Video: Jay Reatard at Death by Audio

CMJ: The Obligatory Thursday Night Picks, Day 3, 10.18.07

Jay Reatard at Death by Audio
Jay Reatard at Death by Audio last week; photo by Rebecca Smeyne The Dirtbombs+Jay Reatard . Garage-rock fans will be in stomper heaven tonight with the Dirtbombs' double-drums, double-bass, double-dirty Detroit rock sound. Expect to hear some new stuff—Mick Collins and Co.'s forthcoming We Have You Surrounded should be out by the end of the year, their first since 2003's Dangerous Magical Noise . Jay Reatard, on the other hand, is a ridiculously prolific dude, releasing a gazillion lo-fi seven-inch EPs during his 10-year career in a ton of Nashville [...]