Jeff The Brotherhood

Bone Jam

by John Vettese

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Published: Feb 16, 2010

A zippity fuzz guitar riff worthy of Yo La Tengo's "Sugarcube." Various oohs and high-spirited aahs. Handclaps, drumrolls and a single central dilemma: "How much money can we spend?" To answer the question posed in this feisty cut's refrain: well, not much, apparently. Fraternal Nashville duo JEFF the Brotherhood is no-frills by design, a guitarist and drummer reveling in a huge economy of arrangement and fidelity. On this standout from last year's Heavy Days (Infinity Cat), it trickles down even to the words. The entire song is freakin' three phrases, on enthusiastic repeat. Something about "I'm gonna grind your bones to make my bread." Sounds violent, and we hope they're not resorting to such vagaries to get gas money on tour. But know this: Plenty of other rock bands could drop like a quinitillion dollars on high-end studio sessions. But they'd completely shit the bed on sounding this alive.

Mon., Feb. 22, 6 p.m., $5, with Screaming Females, Terrordome, 624 N. 48th St., myspace.com/terrordomepa.

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