(ok, before we get started, a quick shout-out to the geo.elliot underground dude who first posted this shit. danke, man, danke)

let me begin by saying i'm still not unconvinced that this band didn't use some LOST-island type mojo because IT wanted me to discover it. first, i almost NEVER click hype threads, cuz i'm always bartending and if it ain't in front of me, i don't get to see it. and second, i almost never click embedded youtube videos, cuz i hate most of the bands who's shit gets posted/linked-to here, so i just don't bother.

but something just curiously made me click the link to the st. pats skullwise show, and the only reason i fired up the video that GEU posted was the name "jim jones revue" cracked me up, and i just wanted to see how truly unworthy of such a good name this band would turn out to be.

[hank hill voice] but i tellyouwhut [/hank hill voice] before the end of the first chorus i already had another tab open and was googleing the fuck outta this band. first thing i see makes me palmslap my forehead. fuck, that's right: singerboy from thee hypnotics was named jim jones.* second thing i read, they're working on their next record with jim from grinderman & nickcave&thebadseeds. third thing, they're playing like 6 times over SXSW. and one of those is a dreamshow for me with them, kid congo power's pink monkeybirds, and the fucking bellrays. so at this point i have to leave for work in like 10 minutes, but somehow i manage to squeeze in 4 more listens to the song before i split. i get to work, and the descending riff won't get out of my head. i tell cookie about it, she listens to it, loses her shit, too, and plays me part of the song over the phone while i'm at work. i'm fucking addicted already, and i've only heard one track from a youtube vid.

less than four hours after hearing it for the first time i was in mags buying the first disc from 2008. i played nothing else all night long. i couldn't stop listening to it. i wasn't even able to watch LOST til like 1am because of it.

this shit so far up my alley it's unreal. little richard being raped by the mc5. punkrockfury smacking the fuck out of 50's rock and rockabilly. all coming out of the most perfectly blown speakers you've ever heard.

if most modern garage takes it's cues from 60's rock, this is straightup 50's rockandroll. jack white WISHES he had balls this big.

there's even a cover of my fave li'l richard song "hey hey hey hey"

please buy this disc. you owe it to yourself AND to rockandroll.
if you're going to SXSW go see one of their shows. and bring me back a t-shirt. black, xL. i'll pay you back. promise.

and if any recordstore monkeys know if any of y'all have the singles collection "here to save your soul" PLEASE lemme know . . . daddy needs his fix!!!








(for those not in the know, in the late 80's early 90's thee hypnotics were one of the best bands going who actually sounded like they loved the mc5/stooges, instead of just named dropped them for grunge-cred.
of course, at that time actually sounding like iggy instead of just namechecking him meant that you sold about 7 copies in the states. nonetheless, live'r than god, come down heavy and their masterpiece soul, glitter and sin were fucking priceless to me at a time when i could choose between leftoverglam, pantera, or pearl jam. god, S,G&S is still one of the best albums from that decade)

I didn't put off watching Lost or anything, but I have listened to this album three times today.

hey hey hey hey live in oslo



i haven't had a "holy shit" shit moment about a band i'd never heard of like this since i saw the black diamond heavies open for nick cave a couple of years back.

hmmn, that was piano driven too, come to think of it.

seriously, how can you argue with an album that opens with THIS:

The OP of the St. Pats Skullwise thread is a huge LOST fan. The mojo is flowin.

maybe using the jim joines revue is gonna help me find the island.

well, anyway, it's shit-tons better than drive/shaft.

Lydia and I saw these guys at SXSW, didn't see any merch/tshirt vendors though, but we were pretty annihilated at the time.

kind of a crappy pic but it's the best I could pull off in my condition

that is fucking cool. me = new fan.
the recording is awesome. they pushed those knobs way way way the hell up.

apparently Jack White personally requested that JJR open up for the Dead Weather during their stint in the UK.... I was sold instantly

that would be a kick ass show.. damn.

oh yeah, i was wasted that night. i have a vague memory of giggling as we walked in the back, and feeling all triumphant that i had gotten "inside", only to realize that we had been outside the whole time. i do remember liking the band, some of our group were referring to them as "the dead faces" or the faces reunion or something. fun times were had. i think i dug it. but i could not find a shirt for tj.

checked 3 different stores on friday. no one had JJR anything.

i haven't listened to it yet but if it sounds as much like the first gallon drunk ep as i think i will we're gonna be good friends

damn it... bloody band is from blimey england.
vinyl is all import expensive.

yeah, that's why i haven't bought the singles collection yet. $25 for an album where i' already have half the songs is just too much for this month . . .