JET - Shine On Review

Three years between records, especially from debut to sophomore release, is an eternity. In this day of disposable idols and largely forgettable music – used to be you had to at least organize a garage sale to weed out the undesirable albums or tapes in your collection, but now it merely takes a click of the delete button on the iPod – Jet could well have committed career suicide in waiting so long to follow up their exceptional 2003 debut, Get Born. In their defense, it wasn’t as if these four young lads, only a couple years removed from operating forklifts in a Melbourne, Australia spice factory, were sitting around counting their money. ...full text Avant-garde, techno-infused second from Oz's finest. Just kidding....full text In 2002, Australia had a huge explosion with music, mainly because of 2 bands that were new on the scene, The Vines, and Jet. That year, The Vines released their first album, “Highly Evolved”, and instantly became a hit. The other Australian born band that became big was Jet....full text