The Crooked Jades
An absolutely overwhelming 'alt-americana-noir' band from San Francisco....i have been listening to them almost on loop for the past 2.5 years...to the exclusion of almost all other music. Incredible stuff.

The idiots in my work will start rattling their gums about the latest band they might be into in....and as usual it's the same old, played out, done to death, nothing to see here, we sound like every cunt else, disposable guitar band SHITE...... I alternate between smug internal grin and hair pulling frustration............... fuckem, fuck em all.

When they played Ireland a few months back and I could not go, i was beside myself and had to up the volume on my mp3 player until i could no longer hear myself sobbing....
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 9:11, 7 replies)

im fond of alt-Americana meself
and have not heard of these.

Thanks for the tip.

Which venue in Ireland did they play?


*boots up limewire*
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 9:22, closed)

they
actually played several dates...none in Scotland though....

However they did tour here a few years back and in a fiddle soaked frenzy i managed to see them 3 times in 5 days.... happy days

Their stuff is very hard find on the old p2p sites, and its only really their last 2 albums that they have hit 'overdrive'... World's on Fire, and their latest, Shining Darkness.

check out these links for instant relief

www.vimeo.com/videos/search:crooked%20jades

and this track is my current favourite

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOK_BdnyOTk&feature=related

Enjoy!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 9:36, closed)

christ
her voice is like a cat being dragged backwards through a bag of broken glass and spanners..
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 17:13, closed)

maybe
that's the idea, i mean, who needs vocals that are eq'd into a homogenised cluster fuck.

in her defence, the sound quality on that you tube clip is regrettably woeful.....
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 20:22, closed)

*agrees wholeheartedly*
*buys albums*
Never heard of that particular genre before, assumed it would be that weird sub genre of American mor bands who all sing with that fake American Adam duritz of counting crows affected voice. Very glad it's not. Or indeed godawful music that's all about the singer and nothing else. Give me ropey vocals any day.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Sat 20 Dec 2008, 15:11, closed)

plus
Wtf is wrong with her voice? Just gave It another listen before buying and unless you've been subsisting on diet of pure Mariah I can't see a problem. That she's singing simply, in tune and without pretense puts her pretty high up my list straight away.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Sat 20 Dec 2008, 15:21, closed)

Had a similar reaction with Sophe Lux
Incredible voice. I still listen to the album an awful lot but I've a few other artists mixed in as well now.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 17:27, closed)