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Savoy Motel Due Out October 21 via What's Your Rupture?
Sep 01, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Savoy Motel are a promising new band from Nashville who have little to do with that city’s storied country music scene. Instead they embrace a dirty 1970s glam rock vibe with hints of soul, boogie, power pop, and even disco. More
Their Take on Reatard Tune, “No Time”
Sep 18, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Last night, Spoon performed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During their set, they performed Jay Reatard tune, “No Time.” More
Posthumous Recording Surfaces
Mar 12, 2014
By Sam Cleeve
Before his untimely death in 2010, Jay Reatard recorded a take on Nirvana’s “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” for an In Utero tribute album. Now, a remastered version of that cover has surfaced online. The album is set to be released as part of Record Store Day 2014, which takes place on April 19. More
Better Than Something the Late Songwriter
Feb 10, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Capturing the garage rock artist months before his unexpected death in 2009, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz’s musical documentary of songwriter Jay Reatard, Better Than Something, is scheduled to make its first run of theatrical screening starting in March. More
First Album Recorded In a Proper Studio Due 8/3
Jun 03, 2010
By John Everhart
The divisive and maddening lo-fi adventures of Wavves continue with the release of King of the Beach, due on Fat Possum August 3. It’s said to be a marked departure for this notoriously homespun act, as they entered a professional studio to record the album, venturing to Sweet Tea Recording in Oxford, Mississippi for a three-month session helmed by Dennis Harring (Modest Mouse). We have the details. More
Musician Died of Alcohol and Cocaine Poisoning
Feb 03, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Autopsy results reveal drug use as cause of death. More
Investigation Updates Reveal Homicide Is Not Probable
Jan 15, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
In the wake of Jay Reatard‘s untimely death, there’s been an immense outpouring of support and admiration for the young artist. Tomorrow, family, friends, and fans alike will get a chance to pay their respects to the punk rocker who passed away at his Memphis home early Wednesday morning. More
Jan 13, 2010
By Laura Studarus
As reported by Pitchfork, Lo-fi garage rocker Jay Reatard died today at age 29. While additional details are forthcoming, Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that the musician was found dead in his home at 3:30 this morning. More
Reviews
Sep 11, 2009
By John Everhart
“Manic depression’s a frustrated mess” goes the infamous Jimi Hendrix lyric, and Memphis garage rocker Jay Lindsey, aka Jay Reatard, can certainly relate. The mania of his music belies the morose depression evinced in the lyrics throughout Watch Me Fall, his desperate pleas subverting the heady instrumental rush. Whether he’s matter-of-factly intoning, “All is lost, there is no hope” on the frantic fist-pumping opener “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me,” or confessing “I always play the fool,” on the byzantine synth surge of “I’m Watching You,” it’s as though the music was recorded during an amphetamine binge, and the lyrics were scrawled during the subsequent crash. More