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Happy Mardi Gras y'all! (Part 2)

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:33:36 +0000

On arrival we became acutely aware of the fact that our paper bags wouldn’t quite cut the mustard in South Louisiana, and rightly so. After a few bemused looks we were promptly kicked out!

We want to send all our happiest Mardi Gras wishes to y’all and especially to all our good friends we made in Cajun country, South Louisiana, we miss you all dearly.

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

Happy Mardi Gras y'all!

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:30:40 +0000

Happy Mardi Gras y’all. Brings back a lot of happy memories for us from our incredible time out in South Louisiana. Seeing as it’s Mardi Gras n’ all we thought we’d show y’all our poor attempts to fit in during “Country Mardi Gras”. The “Courir de Mardi Gras” (Mardi Gras Run) as it’s known is a special rural event in Southern Louisiana where everybody dresses up in these extremely colourful and elaborate, handcrafted clothes. Problem was we weren’t quite aware of the dress code at the time. Here Billy and I try and attempt to fit in with some “home made” head gear…

Repainting part 4...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:55:08 +0000

I’m nearly done now I think. I added elephants, some penny farthings (the old school bikes), popped in some hummingbirds and strange foliage and finished it with a picture of cricketing legend W.G. Grace…

Repainting part 3...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:45:11 +0000

My ode to Louisiana, interlocking fleur du lis and crawfish…

Repainting part 2...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:44:19 +0000

So far all it looks like I’ve done is paint a chicken onto my guitar…well, I suppose there aren’t many people with “fowl adorned” guitars.

Repainting my guitar...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:42:38 +0000

I’ve decided to dust off the cobwebs on my old Epiphone SG and give it one heck of a pimp out. Gonna put in a Humbucker and a P90 and try repainting the body. Quite a risky proposition but I’ll make it up as I go along and see how it goes. Here it is, sanded and undercoated, ready for Rolf Harris’ magic to infuse my paint brush.

New Studio!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:34 +0000

We’ve just acquired a new studio space up in Tottenham, it’s basically a crack-den at the moment but with several hundred licks of paint and a home built studio it’s going to be Scoundrels HQ, where we record in an old-skool, no frills kind of way.

We’re taking inspiration from Daptone Records in Bushwick, New York where Amy Winehouse recorded “Valerie”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wmdDYUFfMM

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2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:18:00 +0000

‘Tis going to be a good year, we can feel it in all of our respective bones. We’ve got many, many things planned; tours, releases, music videos and the recording our second album.

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Around March/April we’ll be releasing our “Sexy Weekends” EP which’ll comprise 5 songs (Sexy Weekend, Bon Temps Rouler, Brothers, Beijing Honey and London) and will be released by our label Blue Horizon. Around the release we’ll also be offering a free release of “At Night”, another tune we recorded in our own studio with the assistance of Alex White, sax player for The Dirty Gentlemen. It’s a good ‘un.

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In the meantime we’ll be touring the UK, hitting the US in March and hopefully more globe hopping in the following months, returning for the British festivals, and the recording and release of our second album. We’ll be releasing gig dates soon so watch this space.

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In the meantime, check this out y’all…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQEWMictCrY&feature=related

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

Cover of "Gulf Of Mexico"

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:38:11 +0000

Check this y’all…

We’re hugely flattered and impressed by this awesome cover version of our tune “Gulf Of Mexico”, thankyou Sam for performing such a great version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NKikGwHd8

Christmas Greetings y'all...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:19:00 +0000

What better way to bring in the Christmas cheer than to head back on tour with The Kooks for their last remaining UK dates. Thankyou Birmingham, Leeds, Portsmouth and London for being so awesome to four scruffy, young lads from the south. We had a blast and are now fully prepped for a hit of mince pies, mulled wine and drunken renditions of “Silent Night”.

We already can’t wait for what the New Year will bring too. We’ve just finished the final tweaks to our EP which’ll be released early next year (March) and it’s already sounding a notch above what we’ve already released. The track listing is below (in no particular order);

Sexy Weekend

Beijing Honey

Brothers

Bon Temps Rouler

London

We’re also gonna embark on some pretty intensive touring, so we expect/hope to see loads of you at venues all over the world.

Bring on the New Year!

Happy Christmas y’all…

Ned/Billy/Genie/G x

love your music guys! seen you advertised on facebook and now i cant get enough! keep up the great work!

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:28:37 +0000

Thanks so much - we love you too!

hey there guys, just got hold of a copy of the album sampler cd..... bloomin' love it!
will the " sniff it up " ep be available on cd?

