[Bourdeaux,
France] Waiting to get in, a sassy lady ahead of us was explaining to the guy
behind her why her band was called Jackie Chan’s, cracking jokes. A charmer for
sure. Little did I know she was about to become my hero – my absolute favorite
band from SXSW. “I reach for the glory because I kill everyone around me.” They
were bizarre, dramatic, hard and gripping – reminded me of The Coathangers,
Daisy Chainsaw. You couldn’t help but be swept up in their insanity, riding the
wave. That hard/quiet phenomenon or whatever. They’re from France, Italy, and
Spain? The internet tells me they’re some sort of a supergroup. In addition to
the magnetic lead lady, there was the sexy stout guitarist and the skinny dark
mysterious female bassist. They led me to develop a new genre: stoner yell-o. Death
vocals over groovy hard synth. And the fabulous lead didn’t even take herself
seriously – she would throw her flowered-dress body to the ground in dramatic
emotion and kind of snicker to herself at the absurdity of it all. God I’d love
to drink sparkling wine with her on a Sunday. For some reason they were going
by Jackie Chan’s at this show but they’re J.C. Satan online and on their albums
– maybe they knew America couldn’t handle the mixing of Jesus Christ with
Satan.
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