Fridae

After the duo was signed to Warner Brothers in late 2006, I was hoping for a big media launch around this time, but it has been so been so terribly quiet since they released their mixtape this summer. They really should be all over MTV2, Fuse, VH1 Spin, Blender and other major music outlets. They're that good.

When I first saw J*Davey perform at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, I was totally blown away by the group. I felt I was looking at something so new, so fresh and so totally captivating. It was the music, the styling and Jack Davey's totally enigmatic delivery. J*Davey is the real deal. "We aim to be a black version of the Eurythmics�strong lady in the forefront, and the cool guy who just rocks out in the back," Jack Davey explained in an interview Philadelphia Weekly earlier this year.

After independently putting out a few tracks and a double disc mixtape, the group has now released an EP to prep the masses before they unleash even bigger and bolder things. I'm not sure about the status of their deal with WB, but as long as we keep hearing new music periodically it doesn't really matter. Their rise to fame might just as well happen organically, from the ground up.

Check out a couple of totally guilt-free MP3 downloads to get a taste for J*Davey. Their music is best described as a peppy brew of  '80s inspired, space aged electro-funk that is mostly reminiscent of vintage Prince. The steamy vocals and lyrical confidence of Jack Davey and the bleeps, drums, and melodies of Brook D'Leau give J*Davey's music a unique style that has me sold.

Download J*Davey "Mister Mister"
Download J*Davey "No More" (NEW!)