Forsaken Profits

Road Rash

(Anything But Radio Records)

Traffic poles look like a picket fence -- red/yellow/green being of no consequence -- as thrashing demons fly toward destinations unmolested. Some 14 years since they first materialized as a "drinking band with a Punk problem," and their collective fury remains as vigorous as when germination sprouted. This, then, is violent rapidity very much of our fraught moment.

Recommended: "DTE," "Chemical Burn," "Decayed," "Absolute Zero," "Avalanche"

Videos: "DTE"   "Chemical Burn" (live at Skatetopia)   "Decayed"   

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Slim & the Gems

MotorV8or

(Rumble Road Records)

Cookin' with premium. Given sounds by which to gauge, Monroe Slim, Zen, and Rob seem not only to have a crusade before them - that being, to heft high the jukin' bop that has led generations of kicks-hunters to wildside manna - but are exactly the chromed lowriders to pull off that noble pursuit. All instruments seem set to 'Tear up' - fracture-perpetrators thrash 'em like they stole somethin'. Boss wailin', all the way to the passion pit on the outskirts of town. 

Recommended: "King of the Streets," "Too Old to Fight," "Ethyl," "Hillbilly Pimp," "Detroit Steel," "Weak in the Knees," "Baby Please Don't Go," "Locomotive," "Pocket Full of Smoke"

Videos: "King of the Streets" (live)   "Too Old to Fight"   "Ethyl" (live)   "Detroit Steel"

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Cash O'Riley

An account of life's beat-downs, buoyed across the honky tonk angel's face on the barroom floor by kick-pumped Country. Piano-pounding, dangerous drums, and truly cutthroat guitar have the back of weathered drawlings.

First issued in 2012 by American Wax Records. Rumble Road has wisely put it on 2026 shelves.

Video: "Jackson County Jail"

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Clay Babies

'54 - '64

(Self-issued)

Adventurous and sensitive artistry enjoys vent, as a denim-and-plaid duo have their intriguing ways with Americana stylings. Pleased, indeed, will be ears upon which fall these lissome airs.  A plethora of acoustic music makers are joined in exultant ballet by electrified siblings and judiciously-pitched voices. (And when's the last time you heard an Irish bouzouki?)

Recommended: "Osmanthus," "Coco Tiki," "Rastaman," "Last Banana," "Tilt a Whirl," "Asper Agus P," "Heavy Whipping Cream"

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