NJ's Static Jacks on Monday (endorsed!)

Also from today's print Hotline column, about New Jersey's Static Jacks, the best think to come out of the Garden State since Jim Dowd. This is a SICK bill for a Monday, also featuring pill kids the Daily Pravda, Lindsey Starr & the Chemical Smiles and next month's guest the Honors. This is a must-see.

Plug into Jacks
Tired of this latest new wave of synthesizers in indie music? Done waiting for the next Strokes-flavored garage rock band?

Then turn your attention to this unlikely bunch - the Static Jacks. These five 18-year-olds from New Jersey, who hit the Middle East Monday night, already have been together for five years and pledge allegiance to stripped-down guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll.

“We’re sick of synth music, too,” guitarist Henry Kaye told the Music Induced Euphoria blog. “That is why we’re here, to ... fill the void of straight set-up garage rock bands.”

Their tunes, particularly the dance-floor number “Fire On the Bridge and In The Tunnel Below” (listen on MySpace [website]) back up the talk.