Rockethouse

Rrright. A mySpace band with about a thousand listeners. What is wrong with this picture?
a) Bad Band.
b) Bad Luck, exposure wise.
c) OMG! They're from New York! And they sound (a bit) like Jesus and Mary Chain! Copycats!
d) Have you been typing random words into Google again?

Yeah. It's C. You could probably tell, or could tell probably.

Rockethouse first caught my attention about two years ago, due to their then current album title ("Weapons of Mass Distortion") and also due to the 'I can download whatever I want' factor. Truth be told, the album did not disappoint: as I can't be bothered (UKian: arsed) to rip the oldies but goodies of the Jesus and Mary Chain to mp3, so I'll just settle with these guys - although they're from the States.

Wait. Is that really fair?

Yeah, as much as the comparison between the Monkees and the Beatles makes sense (haha! I'm not a musician, I just play one on the xylophone). Both give a twist to the genre that's unique, relative to the side of the pond you're on. Who is reinventing who - I'll keep out of that; one thing is for sure! Shoegaze is not dead! Viva el shoegaze norte-americano! (c.f.: Asobi Seksu)

Check out the songs on their myspace page-thingy: http://www.myspace.com/rockethouse
. They've got a new album out but it doubt we'll get to hear it here :(

If I could link legally to 'Pedestal or 'Lock and Load' I would - that would be great as those two figure greatly amongst my semi-recently acquired anthems. But you youngsters don't know much about the Jesus and Mary Chain in the first place:)

Although I have not expressed any opinion on the musical quality of 'Rockethouse', lemme just say that the drumming on 'Pedestal' is as good, if not better, as the drumming on Ride's track 'Nowhere' - capisce?

All you nostalgists, think about it.