What others think is very important to us:
"The Black & White Jacksons are an affable bunch of guys who love to have fun, but are very serious about music. Drawing from their considerable educations and influences from every corner of the rock universe, their songs are sparse, to the point, high energy and infectious. It can be a lot harder to write a simple-sounding, 3-minute rock song than it is to write a complicated, orchestral opus with everything you can imagine thrown into it. Black & White Jacksons think about what they're doing, and it shows, both on their highly-listenable EP and in their live shows. Taking cues from Medlock's explosive stage presence (that often explodes right off the stage and into the audience), the entire band plays with heart and energy and a sense of pure enjoyment that's often hard to find." - Dcist.com
"The Black & White Jacksons did not disappoint for the CD release. To say the DC indie band was full of energy would be an understatement. The band members bounce about the stage while belting out their tunes - and then they bounced out into the rest of the room. Led by front man Michael Medlock, the band was just at home in the center of the crowd as they were at center stage - and the crowd really got into it. Guitarist Tim George, bassist/guitarist Lucas Oswalt, and drummer Zach O also help push the show up to 11 with an intensity more accustom to a much larger venue. To sum it up - you had to be there." - NM3.com
"...the band’s funky emo may remind the wider world of At the Drive-In, but D.C. listeners may shed a tear for Frodus and the Impossible Five." - Washington City Paper
Past Shows:
07/10/08 - Fort Reno
w/ John Wayne Hero & Friends of the Library
07/05/08 - DC9
w/ Fever, Wild Fictions & The Mirror Script
05/15/08 - Artomatic 2008
w/ Must Love Trash & The Mantras
05/02/08 - Velvet Lounge
w/ Caverns, New Rock Church of Fire, and Hammer No More The Fingers
04/18/08 - Rock & Roll Hotel
w/ Imperial China, Double Dagger & Zulu Pearls
02/29/08 - Velvet Lounge, CD Release show
w/ Lode Runner and comedian Jon Eick.
02/19/08 - Black Cat [backstage],
Dream Committee Records Release Show w/ Cannot Be Stopped & Wild Fictions
02/08/08 - Asylum
w/ Cannot Be Stopped
01/05/08 - Rock & Roll Hotel
w/ Len Bias, Tiger & The Snow and Meet The Speakers
12/08/07 - 6th & I Historic Synagogue
w/ The Leevees & DeLeon (as part of JDub records sponsored "Go Eight" Worldwide concert)
12/01/07 - DC9
w/Nunchucks, The Known Unknowns & DJs Mister Disco & Starrscream
10/19/07 - Solly's
w/Sun Committee, Once Okay Twice & Look! Bandits!
09/29/07 - The Hosiery
w/ Five Across The Eyes 2000 and Fever
09/08/07 - Rock & Roll Hotel
w/ Washington Social Club, Supreme Commander and Fever
08/26/07 - WMUC Radio
w/ New Rock Church of Fire
08/11/07 - DC9
w/ The Lucky Bastards, The Nice Jenkins and Rome In A Day
07/13/07 - Velvet Lounge
w/ The City Veins
05/04/07 - The Party Pit
w/ Sweet Teeth
04/28/07 - Velvet Lounge
w/ New Rock Church of Fire and Caverns
