JAY LENO is quite the collector.. and so he was of this racer that was considered the most formidable in its day. It's the 1929 Bentley Speed Six. It has a 'naked body,' meaning NO PAINT, and was engineered to operate without a head gasket, giving it virtually no problems engine-wise.
It's a cool car, CLASSIC, just THE ONLY JAIDEN style. Interesting car, Jay!
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The thing that works with pop rock is the mix of catchy pop and heavy rock sounds. This EP by Cattle Drum brings that together, but in an unexpected way. Usually in pop/rock albums, the music is rock and the vocals provide the sing along pop but not with this EP. The music almost reaches the point of pop, the vocals definitely rock. It is possible to even go as far as saying the only thing that makes it pop is the guitar riffs that make you want to play along.
The entire The Boy Kisser Sessions +3 EP is full of cryptic lyrics and is wildly unpredictable making it really fun to listen to.
The first surprise is delivered with the first song."New Furniture and Wigs" is a great opening to the album with an awesome riff that makes your reach for your guitar to try and play. The surprise is really the vocals. After hearing the riff you are expecting something a little Fall Out Boy in flavour, but you don't. You get hit with impact making, tuneful shouting. The same sort of taste follows with "Who Punched Pat Moore's Face"- really great riff.
Just when you are thinking, “Okay... I think I can get what they are doing here...” they pop in "Sluts and Coconuts" which brings the two fast paced impact hitting songs to a slower more relaxed point. With a smoother, higher pitched riff and lyrics you can almost follow."Bovrg the Nag"keeps you on the same wave as "Sluts and Coconuts", which is something you can appreciate in the roller coaster that is this EP.
"Two Pigeons" has a sweet little opening, with acoustic guitar and soft drums, transitions into the faster paced, and backs off again later in the song.
"Just the Right Height" has an electronic start opening up to the tuneful shout that, at this point in the EP, you are beginning to really like. The lyrics still baffle you with things like-
“Doc scaled the walls of the typhoon front line, but I don’t mind the drive underground. Put em’ up high. A left handed pitcher who only throws curves, throws a fit”
"All the Electric Secrets of Hell" begins with my favourite riff of the album because it is soft and engaging. The obscure lyrics have also grown on you and you can almost find yourself wanting to sing along to the chorus of-
“Uh oh I’ve been waiting up all night, for something sweet, to crawl in my mouth.
You’re cutting out 'land ho' I’m wasting away out of bounds, scraping off my nails, and chewing off my tongue, but I’m at it again wearing in the wrong shoes.”
"I Know Who Killed Me"tops off the unpredictability of The Boy Kisser Sessions +3 by opening with lyrics, which none of the other songs have done. This is my favourite song because it provides me with a mental picture in my head of some crazy imaginary world thanks to the opening lines-
“I want to be more than a dramatic silhouette spilling gasoline on my paper shoes, to waste away playing kicking the can in an uphill landscape full of loose connections, a landscape prone to open flame.”
It can be also noticed, that in this song the shouting has almost dissolved into talking and the final half with just the tapping throws me out of my imaginary land into a jungle waiting for a cannibalistic tribe to eat me.
It is as if the Cattle Drums just went insane during this EP, and that is why I like it. You have no idea what is going on, where it is heading and you can't even sing along because you are never quite sure if you are going left or right. It appeals to me, and hopefully to others, because it is unlike most other productions. If anyone works out the meaning of it all, let me know.
BEYONCE was spotted, according to Just Jared, doing a photo shoot from a hotel balcony in Paris. It's a part of a promo for Beyonce's new perfume, and could possibly be one of the stills for any one of Beyonce's upcoming singles from her highly anticipated album. Ladies and photographers, you can use this as a template. Check out more pics of her posing.
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I see a significant number of high school boys starting to rock the haircuts popular in the '80s, kind of like Soulja Boy's look (above). It's a cool look. Doesn't it just scream ART and 'Do the Right Thing' (Spike Lee)??
While in contrast, DA BRAT (old school rapper and Raven Symone's half-sister, which I find very hard to believe) was recently released from prison and she was tryin' to bring back her old days by wearing her mini-dookie braids with colored rubber bands. See below:
I know HOMEGIRL is trying to make a comeback and invoke a reminder of the late '80s/early '90s era, but in 2011?? Like this?? FAIL, FAIL, FAIL in the name of fashion!!!!
