Steve James’ primal scream in “Angry, Ugly and Alone”

Steve James – Angry, Ugly and Alone

Steve James is angry and in pain, dealing with death by creating 2 songs. In “Leaving This World,” the Pennsylvania musician begins with a wedding prayer (an old 78RPM record found in a thrift store), and segues into slide guitar blues with distorted, shouted and almost unrecognizable vocals. Then in “Angry, Ugly and Alone” he quietly sings he wants to die as he mourns the passing of his grandfather, and the lack of a purpose in life. The slow blues guitar shuffle is perfectly sad, perfectly angsty. Since this isn’t American Idol, we can forget about “pitchy” problems and simply accept an impassioned artistic expression as it is. Heartfelt and honest.

2 MP3s encoded at 192 kbps.

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Jon Protas’ blues implosion: Goddess

Jon Protas: Goddess

When Jon Protas sings “I don’t believe in virgins or whores… I don’t believe in opposite shores, I don’t believe in nothing,” he taps into the current vein of unbelief and “whatever-ness” prevalent in modern society. But he does it with so much aplomb and pizzazz — complete with a rickety rhythm section built of a single unforgettable groove, distorted vocals and overdriven guitars. This 3-minute 14-second tune is a single that would put Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to shame. Download it before it becomes the theme song of a Hollywood movie.

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