This Should Get Packed - Jhameel at On The Rox Tonight

I saw this concert listing and had to do a double take.  Jhameel played a SUPERGOODMUSIC event at The Viper Room in October, opened for Hoodie Allen at El Rey Theatre in March and now he is playing at On The Rox?!?!?!?  Seriously.  It's as if L.A. is just oblivious to Jhameel's amazing drunk performance sessions (see below) or the Roxy talent buyers are just on that 'ish tip before the rest of their Sunset Strip brethren - because this intimate show at such a tiny venue is almost too good to be true.

The set time of 8:15 isn't that awesome - but performances in small places by kick ass musicians generally are - which is why you should bite the bullet, brave the traffic and be on Sunset Strip tonight.

Check out some drunk performances, a nice T-Pain cover and some original videos below:

This Should Get Packed - Jhameel at On The Rox Tonight

I saw this concert listing and had to do a double take.  Jhameel played a SUPERGOODMUSIC event at The Viper Room in October, opened for Hoodie Allen at El Rey Theatre in March and now he is playing at On The Rox?!?!?!?  Seriously.  It's as if L.A. is just oblivious to Jhameel's amazing drunk performance sessions (see below) or the Roxy talent buyers are just on that 'ish tip before the rest of their Sunset Strip brethren - because this intimate show at such a tiny venue is almost too good to be true.

The set time of 8:15 isn't that awesome - but performances in small places by kick ass musicians generally are - which is why you should bite the bullet, brave the traffic and be on Sunset Strip tonight.

Check out some drunk performances, a nice T-Pain cover and some original videos below:

Doo Wop Pop Rock - Electric Guest's "This Head I Hold"/MONDO Record

Electric Guest's debut record got the Danger Mouse treatment - and can't say that I'm disappointed about that.  Just about everything DM touches is dope - and Mondo and its lead single "This Head I Hold" are no exception to the rule.  With an album like this - they could be destined for greatness....

It's like Danger Mouse had a baby with Mark Ronson on the production end - because it sounds so freaking good.  From the catchy electro jams in "The Bait" to the funky grove of "Awake" to the nostalgic pop throwback sounds in "Waves" to the soft ballad feel of "Amber" - Electric Guest covers a lot of sonic territory and they do it really well.  They even manage to make synthesized syncopation sound indie cool in a cryptic way on "Holes."  At times it is hard to separate where the genius is coming in, because it's not all production.  I'm not calling the album a masterpiece (yet), but these guys deserve a thank you for delivering a solid product.

My sleeper track - "American Daydream."  It's beautiful.
 
"This Head I Hold" - the quasi doo-wop pop rock track is fun, nostalgic and simple.  The video isn't.  The video is actually a complex metaphor for the moral or ethical quandary a lot of artists find themselves in - take the life of a performer and its uncertainties and dark truths?  Or the path to something else?

Doo Wop Pop Rock - Electric Guest's "This Head I Hold"/MONDO Record

Electric Guest's debut record got the Danger Mouse treatment - and can't say that I'm disappointed about that.  Just about everything DM touches is dope - and Mondo and its lead single "This Head I Hold" are no exception to the rule.  With an album like this - they could be destined for greatness....

It's like Danger Mouse had a baby with Mark Ronson on the production end - because it sounds so freaking good.  From the catchy electro jams in "The Bait" to the funky grove of "Awake" to the nostalgic pop throwback sounds in "Waves" to the soft ballad feel of "Amber" - Electric Guest covers a lot of sonic territory and they do it really well.  They even manage to make synthesized syncopation sound indie cool in a cryptic way on "Holes."  At times it is hard to separate where the genius is coming in, because it's not all production.  I'm not calling the album a masterpiece (yet), but these guys deserve a thank you for delivering a solid product.

My sleeper track - "American Daydream."  It's beautiful.
 
"This Head I Hold" - the quasi doo-wop pop rock track is fun, nostalgic and simple.  The video isn't.  The video is actually a complex metaphor for the moral or ethical quandary a lot of artists find themselves in - take the life of a performer and its uncertainties and dark truths?  Or the path to something else?