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Jamie Treays or better know as Jamie T is a 21-year-old English kid from the suburbs of Wimbledon. He has the lyrical swaggered of Mike Skinner or Lily Allen and usually incorporates a catchy sample or two but his guitar parts could have be plucked right out of a lost Arctic Monkeys' record. Jamie started off DJing eclectic sets of punk, hip-hop, and pop in London clubs so this mash-up of styles in his music sort of makes sense.

Jamie T is quickly becoming a big name in the UK. On March 1st he won the Shockwave NME Award for Best Solo Artist 2007. Not Best New Artist – Best Solo Artist – beating out the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Thom Yorke, Lily Allen and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (who plays March 20th at Mercury).

Jamie T is coming to the Mercury Lounge in two weeks on Wednesday March 21st; you might want to start lining up now because you can't buy advanced tickets. Hopefully nobody really knows about this. Remember, Wolfmother played the Merc even after going platinum in Australia. Why doesn't T have two sold out shows the following nights at Mercury (or even advance tickets) like The Fratellis (who lost to Klaxons - who sold out Bowery – in the Best New Artists category)? His album Panic Prevention is out in the UK and you can buy it on iTunes. Jamie T is signed to Virgin so his album will be here in no time. For now, take these two bangers from Mr. T.

UPCOMING SHOW
Wednesday, March 21 :: Jamie T at Mercury Lounge :: 9:30 :: $12

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Salvador (MP3)
Sheila (MP3)

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