ROLLING STONE review of HANDSOME JACK’s new album “Do What Comes Naturally”

In the world of writing about popular music, comparisons are often helpful tools, but just as often completely useless. Is it helpful to mention that American band Handsome Jack, apparently from Lockport, New York, sound like what you’d get if you put Audience’s Howard Werth, Siren’s Kevin Coyne or even Mungo Jerry’s Ray Dorset in front of Humble Pie circa their 1973 ode “Eat It?” Hell no! But this record is probably more fun than the first Black Crowes record—which from an influence/aesthetics standpoint, it oddly evokes—and were it to bear a Harvest Records imprint and a 1970 copyright date, no one would bat an eye. Which must mean it’s really good. – Dave DiMartino

ROLLING STONE review of HANDSOME JACK “Do What Comes Naturally” here

The MAD MACKEREL presents The BLOODHOUNDS

From East L.A., The Bloodhounds play fresh, edgy R&B tinged blues with a hint of punk swagger and latin groove, but always with maximum emphasis placed on good old fashioned rock’n’roll.

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CELEBSTONER premieres The BLOODHOUNDS single “Try A Little Reefer”

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Following in the footsteps of Cheech Marin, East Los Angeles Latino rockers the Bloodhounds kick off their debut album Let Loose with the weed-centric track, “Try a Little Reefer.”
About the song, Bloodhounds’ frontman Aaron Piedraita tells CelebStoner: “We have this friend that we’re always telling to try a little reefer, ’cause he’s always so stressed. His response is always, ‘No, it’s for losers!’ And so whenever he would pass out from drinking we’d blow smoke in his face and he’d always be smiling while he was asleep. We would always tease him afterwards and say ‘C’mon dawg, try a little reefer!'”
The band has a Stones-y retro sound drenched in Farfisa organ and harmonica. Catch them at numerous shows around Los Angeles throughout the month, including Oct. 10 at Loaded and Oct. 11 at The Grand Star. Let Loose comes out on Nov. 4.

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GOLDMINE review of PAUL COLLINS “Feel The Noise”

One of the last of the class of ’79 who continues to proudly wave the power pop flag, Paul Collins is still down in the trenches, touring across the country and beyond and releasing excellent records such as this one. Collins sounds like a man half his age on Feel the Noise, and his energy and enthusiasm is contagious. (His voice also sounds quite a bit stronger since he’s given up smoking.) Two of the coolest tracks are ones that Collins has unearthed from the past: the outstanding, Nerves-era raver “Little Suzy” and the Collins-Steven Huff co-write “For All Eyes to See.” (Huff was a charter member of The Beat.) – See more here

GLIDE MAGAZINE premieres HANDSOME JACK’s “Between The Lines”

Glide is premiering the new track “Between the Lines” below, which combines the soulful southern rhythmic magic by way of the Alabama Shakes and frontman Jamison Passuite’s fervently emotive vocals. Passuite describes the track as ” it was one of the first tracks we wrote for the new album and we initially played it slower with a ryhthym that was a little more Irma Thomas inspired. Once we picked up the pace, it took on a life of its own. The contrast of the upbeat ryhthym gives it more of a bittersweet feel. Plus, it’s pretty damn catchy.”

Read the GLIDE MAGAZINE post here

SHINDIG! review of PAUL COLLINS “Feel The Noise”

PAUL COLLINS Fall 2014 “Feel The Noise” US tour

GHETTOBLASTER video premiere : LONESOME SHACK “More Primitive”

Today Ghettoblaster has the pleasure of sharing their video for the title track. Todd had this to say about the video, “My brother and I snuck into a private resort’s mini golf course near Salt Lake City late one night and I let off some steam on the green. It felt like the perfect setting for a ‘More Primitive’ video. This is a song about digging into the inner core of life.”

Listen to the full-album premiere of HANDSOME JACK’s “Do What Comes Naturally” via Classic Rock

CLASSIC ROCK EXCLUSIVE: HANDSOME JACK ALBUM STREAM

Forming as teenagers in 2004 as a blues-infused garage-rock band in Lockport, New York, the band developed a more soul-influenced sound after leaving high school, and have supported the likes of The Sheepdogs, Blue Cheer, Gov’t Mule, J. Geils, The Hold Steady and Robert Randolph. After a series of EPs, debut album Supermoon was released in 2011.

New album Do What Comes Naturally also features Bob Nave from the Lemon Pipers, whose bubblegum-psyche classic Green Tambourine reached number one in the US in 1966.

“Everything was recorded live with Zach Gabbard (Buffalo Killers) and Mike Montgomery at Candyland in Cincinnati”, says Passuite. “We locked ourselves in the studio, slept on the floor, and after three days we had something that exceeded all our expectations. We left things in the mix like guitars rattling snare drums and vocals breaking up to keep that live energy flowing out your speakers.”