Fashion Blogger Tea Party at Rokit HQ

A couple of weeks back, the lovely folk at Rokit HQ hosted an exclusive fashion blogger event at their warehouse and asked us Heels to play (naturally, we said yes).

Being the non-professional bloggers that we are we're a little behind on the post, but better late than never here are some of Al's pics from the day.

A big thank you to Rokit for a great day of music, dressing up, tea and cakes! xx

Al sampling some of Rokit's wares. He now refuses to wear a shirt if it isn't tan, suede and tasseled.

Time for soundcheck...

Tommy and Al in an apparent battle for the ultimate Zoolander posing title.

Kevin: "If I shut my eyes and pretend it's not happening..."

Tommy gets back in touch with his macho side.

Forties style harmony group Three Little Maids

Us on stage, with our favourite new stage props: Rokit's giant cocktail glass and Al's magic carpet

Had to be done...

Vintage hair styling

The brilliant Echoes

Munroe Bergdorf took to the decks

Rokit take rules very seriously

Upcoming Heels gigs

Love Whitechapel more than Jack the Ripper? More partial to a freebie than a disgraced MP? Then you'll basically want to give these two free gigs a go...

Tomorrow @ Indo (event here)

Thurs 14th, exhibition launch

See you there!

DYH x

First blog of the year: better late than never...

As usual, it's been a while since our last blog... but for good reason! (kind of...) Here's what we've been up to.

1. Sorting our new line-up

Joining us on drums is Al and his alter-ego 'La Brown', while on bass we've got Kevin 'the mutton chop' Lennon.

2. Organising Tom's CD's and finding definite contenders for 'world's most homoerotic CD cover' and 'best supporting sexual guitar face'.

3. Debuting our new night 'Rock 'n' Roll Basement', with music from us (obvs), our friends The Flying Rats, The Kandy Kane Kids (former DYH bassist Chris's new band) and MFC Chicken. Pics courtesy of Garlen Lo.

 Tommy hits the bottle to satisfy his 'saucy' addiction.

The Flying Rats

 MFC Chicken

The Kandy Kane Kids

4. Aaaaand... well, gigging some more.

"Talk to the hand"

"Keep talking to the hand"

Drag Your Heels: just don't run in them...

Hi(gh) heels,

(clever, huh? No? Alright then...)

Just a quick one to let you know what's been happening in our world... After a couple of gig cancellations recently (involving double booked venues, and a flooded flat - don't ask) we got to at least play one of our scheduled shows, which was at the Abbey in Kentish Town.

It was a really fun night with good people, rockabilly DJ's (who played a great set, including the first song me and Tommy ever found mutual ground on: Give Him A Great Big Kiss by the Shangri-Las, which has also been covered by New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders, hence Tommy's appreciation) and also a celeb spot in the form of Ed Westwick from Gossip Girl.

We've never actually watched the show, but an American teen-drama star spot (ok, well apparently he's from Stevenage, but still) always seems more exciting than seeing someone out of Hollyoaks or Skins for obvious reasons.



Phil from Hiroshamour had asked us to play the gig as part of a joint birthday do with his daughter Charlie, and their band Honeygene also played which was pretty cool. Lovely pure vocals, and a cover of Jolene thrown in at the end: what more could you possibly want?


Unfortunately a combination of a few too many ciders, and wearing ridiculously high platform heels meant that I did embarrass myself (as I often do) by running for the bus on the way home, completely misjudging my footing, and falling smack on my face. Fun.

It was one of those falls that happens in slow motion too: you know you're going, but you literally can't stop yourself. So I'm now sporting grazed knees not unlike a six year old's, but it's all good: Roland the Drum Machine fortunately didn't break, as I was carrying him in my 80s stripey briefcase.

Speaking of New York Dolls (which I did, earlier) we also managed to get down to their gig at Koko which was a-ma-zing. Will probably blog more about them at some point, but for now, here's one of the very few pictures that my rubbish camera managed not to blur.


Until next time,

♥ Lucy Loveheart ♥

WELCOME

Hello,

We're Drag Your Heels and this be our new blog. We'll be updating you on all our news, gigs etc. and may even share the odd anecdote on occasion.

Couple of pics below from our most recent gig at Barfly (taken by the lovely Nina from Altercation), and also a picture of a promo copy of our single 'Creatures' which we'll be releasing on iTunes in the summer. The thing that excites us most? An ink printed CD that hasn't just been written on! Yep, it's the simple pleasures in life.

Oh, and to the eagle-eyed amongst you - yes, that is a 5 pence piece in the background of the shot. We totally meant to get that in (?)

Be back soon! xx