Lollipop Magazine

James Mathus – National Antiseptic – Review

February 22, 2002

This guy formed the Squirrel Nut Zippers with his wife in the ’90s. I never knew he had blues guitar roots, but here they are.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Bedlam Ballroom – Review

June 3, 2001

The scene which propelled them to stardom (the Big Band Revival) has faded, but they have taken their core sound and jazzed it up a little.

Songs for Summer – Review

June 1, 2000

Put together by Adam Gimbel, a boyfriend whose love for his girlfriend, Summer Brannin, didn’t give in to sadness when kidney cancer claimed her life.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Perennial Favorites – Review

January 1, 1999

There are comparable tracks to Hot (a calypso-ish tune, some foot stompers, some ballads), and a pseudo-mid European folk tune, but mostly – it’s Dixieland.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – at The Roxy Ballroom – Review

June 1, 1997

All types of people were there, from the Lounge Hipsters to the neo-Flappers to average punks. The Zippers came on, and the house began to swing.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot – Review

August 1, 1996

Sultry, sexy, and oh so cool. Every song is a winner, from the blazing “Memphis Exorcism” to the rollicking “Flight of the Passing Fancy.”

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot – Review

June 1, 1996

The Kings and (Queen) of Dixieland are back, and this time, they’re on fire! The uptown beat is way up, and the singing is laid down low and neat.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – at TT the Bears – Review

April 1, 1996

Whiskey Sour in one hand, pretty girl in the other, twirling and spinning the night away to the uptown jump beat. The floor was packed.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – at The Middle East Cafe – Review

July 1, 1995

Grabbing my girl by the hand, we spun and twirled, jitterbugging, doing the Charleston, Lindy, and the Two-Step. We were the only ones. Uneducated cretins.

Squirrel Nut Zippers – Review

April 1, 1995

harp-dressed, flirty, polite and finger-snapping fine, the inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers will turn you on to authentic “old school” swing.