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hoboken

Hoboken take the ancient world by storm

About Me

Beauty Queen appears on Athens club compilation album Bocca NightsXL alongside Britney Spears, Shakira and the king himself - Elvis!
Hoboken are a three-piece Glasgow-based group who combine the drama of classic vocal performers with inspired electronica to produce dark yet sizzlingly danceable electro-noir songs about love, sex and death. Formed in 2001, Hoboken released their first single, Hotel Lisboa, in July 2003, and it received rave reviews. The band’s second single, Vainglorious, followed in November. The debut album Crazy Glue was released in September 2004. Hoboken have played shows across the UK, including headline gigs at Glasgow's King Tuts and The Arches, and a 16 date UK support tour with electro legends The Human League. The band released single, Beauty Queen in 2006 distributed through Universal. It just missed the charts. The band are currently writing new material and in the meantime are picking up radio and tv coverage in Greece and Cyprus with the inclusoin of Beauty Queen on the Sony/BMG DJ compliation album Bocca NightsXL.
Hoboken's debut album and singles are available to buy at the Online Store .

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Member Since: 5/4/2005
Band Website: hoboken.co.uk
Band Members: Jonathan Carr
Scott Twynholm
Neil Cameron
Influences: Depeche Mode, Human League, Kraftwerk, Sparks, Goldfrapp, Daft Punk, Scott Walker, Flaming Lips, Pet Shop Boys, Ultravox, Mount Sims, Gonzales, Beck, Jay Jay Johanson, Georgio Moroder, Frank Sinatra, New Order, David Bowie, Pulp, Felix Da Housecat, Soft Cell, Lambchop, Neil Young, Will Oldam, Smog, Devo, Divine Comedy, Ladytron, Babybird, Duran Duran, Tom Waits, Mahler, Randy Newman, Alfred Hitchcock, The Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Paul Auster, Raymond Carver, Tennessee Williams, Kyril Bonfiglioli...
Sounds Like: "Scott Walker turning up unannounced at a Pet Shop Boys Gig"
"Like Frank Sinatra transplanted to 1990s Berlin...delicious"  

Record Label: royal jelly records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Beauty Queen features on Greek mix album & EMP mix

The Beauty Queen single has been featured on the Greek club compilation album Bocca NightsXL. The album, compiled by DJ George Lazaros, is available in Greece and Cyprus and is released through S...
Posted by hoboken on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:34:00 PST

Summer Live Dates

After a period of non-band-related upheaval and travel, Hoboken return for some live shows this summer, starting with The Arches this Friday (9th June). We are all excited about this one, partly as it...
Posted by hoboken on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:34:00 PST

Hoboken play Sweden!

Just a quick note to say Hoboken are delighted to announce we are travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden, to play the fantastic electro night Romo Club on February 10th. It will be our first ...
Posted by hoboken on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:39:00 PST

Beauty Queen Released Monday (January 9th)

Happy New Year! Hoboken's Beauty Queen Single is finally out on January 9th and is available in Virgin stores across the UK and on all good download sites (particularly cheap on ITunes!). All details ...
Posted by hoboken on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:28:00 PST

Beauty Queen Single Delayed!

Due to our upcoming tour with the Human League, the powers at be have decided to postpone the release of the new single, Beauty Queen, until January 9th, 2006, so we can reach some more people on the ...
Posted by hoboken on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:26:00 PST

Hoboken support The Human League

We are delighted to announce that we have been asked to support personal heroes of ours, the legendary Human League, on their upcoming UK tour this December. It's a fantastic honour and we are thoroug...
Posted by hoboken on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:23:00 PST

Happy Downloading...

Hello again! Thanks for coming back to Hoboken's myspace page. To celebrate reaching 3,000 friends we've decided to make our tunes available to download. As you can see, we are also doing a very mini ...
Posted by hoboken on Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:36:00 PST

Hello....

Just a quick intro to say that we hope you like our tune, Crazy Glue, that is supposed to start playing when you visit our page. We will put up another one called Pain is the Pleasure, which is perhap...
Posted by hoboken on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST