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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Emmie Lee

"Pin-up Cowgirl"   single

(Self-issued)



"I'm just a Country girl with a Rockabilly heart," is the plain-folks identification offered winkingly, by this skirt-snapper with tones of pearly lustre. As surely as Emmie Lee can plate-up melodies that slink arms about listeners, and the ace musicos accompanying m'lady put up comfortable reeling that hints at burly capacity, so too does she prove herself bang on, philosophically: "You don't have to fit in or change your world / just do what you love and let your soul be heard!" Truer words were never spake, pardner.

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Emilio Walter

"I Wanna Dance"   digital single

(Self-issued)



Sprawling its path from the blinking Wurlitzer, across the thronged hardwood, past the bar, and clean out the door is stomp-feet-and-snap-fingers Rock'n'Roll boogie of the sort that impels reeling regulars to gulp drinks and dive from barstools into the dancing revelers. Shouts of joy all over the joint - including from the built barmaid.

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Chingo Kids

"Uno foto en blanco y negro"   digital single

(Bartolini Records)



Likely the only Madrid Punk trio whose name is also that of an unrelated tykes-attire concern. Volleyed in scant minutes is a projectile mix of dynamic tension and clean vocals that skim atop buzzsaw advances. Clever and measured change-ups evolve mid-song, before streamlined, 78 rpm progress resumes. Those in the way face flattening.

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Burgers Gone Wild

Mystery Meat   Limited digital/vinyl/cassette

(Self-issued)



There was/is a Carbondale Punk assemblage called Pet Mosquito. Basement remnants now put boots to la-di-da, in ultra primitive lo-fi status. Unpolished concepts tossed hither and yon - very much to the advantage. (Gloss, after all, is incongruous to the fireworks presently in our meat hooks.) Punks gonna Punk.

Recommended: "Blasted," "One-Inch Punch," "Sluriform," "Sword Swallower," "Mystery Meat"

Videos: Entire release   "One Inch Punch"   Theme song (live, 2:26)   Tiny Desk Contest (live, 1:54)   


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The Warman Trio

Three fun lovers, to be found in the same school as Japan's Biscats: Deeply versed in vintage juke merriment, yes, but they also dig how to run a finned-and-white-walled hulabaloo. Considering things, it occurs to me that spit-curled Bill and his Comet cats carved initials on desktops in a germinal class.

Video: "Rock Around the Clock"

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R. Cajun & the Zydeco Brothers

Niche afficianados hail them as Britain's finest practitioners of swampland airs. Jaunty-limbed squeeze box, lusty throats, and solid with an italicized S confreres lay down hand-tooled sounds impeccable. Bart and Bret M.'s pappy Beauregard would jump and jig.

Video: "Wild Card Blues"


Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Dracu-Las

"I'm Blue"  b/w "Time is a Maze"   single

(Outro Records)



The Dracu-las succeed splendidly at a formidable task; that being, not only reiterating 1961 Ikettes sweet meat, but doing so with all the shimmy dignity it merits. Silk-swathed voluptuousness undulates, fingers pop, and melodies usher toward rapture. Harmonies that outspread with deliciousness enjoy the complement of reservedly luscious instrumentation. 

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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..