White On White Crime - The Jai-Alai Savant

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, Trench mouth 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.

current line up

Ralph Darden - guitar & vocals
Jeremy Gewertz - drums
Nash Snyder - bass
Major Taylor - Beats ,dubs & concepts

Releases

Thunderstatement EP (2005) [Label: Gold Standard Labora]
Flight of the Bass Delegate LP (2007) [Label: Gold Standard Labora] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.