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Harris’ Album of the Month: Shaka Rock by JET

By Harris posted September 01, 2009 at 08:57

This months album is a brand new one that has been all over my radar over the past week. After achieving platinum status on their last two albums in Australia (their home country) and “Get Born,” going platinum in the United States, the band hopes “Shaka Rock,” will put them back on top. A few things scared me right off the bat with this one. First, they had a song called “Times Like This,” which I quickly confused with a classic Foo Fighters song. Beyond that the albums first single “Genius,” didn’t quite do it for me although there was potential for it to fit perfectly into an album. Thankfully I was right. “Genius,” fits perfectly right after “K.I.A,” and “Beat On Repeat,” at the start of this album. That grouping really hooked me into hearing the album out. Those three songs do a fantastic job of sinking their musical [...] Continue...