Jonny Barber
s/t (self)

From the moment the stylus touches down, a technicolor cohort of hooks and melodies bounds in jangly power pop affirmation. Variegated song constructions are witty and uncommonly clever. 

Earthy ebullience in the Land of 1000 Dances. Plunge, too, into the assuasive, White album-redolent "Because I'm In Love."

Online, Jonny elaborated about "Dirty 15:" "I read a newspaper article about a 15 year-old girl who fell into a life of prostitution on Colfax." That Denver avenue was portrayed in Kerouac's On the Road and once described by Playboy as "the longest, wickedest street in North America." 

"A concerned family found her, and helped her get off the street to realize her dream of going to college...far from the Dirty 15 [area bus]. The story inspired me to write this."

The former sparkplug of the Rhythm Razors and Living Deads also observed that "I absolutely love this song, and am flummoxed at why it isn't a hit, yet."

Given its union of agile pop majesty, harmonies 'til Tuesday, and frank human-experience realism, greater acknowledgement is its due. 

That reckoning applies with equal aptness to the other selections.

Recommended: "Go For the Moon," "The Dirty 15," "Because I'm In Love," "Don'tcha Know," "Goddess Surprise," "Day-Glo Miniskirt" 

Video: "The Dirty 15"
            "Go For the Moon"
            "Don'tcha Know"
            "Because I'm In Love"




https://www.facebook.com/jonnybarber/


https://www.amazon.com/Jonny-Barber/dp/B01NBMIDVQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Jonny+Barber&qid=1566530386&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

https://music.apple.com/us/album/jonny-barber/1188121833

https://soundcloud.com/colfaxavenue/jonny-barber-the-dirty-15

Colin Mee
Why Baby Why
(Skip Records)

A spirited honky tonk entertainer of hot order, Colin strums up a swinging acoustic rhythm atop which his agreeably down-home vocals tell of travails and good-times familiar to all. 

Recommended: "Why Baby Why," "Pistol Packin' Mama," "Crazy Arms," "But I Do," "Setting the Woods On Fire," "Blue Blue Day," "Walk On By"

Videos: "But I Do"
             "Why Baby Why"
             "Pistol Packin' Mama"
               


https://www.colinmee.com/

Skip Records



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Os Catalépticos
One More Tattoo
(self)

Compiled are EP cuts and unissued material. The dungeon echoes with chained souls' lamentations and the remorseless grindstone's revolutions.


Recommended: "One More Tattoo," "A Gift For You," "You Must Die," "When the Sun Goes Down," "Psychopath Fever," "You'll Remember Me"

Videos: "One More Tattoo"
             "A Gift For You"
             "When the Sun Goes Down"


https://www.facebook.com/Os-Catal%C3%A9pticos-102870419796329/?ref=page_internal

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/oscatalepticos#


https://www.amazon.com/One-More-Tattoo-Os-Catalepticos/dp/B000BO87S2/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_3

Roadhouse Roosters
s/t (self)

The icy moon stares down as sunken-eyed wraiths murmur incants. And as crafty guitar slides in and out of blues animation, a risen beat declares consequence.

Recommended: "Do Whatcha Do," "The Train," "Cock-a-Doodle-Do," "Ain't It a Shame," "Mean Town Blues," "Honey Bee" "I Got the Funk"

Video: "Cock'a'Doodle Do"
           "Mean Town Blues" (live, 2013)


https://www.roadhouseroosters.com/

https://www.facebook.com/The-Roadhouse-Roosters-257048401033246/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/roadhouseroosters12

Kerr Donnelly Band
Top of the Bill
(KDML Records)

Elvis knew it. So did Roy. Like those icons-from-humble-circumstances, Kerr takes up understated material advanced by tasteful accompaniment. And, knowing the power possible in crooned subtlety, he realizes august elegance comfortable with its plebian well-spring.

Recommended: "Top of the Bill," "I'll Leave This World Loving You," "Stolen Heart," "Idiot," "The Lips That Broke My Heart"

Video: "Top of the Bill"
           "I'll Leave This World Loving You"
           "Idiot"


https://www.facebook.com/kerr.donnelly.band/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/kerrdonnellyband41#



https://www.amazon.com/Top-Bill-Kerr-Donnelly-Band/dp/B07VWTK4R6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Kerr+Donnelly+Band&qid=1566522253&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-1

https://open.spotify.com/album/71lpYnKe0rlzCchrECGZIz

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kerr-donnelly-band/476483930

Zumbis do Espaco
O Lobisomem Que Eu Sou 
single
(Thirteen Records)

Lurid monster-mayhem that screams down at high throttle, all a-seethe with vim and hooks.


Video: "O Lobisomem Que Eu Sou"


https://www.facebook.com/zumbisdoespaco/

https://www.facebook.com/13rex/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/zumbisdoespaco

headcat 13
Rockin' Route 66
(Headcat Records)

Drummer Too Tall Paul Vezulis from the Frantic Flattops; ex-Hawkwind bassist Alan "boomer" Davey; and six-string superhero Danny B. Harvey from the Rockats, 13 Cats, Headcat with Lemmy and Slim Jim, Wanda Jackson, and more other bands, of more bents, than the Poindexters in white lab coats can calculate.

This is their maiden single.

As the inimitable Dave E. used to sing: "From small things, Mama, big things one day come." And this already ain't no small thing.


To sample and purchase "Rockin' Route 66": 
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/headcat13


Videos: "Rockin' Route 66"
                    "Crossroads" (live, March 2019)


https://www.facebook.com/pg/HeadCatOfficial/posts/

Headcat 13, with guest singer Annie Marie Lewis