Concert Review - Jeremy Jay

The finale show of Stick it To the Man week was L.A. 's Jeremy Jay. A young relative unknown in the indie groove scene. I just made that term up, and have no idea what that means, but it is my best attempt to describe JJ's sounds. The amalgamum of adjectives I could also use would be soulful, sexy, synthy, dark, moody love music.

It's really is a difficult sound to describe, and I think at first glance people would mistake his sound for boring or lazy. But really it's quite an emotional sound that is played without over complicating that idea. There's always something to be said for getting your point across in the least amount of words, and I think JJ excels at this.

So when he took the stage sporting the following: 1 standard drum kit (6 piece), 1 electric guitar, 1 Bass, 2 Effects pedals, and a mini Korg syth machine you could tell the man lives in emotion of the songs, not the details. Surely enough Jeremy then proceeded to unleash his impossibly dance grooves on the crowd . Passing the guitar and bass back and forth between the other stage hipster between songs was as natural and necessary as the crowd's uncontrolable urge to get down to the epic sonic smothness torching their ears. Unfortunately the only thing more sparse than the band's stage equiment was the crowd. and so I'm not certain the appreciation for the effort went fully recognized. Mr. Jay.

Though most musicians spend their careers in relative obscurity sometimes certains artists come along that for whatever reason seem to have that certain undeniable superstar quality that escapes the world wrapped up in hype. So count this at least as one person who promises to act as part of Jeremy Jay's hype machine for as long as he is making music. Next time you see me it's an almost certain guarantee his deep grooves will come across your ears, because whether you transcribe to the less is more ideal or not there is something to be said for the way JJ makes you feel like more, with less.