JET don’t really do subtlety… they tend to specialise more in loud, in-your-face, unashamed ROCK. Shaka Rock, to be exact.
So, why am I not surprised by Nic Cester’s statement that the band would “very much appreciate it if you would go and buy our fucking album“??
Can do from this Friday, Mr Cester… but in the meanwhile, you can listen to Shaka Rock in full over on JET’s myspace profile. And yep, that’s a global premiere exclusive. Thanks for the preview boys! Pick it up from iTunes on Friday.
Jet have a SayNow account where they will be leaving messages and you can leave messages for them! The Australian number is (02) 8014 4829. To find out more hit www.saynow.com/jet
If you call from your mobile phone, you’ll get a text message letting you know whenever they send a voice message. They’ve already left 5 voicemails, some straight from the tour-van! SayNow is free, but your phone company may charge for air time or text messages depending on the plan you have.
1. Water Get No Enemy by Fela Kuti
Amazing arrangement, mean ass horns, this track bristles its so tight then knocks you down like a rhino charge. I mind was blown the first time I heard this….
2. Poison Flour by Dr Alimantado
This features great toasting from the Doctor and the chorus will stay in your head for a very long time. Also watch out for some of the most house vibrating bass this side of Kingston, you may need to get the builders in for some repairs.
What more do we need from an old Skool reggae track? Nothing.
3. Robot Rock by Daft Punk (live version from Alive 2007)
This song stomps you to the ground like some ginny gangster in a Scorsese film. There are upwards of a dozen different beats and variations all with the same evil riff.
4. Dirty Water by The Standells
We are in Boston at the moment doing a show and this song is synonymous with this town. We put it on as our entrance song last time we were here and the crowd went fucking nuts, singing and stomping. We will probably do it again tonight, hey it works don’t it?
5. Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone
I once heard ‘There’s a riot going on’ described as the soundtrack for a hangover. I couldn’t describe it any better and I completely agree. For this reason this was the soundtrack to half my life touring our first two records. There is something about the ratty recording and the layer upon layer upon layer rhythms that fascinates the ear. One of my all time favorite records and this song is the cornerstone.
JET’s Nic Cester – the more laid back member below – is currently undergoing further tests and evaluations after his on stage collapse at Q The Music Club Live At Hard Rock Cafe last night. The Aussie rocker is suffering from dehydration and severe low blood pressure and is being held in hospital for a second day awaiting test results. The guys have reported on their twitter (@jettheband) that Nic is A-OK and will be released by 6pm today.
Josh Klemme from Tenth Street Entertainment, the band’s management company in New York says,
“JET is just completing their second trip around the world in support of the upcoming release of Shaka Rock. Hopping from airplane to airplane, city to city and country to country could compromise anyone’s health. Nic’s drive to give it his all and get up on stage to perform despite feeling ill is a testament to how strongly he and the band feel about “She’s A Genius” as a single and Shaka Rock as an album.”
JET are currently promoting their third studio album Shaka Rock which is out in Australia on August 21. You SHOULD already know all the words to She’s A Genius.
The guys have landed in Australia this morning and will be performing on tonights The Footy Show and on Sunrise tomorrow morning. They’ll head to a back yard tomorrow afternoon for Nova’s ‘Bender In The Grass’ PLUS they’ll be doing an FREE hour set for [V] LIVE going live to air on [V] and their website from 2pm tomorrow afternoon down at Sydney’s Luna Park…BIG couple of days of rock n’ roll
Thanks to our mate Nick there is a bit of an internal battle going on to see who can get the most reaction to their blog posts.
So in the interest of healthy competition and healthy bodies (although not necessarily “all real”) I give you the She’s A Genius Hometown Hottie Search brought to us care of lads magazine Maxim.
On August 2 at 3pm JET and Channel [V] are putting on a free gig at Sydney’s Luna Park. They will perform songs from their new album SHAKA ROCK for the first time in Australia, as well as some old favs
Channel [V], who will air it live on TV and on their site for those who can’t be in Sydney
There are heaps of tickets so go to www.channelv.com.au to go in the draw… you can register your mate too. Even better it’s all ages!
Can’t wait til they get here in August! Stay tuned to theinsound this week to find out how to get tickets to their free gig at Luna Park in Sydney on August 2 with Channel [V]
Can’t really recommend bicycling through the streets of L.A. whilst wearing a peripheral-vision-blocking Chewbacca mask… I recently broke a rib whilst cycling on a traffic-free park trail, no Star Wars characters in sight – it’s a dangerous world, kids.
But this lady is clearly late for a very important date with JET. She’s A Genius is the first single from JET’s third album Shaka Rock. And it does exactly what it’s meant to: ROCK.
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