Attention Jay-Jays fiends (both of you): the complete recorded works of this fine Dutch beat band that I thought was out of print two years ago, is still floating around. I ran into it at Ugly Things' web store. There's only two copies, so don't sleep. Check the cuts below. "Shake It Some More" should be all the impetus you need, and the guitar freakout that is "Cruncher" will put you over the edge. Not only that, the bass player's name is Joop Oonk, the greatest name this side of your of comic books.
Ugly Things is, of course, the completely fiendish magazine and label, run by Mike Stax, who also wrote the liner notes for the Jay-Jays thing. He started the magazine in the early eighties as a photocopied and stapled fanzine. It has since grown to a couple hundred pages, so detail oriented that it makes Mojo look like child's play. Stax, who moved to the U.S. to join the Crawdaddys decades ago, has been in the Loons for the past several years. If you're in San Diego, you can check them this Saturday at the Casbah for the release party of their latest LP (with the Schitzophonics opening!). You can check some Loons tunes [eye-rolling word usage] on their Facebook page. And you ought to poke around the Ugly Things site. Among other night eaters over there is Searchin' For Shake, the Garage/Psych Compilation Database, which is just what the name implies. Bookmark that sucker.
Ugly Things is, of course, the completely fiendish magazine and label, run by Mike Stax, who also wrote the liner notes for the Jay-Jays thing. He started the magazine in the early eighties as a photocopied and stapled fanzine. It has since grown to a couple hundred pages, so detail oriented that it makes Mojo look like child's play. Stax, who moved to the U.S. to join the Crawdaddys decades ago, has been in the Loons for the past several years. If you're in San Diego, you can check them this Saturday at the Casbah for the release party of their latest LP (with the Schitzophonics opening!). You can check some Loons tunes [eye-rolling word usage] on their Facebook page. And you ought to poke around the Ugly Things site. Among other night eaters over there is Searchin' For Shake, the Garage/Psych Compilation Database, which is just what the name implies. Bookmark that sucker.
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Listen::The Jay-Jays - Shake It Some More mp3 at Beware of the Blog
The Jay-Jays - Cruncher mp3 at Rock Town Hall
The Loons - Four songs (streaming) on their Facebook page Wicked stuff here.
Visit:
Jay-Jay's for sale at Ugly Things Web Store
Ugly Things Home Page
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