The Last Bandoleros

Tex Flex

(Cherry Tree)

Their scope allows them to both reference traditional airs and cover Eddie C. And they accomplish each with pronounced singularity. One senses a wealth of cultural cache.

Recommended: "Every Time We Dance," "Maldita," "Fall In Love Again," "Somewhere In Texas," "Mi Amor," "That Kind Of Cowboy," "Sin Un Amor," "Something Else"

Video: "Maldita"

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Poison Boys

Don't You Turn On Me

(Riot Records)

Among wonderful slivers of influence to which they legitimately lay claim are the Stones, Ramones, and Johnny Thunders. That last particularly stabs in the midst of neck-snapping onrush.

Recommended: "Don't You Turn On Me," "Day By Day," "Little Speedway Girl," "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind," "Nothing But Darkness," "She's Nowhere," "Take a Chance With Me"

Video: "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind"

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Sonny and the Boys

Hopelessly Romantic

(Gunhill Digital)

The most winningly stylish Doo Wop you're likely to hear. It's a genuine treat to encounter vocal talents of this heady caliber, easily commanding material echoing eras past. Class by the passage, panache by the pound.

Recommended: "A Sunday Kind Of Love," "Gloria," "Morse Code Of Love" (Acappella), "My Own True Love," "The Way You Look Tonight," "When I Woke Up This Morning," "When Sunny Gets Blue," "Zoom"

Video: "Morse Code of Love"

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LeRoi Brothers

Lucky, Lucky Me

reissue

(A.V.R.A. Records)

Solid in a manner possible only for authentics. Players stride confidently through rock'n'roll ravers and viviacious Tex Mex romps, while sounding sincerely committed to the musics to which they are trothed. Merits high commendation.

Recommended: "Fight Fire With Fire," "The Back Door," "Little Bit Of Sugar," "Darlene Darlene," "Dangerous Girl," "Move It," "Walk With Me Darlin'," "Give Up the Ghost," "Evacuation"

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The Social

5 Song Demo

(Independent)

Viscerally pugilistic hardcore like it used to be, with emphasis on rope-burned exhortations. Insistent beat compels witness. Issued from stitched Liverpool subterranean environ. 

Recommended: "You Live, We Die," "Dirty Deeds," "Out Of Time," "The Butcher's Apron," "Disorder"

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MidNight Boppers

Break It Loose!

(Independent)

Even in its more sedate moments, there's an implied ferocity that cements this outfit as worth regard. And at explicitly uproarious turns, of which there are many, you couldn't demand more potency.

Recommended: "Break It Loose," "Rockabilly Jiver," "Blacktop Boogie," "I'm Cryin'," "Mexican Standoff," "Shake and Walk," "On My Way To Tennessee," "Billyclub," "Shake a Pretty Baby"

 Video: "On My Way To Tennessee"

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The Jets

Hear Me Now

reissue

(Krypton Records)

No need for purchase from sensed obligation to scene stalwarts; success is found on disc's own merits: Headlong rockabilly and rock and roll that features wondrous harmonies and enough ramrod spine for three combos. Punctuated by creamy crooning.

Recommended: "Hear Me Now," "I'm a Rocker, " "Much Too Good (For You)," "Call the Police," "Dreamy Eyes," "Stand By For Action," "Love You a Little Bit More," "Little Doll," "You Are My Temptation."

Video: "Little Doll"

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