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MONEYPENNY

About Me

MONEYPENNY & FRIENDS SXSW MIXTAPE! [CLICK IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD]
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BIOGRAPHY:
Girl/girl DJ/Electronic duo Moneypenny was formed in the Spring of 2008 by long-time friends and well known Chicago nightlife personalities Chess Hubbard (DJ Mother Hubbard) and Jessica Gonyea (DJ A-Cup). With both ladies having experienced a great deal of success and high public visibility on their own – DJ Mother Hubbard has graced the pages of every major Chicago print publication (usually in a “sexy singles” issue) and is a founding member of Life During Wartime, one of Chicago’s longest-running dance parties, while Gonyea has been featured in Spin, Rolling Stone, NME, Teen Vogue, and appeared on MTV and E! with her former band, OFFICE – Moneypenny hit the ground running. The duo’s first show ever was a direct support slot for international pop star Robyn at the Park West in Chicago and was followed by a Playboy "Rock The Rabbit" event the very next night. It didn’t stop there either. The group has performed at some of the coolest parties in the US, from the official 2008 Lollapalooza after party @ the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago to the FADER Magazine party at CMJ just a few months later, and have shared the stage with the likes of Phantom Planet, The Heavy, The Bravery, Villains and Chromeo. With all that noise, people were sure to notice and that’s exactly what they did, as Moneypenny quickly racked up favorable press from The Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Venus and URB Magazine, the latter of which featured the ladies as two of twelve females in the US on the precipice of stardom in their “Ladies Room” special issue in the fall of 2008.
Amid all this, A-Cup and Mother Hubbard began creating original music, working with some of world's best songwriting and production teams to help round out their sound. Moneypenny made their worldwide LIVE debut at Lollapalooza 2009 to great acclaim. A-Cup and Mother Hubbard are now hard at work at writing and recording with plans for a series of single releases in late 2009/early 2010.
“The fly, feminine mash-up effort blends sex and innocence, old school and new school, rock and roll.” – URB
“Sexy, talented and bent on world domination.” – Time Out Chicago
“Flirty, sexy songs that echo rock but are slickly mixed with electronic beats” - Alarm
PRESS:
ALARM Magazine Lollapalooza Review
URB Magazine (Feature)
Lumino Magazine (show review)
Boykings.com (interview)
URB Online (interview)
Boston Globe (show preview)
IHEARTCOMIX (party recap)
Time Out Chicago
SPIN (SXSW wrap-up)
Dub Frequency (Mixtape props)
Fake Rich
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/03/2008
Band Website: You're looking at it.
Band Members: VOX: Jessica Gonyea (DJ A-Cup)
KEYS/TABLES: Chess Hubbard (DJ Mother Hubbard)

MANAGEMENT:
Peter Leak // Nettwerk Music Group
&
Matt DuFour // En Prise Entertainment // [email protected]

LEGAL:
John Statham // Statham Gill Davies Solicitors

Influences: The Fabulous Stains
Sounds Like:

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

NEW SPANDEXXX mixtape for download!

Spandexxx mix 002 is here, just in time for the party Friday! We're giving away Lady Sov's new jams, some naughty stuff from Early 2 Bed, and Shiner Bock Beer from 9-10PM! You have to RSVP to rsvp@u...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:35:00 GMT

NEW SPANDEXXX MIXTAPE! DOWNLOAD NOW!

First SPANDEXXX MIXTAPE bitches!!!Oh Ableton, how you have made me your slave. xoxo,Mother Hubba HubbaP.S. Rocktapussy just finished our first ORIGINAL track as well and A-Cup's voice sounds delicious...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:44:00 GMT

shows, shows, shows

Bloggity blog. Designing buttons and waiting to practice with the lovely A-Cup. We have a lot of shows coming up and we are really excited to get back out across the big US of A. This weekend we hit u...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:41:00 GMT

Mixalistatastic

Think I just posted my favorite mix so far. Mainly cause I really love all the songs and I feel that it is a diverse selection as far as incorporating songs from the last three decades.Anymahoo. Will ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:56:00 GMT

Pussy This and That

w00t! Herrrrrro!So about our name...it has met with mostly praise, but alas, some damnation as well. Some people find it offensive and negative toward women. Wha??? We both have pussies! We also like ...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:46:00 GMT

YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYO...New mix...Redmoon Spectacular...Need Sleep

Just posted another mix. We were really "inspired" on this track.The first person to respond and can name the first two tracks will get a Rocktapussy goodie in the mail. Maybe panties? Redmoon Theater...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:03:00 GMT

New MIXES | Our first shows

So our unofficial first show with ROBYN was pretty sweet. It was a very unexpected last minute gig and we were so excited to do it. Playing in front of such a large audience opening for the Swedish po...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 23:03:00 GMT

OMG

Yo. Chess here. It's early morning. Jess and I were working late on new mixes and I came home and programmed the bitch after working on the new UR Chicago website that will be launching this week. Bot...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:59:00 GMT