Scoundrels

Our new video. This was a lot of fun. I think it shows.

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:21:08 +0100

Our new video. This was a lot of fun. I think it shows.

Another great review of our Sexy Weekend EP...

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:14:16 +0100

http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2012/05/review-scoundrels-sexy-weekend-ep/

Lyrics to London

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:12:00 +0100

I was born on the streets of London,

I was raised by the river Thames,

From the leafy charms of Chiswick Park,

To the V1 battered brick of Mile End.

I was schooled by the streets of London,

She imbued me with her history,

From the growing flames of Pudding Lane,

To the gospel of the BBC.

Chorus

So London be good to me,

And I’ll be good to you,

I don’t think you ever want to change,

Your London point of view.

I was raised on the streets of London,

I see figures through the walls of fog,

I see the shape of the ripper as he runs amok,

‘Neath the shroud of the Whitechapel smog.

I was taught by the streets of London,

Felt the heat of the Brixton riots,

Saw William Wilberforce become a tour de force,

And change the slave trade in 1833.

Chorus

So London be good to me,

And I’ll be good to you,

I don’t think you ever want to change,

Your London point of view.

Ben ring out your bells,

It seems the time has come to chime,

See London’s bear-skinned soldiers,

Marching in a line.

And if there’s trouble,

Then we’ll all stand up as one,

Draw on that bulldog spirit,

Of 1941.

I’m inspired by the streets of London,

Just as Hendrix was in times before,

It’s where Mick and Keith began to cut their teeth,

As the crowd grooved on the Crawdaddy floor.

I’m in love with the streets of London,

I was carved by it’s winter chill,

I did the r’n’b scene,

Saw Clapton, Mayall and Green,

I was amazed at just what I had seen.

Chorus

So London be good to me,

And I’ll be good to you,

I don’t think you ever wanna change,

Your London point of view.

So London be good to me,

And I’ll be good to you,

I don’t think you’re ever gonna change,

Your London point of view.

Lyrics to Arrogance Blues

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:53:03 +0100

Rest assured that I love you girl,
Woah you complete my world,
I really love you girl.
And I know that if I was you,
Woah then I’d love me too,
You see I’m just too good to be true.

But there’s only one of me,
And there’s not enough to go round
Can’t you see.
Pardon me for being so cruel,
But the general consensus you see
Is that I fucking rule.

And I’m only nice when it suits me…

Chorus
Hush now baby don’t you cry,
My heads stuck up my ass
And I wanna die…

And I never thought that I’d act this way,
The way I act today makes me feel ashamed.
And I know that I may have lost my way,
May have been led astray,
But I’ll make it right some day.

And I know my girl that my ego grows day by day…

Chorus
Hush now baby don’t you cry,
My heads stuck up my ass and I wanna die…

First "Sexy Weekend EP" Review in!

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:07:44 +0100

5*!!!

Check out some gig reviews from our tour of South Africa...

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56:57 +0100

Gig Reviews…

Arcade Empire, Pretoria

http://www.athousandguitars.com/2012/05/sexy-sultry-rock-and-roll-from-englands-scoundrels.html

http://samusicscene.co.za/2012/05/hunters-debut-down-south-tour-bringing-you-uk-band-scoundrels/

The Assembly, Cape Town

http://www.20summing.co.za/?m=8&idkey=958

http://texxandthecity.com/2012/05/review-scoundrels-at-assembly

Pre-gig and post gig, Town Hall, Johannesburg

http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/music/2012/05/03/just-a-bunch-of-scoundrels

Thankyou South Africa...

Sat, 12 May 2012 19:43:00 +0100

We’ve just returned from our 3 week tour of South Africa, and what a time we had. It really was incredibly special, we’re really lucky to have had that opportunity. We’ve had such a great time gigging in some incredible places, with some great bands and meeting some awesome folks. We really can’t wait to return!

We’ll continue to post all the amazing things we saw and did whilst out there but in the meantime have a gander at this interview we did for MK TV’s Studio 1 programme…

SOUTH AFRICA THANKYOU SO MUCH

x Ned\Genie\Billy\G

http://mk.dstv.com/2012/04/28/studio1-onderhoud-met-scoundrels/

We’re sad to say that the final gig of our amazing South...

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:19:15 +0100

We’re sad to say that the final gig of our amazing South African tour is this evening at Aandklas in Stellenbosch.

We’d like to thank all the amazing people we’ve met on the way who’ve made this trip so special. We’re truly blessed to have had this opportunity and will miss it greatly.

We intend to return as soon as possible and take in even more of this amazing country. Till then…

Much love,

Ned/Josh/Billy/George

What a time we Scoundrels have been having in South Africa so...

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:05:15 +0100

What a time we Scoundrels have been having in South Africa so far. We’ve almost been here for two weeks so far and have well and truly fallen in love with the country.

Starting off in Johannesburg we played two gigs, firstly an impromptu acoustic gig at Katzy’s Jazz Club then the following night our official South African debut at Town Hall. It was a great way to start the tour, a loud, sweaty gig with a great and receptive local crowd.

After more press and radio sessions we left Johannesburg and headed out to Pretoria for a gig at Arcade Empire. We also had the chance to meet Braai Boy, a man clad in red spandex who’d been “braa-ing” (BBQ ing) every day for three years. Such was his legend that he even had his own brand of sausage.