Check out Lil Wayne at the Lakers game wearing his own take on STREET SWAG, expensive swag, actually. Check the Billionaire Boys Club hoodie, Marc by Marc Jacobs camo shorts, and Christian Louboutin sneakers, all for $253 (hoodie) and $995 (sneakers).
Dragged Into Sunlight: King Diamond become more black metal, with D-beat groove, baby... they're sludgy detuned black metal, with basement (dungeon?)-esque production to boot... they're lovers of lots of overdubbed excerpts from sinister-sounding soundbytes/ movies, not unlike White/Rob Zombie, or bits of Exodus' Pleasures of the Flesh....
They've trebly-yet-low tunings, blast beats that segue well into lurching riffs, vocals so buried they're like a meth addict screaming from the apartment next door in your tenement in the Dis section of Hell....
They require some degree of desensitization to appreciate (like black metal)-- Tracks?
"Boiled Angel," lurches fro and to... "Buried With Leeches," (at 1:43 becomes noticeably louder; highlights cheap --tr00?-- production), and at 4:44 drops into a lurching two-chord riff with tribal drumming slowly emerging from underneath... then sounds like a thrash band's breakdown (but all while sounding like the same band, not a hodge-podge of styles), nicely blended....
Final track "Totem of Skulls," is purely ambient, studded with audio tracks of... excerpted psychotic manifesto talking points... Manson ready for CNN....
Severely-abused-child-with-psychotic-disorder's-drawing cover art aside, much more put together and worth hearing than you might think....
Ogen: Black Metal Unbound:
Nice production (i.e., bass), very cool chord changes (in tracks --"traccias"-- one and two), blast beats used sparingly, but well when so used....
Track two, "Black Tusk Retaliation," [Italian Black Metal etymology?] seemingly taps directly into the Archetypal Fear of Man, when Mankind was of caves and cookfires....
Evocative soundscapes/ almost soundtracks for a wilderness-- each track drops into rhythmic, almost "breakdown"-type parts to invoke the savage prehistorical dances of men around a fire at night, ecstatic with their however-temporary transcendence in appeal to God....
"Crest of the Forgotten" has cool 6/8 time choral section;
"As a leaden Sun shineth upon," shows you what you've been suspecting about the music so far: it's not the blast beats, or the open-chord over choral vocals, or the occasional gallops at 300 bpm (all the black metal staples, basically) that sets this album apart: it's the chord voicings, plus the odd, dissonant chord progressions that stick with you: initially they can be very disconcerting to the ear (and so the brain)-- the chords crash up against each other, sounding odd and eerie; however, after getting used to the alien beauty of the chords, "normal" chord progressions like you hear in every pop song, sound so bland so as to barely register as sound, let alone music: it's almost like Ogen is so heavy that even their chord progressions, not the Black Metal parts, but the so-called "relaxing" ambient/drone parts (without lyrics, usually) are desensitizing in and of themselves.
A heavier Alcest?
Songs nicely economical; short....
Not Winter music, like the cover would suggest, but late Autumn music: music pregnant with the sadness of the coming loss, the things to die, the fear that they may not return, the fear that you've angered the sun, that the dark may not go away, that your best days are behind you... a very primitive fear, embodied in these chord changes....
Dragged Into Sunlight is immediately gratifying; Ogen will grow on you.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips EXCITE ME!"
The S&M singer RIHANNA does it again, in both style and music. She rocked a Jamaican vibe at Lauryn Hill's concert at Coachella; it looked fun and flirty with her Jamaican beanie and flame-red hair (reminiscent of "Rude Boy" days), and oh-- her favorite Louboutins!
In related RIHANNA news, the single "S&M" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Rihanna hold ten #1s under her belt, the only female singer to gather that many #1s in a decade (the ONLY singer ever to have a debut single reach #1 after the second single). HMM... just sayin'... you can tell I like RiRi... "I like it, like it, come on, come on, come on, I like it, like it..."
Check out Beyonce at Disneyland with friends and Solange's ex-husband (hmmmm....) wearing some 'CIARA-esque' street pants and suede boots (probably by Brian Atwood-- will confirm). And... that's also a 'GOOFY' hat she's wearing; I remember I had that when I went to the amusement park as a little boy. AWWW... good times. This is a HOTT look, though.
...And check out Lauren London's pic on the cover of 'Rolling Out' Magazine. Ladies..... make your DREAM become a REALITY!
THE ONLY JAIDEN says, 'You can do it!!!'
Well-placed outfit... not too sure about the jeans that come a bit far up the waistline... looks a little like Jessica Simpson's 'mom jeans' from 2009.
