GET BENT!: Track: A. Rex & J. Rex - Rock & Roll Heart - Gettin vibed over at Get Bent!
By Zach Braun
According to the only bit of information on this Brooklyn’s duo’s Facebook page, “A. Rex & J. Rex concern themselves with two things only: (1) rock and (2) roll.” Judging by the super-catchy “Rock & Roll Heart,” that means rockabilly-influenced tunes that mix a punk rock…
A. REX & J. REX
THIS IS A NEW SIDE PROJECT.
WE’RE PLAYING PROVIDENCE ON FRIDAY.
WE’RE PLAYING BOSTON ON SATURDAY.
STAY TUNED FOR NEW YORK DATES.
I played a rapidfire shouting kind of set with a drum machine down at SXSW and here’s some proof. It was on a street called Speedway. Don’t be fooled: it was probably the sleepiest street I was on all week. That is until I got there with Music Band and showed those soft-strumming fools what a Speedway should really sound like. I guess we sped too much cuz the cops came and Tropical Punk didn’t get to play.
Also, check out Mike Grippi’s weblog for some more killer pics from sxsw.
Jake of Jake and His Very Own
Satan’s Grave on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
This is the cover I was commissioned to do for Music Band’s new cassette “Satan’s Grave”. people occasionally will ask to commission like a portrait of their baby and I will wonder if they’ve even seen what I draw. these guy’s came to me and said they either wanted some jacked up looking demon or some dirtbag kids. clearly they had done their research on me. seriously though, these guy’s were a pleasure to work with. go out and buy their damn cassette.our dogg Will Laren killed the artwork for our new record! we have the tapes for sale now and they look really great. you can send an email to denimrecords@gmail.com to order.
Music Band is totes the best. And their cassette looks/sounds dope. But you’ll only ever know that if you get it. So get it.
(via denimrecords)
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people jumpin’ off stage, you push em away
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How did that music [rockabilly] first affect you as a kid?
Like being hit with a truck filled with happiness [laughs]. It was a thrilling truck, and you know, I sort of wish everybody could experience that feeling. You’ve heard these stories. So many musicians when they saw Elvis for the first time, they just slammed their head with their first and just sad, “Damn! This is it!” And it was just suddenly so obvious. It wasn’t there, and then it was there. And it had this unbelievable power, and it just screamed out, and everybody and his little brother lit up like a Christmas tree. It was unbelievably beautiful. I just, inside, felt this thrill, this love of the sound. It was like grabbing onto an electric wire.
friendly butcher, 2011
