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Hit The JackpotHit The Jackpot Fuckin Stoner/Independent OK, let's start with the most obvious point: local two piece Hit The Jackpot might be a drums'n'guitar two piece, but to draw comparisons with the Black Keys or the White Stripes would be to miss the point by an awfully wide mark. There's no blues roots being explored here - the Jackpot are more akin to the rough experimentalism of, say Sonic Youth (the build-and-fall cymbals of Nuggets) or Sebadoh (the growling Riverland), and what blues there are - Brand New Face, for example - they're more Jon Spencer than Muddy Waters. It might be Jess Thomas' bratty vocals but there's something almost Sleater-Kinneyish about The Football Team, but my favourite is the propulsive Cats & Dogs, which demonstrates the Jackpot's big advantage over most art-for-rock's-sake bands: they actually have songs, complete with melodies and rendered all the stronger for the stripped down arrangements. When I first saw Hit The Jackpot I thought they were a borderline joke (their drum'n'voice deconstruction of Hey Ya might have had something to do with it), but clearly I was a fool: HTJ are possibly the most interesting band playing in Adelaide today. And that's no small thing.  |
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