Jennifer Hudson continues to inspire many overweight Americans with her weight loss. Jennifer has also been infatuated with wearing clothes that she said 'finally fit me.'
Check her out in a nice, casual look wearing the all-around popular 'red bottom' Louboutins, specifically the 4A Python Zip Boots for approximately $1,400.
Many find it hard to believe but I often need to take a break from high volume, head banging rock, punk and metal. The fact is staying away from what you love makes you love and crave it even more. And when I need to rest my battered ears I do not turn to mellow singer-songwriter crap, electronic “chill out” garbage or, even worse, Wilco. There are many other musical avenues I like to travel but one of my favorites is the high energy and rhythmically exciting realm of Brazilian music. I have many Bossa Nova compilations but when I saw that the well respected UK label Soul Jazz was putting out a double CD (also available on double LP) I picked it up without hesitation.
I’m far from an expert on the topic of Bossa Nova and its origins so I won’t bother to try and explain its evolution. Once you hear it, you’re hooked and there’s no turning back. Bossa Nova demands your attention and involvement. It is impossible to listen to this music and not start stomping your foot and banging on the table or nearest bottle. At first you may drive those around you nuts but before too long, they too, are tapping their pencil on the side of their coffee mug and a massive percussion discussion is happening all around you.
Like most compilations on Soul Jazz, there’s an excellent mix of well known and obscure artists. Big names like Joao Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil and Antonio Carlos Jobim are represented while most of the other artists were unfamiliar to me. There are 17 songs per disc and not a single one is even close to a dud. How often does that happen? As an import, it’s a little bit pricey but you get excellent value for money on this package. The 74 page book is very interesting and has lots of great photos. There’s lots more I could say about this but I’d rather listen. Loud, too.
Naw, I'm not hurt.... but I've just been burned by the sheer heat of these three young women who attended the premiere of 'Madea's Big Happy Family': Rapper Teyana Taylor, and video vixen and model Lauren London, and actress Keke Palmer (that girl is all 'growed' up).
Ladies, you can use this has a template of fashion, a template of HOTT, a template for every man to drool at the mouth whenever you enter a room.Take a look at the outfits; they're quite perfect in my book. If you don't think so.... you probably don't look like them physically or don't know how to dress :-) .
Teyana Taylor was dolled up right in her poofy hair and flowing black drss, contrasted sharply with red suede heels (THIS IS A GO-FOR LOOK-- make your look 'POP' if you have dark-colored clothes).
Lauren London wore her skin-tight nude dress with nude YSL heels ('nude' is IN).
Keke Palmer looked OH-SO-CONSERVATIVE and sexy at the same time. It's that feeling-- kind of like SARAH PALIN. Ohhh, don't look at me like that....
MAAAAANNN.... This is a 10/10/10. Triple Threat Black Beauty.
If this is the first thing you see on your computer when you come to THE ONLY JAIDEN, then my apologies *LoL* I strive to bring a PG to G rating (general audiences) to my blog. This is the only image of an NSFW image tHat I will display of Lady GaGa.
I'll update you with more photos; they'll def not be NSFW.
Heyy... I think I have just enough of an idea of how 'raunchier' the rest of the photos may be by looking at the magazine cover (above). GaGa is sure getting attention with what she does----always overshadows her singing... but oh well... it makes her FAMOUS.
Check Hublot's new BIG BANG watch for women. Here is the watch as UPSCALE HYPE describes it:
It has a 18k red gold 41mm wide case with a leopard print face, leopard denim strap, and a HUB4300 automatic chronograph movement inside. This exotic timepiece also has 18k red gold hands, yellow diamond hour markers, and jewels encrusted around the bezel.
This album come to me at a most ironic time as I was shivering in beanie's and other cold weather gear. There will be people going, “It snows in Australia?!” and my response will be no. It was just five degrees (Celsius) and I was freezing...
Moving on to the album...
The Heat is The Bell's second release (their first being back in 2007 with Make Some Quiet) and the Sweden based trio have been getting some attention for this one it seems.
The Heat held its appeal for me because it sounds like the 80's music I was brought up listening to- electronic and a little trippy on occasion.
It all kicks off with “Dope Makes You”, smooth riffs, electronic sounds and cool vocals. “Dope makes you just likes like other men”
“Holiday” is more heavy on the electronics with the vocals also being shrouded with synthetics. It is also relies on the beat more.
“I Can't Change” is one of my favourites as it opens right away with really smooth, and rhythmic sounds, before going into more electronic vocals for the chorus.
