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Last Updated: 9/3/2009

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City: HOUSTON
State: TEXAS
Country: US
Signup Date: 2/20/2005

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Thursday, September 03, 2009 
For more, see thejonx.org.
6:30 AM 
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 
New song we recorded at practice, 'Highway At Night'. Recording not that great to begin with, not helped by myspace's low bitrate mp3 encoding.
Best served slightly chilled with cilantro and a lemon.
5:43 PM 
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Monday, July 09, 2007 

We have been nominated for the Houston Press Music Awards in the 'Best Punk' category this year.

Huzzah!

You can vote for us (or someone else!) online here: http://www.houstonpress.com/poll/music07/


Also we are playing the showcase this year, which will be on Sunday, July 29 at various venues downtown.

We are playing at the Hard Rock Cafe at 5pm. Our Rock will be Hard, for sure.

3:46 PM 
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 
Read the full review at spacecityrock.com

Take that surging/swinging sound I loved back in the day when I first heard NoMeansNo, Fugazi, or, heck, Jawbox, add the screamed/yelled vocals and the combative, threatening guitars, throw in a decent helping of noiserock atmospherics and off-kilter rhythms, tack on some too-damn-smart, cynical lyrics, and you can call The Jonx one of the best bands currently working in Houston's oft-beleaguered music scene. (Any indie labels out there listening? Put out these guys' records. Seriously.) It's bleak, engaging, a bit frenzied at times ("Iron Steed"), a little ambient (see "Prelude," "Interlude," the first part of "Escape (This Is Not A Song)," or the awesomely sludgy, Earth-esque "The Scent of Earth"), and heck, there's even a melody peeking out here and there ("Parachute," "Escape (This Is Not A Song)").
3:03 AM 
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 
5:42 AM 
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 
The Houston Chronicle reviews No Turn Jonx Red. They've also posted a podcast of an interview we did with Sara Cress this past weekend.


The fact the Jonx [...] is able to do this without a hint of pretension is admirable. The band doesn't rely on arty vagueness, nor boring noodling; this is solid rock with brevity and punch. Even discordant moments are engaging in these hands.

The band has grown tremendously since its early EPs. The songs on No Turn Jonx Red are cohesive, and the lyrics are purposeful. The tighter playing is showcased especially well on The Scent of Earth, the 12-minute instrumental that ends the album. Add the band's powerful, spare live show, and the whole package points to one of Houston's most-inventive hard-rock bands.

This is a complicated collection to be sure, but there's nothing so difficult about the Jonx's music that should keep the band playing to just the smart kids on the Houston music scene. It's time for everyone else to take notice.
8:04 PM 
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 
Brett Koshkin of the Houston Press has reviewed No Turn Jonx Red, which at some point will be available at cdbaby.com.

"Four years and four releases after their start, it's still tough to pin down the sound of The Jonx. Maybe it's the unique time signatures that rampantly chug through the rock trio's recordings. Or maybe it's the ever-alternating vocal duties, which flutter from spoken word to grating dissidence."
1:08 AM 
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 
Urbanpollution.com reviews The Return of the Death of the Legacy of the Revenge of the Jonx:

"The Jonx's intelligent and gritty math-punk may clearly show its influences, but it strays away from pure derivation."

(This actually happened awhile ago, but we just noticed it recently.)
1:01 AM 
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Monday, October 02, 2006 
Hey, ever been to that dating website OK Cupid that used to belong to the Spark?  Well, apparently they wrote a test about our band!* 
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=3345928914658003788
I'm a "Vodka Bunnies."  Thanks, OkCupid! 



*Not really!
4:13 AM 
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 
Nope it's not white belts or pink leotards, it's our newly redesigned web site!
Head on over to thejonx.org and check it out.
I'll be adding more more photos and more live recordings as I sort through the mess that is my hard drive, so check back often.
We'll also be diligent about posting our upcoming shows, and you can even subscribe to our RSS feed to be instantaneously notified when something Jonx-worthy happens.
11:16 PM 
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