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, April 5, 2026

The Troubled

Fever Dream

(Self-issued)

That we're even able to hear these PsychoPunk snarls proves "a guitar is more important than a machine gun," as Alex Harvey once insisted. For several years, this neck-vein-bulging Kyiv group's members intermittently paused recording the presented hyper-velocitous bursts, having found studio efforts stymied by warfare, blackouts, and personnel disruption. Fortunately, they told challenges to go fuck themselves. ("Nothing ever gonna bring us down!") And that's cause for helter-skelter jubilation. Because the product they ultimately wrought is furiousness in song forms, likely to leap up and axe-handle denne svitlo out of anyone who looks at it funny.

Recommended: "Stargazer," "Hated," "We Stand," "This Summer," "Я ropю," "Stilletos"

Video: "Hated" "This Summer" "Stilletos"