13th March - '06 -
SINGLE OUT THIS WEEK!!!
The new single is now available to order from hmv.co.uk, or to download
from various sites (see news item below). Also available in Guildford / Brighton HMV, so
go buy it this week! Two more shows of this 18 date tour are left, the Brighton show was
rammed last time, so get there early! Major things in the pipeline, watch this space!
13th February - '06 - Download the Single
The new single will be available from 13th March on the following download
platforms: 7 Digital, iTunes, Karma Download, Music Choice, Napster, OD2,
Tunetribe, Yeahronimo, HMV Digital, Virgin Digital, AOL, Yahoo (US only). The single is
also available to pre-order for hmv.co.uk and aslo will be available in selected stores in
the UK. We will be giving away a free CDr with case and artwork on the 18 date tour for
those of you who would like a CD to burn the download to!
11th January - '06 - Brand New Single 'Taking It Back' out 13th March
We have just shot the video to brand new upcoming single 'Taking It Back',
looking seriously awesome it wil be on your tellyboxes by the end of the month! Lots of
gigs coming up, and the album is well underway to being finished...
13th December - '05 - Hipslinky play Dublin with Ocean Colour Scene - 16th
/ 17th Dec
What a fantastic end to the year! Two shows as the main support for
Ocean Colour Scene at the 1400 capacity Olympia Theatre in Dublin! New tracks from the
upcoming album are being gradually introduced into the set, and the video from the last
single 'Had It Occurred' has now been on The Amp for 12 weeks. Have a great
Christmas and New Year and see you all next year!
15th November - '05 - Single Charts at Number 33
Yep, the single 'Had It Occurred To You?' charted at 33 in the Official UK
Indie Charts! Thanks to all the support, it was definately a hard week to release inas
there were over 60 releases that week. The downloads are gradually going live with
Hipslinky tracks being available from HMV Digital, Virgin Digital, and Yahoo Music
Unlimited (US only). Downloads from ITunes, Napster and the rest will be available by the
start of next year.
31st October - '05 - Single Out NOW!!!!
Our brand new single is now available. You can get it from hmv.co.uk
and also from selcted HMV stores. Its also available for download from both Virgin Digital
and HMV Digital, with AOL Music and Yahoo being available in the near future! The video
has now been on The Amp (Sky 469) for 3 weeks, plus all four videos are on rotation
on M-Channel (Sky 475). Welcome to all the people who have joined our Myspace
friends list, don't forget to join our mailing list as well.
10th October - '05 - Street Team DVD's
Wecome to all those who have joined the street team, we will be giving
away exclusive Hipslinky DVD's with all the videos on to the first 20 people to join!
15th September - '05 - Single available to pre-order
'Had It Occurred to You?' is now available to pre-order for HMV. The track
is taken ftom the upcoming second album, due May next year, with previously
unreleased b-side 'Time Comes Around', a fairly mellow little number. The single will also
be available to download via HMV's new download service at the bargain price of around
79p!
5th September - '05 - Video Finished!
The video is now finished to 'Had It Occurred To You?'. Thanks to Matt
(Without Grace) for the loan of his studio, and to Emily (2nd camera) and Penelope
(make-up) for their help.
30th August - '05 - Had it
Occurred to you?
The new single is ready to go, the release is set for the 17th October
'05, we shot the video last week and its being edited by the Lazydog production team at
this very moment. Lots of gigs coming up, will be posting as soon as they are confirmed.
21st July - '05 - TMF Cancellation
Yep, sorry, we have had to pull out of this years TMF festival in Essex.
But no fear, we are actually booked in the studio for the first two weeks of August to
continue recording the album! Watch out for spot plays of the videos on both Scuzz and The
Amp in the coming weeks.
11th July - '05 - Hot Summer!
Yep, lots of lazing around in the studio! The new single is completely
finished with artwork and fantastically mellow b-side! Not sure of the release date, but
its now more likely to be septemberish, so we will be holed up sorting the album out in
the meantime with a spattering of gigs here and there, we will be wandering around at most
of the festivals as well, see you all ar Reading!
16th May - '05 - New single and album on the way!
The new album is really taking shape, over eight tracks are already
demo'd, and the first single has been recorded last week at the legendary Hanger Studios
in Camberley. All the equipment has now been repaired after the tour and we should
be touring with the new single!
14th March - '05 - Videos on Musicians Channel
Musicians Channel (Sky 475) will be playing all of the videos in the
coming weeks. First showings are on Tuesday 15th March at 8.56pm and 10.46pm.
The video to 'Natural' is still on the main playlist for The Amp and is enjoying 3 to 4
plays a day!
7th March - '05 - Tour Update
The tour is now well underway, gigs are going well, apart from food
poisoning in Wolverhampton, and the Rhodes suffering from a broken thingy inside it in
York. We'll post more news as it happens, thanks to everyone who has made it to the gigs
so far and if anyone has any live pictures of the band then feel free to email us with the
pic plus where it was taken and we will post it on the site!
25th February - '05 - 'Natural' on The Amp
The video to 'Natural' is on the main playlist for The Amp (Sky 469, NTL
933) so its on several times a day, we will try and get some exact times for those who
dont watch tv all day.
10th February - '05 - Videos , Touring, and Single Release!
