Artist: Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane & Jeff Sipe
Song: Rice With The Angels
Album: Personae
Year: 2002

Another Metro find: September 20th, 2003, 4:46 AM.

Hellborg, Lane, Sipe: better than aspirin, or butt rock? Roll down your windows and take from your car stereo everything it has, and don't tell me you wouldn't be slightly embarrassed having "Rice With The Angels" blaring from your car (ahh, Lawyers, Guns, and Money? how about Camaros, mullets, and AC/DC?). "Hey man, is that soil your pants rock? Well, turn it up!" Oh, but I'm not mocking it, this stuff is legit. Plus, you have to feel a bit sorry for musicians who probably never get a single woman go to their shows. In the Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll equation, they are missing at least 1/3 of the variables, and that's such a tragedy for how good the melodies are. Lane's amphetamized jazz runs put Alvin and the Chipmunks to complete shame. Put the CD on repeat and bask in amazement as well as enjoy (oh my god oh my god oh my god).

[Update: I pulled this post down yesterday after I discovered that Lane had died only a few days after the first time I heard Personae... Yeah, I'm poking a bit of fun in the post, but there's a lot of respect there too.]

While waiting for life that sucks to die, why not listen to my favorite unsigned bands: TQ's Garage Band Playlist.