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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.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Back in the Day, 1988

Mad Sin

Chills and Thrills in a Drama of Mad Sin and Mystery

(Maybe Crazy / Concrete Jungle)

In days scarcely recalled, Koefte, Stein, and Holly (as "Sinners Mad") began torching flames amid the kneecaps-and-elbows rabble that composed the WWW. Their initial recording not only foretold monstrous magnetism yet to unfold, but was itself a hatchet-mark above more $-accruing, contemporaneous waxings (Primitivism having pull all its own). Appreciate this, then, as a rudely crude invitation/warning from the neon crypt.

Recommended: "Brainstorm," "Buddy's Riot," "Planet Paradise," "Mad Rumble," "2,3,4," "Shake the Thing," "Gonna Get Her," "Whirl Girl"

Videos: "Buddy's Riot" "Mad Rumble" "Whirl Girl"

Concrete Jungle Records