Robots In Disguise
If you’re a die hard fan of The Mighty Boosh or a lover of alternative music crafted with care for the details, chances are you’ve heard of James Cook. If you haven’t, then perhaps you haven’t been reading TVO properly these last five years. With his new album out now,
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February 18, 2015 // 3 Comments
Dee Plume has unleashed the third single from her solo project Psycho Delia. Formerly one half of Robots In Disguise and a regular guest star in The Mighty Boosh, Dee has been working on Psycho Delia for some time now, and this track: The Ooo & The Eee, comes complete with a charming
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December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments
All decent proper fans of Boosh will be aware of (Un)natural Acts, the late 90’s sketch show featuring a few Boosh members that was something of a precursor to the Mighty one. What you may not be aware of, however, is the existence of a new Unnatural Acts youtube channel, in the spirit of
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March 24, 2014 // 0 Comments
The archives of Dead Dog In Black Bag are open, and are now available to hear via Soundcloud. The band began life around 2006, as Holly Jane Shears joined forces with Amy Richardson to form a dynamic duo responsible for pure electropop filth. Together, they both appeared in the third series
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February 10, 2014 // 0 Comments
If you’ve ever fancied getting your hands on some Robots in Disguise memorabilia, your time is now… Dee Plume is selling a handful of personal items on e-Bay that have featured in photography for RiD as well as an episode of The Mighty Boosh. You can bid for the vintage
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June 12, 2012 // 1 Comment
When you think of last summer, what do you think of? Rain? Rioting? Well don’t think about that – if your memory fails you, first have a look at our reviews of January to June, and then let’s take a look at what happened in the world of Booshdom from July to September, in Part 3
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January 4, 2012 // 0 Comments
So far our review of 2011 has covered January to March. Today we bring you the sequel: April to June. Aaaah, Springtime…the time of fresh starts and new beginnings! And it turned out to be a very busy time in the Booshniverse too! April April started with the news of Chris O’Dowd’s
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January 2, 2012 // 2 Comments
Following IAMX’s London gig earlier this year – our minds were blown at the thought of how IAMX has developed to the loud, electric machine that it now is after it’s birth from Sneaker Pimps. Here we bring to you the journey that Chris Corner has been on up to today – with
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November 17, 2011 // 1 Comment
With Come On Eileen now officially released onto DVD, Velveteer Paulyne brings you all a review of the film. With this feature having the heavy inclusion of many TVO regulars, we gave it a watch to bring you a warts-and-all look at the film. Eileen (played by Jackie Howe) was an aspiring dancer
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November 10, 2011 // 3 Comments
Monday sees the dvd release of two recent additions to tapestry of The Velvet Onion, and a long lost forgotten piece of history. First up, is the complete first series of This Is Jinsey. The show – written by and starring Chris Bran and Justin Chub – premièred on Sky Atlantic in
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November 4, 2011 // 0 Comments
Robots In Disguise have just rounded off their UK tour this year to promote Happiness v Sadness, their fourth album. Last week, Velveteers Aggie and Paulyne popped down to XOYO to see Robots In Disguise blow the minds of Londoners at their penultimate gig of the tour. The venue was rammed with
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August 2, 2011 // 5 Comments
As you may already know, Robots In Disguise’s fourth album Happiness vs Sadness has now been released! Many of you may have already received your download of the album via your pledges, but if you’re still deliberating whether it’s worth having a listen, Velveteers Aggie and
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July 14, 2011 // 1 Comment
Thanks to the recent launch of RiD’s new album ‘Happiness v Sadness’ there’s been a fair amount of Plume/Denim news out there. The girls have been interviewed by music and culture webzine Cat On The Wall, where they discuss the album, their song-writing process and their
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July 13, 2011 // 1 Comment
It’s now been over a year since we let you know about the upcoming film Come On Eileen, which includes Noel Fielding in one of the lead roles, along with an appearance from Julia Davis and Robots in Disguise providing some of the music for the soundtrack. It may have been a bit of a wait but
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June 18, 2011 // 4 Comments
It’s been a bit of a wait and scramble whilst Robots In Disguise polish off their fourth album Happiness vs Sadness, after all of you helped fund it by pledging your hearts out. Now the wait is over as it is available to be pre-ordered at our very own Amazon Store for the lowest (and maybe
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June 17, 2011 // 1 Comment
Sue Denim from Robots in Disguise features on the new EP by French electronic musician Electrosexual. Partytime, by Electrosexual and Scream Club, sees Sue collaborating as guest vocalist. The video is already available to view on youtube, so why not watch Sue doing her thing by clicking on the
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May 13, 2011 // 1 Comment
The forthcoming Robots In Disguise single, Chains, has been remixed by none other than Holly Jane Shears of DeadDogInBlackBag and Circulus fame. The Velvet Onion got wind of this very exciting collaboration last week, safe in the knowledge that it would be coming your way soon. We felt best to
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April 11, 2011 // 0 Comments
It has been well over a year since Robots In Disguise started up their Pledge in order to fund the completion of their 4th album. There have been highs, lows and a few roller-coaster moments (who could forget the false alarm?), but the colourful electro ladies have finally succeeded in reaching
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March 10, 2011 // 3 Comments
The Velvet Onion is proud to bring you its own 2011 calendar! In lieu of an official Boosh calendar on sale this year, we decided it’d be a great idea to offer up an alternative to that rubbish one your nan got you, and make a fully fledged 12-month calendar for you to download, print off and
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December 30, 2010 // 7 Comments
Voting for the 2011 NME Awards has recently opened, and we reckon there are a few Booshniverse artists who released material in 2010 that deserve our votes. How about IT Crowd for Best TV Show, or if you’re more of a BBC3 kind of person, How Not To Live Your Life? Maybe it’s our
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December 11, 2010 // 1 Comment
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