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KaiserCartel
Jeb Loy Nichols
Housing Works Bookstore NYC
May 16 2008

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"Days are mighty"

When I got the invite to this show, an acoustic AIDS benefit in Soho, I immediately paid attention when I saw the name of Jeb Loy Nichols. I'd heard his name mentioned in dub circles because of his work with Adrian Sherwood, and it turns out he is a bona-fide member of the original Slits family. As I checked the other acts I decided that KaiserCartel - a duo from Brooklyn with a budding reputation and an imminent record were also punkcast-worthy. The gig was in the Housing Works Bookstore - a place that I have to recommend not just because the profit goes to the worthy cause of housing messed-up people, but also because it has a really good selection of books at great prices. I walked out with several bargains after the shoot. KaiserCartel, on first, matched their buzz. Directly engaging - cute folky boy-girl on the surface - one discerns an engrained moodiness. I don't like to make references in my descriptions but when watching them I recall thinking it was somewhere between Mazzy Star and Judy Collins. The two songs I've picked are opener 'Oh No', from the forthcoming album 'March Forth', and 'Okay', from a recent EP. I knew Jeb Loy lives in Wales, but was further surprised to discover that he is an American from Missouri. He sang in a gentle country style - on some songs joined by a pick up band that included Garry West, head of his current label, Nashville's Compass Records, on bass. Listening I could hear what would have attracted Sherwood to his sound. He has a silky voice not unsimilar to Bim Sherman, plus the soul-phrasing so much loved by great reggae singers. In the first clip 'Days Are Mighty' - the title song of his new album - he even drops in a little Marley. The other one I've picked is a cover of The Miracles' 'Tracks Of My Tears' which Jeb turns into a country lament. On a day that it so happened NYC was soaked by torrential rain, Jeb definitely brought to the city the sense of rustic timelessness that is the theme of his record.



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DVD's are 1347-01 and 1347-02 respectively. KaiserCartel's records are available on iTunes. The CD is in stores from June 10th 2008 but you can only get the EP at shows. Jeb Loy's new album 'Days Are Mighty' can be purchased direct from Compass Records.

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