Levi Dexter and the Ripchords

"The Lost Sessions: The Complete Recordings" (Danny B Harvey / 
Revel Yell Music)

The 70s/80s neo-rockabilly uprising developed, partly, from boisterous and blunt punk -- at heart, the same jaw-jutted rebel stance assumed by Sun men and the early Rolling Stones. Along with Robert Gordon, the Stray Cats, and the Rockats, Levi Dexter and Danny B. Harvey were at the forefront of the echo-twanged crusade that, while its flame burned gloriously, promised excitement without end.

Everything Dexter and Harvey waxed in that combustive moment, with various accompanists, is here collected: 15 tracks, including all from "The Fun Sessions"  and the "In the Beginning" EP, plus various London studio recordings. 

Recommended "I Get So Excited," "Other Side Of Midnight," "Let 'Er Roll," "Victim of Kool," "Cat Fight," "I'm Gone" 

VIDEO "Catfight" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QPjRG0yhuA

https://www.facebook.com/LEVI-Dexter-327134894156664/?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/dannybharvey2

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dannybharvey2

The Rayford Bros.

"The Rayford Bros. EP" (Floyd Burney Records)

Evidence that rockabilly will never fade away. Three young cats unashamedly in love with the rebel beat and driven to shout its audacious attractions. As in the finest manifestations of the bop that won't stop -- both golden-era and neo-evocations -- head-spinning instrumental erudition doesn't hinder this joy-blast, instead driving its feverish determination.

Recommended "Long, Black, and Greasy," "Bring It On Home," "Rayford Boogie" 

https://www.reverbnation.com/therayfordbros

https://www.facebook.com/The-Rayford-Bros-101919416550328/?fref=ts

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/therayfordbros

VIDEO "Long, Black, and Greasy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iK-nrRX5c8

Dictators NYC

"Supply and Demand" b/w "Kick Out the Jams" (Otis Premium Recordings)

Only good news, here: Not only does the (marginally) different line-up rock as thunderously and athletically as did the inceptive incarnation in storied days passed, but songcraft cleverness further distinguishes this electrifying new era. 

"One-man energy crisis" singer Handsome Dick, legendary Les Paul shredding master Ross the Boss, and JP "Thunderbolt" Patterson of the knock-down beat have dynamically effective cohorts in punk guitar veteran Daniel Rey and Dean Rispler, whose muscular bass navigations demand submission. The Dictators NYC detonation leaves the planet smoldering.

Dictators co-founder and songwriter Andy Shernoff does not participate. (Nor does Scott "Top Ten" Kempner, now solo and of the Del Lords.) 

Shernoff had temporarily left before, following the original group's 1975 debut. He told later interviewers that his song "Steppin' Out," which appeared on the band's 1977 Epic Records "Manifest Destiny" LP, explained his then-separation. 

In 2015, the Andy-less Dictators NYC tell in "Supply and Demand" of their frustration at Shernoff's 15-year refusal to reform, and global Dictator fan desire that now (thankfully) compels them. 

At the moment, this limited-edition single is available only online and at tour stops. Doubtless, though, much more lies ahead...

http://thedictatorsnyc.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheDictatorsNYC/

http://www.stripedmusic.com/7-the-dictators-nyc-supply-and-demand/

VIDEO: "Supply and Demand" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9rmMhV-dU

Cenobites

"Aftermath: The Nuclear Sessions" (Rebellion Records)

 Skull-splintering psychobilly ampheti-schizzing through a million diseased ambitions, its sense-stealing roar both end knell and commencement banner. 

Recommended "Dynamite Lust," "Hyperdrive," "The Deal," "Eat Your Soul," "Step Inside," "Wednesday Night"

http://www.cenobites.net/

https://www.facebook.com/CenobitesPsychobillyRotterdam/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cenobites3

VIDEO: "Dynamite Lust" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ADqxBbo5I

Motorbilly

"Whiskey and Wild Desire" (self)

With angry guitar, drums of deep doom, and a stand-up slapped gone, the attack men of Motorbilly throw out road-dog rock'n'roll as full-throated ebullient as scientifically dispatched. 0 to fracture in seconds. Can twist, turn, and freeze in brutal gracefulness.

Recommended "Curse of the Hot Rod Hearse," "Rock It," "Kiss Me Goodbye," "The Car Nobody Else Wanted," "Speedbilly"

http://www.motorbillyrocks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/motorbillyrockandroll/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/motorbilly4

Go Go Killers

"Sexual Dispositions" (self)

Scarlet, lunar-lighted eccentricity juts out at manic angles from this violently veering, koo-koo flying saucer. That much here is delivered in lower gears only heightens the delicious tension. Along the spree, you'll be in mind of Hasil Adkins and Lux Interior. Cascading thunderclaps of serrated anxiety. 

Recommended "Drag Racists," "Violent Women," "You Look like You Need To Screw," "These Heads," "These Heads"

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https://www.facebook.com/GoGoKillers/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gogokillers

Speedbuggy USA

"South of Bakersfield" (Wagon Wheel Records)

Slip that bottom dollar from your chained wallet, unwrinkle it, and bet confidently that the twangin', sway-backed rockers of Speedbuggy USA will smoothly illustrate the real-country soul of rock'n'roll. As universal as dirt roads and street lamp-bathed boulevards.

Recommended "Still Movin' On," "Rusted Cars," "1000 Miles From Nowhere," "Bakersfield," "Set 'Em Up"

VIDEO: "Still Movin' On" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u7zxf6n_tc