LJ & The Sleeze – I’m Bad
Genre: Punk, Hard Rock
Similar artists: Beastie Boys, GG Allin, The Stooges, Fidlar, Marked Men, Carbonas
The world’s made up of people pleasers. We might be surprised to find ourselves acting like this ourselves. It’s hard to admit it. But, if we weren’t many of the comforts of regular life would just disappear. This is how people force friendships, careers, and, generally speaking, how they become boring.
Rock music is not a place for such people. It’s a place for villains, or for folks that could easily be turned into bad hombre. From Iggy Pop to GG Allin, rock music’s universe has been filled with anti-heroes. Don’t worry! It’s all just make-believe.
LJ & The Sleeze might be living in their own fantasy world. But, on I’m Bad, just as on the rest of their songs they echo the ne’er-do-well of fellow New-York groups like The Ramones. It’s fast, dirty rock n’ roll that sounds made by delinquents. If this ain’t the truth, ain’t no harm in pretending that it is.
St. Morris Sinners – Big Rev Kev
Genre: Alternative Rock
The world prefers that its greatest villains exist merely in fantasy. In times of peace, an artist alluding to violence in their work seems like a madman. In times of war, an artist embracing violence feels positively useless.
Music helps us process terrible things, especially those that we hope that we will never face. Songwriters like Nick Cave and Tom Waits are odd for embracing this kind of darkness when they could just as well choose not to do so. In the face of true evil, however, these artefacts resemble something closer to fairy stories.
St. Morris Sinners’ Big Rev Kev is a mysterious, thumping blues number. It is the kind of song that on a peaceful Sunday would sound positively evil. It’s a story of fire, brimstone, and large vehicles. St. Morris Sinners are great stoking the fire of tension and letting feedback-drenched, electric guitars finish things up.
