JOOKABOX: Dead Zone Boys CD Release

Title: JOOKABOX: Dead Zone Boys CD Release
Location: Big Car Gallery
Link out: Click here
Description: ART@6PM / 8PM@MUSIC

$5 / Beer being sold by Upland!

Art inspired by Dead Zone Boys…
1. Phantom Don\’t Go — Jessica Sowls
2. Don\’t Go Phantom — Jim Walker
3. You Cried Me — Ben Tousley
4. Gonna Need the Guns/Doom Hope — Liz Janes
5. East Side Bangs/East Side Fade — John Clark
6. Glyphin\’ Out — Erin Drew
7. Evil Guh — DM Stith
8. XXXiawn Shell — Ryan Irvin
9. Zombie Tear Drops — Craig McCormick
10. LIGHT — Casey Roberts
11. F.I.T.F #1 — Tom Streit

Music for the evening provided by…
dj jessicka
Normanoak – http://www.myspace.com/normanoak
Grey Granite – http://www.myspace.com/greygranite

and..

JOOKABOX

http://www.asthmatickitty.com/jookabox

http://www.facebook.com/jookabox

http://www.myspace.com/jookabox

Dead Zone Boys is an infectious soundtrack to humanity\’s last stand against decay and the dead. One hand with mic and the other a shotgun, Jookabox pushes through as troubador and protagonist to free the decayed city and its few outposed survivors of the fear of death. He is our protector, no need to lose hope.

Dead Zone Boys, the third album from Jookabox (Indianapolis-born David \”Moose\” Adamson and Co.) on Asthmatic Kitty Records, is love story meets psychedelic zombie-musical. The zombie part came easy: Moose grew up on the east side of Indianapolis in the 90s, an area plagued by constant recession, pandemic homicide, and racial tension. It was this frantic energy and violence that infused itself into the Jookabox experience. Since then, the area struggles to revitalize and Adamson’s musical interests and excursions have crystallized into a startlingly singular and eclectic songwriting strategy. One thing is certain here: if vacant strip malls occupied only by shitdragged liquor stores and fluorescent check cashing joints are foreign to you, then Dead Zone Boys will be your guidebook, Jookabox your tour guide.

Jookabox’s debut record, Scientific Cricket, sampled a kind of primordial blues sound, children\’s sidewalk-chalk rhymes and Appalachian folk. Sophomore follow-up Ropechain pinwheeled like a kaleidoscope through old-time spirituals, punk, and club music hip-hop, blending these disparate elements into a cohesive and unique synthesis. Thematically both albums have dealt extensively with the paranormal, race, and madness. Last year after wrapping up Ropechain, the genre-warping Jookabox lost a Grampall (after a haunting vision), and regrouped, gaining a second member/drummer, Ostry Okerson. This year Jookabox absorbed two-fifths of Indianapolis\’ psych-pop ringleaders, Everthus the Deadbeats. Led by the stalwart Moose, this new band delivers a tightly realized live show and album replete with nods to early Ween, Black Sabbath, and fellow Indiana native, the King of Pop.

Here\’s a free download:

http://rcrdlbl.com/2009/10/05/exclusive_new_download_jookabox_gonna_need_the_guns_doom_hope_phantom_don_t_go

Sponsored by:
Asthmatic Kitty – http://www.asthmatickitty.com
Luna Music – http://www.lunamusic.net
Heavy Gun Blog – http://www.heavygun.blogspot.com
Transpanther Group – http://www.transpanthergroup.com
Upland Brewery – http://www.uplandbeer.com
Big Car Gallery – http://www.bigcar.org
Date: 2009-10-30