Portland's Mean Jeans are one of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing at Slabtown's Bender. I didn't pick up their album of juvenile and manic Ramones-style punk rock, Are You Serious?, until late in the year and although I immediately liked the album, I kept missing their shows. The songs are repetitively catchy and all sound like should've been classic punk hits. Their singer, Billy Jeans, even sounds like Joey Ramone. The album kicks off self-mythologizing "Born On A Saturday Night" (mp3). A definite party jam. The band hardly seem to take a breathe, counting it out, and bashing out rapid fire riffs. "2 Much Cocaine" explains how even punk rockers have their limit. It all adds up to a fun album and what should be a killer show.
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January 25, 2010
Mean Jeans - Are You Serious? (2009)
Portland's Mean Jeans are one of the bands I am most looking forward to seeing at Slabtown's Bender. I didn't pick up their album of juvenile and manic Ramones-style punk rock, Are You Serious?, until late in the year and although I immediately liked the album, I kept missing their shows. The songs are repetitively catchy and all sound like should've been classic punk hits. Their singer, Billy Jeans, even sounds like Joey Ramone. The album kicks off self-mythologizing "Born On A Saturday Night" (mp3). A definite party jam. The band hardly seem to take a breathe, counting it out, and bashing out rapid fire riffs. "2 Much Cocaine" explains how even punk rockers have their limit. It all adds up to a fun album and what should be a killer show.
November 9, 2008
awmercy's Fall Shuffle
Good Shoes – “Things To Make And Do”
With all the post punkish British indie coming out a couple years ago, these guys may have been over looked, or just weren’t that original. Either way, this is a decent song for the indie dance party.
Joey Ramone – “Venting (It’s A Different World Today)”
It’s just one big long bitchfest – an old man’s rant. Nice.
Charlotte Sometimes – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
Not sure who this is - it came off a Magnet Magazine sampler - but the title makes a pretty sweet chorus for a pop song.
The Lost Sounds – “Bombs Over M.O.M.”
One of Jay Reatard’s old bands and one of the many Jay Reatard related songs clogging my iPod these days. It has a catchy retro keyboard riff plus a fun shouted/screamed chorus. I like his solo stuff better, but this song is pretty damn good.
Wanda Jackson – “It Happens Every Time”
A beautiful and reflective country ballad from the queen of rockabilly off a Sympathy for the Record Industry compilation. Way more classic country than the rest of the comp.
Afterthought: Phew. That could've been a lot worse.
With all the post punkish British indie coming out a couple years ago, these guys may have been over looked, or just weren’t that original. Either way, this is a decent song for the indie dance party.
Joey Ramone – “Venting (It’s A Different World Today)”
It’s just one big long bitchfest – an old man’s rant. Nice.
Charlotte Sometimes – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
Not sure who this is - it came off a Magnet Magazine sampler - but the title makes a pretty sweet chorus for a pop song.
The Lost Sounds – “Bombs Over M.O.M.”
One of Jay Reatard’s old bands and one of the many Jay Reatard related songs clogging my iPod these days. It has a catchy retro keyboard riff plus a fun shouted/screamed chorus. I like his solo stuff better, but this song is pretty damn good.
Wanda Jackson – “It Happens Every Time”
A beautiful and reflective country ballad from the queen of rockabilly off a Sympathy for the Record Industry compilation. Way more classic country than the rest of the comp.
Afterthought: Phew. That could've been a lot worse.
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