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Wooden Nickel -----------------------------------------Spins --------------------------------------- CD of the Week Black Jet Radio $9.99 Sex Sex Riot BACKTRACKS Former Sacred Broncos guitarist Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Brian Jenkins and his wife Danisha form the core of Black Jet Radio, a Damn the Torpedoes (1979) new Fort Wayne-based band. Born in After achieving some success with December of last year, Black Jet Radio radio-friendly singles “Breakdown” were completed when Shelby Siefring and “Listen to Her Heart,” Tom Petty and Danielle Teagarden were added to and his band released the outstanding the mix. They wasted no time in re- Damn The Torpedoes, an album that cording their first album, Sex Sex Riot, which will be available April really launched what is now a remark- 29 during the band’s album release party inside the Tiger Room at able career. CS3. Petty wasn’t going to complicate $9.99 While many may describe Black Jet Radio as a fresh take on his music with a lot of sound. It was simple chords, modest drum- The Kills, that’s too easy. Sex Sex Riot’s songs, though mostly short, ming, keyboards and great rhythm guitars. It was garage-rock show a complexity not prevalent in a lot of bands, even many with sandwiched between the disco/punk era and the new-wave hair THE KILLS years more experience. One listen to the album’s outstanding single, Blood Pressures bands of the 80s. It was a little bit of luck and perfect timing. “Dead Wine,” leaves you with no doubt as to the validity of that last Opening up with the rigid guitars and colorful keyboards With their first three releases Alison statement. Hauntingly beautiful but edgy, “Dead Wine” is the type of “Refugee,” Damn the Torpedoes showcases the vocal range Mosshart and Jamie Hince, or VV and of song that grabs you from the start, puts you through the emo- that Petty was known for but has since toned down in later years. Hotel, as they’re calling themselves tional turmoil you undoubtedly deserve, hangs you out to dry and “Here Comes My Girl” follows with Petty more narrating than these days, earned the kind of critical still leaves you wanting more. singing, before segueing into the rocker, “Even The Losers,” one and fan love most bands only dream of. The rest of the album, with the exclusion of opener “Haunt Me of the best songs the Heartbreakers ever wrote. “Shadow Of A Now they’re back with Blood Pressures, Now,” is decidedly more punk-oriented, reminiscent of female- Doubt” and “Century City” should have gotten more air time, which has hearts pumping faster all over fronted bands like Bikini Kill or Lunachicks rather than say, The given that they’re just as good as anything on side one. the indie world. Highlights in include Distillers. Blondie come to mind as well. Frontwoman Danisha Jen- “Don’t Do Me Like That” again puts the keyboards of Ben- “Satellite” and “DNA.” Pick up your copy kins sings with a rare combination of both edge and maturity while mont Tench center stage. It became the band’s first Top 10 hit. still managing to appear vulnerable when the occasion calls for it. for just $9.99 at any Wooden Nickel With the classic guitars of Mike Campbell, along with Stan My favorite songs, other than “Dead Wine,” are the more uncon- Music Store location. Lynch’s drumming, this song sounds as good today as it did more ventional “Ugly” and “Love Me So.” Both of these songs are well- than 30 years ago. The record closes with a few above-average TOP SELLERS @ crafted and have hooks you’ll find yourself repeating in your sleep. tracks, including the alt-country ballad, “Louisiana Rain.” As a whole, Sex Sex Riot is a tough album to put a label on, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have won numerous Grammy Wooden Nickel that’s a good thing. It’s not necessarily prepackaged and manufac- Awards, received a Hollywood Star in 1999, were inducted into tured for mass consumption, but I would count that as one of its the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and have sold more than (Week ending 4/24/11) selling points. It’s also not “like” any other album I have listened to 50 million records. Their 12th album, Mojo, came out last June. TW LW ARTIST/Album recently, although the comparisons to artists eluded to earlier give (Dennis Donahue) you an idea