Dave Crimmen
"When She Was Mine" single
(Self-issued)
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Rocker Dave undertakes balladeering with top-drawer results. Legendary Elvis accompanists the Jordanaires bolster the singing star's tones, their majestic assurance lending sheen. Credit for birthing booms can be accorded such aching melancholia.
Dead Jack and his Dry Bones
Dr. Jack's Experiment digital album
(Self-issued)
Another splendidly unnerving solo opus by singer / guitarist Jack Cortese, he of Italian Psychos The Bone Machine renown. "Listen to my lo-fi shit and enjoy the trash!," the masked monster-man advises on his Bandcamp page. As this garage-cultivated delirium spurts infectious oddballism in all directions, one may be unsure whether to do the Monkey or surrender to edgy mental instability. Why not opt for both?
Recommended: "The King Of Twist," "Dirty Old Jack," "Cobra," "Vampire," "Dr. Jack's Experiment," "I Got My Eye On You," "Leave Me Alone," "Rock'n'Roll Loser"
Video: "Dirty Old Jack"
Linus Zander
"My Mind Is Full Of Rock" single
(Self-issued)
For three-and-a-half romping minutes, the Swedish 88s-pounder renders autobiographically. His fond portrayal of existence enriched by and dedicated to the engaging works of Sun icons like Jerry Lee will resound as identifiable in ears of cats for whom vintage musics have been treasured lifelong soundtracks. "This is what I'm living for / Rock'n'Roll is in my soul," Linus declares. He could be speaking for all of us.
Polish John
i feel okay
(Self-issued)
John Demczuk sports numerous hats, all of which he wears well. The Yonkers denizen not only wrote every persuasive song here, but also played all instruments and produced this disc. Punk and Folk strains alternately rampage and amble, as the man himself vents in relatable everyman fashion. Unstinted soul-baring mindful of the party's rhythmic purpose.
Recommended: "giving up," "please don't help me," "gotta get wrong," "alone again (unnaturally)," "i feel okay," "miss me"
Video: "giving up"
Pontus J. Back & Gospel Express
Rockabilly Hymns
(Talking Music)
While Finland's guitar-packing Rock Pastor is famed for metallic hijinx, he's now put to wax a lifelong passion that will likely turn heads just as it prompts them to shake in appreciation of the man's adeptness. Pontus's ambition is advanced by seriously capable cohorts (including fellow musical master and minister Johnny Hatton); their swinging toils result in a work both emulative of vintage accentings and ballooned with its own vivacity.
As is typical of Pontus efforts, a message significant to all worldly souls shouts its joyful promise at every turn.
Recommended: "Rockabilly Hymns," "There Is a River Of Life," "Blessed Assurance," "What a Friend We Have In Jesus," "How Great Thou Art," "Swing low Sweet Chariot," "When We All Go To Heaven," "I Saw the Light"
Video: "There Is a River Of Life"
Generador
Grandes Éxitos de Extrarradio (Recopiloción de singles y EPs 2013 - 2023)
(Snap!! Records)
Vocals, drums, and guitar are all one will find here. But they are hard-lashed and sufficient to produce enthralling racket upon which the robot-monster imprint of an infamous CBGB dyad looms large. At turns alacritous and menacingly methodical, selections presented offer a tilted-dimension vibe. Nightmares can be heard.
Recommended: "Combatir," "A Go Go," "Hija de Puta," "Cerveza," "El Establo," "Voy Cuesta Abajo," "El Sueño de los Muertos," "Cementerio de la Almudena," "No Me Consigues Divertir," "Yo Adoro a Lux Interior"
Video: "Yo Adoro Lux Interior"
38 Coffin
Leopard Spots
(Self-issued)
Those seeking subtlety are advised to explore elsewhere. The moment this funerary enclosure's stone lid is edged agape, out leaps ripsaw-guitar grisliness worthy of any surfside cemetery or basement-dwelling cult. Mesmeric poundings and squealed snarlings befit atmospheric direness, as anything-for-a-thrill teenagers frug on midnight beach.
Recommended: "Road Queen," "Black Leather Cat," "Witching Hour," "Nuclear Wave," "Bad Luck," "Leopard Spots," "Dead Surfer Girl," "Dark Night," "Johnny Thunders"
Video: "Nuclear Wave" (live)
