Those Darlins

Joan Jett doesn't sing through her nose, or sounds like that, like Those Darlins. There's no missing the difference in brawn. They now have their own thing going, anyway, which I suppose is due in great part to the two reviews in Rolling Stone. I assume that's xhuxk's doing.

FWIW, I like the song "Screws Get Loose" better than "Be Your Bro.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=refiQC52UR0&feature=related

Even through the very bad sound quality, if this sounds like Cheap Trick at any point in their career, I'm speechless.

Start with the He Gets Me High ep that just came out a month ago

Sorry, but I don't see what separates this from all the other girl groups doing this same thing, except this doesn't seem to have any hooks or memorable melodies, and sounds the most like Letters to Cleo of any of these bands. Even the Smiths cover seems sorta pointless - sounds like it's in the same key, and at the same tempo, as the original. What's the point?

Make that three errors.

Rewind! I like the Dum Dum Girls EP a lot--my mind is opening on them a bit.

In a car commercial:

http://sgrrc.com/those-darlins-song-featured-in-a-kia-commercial/499/

They were pretty great tonight--finally saw them! The title song is great live too, as this vid (better than any of their official ones) shows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KdHZ2zAUPc

awesome

cool chorus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWfc4yiN_k0

http://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashville-cream/article/20847229/those-darlins-jessi-zazu-battling-cancer

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2017/09/13/jessi-zazu-nashville-indie-rock-pioneers-those-darlins-dead-28/661068001/

Very hard news. This piece from a couple of months ago is crucial reading.

http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/cover-story/article/20862892/the-undefeatable-jessi-zazu

Ann Powers remembers:

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/09/13/550675086/jessi-zazu-singer-for-those-darlins-has-died-at-28

I never saw the band live, and never met Jessi, but she was a good friend to many of my friends and they're all heartsick today.

Me upthread in 2011: "I just saw them live last month—first live show I'd seen in ages by any band—and it was great. They're all business. Almost no stage banter."

Fuck, I'd totally forgotten.