T*Becker Combo

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Bordeaux and Roquefort are not the only piquant exports issuing from Macron's countryside; this proudly hayseed bop also merits regard. The T Becker Combo mirror the magical moment Hillbilly and spring-heeled exercises fused in America's Eisenhower-era South. They render good-times with a rollicking backbeat identical to the one that induced calloused regular folks to make juke-joint floors creak as they picked 'em up and put 'em down.

Recommended: "Bop A Billy Bop," "Would You Be Mine," "Don't Kiss Me Goodbye," "Sweet Heart of Mine," "I'm Back," "Let Me Sleep," "I Miss You Baby," "Let's Have a Good Time," "Why Do I Fall in Love"

Videos: promo   "Boogie Beat" (live, Béthune Rétro 2022)

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The Vignatis

Django Gypsybilly Vol. 8

(Self-issued)

Vivacity irrepressible. I knew to expect as much, having previously appraised Fabrice and Tracy's winsome genre crossbreedings. Jaunts endeavored by jaw-gaping guitar mastery and clarinet mellifluosness that comprises equal measures agility and winking merriment cascade from a cornucopia; Jazz, Gypsy, and august movements frolic with fellows Rockabilly and Country across plateaux of oxygen-stealing topography.

Recommended: "Douce Ambiance," "Parc De Verdure," "Cruisin' for a Bluisin'," "Stompin' at Decca," "Nuages," "Djangobilly," "Crestline," "Tears," "Latchco 13," "Minor Swing"

Videos: promo   "Djangobilly"   "Minor Swing"  (live)   

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X-Ray Cat Trio

"Sir Gawain & the Green Knight" b/w  "Greensleaves"   digital single

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Exiting medieval mists to invade beach-party transistor blare are instrumental marauders that enthrall. Remember the ancient suits of armor that stood mute witness to countless Old Dark House melodramas? Recast them as silver surfdogs. Dust-blanketed airs enjoy crisp animation in the hands of craftsmen.

Videos: "Sir Gawain & the Green Knight" (Bopflix)   "Greensleaves"

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Sloe Gin Fizz

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(Self-issued)

Viva Las Vegas, Hot Rod Rumble, Rockabilly Freak Show,Tiki Party - those names communicate the block these fireballs have raced around. They surely trod stage-boards alongside numerous jukin' notables, but one intuits Sloe Gin Fizz's brass-emboldened Rockabilly shone blindingly, regardless. Only partake of this swinging jackpot if in the market for fun etched in all-caps, with a gyrating exclamation point.

Recommended: "Strip Club Truck Stop," "Honky Tonk Girl," "Love Chevy," "Black Heart Baby," "Demolition Derby," "Freak Show," "Me and You (part one)," "Me and You (part two)," "Horny Bus Boogie"

Videos: "Strip Club Truck Stop"   "Honky Tonk Girl"   "Demolition Derby"   "Black Heart Baby"

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Chip Whitson feat. Matte Martin

The Matte Sessions   digital two-track release

(Self-issued)

No one here is looking to throw hands, just kick up heels in the Country swayed, full-blast Rockbilly Boogie stylin' no one clearly calls to mind come next day. Harmonies amble down a crimson shag laid out by guitar-twangs and good-time jukin' pals that just might be packin'. 

Recommended: "As She Walks Away," "Eddie's Big Night Out"

Videos: "As She Walks Away"   "Eddie's Big Night Out"

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Night Shakes

s/t   vinyl

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The strongest points, of which there are many, are those that keep out front the bare-bones guitar/bass/drums line-up bone-deep in all vital Rockabilly. Add in vocals as robust as they are limber - plus abundant swagger evoking Buick-wheelin', sideburned mavericks cutting loose down at the social hall - and it amazes that the jumpin' product doesn't bust straight out of its packaging.

Recommended: "Barn Burnin'," "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves," "Black Rose Blossom," "Chicken Fried," "Struttin'," "Right on Down"

Videos: introductory clip   "Barn Burnin'"   "Chicken Fried"

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DK and the Affordables

"Suicidewider"   single

(Self-issued)

Those whose ears have been deflowered by the bop-cattin' trifecta's boot-stomp Rockabilly psalmizing will perceive the logic of their looming stage-spot with the legendary Red Elvises. Scotty Moore-inspired six-string licks guide through rolling rhythms very much akin to ones haunting Union Avenue 'round midnight. Safe speculation posits that the singer unscrewed a Mason jar.

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