Hasil Adkins, rockabilly queen Ruth Brown, The Cramps, Link Wray, The Gories, Koko Taylor, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, The Sonics, Immortal Lee County Killers, solo John Lee Hooker, Soledad Brothers, Son House, Captain Beefheart, The Kinks, early PJ Harvey, The Trashmen, The Dead Kennedys, The Birthday Party, early Siouxie & The Banshees and many many others!
Finally, if you're also on Facebook, gnash on over and drop us a friend link here!:
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Sounds like: A ball of fighting dogs rolling down the hill.
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OUR NEW 10" VINYL EP IS NOW AVAILABLE!!
Want to know kow to get your mitts on a lush copy of this EP??
1, Direct from us at one of our gigs!
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ROUGH TRADE EAST London record store (CD = £4.99, 10" Vinyl = £5.99) Old Truman Brewery 91 Brick Lane, London, E16QL
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The Squirrel Skin Slippers are a rough n tumble Mr & Mrs originating from the bone-rattling mythical antipodes of New Zealand. Their metamorphosis from two wild little animals into a gut punchin garage music beast started back in ‘07 when they began smashing pot lids together and howling like a drunk mule. Ever since this violent metamorphosis took place, they have continued to howl and gnash in venues in London, New York, and New Zealand.
The Squirrel Skin Slippers music is as rough-handed honest and straight talkin' as it gets. Their music is stitched together from the beaten skins of old deep south dirty blues, DIY garage music, folk noir and 60's punk and garage spirit. Their sound is like a primal, foot stomping, eye squinting, amped up yet stripped down blend of illegal liquor, with earthy undertones, hints of fruitiness, and subtle infusions of John Lee Hooker, Billy Childish, Link Wray, and the Trashmen. This new and unpredictable creature is then brought to life with their own fuzzed-up experimental style and served with a (friendly) snarl!
IF you haven't made it along to any of our gigs recently, rock on over to this
OR... make sure you avoid the feeling bitter, angry, toe-kicking disappointment - and at least get yir flamin assss along to our big end of year blow out in BRIXTON!!!
"..But it was perhaps fabulously-named headliners Squirrel Skin Slippers who offered the evening’s most beguiling set.
Shambling onto the stage in a flurry of plaid shirts and impossibly-tight trousers, they looked like Jack ’n’ Meg’s trendy ranch-hand cousins and played hauntingly discordant delta blues which shimmered and swirled like morning mist on the Mississippi.
So much thanks, applause and cap-doffing once again to those talent-spotters at The Square. Can they do no wrong?"
" ...these loved up honey's sound like reverb riff riddled renegades from another age, informed in the main by all things Link Wray they pitch a brew of blistered romance that sounds like its been dragged from the primordial soup of rock 'n' roll's more shadowy past, cannibalising everything from the Trashmen, the Cramps, Bad Seeds to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet these dudes craft a slick fuzz laden rumble of primitive twang-tastic garage goo.
... you'll find 5 mooching beauties here that range from the bruised and doomed coffin rattling lo-fi styled Dick Dale - esque 'desert road' to the spurs and fuzz crippled hoe down 'submarine song' which smartly nods towards the much loved Reverend Horton Heat. Best of the set by far though is the rollicking desire laced 'come to me' with its panging scarred torch lilts and growling garage grinds. Well tasty in our book."
- Losing Today .com music reviews
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"Our final London group are a mighty fine pair of dandies that go under the moniker SQUIRREL SKIN SLIPPERS. Yellow Bones and Eye Teeth, for that is their names, originally hail from New Zealand, and have brought with them in their luggage some primal tub-thumping blues. The married pair invite obvious comparisons to The White Stripes, but with the added bonus of some sweet vocal interplay (and no long boring guitar solos). The DIY dark urban country-blues of ‘Come To Me Baby’ and ‘Burnin’ Soul’ are as infectious as anything I’ve heard recently. Go. See. Them. Live. You won’t regret."
NEW E.P OUT NOW! On itunes, Amazon and CD LIVE IN BRIXTON THIS FRIDAY 2Oth of NOVEMBER - see site for details!
“DO YOU REMEMBER THE FUTURE BABY”? Click on the blue ‘MY STORE’ link on the site to buy now.
Not only but also… ‘Kate Winslet’ (itunes & Amazon) – ‘Coolest Song in the World’ on Little Steven’s Underground Garage Radio Show in New York! Shows 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367…
The Jim Jones Revue play a special XFM 14+ show at The Barfly in Camden this Monday. The show will be recorded and broadcast on John Kennedy's XFM Xposure radio show throughout November.
Not to worry, I think they had our bass and drums up too loud too, although on stage it sounded fine. Apparently the vocals all sounded good. Don't know if any money was made for the bands, I'm trying to find out though. I'll keep you posted. No problems on the pictures it was fun, let me know when you upload some, be nice to see what I took.
Yeah it was a shame we didn't really get to meet next time for sure!. Caught your set and thought you were great. Let's try and get a show together again at some point!
I'll send you a message with our email so you can send the pics over.
Je n’sais pas si t’es au courant mais en 2010 c’est la fin du monde !!! Alors profites en vite, sors toi les miches de ton canapé et viens assister à nos messes d’enfer. Une chance ultime de sauver ton âme d’un paradis chiantissime
Join us this November @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays. LAUNCHING 6TH!!
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Joining us this month are: Artefacts for Space Travel, Islington boys' club, Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few...
Good to meet you at the Dublin Castle! If you message me an email address, I have photos for you! Looking forward to hear your new recordings and see you again on stage!
Lovely to see the lovely couple out last night,im gutted im working friday, would of been great to see you @ the Dublin castle,i no it will be a good one for you.xx
PUSHING PUSSY ARE BACK WITH A BRAND NEW RESIDENCY IN A BRAND NEW VENUE! On October 20th at 8pm we launch our debut night and are putting on our very two favourite bands for you again, The Palpitations and The Lovebirds. the night is free entry!!! We will also be celebrating the official download launch for the EP featuring both these bands on this night so get yourselves down there!
Remember you can still buy the 7" limited edition EP online from www.roughtrade.com or in store at Rough Trade East and Sister Ray.
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