Z-Trip -  Mix for Change

I normally try to keep the TJZ ramblings to bad puns and references to Bobbin Head, and for the most part I think you guys appreciate that. I take the occasional pop at Kanye, and let you know what’s floating our triple-hulled boat.

And is with that in mind that I share this mix. Just so you know, it’s a ‘Yall should vote for Obama, right?’ mix. And I’m okay with that, but what tops it off is the brilliant use of Audioslave. Dude makes Cornell sound even cooler than he does already. (And that’s pretty f’kin cool)

While your rockin’, check this out: http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete

I was seven when The Pretenders released their first album. Of course I grew up knowing who they were, but until ‘Break Up The Concrete’, the bands ninth album, I hadn’t owned any of thier music. And I’m okay with that. There is only so much looking back you can do musically. Like when someone says “I have heaps of music, we should share” and then you never listen to any of it. No reason to. It was like that with me and Chrissy Hynde. And I’m sure she’s okay with that too.

I picked up this album because October seems to be the month of ‘don’t forget us, we used to be great - remember?’ (Acca, Metallica, The Cure, The Verve, Primal Scream, Sugarland and heaps more.) And based on ‘Concrete’, The Pretenders must have been great, because this is a great album. It is a mix of rockabilly, rock ‘n roll and country western, but better than that sounds - I promise.

Album opener ‘Boots of Chinese Plastic’ sets the pace and tone of the album. It opens wih Chrissy counting in a beat that I’m sure came from an Elvis movie. And that’s about the only indication of this bands age. They reference the familiar constantly, but it sounds fresh and contemporary, with lyrics that are dense, acerbic and terse delivered with the Hynde snarl. 

The drumming of Jim Keltner is simply sublime throughout the album, and turns the otherwise ordinary ‘Rosalee’ into a pounding ode to a lost love. ‘Break Up The Concrete’ brings the album full circle with another Elvis moment. All in all I can highly recommend this album to fans and noobs (like me) alike.

THINK: Rockabilly ‘n’ Country Roll
WATCH: Boots of Chinese Plastic
READ: Their Homepage
BUY: Break Up The Concrete on Amazon

THE PRESETS - KICKING AND SCREAMING (Bang Gang’s E is for Edit)

get it here

Sneaky Sound System - When We Were Young (G.L.O.V.E.S. rmx)

Local banger to get your weekend started.

Guns ‘n’ Roses - Chinese Democracy

After 14 years in the making, internet leaks, law suits, Walmart deals and an album name that was starting to get a little too ironic, Axl Rose finally  is ready to allow us to hear his opus here.

I’m just gonna let ya’ll listen to this biach, and then hit me back with the low down, yo.
(what, too much?)