Maxim
Death + Taxes - full interview online
LA Weekly "
Slang Chickens opened, and were perhaps the most exiting band of the night. Not that they were necessarily
better
than Sleepy Sun or Entrance, but rather, the Chickens were an
unexpected surprise. They play a brutal mash of surf punk and
rockabilly with a hint of sludge metal, the sound crisp and bass thumpy
and unlike anything I've heard going lately."
LA Record"Some kiddies departed, leaving me room to squeeze in for a nice blast
of Slang Chickens, a clutch of squalling hellions it did my heart good
to contemplate. Their nitro-fueled countrified squawk acquitted a
claimed decent from the likes of Hank Williams, the Flying Burrito
Bros. and the Gun Club very credibly. The Chickens shut down, I gave
hurried regrets and was soon padding swiftly around Echo Park Lake
wondering where all the cops were going."
Campus Circle "A refreshing breath of grimy cowpunk, poking out from the indie scene
in Los Angeles. Slang Chickens are led by Evan Weiss, formerly of Wires
on Fire, who can create all sorts of electricity with a banjo, and of
whom there is in fact a paper doll, available online at Chicks on the
Rail (myspace.com/prettyvioletcolouredshirt). For the rockabilly fans,
few and loyal, the band will be at the Unknown Theater Jan. 9 and the
Smell Jan. 20, opening for Crystal Antlers. myspace.com/slangchickens"