“I can't change, I can't the world”
“The Sound” isn't as heavy as “Holiday” on the synthetics but the chorus opens up and becomes really big electronic rock. The electronic sounds are back in quantity for “Tell Us You're Sorry.”
Opening with smooth sounds “Throw Me A Bone” is another stand out on the album, cool rhythms, raw vocals, catchy lyrics, it is all there.
“I knew it was over, When you were gone. You gained independence, But you don’t know what from.”
“Today” takes you back to the heavy electronics of “Holiday.”
“Today, I don't want to wait another day”
“What Ever Did You Say?” is the single of the album. It is clean and has catchy lyrics.
“Around and around With my head in the clouds I was just about to tell you a lie What ever did you say?”
Grouped with neat riffs, perfectly balanced synthetics and a good rhythm it is a great song. Well chosen for the single.
“You Fell Behind” goes back onto the heavily electronic. Although it keeps up with the lyrics you would expect.
“You fell behind, So many times”
Despite being named “23 Seconds” it actually goes for a lot longer than that. It is also much, much cleaner than the other songs. The riffs are more audible now and the vocals are sweet but icy. It is a nice end to a great album.
“The page is turning, The bridge is burning, And ashes keep holding on.”
The Heat is a really great album. The Bell hit all of the right notes and buttons to create something that sounds 80's and electronic. Best savoured in cold weather.
After more than 3 solid months of Acid Blues is the White Man’s Burden, holding down a top 5 spot in CD Baby.com’s Extended Jam Category, legendary acid rockers, JPT Scare Band come roaring back with a blitzing assault on their newest single, “Long Day.” Featuring the sizzling guitar work of Terry Swope, “Long Day,” tears through more than 7 minutes of searing guitar leads, massive bass riffs, and mammoth drum jamming, all in the definitive JPT Scare Band style.
To make things even more appropriate, JPT Scare Band and Ripple Music will release the single and world-premiere of the psychedelic video on April 20, 2011, National Weed Day. The term 420 originated from a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in California in 1971. The teens met after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke out at the Louis Pasteur statue. Since then, the date has become legendary in the Stoner Rock community. An ethos JPT Scare Band embraces whole heartedly.
After years of plying their frenzied, hard-rocking, acid blues trade in near obscurity, the love and accolades keep pouring in for JPT Scare Band. Classic Rock Magazine honored JPT by including their last single “Not My Fault” on their November cover-mounted CD. After previously naming JPT Scare Band one of the “lost pioneers of heavy metal,” Classic Rock continued the love fest proclaiming that “JPT Scare Band plied a terrifying form of ear-bludgeoning hard rock that was so far ahead of its time, people are still trying to catch up.”
The world premiere of the hard-rocking, definitively heavy psych video for “Long Day,” will make its debut April 20th exclusively at The Obelisk, one of stoner rock’s premiere websites and the home of The Obelisk Forum, a watering hole for thousands of fans of hard, heavy, stoner and doom rock. You can find the video here: The Obeliskhttp://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2011/04/19/jptvid/
“Long Day” will be available as a digital single from CD Baby and all fine digital music emporiums. Meanwhile, Acid Blues is the White Man’s Burden is still available in limited quantities from Ripple Music in two-toned, gatefold, double-LP with two bonus tracks, Deluxe digipack CD, or digital at www.ripple-music.com
These shoes are UGLY--- but so doggone INTERESTING!!
Check out these hybrid Jeremy Scott and Adidas sneakers. Almost all the colors of the rainbow is present on the sneaker, including a lil' somethin' from the Safari.
Like I said, MUCH TOO UGLY, BUT MUCH TOO INTERESTING. Like it should just be a display.
BEYONCE is driving fans CRAZY with her 'GIRLS' single that was leaked yesterday. Many die-hard fans were upset with the way it sounded. But it couldn't be.... BEYONCE would never stoop to that level. Then to my surprise, an almost-finished version leaks again and gives people a better idea of the song, which is a lot better.
Anyhoo, BEYONCE captured the eyes of Paris when she went to dinner with her hubby JAY-Z. She wore a curvy and flowery dress (which looks a bit....TORN), a Jimmy Choo bag, and python Christian Louboutins to complement her upper look.
These are indeed some SPACE-AGE looking shoes, but they're still cool.
CHECK OUT the sneakers of the day: CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Spacer Flat Sneakers for approximately $1,200. One day, JAIDEN, one day....
The belts around the sneakers give it a unique feel, ROCK-STAR, craziness, head-turning vibe... in contrast with the smooth look of the leather surrounding the entire sneaker.
