June Featured Band - jetscreamer

Texas blues punk from Saturn. If this band's live shows don't get you moving you have no soul. jetscreamer (www.jetcreamertx.com) manages to capture the very best of a diverse range of musical genres often times in just one song. The first song off the album Starjob, Front Porch, starts off as a Texas blues rocker that would make SRV proud and then turns into a psychdelic guitar fest ala Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd. Songs like Black Hole combine a radio friendly feel while still retaining a true underground punk spirit by emphasizing chaotic noise based solos instead of melodic scale work. Any song that mentions Texas most notorious legends has to be doing something right. The band is a three piece (2 slide guitars and drums) which is difficult to believe considering the wall of sound they get in song like meow!!! and bliss. And if you enjoy epic noise fests in the vein of Sonic Youth you should also check out the Eliminator e.p., a fine example of what independent music can be.