24.Jun.2008 The Year of The Reatard
2008 is shaping up to be the year of Jay Reatard. Singles 06-07, out now on In The Red Records, is the first of two Reatard singles collections due out this year. It combines the Night of Broken Glass EP, “I Know a Place 7″, and “Hammer I Miss You” 7″, with other early singles [...]
07.Apr.2008 Productivity of the Nation’s Hipsters at an All Time Low as Pitchfork.TV Launches
Say what you will about Pitchfork (Go ahead, say it), but they just launched their music video channel, Pitchfork TV, and it’s really, f’n rad. Check out the first episode of Pitchfork Live with a breakneck performance by the master of the shredding, Flying V guitar, Jay Reatard, and then tell me that this site [...]
18.Mar.2008 "Always Wanting More" by Jay Reatard
Ostensibly about a dysfunctional relationship, “Always Wanting More,” the first track from Jay Reatard’s upcoming 7″ series for Matador Records, is also common refrain heard from the legion of fans devoted to this underground Memphis rocker. From his many two-minute, garage punk masterpieces, to his rowdy live sets that rarely hit the 20 minute mark, [...]
17.Dec.2007 From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Jay Reatard Signs to Matador for Six Singles
As I’m busy filling out I Rock Cleveland’s top 40 tracks of the year, which BTW includes more than one Jay Reatard single, an item came across my RSS reader announcing Jay Reatard has signed to Matador records for a series of six singles. These will be limited edition singles where the quantities of each [...]
10.Sep.2007 All Jay Reatard All The Time
It isn’t my intention to turn I Rock Cleveland into All Jay Reatard All The Time, but after seeing him live this past Friday, I’ve had these recurring visions of white Flying V’s shredding in my head. Plus, after posting my review of Friday’s show, I came across this. Yep, Jay Reatard has joined the [...]
08.Sep.2007 Jay Reatard. Now That’s Class. 09.07.07
Last night I saw a Jay Reatard show. It featured four rockers with perm-a-fros on a small, cramped stage, two white Flying V guitars, and a bunch of dudes double fisting cheap beer. There was plenty of uncoordinated head banging by the perm-a-fros, as they shredded some of the sweetest punk rock and roll I’ve [...]