Both videos have now been shot, edited and completed! They are winding
their way to various TV bods, so expect to see them soon, as well as hearing the tracks on
XFM and Radio 1. Tour dates are now finalised, so keep an eye on the gigs page for details
and the single is now available to pre-order from HMV online, so go buy it and get us in
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10th January - '05 -
Tour dates
We will be posting tour dates as soon as the last few are confirmed! For
all those who haven't seen the 'Always' video, it's still on Scuzz from 9-10 almost every
night and probably will be till we give them the video to 'Lucky' which we will be
shooting in the next few weeks, as well as the video to 'Natural'.
23rd December 04 - Video back on Scuzz!
Yep, the video for 'Always' is back on Scuzz TV, everynight for the next
few weeks between 9 and 10pm! The upcoming double A-side single, due out 7th March,
is now finished. The alternative A-side is a track called 'Lucky' originally destined for
the album but not finished in time and it sounds awesome! We will be touring all over the
UK in March including 4 dates in Scotland and hopefully including a lot more Southern
dates this time.
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20th November 04 - Tour News!
The gigs in the North have been going fantastic! We will definately be
back again in February on a two week UK tour for our next single. Look out for
reviews of the album in Word, Classic Rock, Rock Sound, UV Magazine and many more. Walter
has a 4 page feature in Guitar magazine to also watch out for, and of course the album is
out monday. Available from HMV and MVC (Guildford) and also HMV online, it makes an
ideal Christmas present!
28th October '04 - Pre-Order the Album Today!
You can now pre-order the album online from HMV. Go to www.hmv.co.uk and search for HipSlinky or (click here). This is partly due to the single being a best seller in
Guildford HMV!
19th October '04 - Single Sales
The single is now in the shops and was the fastest selling single in the
guildford branch of HMV on monday! Pretty cool! Plus
the video will be on Chart Show TV again, Satellite 455, thursday 21st from 9pm onwards!!!
20th September '04 - Single Release Date
The debut single will now be released on the 18th October. We will be
posting details soon on where to buy it (HMV, MVC, and some independant shops).The single
has also been playlisted on Music Choice (satelite channel 480) from next week! Live
sessions on various radio shows are also coming up so watch this space or join the mailing
list and be the first on your street to hear the latest slinky news!
9th September '04 - Slinky Shirts
Several emails from people who spotted someone at the back of the stage at
the V Festival, while the Scissor Sisters were camping it up, wearing no less than a
slinky T-shirt (dragon logo). On closer iinvestigation it turned out to be our sound
engineer friend Dave, at the festival to do monitors for Goldie Lookin Chain.
5th September '04 - ULU Gig, Fri 3rd Sept.
Special thanks to Without Grace and The Martin Harley band for stepping in
at the last minute when the first two bands pulled out! Was a great start to this next
bout of gigs. On the subject of gigs there will be pictures of the slightly surreal Hip
Slinky gig in Italy coming soon...
26th July - Video Finished
Yep, the video has now been finished, thanks to Tim Mattia and Nigel Crane
for all their help. The video will be included on the debut single 'Always' plus
B-sides 'Midnight' and 'Hear Your Name'. A release date will be set in the next few weeks.
19th July '04 - Guildford Festival
Not all the band could make it so Walter (Official Slinky Rep) and Angus
(Official Label Rep) grabbed as much booze as they could carry and set off to smooze with
the likes of Mohair backstage whilst offending all press in sight including the folks from
FHM who took offence at the comment 'its just a glorified w**k mag', thanks to Rob Redwood
for calming down the situation! Big hello to the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain who
signed Walter's ukelele, and to everyone we drunkenly rambled on to about. Quote of the
festival was from Tony Scott (festival organiser): 'You could have played the Main Stage'.
11th July '04 - Album Finished
The album is now completely finished, pressed, barcoded, and shrink
wrapped! Now set for release in November on Genius Twin Recordings, the video for the first single 'Always' was
shot last week, with two more singles 'Natural' and 'Honey' also set for the same
treatment.
17th May '04 - Artwork
The 13 track album is now finished and mixed and sounds awesome! Artwork
is being undertaken by the internationally acclaimed sculptor David Farrer. The video for the
single is being shot in the next week, the llamas have been booked.. should be a good one.
Single is due for release at the start of October with the album due in November!
16th April '04 - Acoustic Tracks
Currently dug in at walters house with a complete studio system recording
the last three acousticy tracks for the album to add to the ten already finished. Songs
now include a reworking of 'So Cold', one of the full on tracks off an early ep.
19th March '04 - Album Progress
Eight tracks are now finished, with another three awaiting vocals. Lots of
raw sounds coming your way soon plus a couple of acousticy numbers.
20th February '04 - Radio Interview
Walter will be interviewed on local radio show 'So Surprising' (Sunday 22nd,
7-9pm, GU2 107.3FM). The show is
described as 'anti-radio with no celebrity bollocks', and host Xan Phillips will be
previewing finished tracks off the upcoming album.
16th February '04 - Album Recording
The album is well under way, three songs are finished with another five with only
vocals to do. As yet the album as no title, but the first single has already got the
producer of the latest Strokes video lined up for the job of bringing our lurverly mugs to
a tv near you...
12th February '04 - NME Awards
Having blagged a couple of invites, James and Walter waltzed off to the
NME awards held in London . Much fun was had by all, meeting up with fellow rock stars Guy
and Jon from Reuben, and chatting with The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster about how
much anyone could remember of Reading festival. After losing James, Walter continued from
one aftershow party to another and eventually woke up at 5 in the morning in the boot of
his Mercedes-Benz. If anyone knows how he got there, please email us...
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