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Kissing Cousins

Wine, Boxing, and an amalgamation of the two.

About Me

we make music we would like to dance to, have a little (make up) kiss to --/ oh, there is a message:::come and ask us and we'll tell you xx download the demos from http://www.savefile.com/projects/1079931

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/14/2005
Band Website: kissingcousins.co.uk
Band Members: Oliver Jakeman- vocals/guitar/synth::Uncle Jay Davies - guitar/synth/vocals/tuning::The::Shifty, aka Josh the Nosh - bass/vocals/synth/dynaaamiiics::John French Sloane/Billy5000pockets/Billy 2 jobs - drums/counting::Jamesy Murray - guitar/lap-steel/synth

Influences: We like to listen to, and have a dance and a kiss to, amongst others - Echo & the Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, Arcade Fire, The Clash, Johnny Cash, Talking Heads, Nick Cave, Madonna, Throwing Muses, Sean Paul, Orange Juice, Mos Def, Cat Power, The Smiths, British Sea Power, Motown, PJ Harvey, Sam Cooke, Interpol, Snoop Dogg, Ben Kweller, Blur, Pulp, Sons & Daughters...We read; J.H. Prynne, Kurt Vonnegut, T. S. Eliot, Paul Auster, J. K. Rowling, Enid Blyton, W.G. Sebald and on...We LOVE: Josh dancing, having a good fight, all of us dancing together, sleazing, sleeping, Paris (the person not the place) "2 piece pigeon and chips", fruit machines, crunk, watching bands, watching our weight
Sounds Like: cousins kissing
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Jack Penate gig in Leicester

We played in Leicester last month at a night ran by the lovely Gracie May also playing were Ego Armalade who are great lads.  There are a few pictures up. On Sunday 25th March im djing at the Jac...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:54:00 PST

Boy Kill Boy support

Hello We will be supporting Boy Kill Boy in Leicester on Monday 4th Dec, its at The Charlotte and tickets are £12.50. Last time I saw Boy Kill Boy Zane Lowe played us on Radio 1 and then I got du...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:32:00 PST

What now?

Hello   Thanks to those who came to see us with Hot Club De Paris in London and Larrikin Love in Leicester.   We will be back in Leicester soon, hopefully, also just waiting for some more Lo...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:50:00 PST

Larrikin Love and Hot club de Paris gigs

Hello Thanks to those who saw us in Leicester with Mystery Jets and then in Peterborough last week, we should be doing more with Mystery Jets in the future. We have a couple of gigs coming up with La...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:23:00 PST

updates and Mystery Jets gig

hello We have a gig this Friday 21st July at the Charlotte in Leicester with Mystery Jets and The Holloways.  It's part of the Jim Beam music tour and tickets are £9 from rock a boom records or o...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:40:00 PST

New song recorded, Transparent magazine and more news

Hello   We finally have a new song, The Combination, recorded and up to download, let us know what you think.    Have a look at the latest copy of Transparent magazine, www.transparent...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:32:00 PST

Some live mp3s

Here are some live mp3s from Nambucca back in May.  www.savefile.com/projects/654783   More gigs and recordings coming soon.   Jxx...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:26:00 PST

What next?

Hello   Friday night with Larrikin Love was much fun. We played in time, you clapped and cheered and some even sang along. It was a good birthday indeed; (I got the same present from my dad as ev...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:05:00 PST

Battle and Larrikin Love gigs

Hello We have two very good gigs coming up with Battle and Larrikin Love. Monday 22nd May The Charlotte Leicester with battle and humanzi Doors open at 8pm, we have a cheap 5 pound list for this so me...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:54:00 PST

For those who care, gigs and news.xx

Hello   We have had a busy time over the last few weeks, some good gigs and one not so.  Everyone should checkout Calling all kids at Catch www.myspace.com/callingallkids great night, some f...
Posted by Kissing Cousins on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:32:00 PST