21.Mar.2012 The Rockometer: Leaving Atlanta by Gentleman Jesse
Gentleman Jesse Leaving Atlanta Douchemaster Sure, some of the guitar solos on Leaving Atlanta sound more like Clarence Clemons sax solos than guitar solos. Opening track, “Eat Me Alive,” in particular, has an early E Street band vibe to it. The new album is also little cleaner and more refined than Gentleman Jesse’s 2008, self-titled [...]
09.Mar.2012 Moving Pictures: “Rooting for the Underdog” by Gentleman Jesse
Outside of two 7″ singles, one for Douchemaster Records and another on Hozac, it’s been a relatively quiet four years for Gentleman Jesse since he first broke out with his debut album in 2008. It happens some times. And with the way bands come and go these days, it’s all too easy to forget how [...]
06.Dec.2010 “Got the Wrong Man” by Gentleman Jesse and His Men
If there’s a group putting out better ’70s-sounding power pop records than Gentleman Jesse and His Men, I haven’t heard ‘em. “Got the Wrong Man,” is but the latest in a string of spot-on period rock pieces by the Atlanta-based band which follow in the grand tradition of artists like The Jam, Nick Lowe, Elvis [...]
01.Sep.2010 “She’s a Trap” by Gentleman Jesse and His Men
Don’t let the first 20 seconds on “She’s a Trap,” and those dubby, cut-up sounding guitars fool you. Gentleman Jesse and His Men aren’t about to change, not when they’ve got that ’70s, power pop sound down so good. After a short into, they’re sent to the background, and it’s back to the quick [...]
13.Mar.2009 Black Lips, Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Hot Cha Cha, and The Weakends Live at Beachland Ballroom Cleveland 03.12.09
Since the Black Lips signed to Vice Records a few years back, part of their marketing push has been to put this notorious band of garage punks, known just as much for their onstage tomfoolery as their ramshackle take on the sounds of the Sixties, in strange settings and see what happens. They’ve been to [...]
23.Sep.2008 The Rockometer feat. Okkervil River, Boston Spaceships, Blitzen Trapper, Gentleman Jesse, Ancestors, and Brightblack Morning Light
Okkervil RiverThe Stand InsJagjaguwar Okkervil River’s The Stand Ins is the stylistic, lyrical, and thematic sequel to their 2007 release, The Stage Names. The art work for the album was designed to fit below The Stage Names. Many of the songs came from the same sessions of The Stage Names, and when you consider three [...]
