I am not a music critic, because I cannot think or write about music critically. My response to music is visceral and immediate; either it grabs me and I dig it, on some kind of spiritual level, or I don't and I toss it away.
With television, books, and movies, my opinions change more frequently, and I think that is because I understand those forms on a more analytic level. I understand the language of books and television, I perceive the art within them.
Music... I see no such art. Which isn't to say music isn't artistic, because it is. I just cannot perceive the art. So music becomes emotional for me. I don't care if one band sounds a lot like another if it's a sound I find irresistible. Such is the case with the Jacuzzi Boys, who sound like a sunbaked Black Lips. That's cool with me, the Black Lips are great and so are the Jacuzzi Boys. They perform in Miami pretty regular, and they just dropped a new album on Florida's Dying. Give them your dollar bills.
Jacuzzi Boys - Smells Dead
Jacuzzi Boys - Fruits
| City | Date | Venue | Going? | |
| Miami | Sat Dec 26 | Churchill's Pub | + |
Paul:
I love what you wrote here... I feel the same way about trying to critically review music. Sometimes there are just no words!