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The Jai Alai Savant
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Editor's review
Back in the early '80s, the innovation was for punk and rock to incorporate reggae rhythms, a move the Clash and the Police famously nailed. This Chicago outfit inverts things a bit. Grimy bass lines and vocal ferocity lace their tracks, but aren't the centerpiece. At its core this is a jammy reggae band playing with the tricks of punk.
Biography
Chicago-by-way-of-Philly trio THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT (pronounced hi-a-lie- sa-vant) have been active since 2002. Their list of influences are vast and their sound eclectic, but it's their reggae-slanted post-punk roots that take the foreground in the most recent music of the band. Their genre-bending pop compositions coupled with an obvious love of bass culture have drawn comparisons to everyone from The Clash to The Police, Trenchmouth and Fugazi. Groove-oriented and accessible yet still engaging and challenging to the idea of what punk-derivative music should sound like is what makes THE JAI-ALAI SAVANT a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale and hype-driven world of independent rock music.
