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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The Moggies

We Can Do It

(Self-issued)

Sitting before us is a 15-piece bucket of fracture. The Mantua, Italy outfit's combustibility was captured in live rehearsal, standup having been sacked in favor of its electric kin. Elders of the Pinky Lee era bewailed teenagers' Rock'n'Roll embrace. The Moggies - minds set on thrills, hearts pumping passions, and hands throttling tailfinned fortissimi - remind that those button-down naysayers succumbed in glorious downfall.

Recommended: "Rock'n'Roll You Steal My Soul," "Intro," "I Love Marshmallows," "My Phone," "Woman Keep Your Fingers Away from Me," "Maramama," "Elvis Come Back," "Squirrel Cereal Killer," "That's Rock"

Videos: "Rock'n'Roll You Steal My Soul" "I Love Marshmallows" "Elvis Come Back" "That's Rock"

The Boo-Hoos

Lucky No. 7

(Iago Banet)

2015 was the year in which Lucky No. 7 was first marketed; fortunately, an anniversary edition has breezed into shop bins. I'm speculating that jittercat personnel on this stage sported winged footwear, so fleet were their streamlined endeavors. Two at-the-hop stormers and another like pair are punctuated by a ballad suited to swaying, amorous couples in lights-dimmed, streamer-bedecked village halls.

Recommended: "Come on Over," "Lying and Cheating," "Song for the Disappeared," "Bangin' on My Bedroom Door," "Lucky No. 7"

Videos: "Come on Over" "Lying and Cheating" "Lucky No. 7"

Skinny McGee and the Handshakes

"Little Model A" single

(Shawn A. Gravitt)

Thankfully absent are state-of-the-swindle studio tech artifices. This honest-to-God, spring-heeled bop was created entirely by flesh/blood/bone humans. Skinny and amigo Chris Bell devoted their skills to matching up finger-lickin', bare-chassis Country with a fanciful gasser yarn. Would serve handily as flip side of "Hot Rod Lincoln." (Maybe melancholic "Tell Laura I Love Her" could be next to drop down the spindle.)

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Pwdin Reis

"Winwn Coch" single

(Recordiau Reis)

Bid howdy to Cymric vivacity that knows well the streets of the twang side of town. No self-respecting Rock'n'Roll Seeburg would be caught without such wax on offer. It's tunes like this that remind life's a big ball of exuberance - one promising too dadgum many kicks to cold shoulder.

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

Astracán

"Siempre Sale el Sol" b/w "El Futuro"

(Beatclap)

Sure, Milton wrote of Astrakhan. But he neglected to mention slouches, sneers, and buzz-blade barre chords. Charging from speakers is feral evidence of the Forest Hills Carbona-huffers' eternal imprint - the headiness of kicks-amped young guerillas fronted by a nasal wise-ass who rails against maturation.

This approaching August 12, a total solar eclipse is predicted to sweep Astracán's homeland of Spain. Like they care.

(Full-length Lethal Puberty is scheduled for next month, Friday the 13th issuance.)

Videos: "Siempre Sale el Sol" "El Futuro"

The Vossa Rebels

Live at Rockefeller

(Kvarts)

Each June, Voss, Norway hosts the Ekstremsportveko extreme-sports fest. Local-boys-made-gone Vossa Rebels qualify as "extreme Rockabilly." The trio write like masters, play like demons, and are so of the wildcat sound you'd suppose it supercharges their surging crimson. And by the time they've covered globally mourned, tattooed rocker Nick Curran, you've already given up the geetus.

Recommended: "A Little Confused," "Psycho," "As Good as It Gets," "Strapless Dress," "California Sun," "Like a Rocket"

Videos: "A Little Confused" "Strapless Dress" "Like a Rocket"

The Jackals

Feeling Greasy 4-track EP

(Vinyl Fetish)

As I put pen to paper, 300 copies from the initial 500 pressed in 2025 have left shelves. 1980s Portland aggressionists The Jackals cut these tracks in '84 and '87. Vintage juke boogie from the '57 Bel Air class is resurrected, mixed liberally with bellicose fret-swipes and brazenness owing to twentysomething breakneckery Bacchus would've drunk to.

Reports tell of members being active in 2026, sometimes performing as Los Hackals.

Recommended: "Feeling Greasy," "Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In" (live)

Videos: "Feeling Greasy" "Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In"