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Sunday, September 6, 2020

The Moontones
Rockin' Across the Universe
(self)




Too Swing to be Rockabilly. Too Rockabilly be be Swing.Too dance worthy to pass by. Dip a hip.

Recommended: "Seventeen," "Lucky Lips," "A Fool In Love," "Rockin' With the Clock," "You Can't Stop Her," "That's All," "Fools Fall In Love," "You Better Dig It."

Videos: "Seventeen" (Bopflix)
             "You Can't Stop Her" (Bopflix)
             "Fools Fall In Love" (Bopflix)


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The Neptunas
Mermaid A-Go Go
(Altered State of Reverb)



Nothing wrong with hedonistic surrender in the sand.

Recommended: "Billy the Squid's Water Pistol," "Secret of the Sea," "Undersea Grand Prix," "Lord Jim," "Mermaid A-Go Go," "The Abyss," "Neptuna Car Wash."

Video: "Billy the Squid's Water Pistol"

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Jensen Sisters
Yellow Frames
(self)



Dulcet sensuousness is among the finer bounties in life's elegant cornucopia. Entrancingly aesthetic aspect of fiddle-imprinted "new wave retro country."

Recommended: "River Song," "Best of a Bad Habit," "Good For You," "On the Fringe," "Matches," "Yellow Frames."

Videos: "Yellow Frames" (live)
             "Good For You"


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Friday, September 4, 2020

Cherie Currie and
James Williamson
Leader of the Pack
(Cleopatra)




An ex-Runaway joins with an erstwhile Stooge to honorably cover the Shangra-Las' teen-lovers melodrama. On the flip, Cherie plus Wayne Kramer plus Marky Ramone reinterpret the scarlet nubiles' smoldering mini classic.

Videos: "Leader of the Pack," 
             "Cherry Bomb"


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Western Terrestrials
Back In the Saddle of a Fever Dream
(self)




Spin this platter, should some lack-wit ever opine western swing and real American country have no contemporary relevance. New sporters of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen monarchical Stetson.

Recommended: "Who's Gonna Fill These Boots" (feat. Georgette Jones), "Roger Miller Time," (feat. Dean Miller), "Ethan Alien," (feat. Ketch Secor), "I Need You," "Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll."

Videos: "Ethan Alien"
             "Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll"
             "Roger Miller Time"


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The False Positives
Favorite Things
Feel the Spring Sun
Caveman
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David Harrison, formerly of the Voodoo Dolls, is but one of the spark plugs charging this many-splendored garage/power pop/punk melange. Theirs is a sublime alchemy.

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The Hi-Jivers
Knee High and Risin' b/w
Something's Gotta Shake
(self)



Blues panache doesn't merely inhabit this jumped-up work, but invigorates each and every joyous turn, 'til you find yourself all over the floor. 

Video: "Knee High and Risin'"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..