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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

MindFucks

Tales of Love and Murder

(MindFuck Music)

Fluency in Dutch isn't required to interpret as malevolent the snarled, spat lyrics washed onto grim shores by waves of poison. Falling in rank with the Rotterdam bashers' own splendid bombardments is Nina Simone subjected to Strickfadenization.

Recommended: "The Butcher," "The Deep Ones," "Death Row," "Voodoo Curse," "Zombie Killer," "The Last Sun," "Fat Roll Boogie," "Misunderstood"

Videos: "The Deep Ones" (official video) "The Last Sun" "Misunderstood"

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Sensational Second Cousins

Pepper and Salt digital and limited 10" vinyl

(Topsy Turvy Records)

Ravin' Jerk beats stuffing out of every drumhead in the house, as he and guitar throttler Hectic Henri swerve exultantly through rootsy landscapes whose soil is rich with Punk dynamism. Just when it seems probable that someone spiked Henri's mystery liquor with some experimental substance - given his eyes-popping vocal catwheels - the pair close the platter with slow-dance decorum of such refinement, chaperones return to their seats.

Recommended: "Pepper and Salt," "She's a Witch," "Friends with Benefits," "Just a Quickie," "You Only Live Once"

Videos: "Pepper and Salt" (live) "Friends with Benefits" "You Only Live Once"

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Rory Justice

"Take Me To That Place" b/w "Think it Over"

(Self-issued)

Dig what's become of the JD howler that Golly Gee's Mel Spinella hailed as "The Rockabilly Kid," when he waxed his 2004 maiden platter of the identical sobriquet: An imposing, full-throated rocker, whose youthful need to shout down all Creation, in the style of pioneering gutbox insurgents like Johnny Burnette and Ray Harris, has matured into kool mastery. Rory's straight-from-the-fridge 2026 cuts illustrate Country-rooted Rockabilly's nonpareil heart, one which Mischief firecrackers Paddy, Daze, and Richard put down like nobody's damn business. Crash would pound Rory on the back.

Videos: "Take Me to That Place" "Think it Over"

Ploegendienst

"Asfalt" "Surinaamse Broodjes" singles

(Excelsior Recordings / Ploegendienst)

Blastforce singer Ray Fuego (SMIB) throws in with have-a-go heroes from Adolf Butler and Aux Raus to crank volume and lay waste to all creatures great and small. "Figuratively, it is a band that wants to destroy every venue in as short a time as possible," brags Excelsior, home base for these "anti-everything" flaying Dutchmen. Hurtling from grooves' hidey-holes is Oi! that greets with roundhouses and thrives on kindled chaos while decrying annoyances systemic and mundane. Crank volume and have an ambulance on speed dial.

Videos: "Asfalt" "Surinaamse Boodjes" live (PinkPop 34:36)

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Milwaukee Wildmen

Blood Fear and Evil digital ep

(Self-issued)

Vicious liquid foams over the lunar-lit monster chalice's rim, pooling about its base. The three Milwaukee Wildmen thrash in ear-splitting, other-side-of-midnight rampageousness, as they long have to the delight of cursed misfits everywhere. Wreckage surrounds. Cold fingers curl about the goblet. Lips gape.

Recommended: "Don't Get Killed," "Unfriendly Visitor," "In My Blood," "Out on My Own" (1992 alternate version)

Videos: "Don't Get Killed" "Unfriendly Visitor" "In My Blood" Live in Spain, 2025 (20:08)