Now that's what I call a band

The Jim Jones Review at Garden Nef Party, Angouleme, France, originally uploaded by noodlepie.

I'd never heard of The Jim Jones Revue before yesterday. They're a British rock 'n' roll band with very definite roots in 50's and 60's rock n roll, a smattering of psychedelia and the thinnest trace of late 70's Suicide. In short, they're the sort of band I would have liked to have formed when I was a teenager had I been a) a bit more twisted b) able to play an instrument c) able to play an instrument very, very quickly and d) a bit more twisted. They're without doubt the best live band I've seen in 15 years. I'm not sure the (studio) video below does the live experience justice, but the song Rock 'n' Roll Psychosis was electric at the Garden Nef Party in Angoulême in France this week. I find it very hard to get excited by bands these days - maybe because I listen to so little new music - but The Jim Jones Revue were like hearing Cigarettes and alcohol, Seasick Steve, Apollo, Daniel Johnston or New Ancient Strings for the first time. I will be following, buying and listening from here on in.