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| U2 To Perform For A Week On Letterman Posted: 13 Feb 2009 05:30 AM PST
U2 will perform on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman for an entire week (Mon-Fri) during the week of March 2nd to the 6th. No Line On The Horizon, U2’s 12th album will be in stores on March 3rd and the first single from the album titled “Get on Your Boots” is already proving to be a hit on the charts. The video for Get On Your Boots can be seen after the fold.
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| Jump Back Jake: A Little Bit Of Rock With A Lot Of Soul Posted: 12 Feb 2009 08:01 AM PST
When you write for a rock and metal blog you get offers for reviews from various places. Sometimes it’s a PR group and sometimes it’s a label. Some of the bands are big and some are small. The bigger names and labels you kind of have an idea of what you’re going to get. With smaller labels and indie bands you never really know what to expect. Sometimes it’s really good and sometimes it’s so bad that you wish you never heard it. Thankfully this time it’s one of those pleasantly surprising bands. Jump Back Jake first reminded me of a southern rock act, almost sounding too closely to Bo Bice and The Black Crowes in the beginning of the first track on Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle called Easy Answers. That all changes after the first song though. They keep a southern rock vibe yet it all gets infused with a lot of soul and blues sound and even has a bit of an Al Green feel to it. The horns in songs like The Flood, Sampson and Pay It Out The Front End keep things interesting all around. You just don’t hear mush horn work from a modern band. It definitely made this album a pleasure to listen to. The slower ballads like Maybe Tennessee and Too Cool For Love both have such a nice and easy solidarity to them that you just don’t get with many bands these days. You can learn more about Jump Back Jake and their debut album Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle at Jumpbackjake.com, where you can also stream the Brooklyn Hustle album and find links to buy it on iTunes if you dig it. Jump Back Jake will also be one to watch out for at SWSX this year. Image: Ardent Music Tags: Brooklyn Hustle/Memphis Muscle, Jump Back Jake |
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