Well, the first time that I met you, I took your cd for a spin I couldn’t stop it, 'cause that would be a sin You had an indie rock sense, Your harmonies blessed, Laptop and two mics yet recorded smooth as glass And the sounds that you express Are among the best I had to write a blast.
Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Oh Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Just about to lose my mind
Well the second time that I met you, you were a group of six All your talk with strings, keyboards and sticks “Nearer The Earth” wails Anthems and tales, “The Father,” “Tijuana,” “Driving Song.” “The Owl,” “Away We Go” “Lonesome Tiger,” “Joker’s Wild,” “Don’t Take Me Home” Recorded at home Reseda, Valley San Fernando
Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Oh Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Just about to lose my mind
I found out since I met you, the whole cd is free A download well worth it indeed A talented band Whose time is at hand Loose, jangly and downright bluesy Unsigned and self-promoted I’m real choosy But, now I’m devoted
Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Oh Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild Just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, honey, Honeychild Don't you know you drive me wild
In fact, it's a little TOO crazy. Even billionaires that I know of don't spend their money to this extent. Fighter Floyd Mayweather apparently wins truckloads of money from fights, UNDEFEATED, as well as getting endorsements but STILL... wow.
I've been watching 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' and 'MTV CRIBS' for forever... and never have I seen somebody who's so willing and BOLD to drop stacks (spend big money) without a care on items such as what was in the above video.
Well over $12 MILLION in his possession, when including additional jewelry he probably already bought while you were reading this. But I do hope he gets his money spending under control and start saving and/or investing.... fighting doesn't last forever.... (just sayin'...)
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Kanye surely was showing "ALL OF THE LIGHTS" in his outfit. Check out Kanye's India-inspired tunic paired with immense gold jewelry and colorful wooden bracelets at the 2011 COACHELLA FESTIVAL. This look may be seen on a significant number of men this summer.
This look was pretty cool, as is MOST of Kanye's outfits. The look also SCREAMS 'Spring Time' and it's also very inviting and open than wearing the usual all-black or dark-colored attire. See more pics of the FASHION-FORWARD Kanye:
Another TUNIC wearer was singer Ryan Leslie:
...And LIL B wore an even more colorful one... HMM... *sideways look*
Check out model Eva Marcelle's 2-inch platformed Christian Louboutin stilettos adorned in possibly Swarovski crystals, and is worth a reported $6,500. Eva released a picture wearing THAT and only THAT.
Bubbling up from the underground. Pulsating from the heartbeat of the punk clubs and rock stages. Surging from the heart of middle America. A return to true, earnest rock and roll. Maybe it's a reaction against the overly-produced drivel that fills the airwaves. Maybe it's a statement about getting back to our roots, to what's core and meaningful. Shit, maybe it's all in my mind. All I know is that the Ripple Office has been inundated recently with a barrage of quality, back-to-the-roots of rock and roll albums from a diverse cross-section of bands. And I for one, couldn't be happier. They all do it in their own unique way, and they all kick my ass.
So let's get to them.
Tin Horn Prayer - Get Busy Dying
Featuring ex-members of such punky bands as The Blackout Pact, Only Thunder, Ghost Buffalo, Love Me Destroyer, and Pinhead Circus, Tin Horn Prayer come out of the speakers like a methamphetamine-fueled Tom Waits with a major chip on his shoulder and a suicide complex. Man, does this one kick me upside down of Tuesday! Major roots Americana here, including banjo, mandolin, and accordion thrown into the mix with the (mostly acoustic) guitars, bass, and drums. These guys go way outta their way to prove that punk is a state of mind, not a function of electricity. "Better Living," just may be one of my favorite lead-off tracks I've heard all year. Yeah, we got that mandolin kicking us off in all it's spartan beauty, bass and drums bubble underneath before the whole band launches into just a monster of an acousti-folk punk song. One helluva verse melody and just a choral hook that can't help but capture you like a hangman's noose. I mean one for the ages. Toss in some ridden-hard-and-hung-up-wet vocals and I'm in roots-punk heaven. When I say weathered, I don't mean these vocals are whiskey-aged, I mean they're perfectly leather-cracked, barely escaping from the vocal chords. This song saunters and rocks and funks and grooves, and it's all punk, baby.
