{"id":6233,"date":"2013-01-25T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2013-01-25T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:17:40","slug":"jeans-boots-saskatoon-songstress-comes-to-town-for-big-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/01\/25\/jeans-boots-saskatoon-songstress-comes-to-town-for-big-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeans Boots :: Saskatoon songstress comes to town for Big Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you go Googling \u201cJeans Boots,\u201d you\u2019re bound to come up with some interesting results.There are plenty of images of slender ladies\u2019 legs tucked into cowboy boots, as well as one blog devoted entirely to women wearing boots. For all intensive purposes, we\u2019re ignoring those. Jeans Boots not only refers to Jeanette Stewart’s solo work, but also her full band — a \u201cpajama pop\u201d garage rock group from Saskatoon — who\u2019ll be headed our way in January for the second coming of Big Fun. Txt Msgs<\/em> is Jeans Boots\u2019 latest release, and is based on a former relationship that, as Jeanette explains, existed primarily with her cellphone.\u201cThe reason I named that record that was because I was in this weird relationship for a really long time that was just based on text messages,\u201d Stewart explained. \u201cI kinda wanted to tease that guy a little bit because, you know, we weren\u2019t actually hanging out, we were just texting each other like every single day for hours and hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the subject of modern love and relationships, the age old question of texting vs. calling comes up. \u201cI would way rather text someone than call someone,\u201d she says. \u201cBut sometimes with texting it\u2019s really hard if you have a crush on someone and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, I need to play it cool,\u2019 then you have their phone number so you can just text them. I think it\u2019s kind of bad for love.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you visit Jeans Boots\u2019 Bandcamp (jeans.bandcamp.com<\/a>), you might get a little confused: the first release under Jeanette\u2019s pseudonym (appropriately called \u201cJeannette Stewart is Jeans Boots\u201d) is acoustic and folky, but as she describes, is not an accurate reflection of her current musical endeavors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was my first attempt at putting my music out, and my friend made me do it,\u201d Stewart recalls with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m proud of it, but I think Txt Msgs<\/em> just has the full band, and if you come to see me you\u2019re more likely to get a rock show than an acoustic folk set.\u201d<\/p>\n

As you\u2019ll also see on her site, the music is tagged as \u201cPajama Pop,\u201d and when asked about the categorization, Jeanette laughs. \u201cI think I sing a lot about unrequited love, [my music] is definitely more romantic. I don\u2019t really remember where pajama pop came from. I think its just the funniest description of a genre,\u201d Stewart says, with a laugh. \u201cMaybe you\u2019re having a really fun sleepover and you\u2019re playing really fun pop stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to making pajama pop, lately she\u2019s been working with Factor, a hip-hop producer from Saskatoon, to produce hip-hop\/electronic beats mixed with vocal hooks. You can look forward to hearing this crazy collaboration on her new EP, which is currently in pre-production with a release date TBA. In regards to the EP, Stewart says \u201cit\u2019s gonna be about 50\/50 \u2013 I\u2019m jamming with a rock band for some songs on the EP and hopefully the rest will be electronic hip-hop beats with vocals.\u201c<\/p>\n

Music aside, there is one striking image of Jeans Boots on the web that I had to ask about – the picture shows Jeanette with a unicorn headpiece on, strumming a guitar in (what appears to be) a forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure that picture was taken at the Ness Creek Folk Festival,\u201d says Stewart. \u201cI think that was the 25th year and I think there was a costume parade and stuff so I brought my unicorn costume \u2026 It\u2019s really funny to play in a unicorn outfit when it\u2019s like four in the morning and people are tripping out. [Laughs] It\u2019s like, \u2018Oh! A unicorn!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as music festivals go, Jeanette knows the importance and positive influence these kinds of festivals can have within a local music scene – and as our conversation shows, there\u2019s no shortage of them (Sled Island, Ness Creek, Big Fun, etc.). Jeans Boots played Sled Island last year and knows first hand. \u201cWhat a festival like that does in a city is it sets a bar and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh man, if my band is good enough this year we\u2019re gonna get to play with all these other amazing bands.\u2019 I think it raises the bar for people . . . It brings such a fun energy to the city, and I think it makes more people supportive of the local music scene throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can check out Jeans Boots, playing Saturday, at this year\u2019s Big Fun Festival, running January 24-27!<\/em>
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by Victoria King If you go Googling \u201cJeans Boots,\u201d you\u2019re bound to come up with some interesting results.There are plenty of images of slender ladies\u2019 legs tucked into cowboy boots, as well as one blog devoted entirely to women wearing boots. For all intensive purposes, we\u2019re ignoring those. Jeans Boots not only refers to Jeanette […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[102,476,832],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-big-fun","tag-jeans-boots","tag-saskatoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}