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Jamie T, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, NME + Tour Dates
Jamie T @ The Archway Tavern (2006) (CRED)
And the nominees for "Best Solo Artist" in this year's Shockwaves NME Awards are....
* Lily AllenBrooklyn Vegan readers are probably well acquainted with Lily, Jarvis & Thom by now. You may even remember GCWCF (Sam Duckworth). But who is Jamie T?
* Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
* Jarvis Cocker
* Jamie T.
* Thom Yorke
Like a modern-day mix of Billy Bragg and Vicky Pollard, Jamie T (or Jamie Treays, as he's known to his mum) is set to divide opinion.I'm surprised they didn't mention the Streets. Here's a video...On the plus side, his songs frequently have a vibrant narrative, rich in poetic observation. The downside, at least to some ears, is the Sarf London patois he insists on singing.
The tall, skinny teenage lad from Wimbledon is clearly influenced as much by The Clash, Tom Waits, Rancid and The Specials as the drum'n'bass and garage that surrounded him while growing up.
Armed only with an acoustic bass guitar, he began playing the backrooms of pubs in Soho and Twickenham. The songs on his just released debut album, Panic Prevention, feature tales of life in identikit suburbia and what it is to be a young man growing up in 1990s Britain.
The live experience is akin to the troubadour spirit of the American folkies of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan colliding headlong with true English gents like Paul Weller, Billy Bragg and Elvis Costello, with a few pills and cans of Stella to loosen the creative juices.
There no doubt he possesses the ability to pen a memorable hook or two. Whether his faux street-slang vocal-style though will enthral or enrage you depends on your tastes. Like Marmite, you'll either love or hate it. He's mates with Lily Allen. Make of that what you will. [Norwich Evening News]
Jamie & Sam (GCWCF) are both visiting very soon....
Jamie T | 2007 US Tour Dates
Mar 14 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's w/ Lily Allen (NME SXSW show)
Mar 21 - NYC @ Mercury Lounge
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly | 2007 US Tour Dates
Mar 15 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's w/ Bloc Party, The Dears, Rodrigo y Gabriela (SXSW)
Mar 20 - NYC @ Mercury Lounge w/ Fionn Regan
Fellow NME nominee Jarvis Cocker is playing a much larger NYC venue.
Jarvis, Thom, and Lily were also nominated for Brit Awards. Jamie & Sam were not.
Posted on February 19, 2007 3:16 PM
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the latest jamie T record is full of bangers. it's the only thing i can listen to these days. highly recommend digging in and getting acquainted. he's gonna be big.
Posted by j | February 19, 2007 3:32 PM
sounds like that new kids on the block had a bunch of hits chinese food makes me sick......i wanna girl who wears ambercrombie and fitch song to me
Posted by um | February 19, 2007 4:53 PM
If this song sounds like LFO to you, you seriously need to get your ears/head checked.
Jamie T is really talented - reminds me a little bit of Alex Turner with his cheeky lyrics.
Listen to "Calm Down Dearest" -- I can't get the song out of my head.
Posted by MARLOW | February 19, 2007 6:12 PM
I love Jamie T and hope he does become huge, he deserves it. And yeah just forget that lfo comment, let it slide, must be an idiot of some sort..
Posted by Ryan | February 19, 2007 10:44 PM
i've been loving the Jamie T album since i heard the full album streamload on myspace. Calm Down Dearest is this year's nu teen angst anthem...
love jamie's vocal style - its kinda white boy bastardization of grimespeak into folkspeak for whatever thats worth... i think of this j*T as as a indie rock Dizzee Rascal
Posted by su | February 20, 2007 6:53 PM
what's the name of that streets song? i don't have the newest album but after seeing that vid i might need to check it out (it's really rather intriguing, his style is much different now than on his first two albums).
Posted by marc | February 22, 2007 11:47 AM
the video is Jamie T
Posted by Anonymous | February 22, 2007 11:53 AM