"Crime Scene Cleanup Team," may be just about the most clever suicide note ever placed to music. Rather than scrawling a note to those who've wronged him, the author composes his final lament as an apology to the crime scene cleanup team who're gonna have to clean up his house after he blows his brains into a "red Picasso painting on the walls." Take lyrics like that and drop them over a seriously rockin' uptempo, guitar and banjo raver and you'll get a good feeling where these guys come from. Earnest? Hell, yes. They're like an unplugged Dropkick Murphys, or a head-on collision between Son Volt and the Street Dogs. Either way, I can't stop listening.
Only Thieves - Heartless Romantics
Another beer-soaked belch of churning earnest rock and roll, this time layered with a slacker sensibility and a hint of full-on Replacements instability. Cracking guitar work, layered upon layers bring an old school post-punk indy vibe to this cascading wall of sound. This is pure rawk and roll, layered with years of grit and road dust. Hearts are bared fully on their sleeves, and those sleeves dripping with sweat, whiskey, and a touch of exasperated blood.
Back in the day, we had a band called The Call. Oh yeah. Talk about earnest rock, with Michael Been belting it out as if his soul's salvation depended on it. Only Thieves mine a similar roots-angst vibe, with their chiming guitar assault, spraying punk spit, and pleadingly honest lyrics and vocals. Take a song like "Flood Lights" and I can almost hear Micheal Been's spirit being channeled in righteous indignation (RIP Michael. You left us too soon). That's not to say Only Thieves are revisionist, they certainly aren't. Just take that Call template, inject it full of Replacements rawness, some Superdrag and Lucero punk and indy savvy, and coat that whole thing with the leftover dust from an Uncle Tupelo concert and you'll get the feeling. "All Sad Young Men," masterfully mixes big indy guitars with exploding percussion, pop smarts and punk energy. "Discoveries" does the same with massive tsunami walls of churning guitars and zealot vocals. Springsteen gone punk. I like it.
The White Soots - S/T
A do-it-yourself effort that literally reached out through the speakers with gripping hands of fuzzed guitars, grabbed my ears in their icy death-grip and pulled me right back through the circuitry into their insanely hip world of retro-fuzz. stoner-fied, acid-garage mania. A three-piece of brothers Kyle Byrum on guitars and vocals, Kraig Byrum on drums, along with Karl Benge on bass, The White Soots first came to my attention from all the love the fine gents at The Soda Shop have showered on them over the months. And let me tell you, the Soda Shop boys were right. The lava lamp has gone and completed exploded all over these guys.
'60's speed-cranked, retro garage fuzz dominates this blissfully deranged psychedelic haze of pop concoctions. Kyle lets loose hallucination-inducing rivers of guitar solos (as on "If I Go") that are enough to cause cosmic waves to collide in time warped tunnels of psych madness. The Black Keys are here. The White Stripes wish they could be. But don't let all this talk of garage-psych madness put you off, the boys channel enough retro-R&B into their songwriting menagerie to bust out numbers like "Don't Shoot" and "You're Evil," or the pure groovy, gotta-bust-out-my-bell-bottoms hipster-vibe of "Watch the Horizon." Monster-extended, JPT Scare Band-worthy jams like the 11 minute "Give Me Back My Land," and it's fuzz, senses-shattering guitar assault sit comfortably right next to 2 minute plus primal-garage pop stompers like "Where Did You Go." No matter how you slice it, you can't lose.
Thee Nosebleeds - S/T
Now that The White Soots dropped us off in the garage, we may as well stay there, crawling way to the back underneath the rusting piles of moth-holed radiators, oil-stained rags, and sludge-crusted carburetors. Somewhere back there, behind the moldy stack of semen-stained porn magazines you'll find Thee Nosebleeds, doing their damndest to not impress anyone.
Guitars whiz by like drive-by shootings. Drums dissolve into the mix like acid melting through '70's worn vinyl. There's a bass there . . . somewhere, or so I'm told. Probably hiding behind the draino-ate-my-trachea vocals. And amongst all this chaos, you'll find a freaking gem of cocaine-garage punk like "South Street Shooting Spree," or the bathtub-brewed meth speed punk fest of "As Fast as You Can." These guys are so grizzled they eat razor blades for breakfast and spit out metal links that they somehow chain together into remarkably catchy songs like the chemical-freak meets The Ramones blitz of "Kill Kill Rock N Roll/Miss West Philly USA." "Pigfoot's Revenge," works a belligerent blues riff into the mix, while "Motormouth" is simply 440 horse power garage gun metal punk at it's finest.
I couldn't be happier that this album didn't come as a "scratch and sniff" cause there just ain't no part of me that want's to know what these guys smell like. But listening's just fine.
