DC Larson's JUKEBOX JURY

Capsule reviews by a jury of one: Iowa journalist/author DC Larson. Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Blues, Alternative, Western Swing, R and B, Punk, Swing, Hillbilly, Glam, Americana. DC Larson's retro science fiction writing blog, from which the Eddie Atomic Space Adventures are available, is RETRO RIFF BOOKS. And his political writings one is AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE. Both are also on Blogspot. All original content on these three blogs is under author copyright.

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Tom Toxic und die Poison Jerrys

Middle Fingers Up! vinyl

(KEiL-Records)

Leaping from these jagged grooves, claws at the ready and fangs a-glisten, are honey badgers who rage in perilous Neo-Rockabilly habitat. Tom Toxic/Keil's turbulent band history surely appears on widespread Deutschland police blotters. The bellicose bomb-thrower exhorts via pipes that conjure smashed-glass littering bad-side-of-town boulevards, and packs a fearsome, six-string implement of destruction. He's abetted by scramblers who marshal house-afire backing. Don't cross honey badgers.

(222 units are available on poison-green wax.)

Recommended: "Freak Out!," "Thumbs Down," "I Don't Wanna," "Invisible Man," "Real Friendship," "(I Am Like a) Tardigrade," "The Other Side of the Highway"

Videos: "Freak Out!" (live at Psychobilly Kicks Back) "(I Am Like a) Tardigrade"