The next gig saw us take the scenic
route towards Bloemfontein. It was incredible, we saw Zebra, Kudu, Wildebeest and Cape Buffalo and were welcomed with open arms by the wonderful people of Bloem and Mystic Boer.

Post Bloem we drove 12 hours to Durban by the sea. As most pallid, pasty Brits do we headed immedeatly to the beach for a swim and to get sunburnt. Looking like fresh beetroots we played a corking gig at Live The Venue and headed out the next day to Grahamstown.

Our trip to Grahamstown was meant only to be a cultural sojourn but 10 hours into the 12 hour journey we called ahead to see whether any place could have us to play at late notice. Champs duly heeded our call and after sourcing a couple of amps and a microphone cable we played a dirty, scratchy, lo-fi gig that we’ll never forget. We had such a laugh wedged up like sardines on the smallest of stages.

The next day we checked out the Settler Museum and headed towards Plettenberg Bay. We arrived into Plett in time to do some radio and organise another impromptu acoustic gig. The gig itself was a minor disaster, we had to run our equipment through the same small monitor and we sounded like the musical equivalent of dung. Not to worry though. With heads held high and informing the small crowd gathered that we were not in fact called “Scoundrels” and not in fact from the UK to throw them off the scent we retired to bed.

As I write we’re on our way via Knysna and Hermanus to Cape Town at The Assembly this evening. Should be a right Ol’ cracker, and we can’t wait to see you all there! And if not tonight then at our last gig of our South African adventure on Tuesday at Aandklas in Stellenbosch…

X Ned, Genie, Billy and G

New York Sessions

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:57:25 +0100

Check out this interview and session we did at CBS Studios in New York for Streetdate.com…

http://streetdate.radio.com/2012/04/23/scoundrels-rock-the-studio-with-tunes-from-sexy-weekend-ep-out-now/

South Africa tour is going amazingly well! Played our first gig...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:55:51 +0100

South Africa tour is going amazingly well! Played our first gig in Johannesburg last night at Town Hall. Onto Pretoria this evening.

SEXY WEEKEND EP out NOW!!!

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:17:43 +0100

Hello all,

We’re delighted to say that our “Sexy Weekend” EP is out now and available to buy on iTunes. Grab yourself a copy now! We all like to think it’s rather good, but we may of course be slightly biased. Still, well worth having a listen, here’s the link…

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sexy-weekend-ep/id518814177

Buy Ticket's for our South African Tour!

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:26:57 +0100

Tickets for our forthcoming shows in South Africa can be bought at the link below y’all. Hope to see ya there!

http://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=379456856

South African Tour y'all!

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:48:23 +0100

We’re delighted to announce that on April 22nd we Scoundrels will be headed south for a three week tour of South Africa. We can’t wait, it’s going to be an awesome experience, and we’ll cover 3,500km of land taking in some amazing places and playing some incredible venues. Hope to see some of you there!

Dates are:-

26th April - Town Hall - Johannesburg

27th April - Arcade Empire - Pretoria

28th April - By Die Dam - Vaal Dam

30th April - Mystic Boer - Bloemfontein

2nd May - The Live Venue - Durban

5th May - The Assembly - Cape Town

8th May - Aandklas - Stellenbosch

Check out this interview we did with the amazing...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:55:05 +0100

Check out this interview we did with the amazing @charliepresents from Teabreak.

Scoundrels SXSW Video Mash Up...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:45:52 +0100

Hello y’all, we’ve put together a wee video of our recent time in Austin, playing at South By Southwest Festival. It features “Bon Temps Rouler”, a tune from our upcoming “Sexy Weekend” EP due out on 23rd April. Hope ya like it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8kjzUhbqVo&context=C419153eADvjVQa1PpcFOQAfY6VLZ7vpxM7bwTEBFbo7w-224-eUU=

Scoundrels @ SXSW

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:36:00 +0000

We’ve just got back from Austin, Texas having had the most awesome week there. Was a fookin’ blast, such a great city with an incredible music heritage and venues everywhere you look. We played six gigs at some of Austin’s best locations, the best of which was our official showcase at Cedar Street Courtyard following 80’s legend Thomas Dolby.

We were lucky enough to see some great bands live too, the highlight being Lee Fields who played after us at ND Studios. Other highlights included seeing Alabama Shakes, Band Of Skulls and Andrew Bird and eating our own bodyweight in BBQ at Stubbs.

Austin really is a special place, and hopefully we’ve turned many more people onto Scoundrels after playing there. A huge thankyou to all who came to our gigs, and hopefully see you there again next year!

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

One more week...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:58:17 +0000

We’ve got one more week of working in our studio of 4 years in Fulham. We’re sad to say goodbye to a place that has been our home for such a long time but it’s definitely time to move on to new pastures. This is our new place, or “The Womb” as we like to call it. We intend to turn it into a totally inspirational space, sharing it with creative people of all vocations, photographers, artists etc etc. We’re building from scratch, installing a killer live room and studio, invoking the vintage spirit of old legendary studios like Chess and Muscle Shoals. We can’t wait…

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

SXSW...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:35:22 +0000

Good people, we are delighted to today confirm the news that we will be travelling to Austin, Texas to play this years South By Southwest festival. We can’t bloomin’ wait, only two weeks till we head out. For the listings of our gigs whilst out there check the link below. Hope to see y’all there…

x Ned/Genie/Billy/G

http://scoundrels.fm/index.php#4

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