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Monday Dec 28 | Reverb

Tonight: Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Girls

The Girls "reunite" and play a show with the best-named Stooges cover band ever: the Spooges.

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Related Topix: Swing

Sun Dec 27, 2009

The Seattle Times

Swing on over to Seattle's Triple Door to catch the Squirrel Nut Zippers

On the Internet Watch videos of Squirrel Nut Zippers at www.snzippers.com/media/video . The old, new band the Squirrel Nut Zippers formed in the early 1990s in the college town of Chapel Hill, N.C. Musicians Jim Mathus and Katharine Whalen, who were married then, started "picking around at home," said Mathus, playing with the mix of music they grew ...

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Related Topix: Swing, Ravenna (Seattle, WA), Greenwood (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Madrona (Seattle, WA), Lake City (Seattle, WA)

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Pitch

Throwback MP3 of the Week: Al Trout's Hokum Washboard Band, "Doo Wacka Doo"

Who remembers the Squirrel Nut Zippers ? Ah, when ragtime managed to sneak into the charts because swing had crept in the door left open by ska.

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Related Topix: Swing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

National Public Radio

Squirrel Nut Zippers On Mountain Stage

Squirrel Nut Zippers came to prominence in the mid-1990s with a retro mix of big-band, Harlem hard-bop and Deep South roots music.

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Related Topix: Swing, Harlem, Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Jersey Journal

On Tap Tonight: Friday, Nov. 13

There's an "End of the Week" happy hour at The Dubliner with $3 Domestic Beers from 4 to 9 p.m. What's going on in Hoboken tonight? - Devil You Know and Trimm playing at Whiskey Bar beginning at 10 p.m.; - Squirrel Nut Zippers and Red Hook Ramblers are playing at Maxwell's but sadly the show is sold out; - There are DJs at Liberty Bar and Grill , ...

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Related Topix: Hoboken, NJ, Swing

Wed Nov 11, 2009

North Jersey Media Group

Whatever band's sound is, it's as good as ever

WHERE: Maxwella TMs, 1029 Washington Ave., Hoboken; 201-798-0406 or ticketweb.com. HOW MUCH: $25. FOR MORE INFO: snzippers.com. Squirrel Nut Zippers spent much of the mid- to late-1990s as one of the music industrya TMs most unlikely success stories, a band that sold loads of records, played lots of concerts and attracted a loyal fan base by ...

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Related Topix: Swing

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Thehour.com

Squirrel Nut Zippers swing into Ridgefield

By Keith LoriaHour CorrespondentIt may seem strange that the origins of a successful band came from a couple of marionette artists working together on an art project, but when you're dealing with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, nothing should surprise you."We formed back in North Carolina in .

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Related Topix: Swing

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Times-Picayune

The Squirrel Nut Zippers' trumpet sound comes from right here.

The Squirrel Nut Zippers made it big, briefly, in the 90's by accidentally riding the wave of the swing dance revival - but to lump them in with those retro zoot suiters would be selling them short.

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Related Topix: Swing, Spike Jones, Jazz, Fats Waller, New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Western Courier

White Ghost Shivers haunt Sherman Hall

Imagine the Squirrel Nut Zippers, a modern band that played 30's and 40's style swing and jazz.

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Related Topix: Swing, Halloween, Austin Metro, Austin, TX

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Da Kine

LOOK >> Check out Michael Jackson's last days in the documentary "This Is It," set for release tomorrow.

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Related Topix: Swing

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Paste Magazine

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Lost at Sea

Without a release in nine years, the Squirrel Nut Zippers needed to come back with a bang.

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Related Topix: Swing

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Express

Punky hot-jazzers Squirrel Nut Zippers return with a smoking new live album, 'Lost at Sea.'

IT MIGHT HAVE been nine years since the band's last album, but it's never too late to dig the Squirrel Nut Zippers .

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Related Topix: Swing, Reel Big Fish, Ska, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Mon Oct 26, 2009

411mania.com

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Lost at Sea Review

Lost at Sea Review Posted by Jesse Coy on 10.26.2009 Down some highballs and dance the night away on a cold winter night in Brooklyn with the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

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Related Topix: Swing, Music, Entertainment

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Santa Fe New Mexican

Terrell's Tune-Up

Feeling squirrelly? I wouldn't call Squirrel Nut Zippers ' new album, Lost at Sea , the comeback of the year.

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Related Topix: Swing, Comedy Movies, Swingers, Drama Movies, Opinion

Thu Oct 22, 2009

BurlingtonFreePress.com

A word with Andrew Bird, indie singer/songwriter/violinist

The career of Andrew Bird has followed a weaving road through classical-music studies to European and American folk and a stint with swing revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers.

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Related Topix: Andrew Bird, Folk, Swing, North Carolina

Wed Oct 14, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

Andrew Bird

Bird's whistling is the shining diamond embedded in the gold band of song he's been developing since he played a sideman's role for the Squirrel Nut Zippers in the '90s. Charleston City Paper 636 words Andrew Bird is to the violin what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar, which is to say not merely a virtuoso but also a visionary.

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Related Topix: Swing, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 12, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

January's Noble Beast

Bird's whistling is the shining diamond embedded in the gold band of song he's been developing since he played a sideman's role for the Squirrel Nut Zippers in the '90s. Charleston City Paper 636 words Blogwire SA native and adorable Mad Hatter stand-in Bill White is coming to town tomorrow in pursuit of the Senate seat... QueBlog ​Does ...

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Related Topix: Swing, Music, Entertainment

Sat Oct 10, 2009

AltWeeklies.com

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Andrew Bird Has Many Talents, but Have Y... Bird's whistling is the shining diamond embedded in the gold band of song he's been developing since he played a sideman's role for the Squirrel Nut Zippers in the '90s. charleston city paper>> Blogwire Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under.

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Related Topix: Swing, Music, Entertainment

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Cincinnati CityBeat

The Sounds of Science

Andrew Bird might not consider himself to be a man out of time, but his renaissance talents and fascination with 19th/early 20th century music forms suggest otherwise.

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Related Topix: Andrew Bird, Folk, Northwestern University, Swing, Symphony, Arts, Cincinnati, OH

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Mountain Xpress

At home and abroad

The Lake Eden Arts Festival, poised for its 29th installment, has a tradition of bringing both top-notch world-music performers and acts near and dear to the hearts of local festival-goers. And if that seems a rather tall and precarious order, the twice-yearly music, arts and camping event makes it look downright easy.

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Related Topix: Folk, Zap Mama, Swing, Hip-Hop, Arrested Development, Los Amigos Invisibles, Latin, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC

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