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:28:00 +0000

Hi there - so pleased you like the Sniff It Up EP - the tracks on it are available on our album which is called ‘Scoundrels’. You should be able to get it on amazon and all the usual places.

I'd consider myself very well schooled in quality music. I heard you guys through Kerrang Radio (Loud n Proud) and thought i need to check you out. I did & discovered various works of yours on tinternet. First i actually listened to was 'Dirty Weekend' and thought now that guy can sing and I loved the drummer showing skills from a different perspective. NOW I've got you album and am trying like hell to get as many people I know to listen to you're s@#t, you guys absof@#king lutely rock!

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:57:14 +0000

You’re too f@*#king kind!

Scoundrels take on New York (and win).

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:51:04 +0000

Scoundrels take on New York (and win).

Gig dates before Christmas...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:08:49 +0000

We’ve got some great gigs lined up for December that we’d love to see you all at…

Friday, 9th December

Green Door Store, Brighton (CHRISTMAS PARTY PART 1)

Tickets - http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/event_ate_13750a.html

Saturday, 10th December

The Borderline, London (CHRISTMAS PARTY PART 2)

Tickets - http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/event_ate_13739a.html

Saturday, 17th December

THE KOOKS Tour

Birmingham Academy, Birmingham

Sunday, 18th December

THE KOOKS Tour

Leeds Academy, Leeds

Hope to see y’all there, it’s gonna be a good Christmas…

X Ned/Genie/Billy/G

Back from our east coast trip to the US...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:31:42 +0000

Yesterday we Scoundrels arrived back from a two week trip to the states, and my word what a trip it was. We had an incredible time, spent time recording our EP, played a few gigs and performed a live radio session for CBS in Howard Stern’s old studio.

The CMJ Festival gigs were amazing, two showcases, one at the incredible Brooklyn Bowl for The Orchard and the other at Santos Party House for SESAC. Both were great venues, and we played to great, energetic crowds who seemed really up for it. Our other gig was in Washington at DC9, which is a great, vibey venue in an amazing city. Post gig we ventured out to check out some of the sights. The Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument have to be seen to be believed, nothing prepares you for the sheer size and presence of both.

We were lucky enough to be asked to perform a live CBS Radio session which went really well. We performed “Arrogance Blues”, “Hangman’s Lament”, “Sexy Weekend” and “Beijing Honey” live in a skyscraper overlooking Manhattan. We were told that the studio had been home to shock jock Howard Stern’s famous show back when he used to work for CBS.

As for the recording of the EP things couldn’t have gone better. We literally can’t wait to show y’all the results. We recorded 5 tunes, “London”, “Sexy Weekend”, “Bon Temps Rouler”, “Beijing Honey” and “Brothers”, all of which were sounding great. On “Brothers” we were lucky enough to be assisted by American Idol finalist Jermaine Sellers, whose soulful Gospel added some great depth to the tune. The studio itself was brilliant, and was owned by James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins fame. Our engineer Alonzo Vargas (50 Cent, P Diddy, Swizz Beats etc etc) was a maestro behind the desk, and our producer/label boss Richard Gottherer (Sire Records founder, The Orchard founder, ex Strangeloves frontman etc) was great at getting the best out of us and our tunes.

We left New York full o’ beans, and just as it started to snow heavily. We had an amazing time and can’t wait to show you all the results. We expect the EP to be released early next year, around the same time we expect to cross the pond again for some more US touring.

Can’t blimmin’ wait…

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

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Scoundrels in Heat Magazine!

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:19:42 +0100

Scoundrels in Heat Magazine, South Africa, who’d have thought it…

http://heat.co.za/music/music-review-scoundrels-scoundrels/7159/

Scoundrels single of the week on Kerrang!

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:18:50 +0100

Loud n Proud is single of the week on Kerrang Radio, people. Tune in to Danielle Perry (Weekdays 11:00 – 15:00) and let her know how much you love Scoundrels!

http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/

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Happy Mardi Gras y'all! (Part 2)

Happy Mardi Gras y'all!

Repainting part 4...

Repainting part 3...

Repainting part 2...

Repainting my guitar...

New Studio!

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2012

Cover of "Gulf Of Mexico"

Christmas Greetings y'all...

love your music guys! seen you advertised on facebook and now i cant get enough! keep up the great work!

hey there guys, just got hold of a copy of the album sampler cd..... bloomin' love it! will the " sniff it up " ep be available on cd?

Scoundrels take on New York (and win).

Gig dates before Christmas...

Back from our east coast trip to the US...

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Scoundrels in Heat Magazine!

Scoundrels single of the week on Kerrang!

hey there guys, just got hold of a copy of the album sampler cd..... bloomin' love it!
will the " sniff it up " ep be available on cd?