http://thejamootz.com/rock Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Sep 2005 06:10:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m not sure there’s an album this year that’s gotten the kind of underground buzz this one is getting. I like it quite a bit, don’t get me wrong, but I’m sort of surprised it’s gotten this kind of reception. It’s a strong candidate for my year-end top ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=56 Mick Jones (formerly of the Clash) and Tony James (formerly of the Sisters of Mercy, Generation X and glam punk band Sigue Sigue Sputnik) have a new band called Carbon Silicon. They’ve been in and out of the studio for the last year or so, working on material. They say ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=55 “It’s Lifter Puller’s world. We just live in it.” –Joe Strummer I’ll admit it: I missed out on Lifter Puller while they were still together. They totally flew under my radar, which is a darn shame because this is some terrific stuff. One writer described Lifter Puller ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=54 If there’s one guy in the world of rock music I admire, apart from the late Joe Strummer, it’s probably Faith No More’s frontman Mike Patton. He can do the most amazing things with his voice. You need a rock vocalist? He’s your guy. Need someone to cover ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=53 North Korean pop music. I don’t speak Korean, so I’m not sure if any of the phrases “imperialist aggressor”, “human scum”, or “running dog” appear anywhere in the song. I just know the very concept of North Korean pop music makes me laugh. So here it is, in all its glory. ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=52 The one hit from a sadly forgotten 90s alternative rock band. Hum featured what seemed like thousands of layers of fuzzed-out guitars and goofy lyrics that were often about physics and space travel. They sold a quarter-million copies of their album You’d Prefer An Astronaut largely because this song is ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=51 The originators, and as far as I know, the only purveyors of a style of music they called “deep slacker jazz”. Soul Coughing had four members: A singer/guitarist, a stand-up bass player, a drummer, and a guy who more or less just played samples. They were a pretty amazing live ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=50 Ben Kweller’s been about this close to getting really big for a couple years now, but hasn’t gotten there yet. He was as close to a child prodigy as alternative rock has ever had - earning honorable mention in a Billboard Magazine songwriting contest when he was 9 (!) ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=49 Click here to download. Click here for redcross.org. http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=48 These guys opened for the Wrens when I saw them in Columbus earlier this year and put on a really impressive show. It was an especially fun night for me because I worked with a couple of the members of the band at our college radio station about ten ... http://thejamootz.com/rock/?p=47