That's right. So all you hipster shits out there better keep your skinny jeans and aviator sunglasses out of his sight or else he'll take a freakin' axe to your neck. No seriously, in Jonah Matranga's recent video for "Not About A Place or A Girl," he goes around singing what sounds like a Gin Blossoms cover and kills scenster zombies without mercy. It's a wonderful video despite the sugarcoated song. In fact, don't judge that song alone for his newest record, And. Only one other song follows that happy late nineties escapism radio rock shit; the rest of the album is as much as an emotional punch as the newest Radiohead. Actually Radiohead ripped off Jonah whether they know it or not. Jonah Matranga has been using the sliding scale price system for years and has always brought new and strange ideas to his shows and music. Although, you have to see Jonah Matranga live to really embrace what and who this man is. His shows are something so intimate and personal, that you feel as if it is only you and him in the room. Even picking up his recent live CD/DVD won't do him justice. You actually have to show up and experience the show first hand. If you are at all curious as to who or what Jonah Matranga is; go to www.jonahmatranga.com or www.myspace.com/jonahmatranga. Or you can even download the songs I posted of him performing solo, under the moniker onelinedrawing and his old band New End Original.. If you're a scenster, keep an eye out for this guy, he'll rip you limb from limb, Mwahahahaha!
NOVEMBER
6 Nov @ Boston, MA - Paradise - 8pm doors, 9pm-ish
8 Nov @ NY, NY - Mercury Lounge - 8pm-ish
9 Nov @ Philadelphia, PA - Unitarian Chapel Room - 7pm-ish
10 Nov @ Orlando, FL - Anti*Pop Fest - 10pm-ish
12 Nov @ East Coast Show TBA -- IDEAS?
13 Nov @ Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's - 8pm doors - ALL AGES
14 Nov @ East Coast Show TBA -- IDEAS?
DECEMBER
5 Dec @ Hamburg (DE), Grüner Jäger*
6 Dec @ Kiel (DE), Weltruf*
7 Dec @ TBA*
8 Dec @ TBA*
9 Dec @ Bielefeld (DE), TBA*
10 Dec @ Paris (FR), TBA*
11 Dec @ Saarbrücken (DE), Garage*
12 Dec @ Cologne (DE), Blue Shell*
13 Dec @ Gießen (DE), Muk*
14 Dec @ Lüdenscheid (DE), Alte Druckerei*
15 Dec @ Rotterdam (NL), Waterfront*
17 Dec @ Berlin (DE), Magnet*
*Ian Love opening and playing guitar w/Jonah
Download: Jonah Matranga - Breathless from the album, The Three Sketchy's (1999-2005)
Download: Jonah Matranga - Oh, I'm So Lucky from the album, The Three Sketchy's (1999-2005)
Download: Jonah Matranga - Savory (Jawbox Cover) from the album, The Three Sketchy's (1999-2005)
Download: Jonah Matranga - Lukewarm (Live) from the album, There's A Lot In Here
Download: onelinedrawing - Smile from the album, Visitor
Download: onelinedrawing - We Had A Deal from the album, The Volunteers
Download: onelinedrawing - Um... from the album, Visitor
Download: New End Original - Lukewarm from the album, Thriller
Download: Jonah Matranga - So Long from the album, And