piece, Dynasty, boxes up their dark sound so tightly that the break beats are bursting through the packaging tape. Jennifer DeVeau (vocals/synthesizer/bass), a wild hybrid between PJ Harvey and Karen O, keeps the tension bottled (or, rather, boxed) before exploding with brash theatricality: "Broken words bring it through / I only feel that way when I’m with you" ("Hourglass"). Transcending dark melodies, these triumphant choruses sound like Harvey’s on 2000’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. But instead of that album’s clean guitars, Seth Misterka (sax/guitar/synthesizer/vocals) provides a soundscape of gritty riffs and pounding beats. On the album opener, "Turn It On", Misterka blends a guitar riff worthy of a Dust Brothers sample with a Chemical Brothers keyboard sound. The song builds to a frenzied apex and comes back down again. It’s a chaos pattern that Dynasty controls on every track. Throughout, DeVeau’s slick voice calms the storm and beckons it, creeping through the darkness and out of the box. As she sings on "Dynamite", "She is leaving thoughts on railway cars / And setting off the bombs in your mind." - Matt Saldana, The Crutch

"The duo Dynasty is another of polymorph experimentalist Seth Misterka's many projects, but this group puts difficult sounds through the wringer and comes out with something quite palatable, if mysterious and hypnotic." - Time Out New York

"[Dynasty’s] demo is its own kind of fun— bits of it suggest what might have happened if Suicide had tried to go pop, and if somebody passed off the one-note-plus-sax-solo "Glass" as a pre–Human League demo, the electroclashoisie would be creaming for it." - Village Voice

"The surrealist electro pop brain probes of Dynasty Electric Duo - Jennifer Deveau [lead vox, bass gtr, synth] and Seth Misterka [sax, gtr, vox, synth, drum programming] - was a sexed-up amusement park ride brimming with pure pop pleasure, twisted and hot. Think Suicide meets The Carpenters. Tremendous." - BP Fallon, rock guru, bpfallon.com

"Every show is effected by the energy of the performers, and Dynasty certainly has that energy. Featuring Peaches-esque keyboard-driven beats, the performance is hot. While the first song begins somewhat slowly , the set's sound quickly builds. Guitarist/ saxophone player/ singer Seth Misterka writhes around next to singer Jennifer DeVeau, swinging his shoulder-length faux afro around and brandishing his saxophone. DeVeau's sound is reminiscent of a punked-out and considerably less wavery version of Stevie Nicks and she sure knows how to work it with her Chrissie Hynde haircut." - from The Noise:Rock Around Boston

"This offshoot of the NYC avant-jazz scene mixes brainy, unpredictable burts of noise alongside more straight-up electropunk. Hoping to move beyond the Anthony Braxton scene, they began to add in elements of synth-pop and now sonic references to art-pop visionaries such as Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, and Bjork abound in their work. By mixing programmed drumbeats with breathy vocals, they recall both underground Canadian rap sensation Peaches and doomed '70s duo The Carpenters. They're opening for Dynamite Club, so get there early." - Connect Savannnah, Savannah, GA

Feature Article - Ben Krieger, Jezebel Music "Enter Dynasty Electric: a studio duo (live trio) that is equal parts New Wave, prog and psychedelic jazz, firing off catchy little nuggets of sonic experimentation that shimmer with both technical proficiency and the enthusiastic experimentation of a child scientist. Finally, all of this is packed into single-length bursts of sexual energy."