of what the band sounds like. Regardless, there’s no 1 1 FOO FIGHTERS doubt that the album’s raw energy mixed with clever writing makes Wasting Light (CD & LP) Sex Sex Riot one of the standout local CDs of the past year. The only If straight-up indie rock is up your alley, you’ll love “Swollen drawback is that it’s a bit on the short side, clocking at just less than but Not the Same” and “Lost in a Puzzle.” Like your laments served 2 9 ADELE 21 (CD & LP) 23 minutes. Wasn’t it Walt Disney who said, “Always leave them straight up? Witness the stark “One of Us Has Got to Go.” Sung wanting more?” Well, I certainly want more. (Chris Hupe) through clenched teeth, this tune reminds us why BBJr. can bring an 3 2 JOE BONAMASSA entire room to its knees with just his voice and a guitar. Then there’s Dust Bowl Bobby Bare Jr. the title track, which bluntly recalls a near-tragedy with unflinching, A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head unsentimental details. There’s plenty of fun to be had on this album, 4 3 RADIOHEAD but Bobby Bare Jr. doesn’t let you off the hook too easily. And this is The King of Limbs (CD & LP) Sure, the title seems esoteric at one big hook you’ll be glad to chomp down on. first. And, if you’re not the curious type Catch Bobby Bare Jr. live in Fort Wayne. He’ll perform May 5 at 5 5 PAUL SIMON (or don’t have web access), you won’t the Brass Rail. (D.M. Jones) So Beautiful or So What (CD & LP) get clued in to its succinct, obvious, Yuck 6 6 THE KILLS painful literalness until the title track Blood Pressures rolls around. Yuck Needless to say, Bobby Bare Jr., 7 4 STEVE MILLER BAND the Nashville-based iconoclast, pulls Every year it seems there’s that one Let Your Hair Down off with this song what he’s always done best: throw a weighty emo- great newish nostalgia-aping band that tional uppercut after a series of high-energy, country-informed, often just flat out does it right. Years ago it 8 – EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY playful indie rock jabs. A Storm, A Tree, My Mother’s Head is the was The Strokes’ rap-rock killing, Iggy Take Care,Take Care, Take Care kind of album that covers the gamut of emotions without ever losing Pop-loving introduction; last year it an ounce of entertainment value. was Best Coast’s Liz Phair-inspired 9 10 BRIAN SETZER Perhaps his uncompromising, genre-jumping style and warts- stoner/slacker/girlfriend debut; the year Setzer Goes Instru-Mental and-all voice are what keep this gifted songwriter out of the big time. before that it was The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s Stones Roses- 10 – STEVE EARLE Perhaps it’s his unfashionable depth. All I know is that one song like and My Bloody Valenting-loving pop debut; and this year it’s Yuck’s I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive “Don’t Go to Chattanooga,” with its weeping pedal steel and flaw- Dinosaur Jr.- and Teenage Fanclub-indebted eponymous debut. less songcraft, blows away pretty much anything on today’s “coun- Built on a solid set of 12 fuzzy rockers, this very young London try” radio. quartet’s sometimes loud, sometimes sweet sound arrives so devel- sat., April 30 • 8 p.m. • All-ages • Free There’s a bit of coiled Springsteen vibe inside “Sad Smile,” along oped, so good you can easily play it next to any classic-era records LivE AT OUR N. ANThONY Store: with signature BBJr. lines like, “Last night I got busted for acting just from college rock’s classic-era bands – bands like Dinosaur Jr (minus like myself.” The bravura chorus, which would do (a younger/more their metal influences), Chavez, the Fannies, Pavement, Sonic Youth, sane) Phil Spector proud, releases the taut windup of the verses. It’s Sebadoh, even The Jesus and Mary Chain. Unlike most derivative not too difficult to see how much Bobby Bare Jr. benefited from his records, Yuck manages to be just unique enough that it stands alone, a pop, Bobby Bare Sr. (and late friend and author/songwriter Shel Sil- rewarding debut that has at least six songs that I’d rank among the 50 verstein); Junior’s songwriting and arrangement chops are absolutely best from the first quarter of 2011. Opener “Get Away,” for example, TAYLOR FREdRiCks impeccable – when he wants them to be. comes off like a young and accessible Thurston Moore singing over 3627 N. 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