Reverend Horton Heat
Whole New Life
(Victory Records)

Opening song "Whole New Life" busts wide open, reminding not only of halcyon rock and roll's anthemic jubilation, but of preceding hands-in-the-air, down by the riverside salvational surges that so inspired.

In its own manner, each track thereafter rises to similarly glisten.

Recommended: "Whole New Life," "Sunrise Through the Power Lines," "Hog Tyin' Woman," "Hate To See You Cry," "Ride Before the Fall," "Tchoupitoulas Street," "Perfect"

Video: "Whole New Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNvcQPGY_4


http://www.reverendhortonheat.com/index.php

https://www.facebook.com/reverendhortonheat/

http://www.victoryrecords.com/reverendhortonheat



https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Life-Reverend-Horton-Heat/dp/B07HGQ54NS


https://open.spotify.com/album/0EjVrfYB4lt4NXbT6Ulwph

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whole-new-life/1435251719

Nat Freedberg
Better Late Than Never
(Rum Bar Records)

'Experienced' may sound like a polite euphemism for moldy, but this reminds that more complimentary interpretations can as warrantedly apply. Nat's familiarity with the creative process enables him to produce work that splendidly realizes potential. 

Recommended: "Devil Rockin' Man," "Better Late Than Never," "If I Could Be the One," "I Think I Died and Went To Heaven," "World To Come," "If That's the Way You Want It," "Heavy Metal Cow"

Video: "If I Could Be the One" (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maifJp8liNk


https://www.facebook.com/nat.freedberg

https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/better-late-than-never



https://www.amazon.com/Better-Late-Than-Never-Freedberg/dp/B07LD8VFRN/ref=zg_bsnr_5196_20/145-3348850-4345914?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S65QXEXQVBSND7F5KC51


https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/better-late-than-never/1448799433?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4


https://open.spotify.com/album/1DfWJz65ZkhVaLbR4cMafY

The Eddy Blake Trio
Bucko
(Sleazy Records)

Were this in-pocket wax a visual...

Lanky and seventeen, cat clothes on, he bopped down the avenue. He spun and popped his fingers beneath a street lamp. The joint across the way was packed. He decided to have a look-see. 

Recommended: "Terrible Tara Belle," "Love Me Baby," "That's Why I Do What I Did," "I'm Lost and I'll Never Find My Way," "Play It Up," "Good Old Boys," "My Girl Minnie," "Wrecking Ball," "You Can't Walk My Walk"

Video: "Wild One" (non-CD) live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0-yARiauu4


https://www.facebook.com/eddy.blake/timeline?lst=100010389815287%3A716770310%3A1550631609

https://eddyblake.bandcamp.com/album/bucko?fbclid=IwAR2WNjAVJTk8wrY1idKI8G7Q3atYqUMUuu06GVseos4heLYjq9PS5ReNsUg


https://sleazyrecords.com/en/

Los Duggans
Death Folk
(self)

Affirms the appropriateness of confederating backwoods banjo-pickin' with death-metal magmatism, drawled psalms of desolation, and gut-bashing stomp. Experiential shouting with creek water in its kicks.

Recommended: "Preachin' the Blues," "Country Blues" (live), "Sugar Baby," "," "Drinking You Off My Mind," "East Virginia Blues," "Poor Boy In Jail"

Video: "Country Blues," live (starts at 3:14, after interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwqOxudlH0



https://www.facebook.com/Los-Duggans-347545204591/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/losduggans3

Sweetie and the Toothaches
Live at the Casa Loma Ballroom
(self)

Rollicking 88s and brass caromed off the darkened ballroom's walls. Saturday night couples dressed to the nines spun and flipped under swirling strobes. The cat on the skins gave each beat all he had.

And, resplendent in red behind her mic stand, Sweetie tossed her tresses and poured her entirety into what was in those hours the most important thing in all of the world.

Recommended: "Lucky Lips," "Pennies From Heaven," "Sick and Tired," "Shine On," "Ain't Nobody Here, But Us Chickens," "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean," "Farewell Blues"

Video: "Lucky Lips"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSN1udD96A



https://www.sweetieandthetoothaches.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sweetieandthetoothaches/


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

Tylor and the Train Robbers
Best of the Worst Kind
(self)

Old-West Americana that surrounds with such naturalness, you almost don't notice until deep into it how well its elements mesh. 

Recommended: "Hide Your Goat," "Lost and Lonely Miles," "The Ballad of Black Jack Ketchum," "Before It's Too Late," "Fumblin' For Rhymes," "Good At Bad News," "Pave Your Way"

Audio (scroll down): "Hide Your Goat"
https://www.tylorandthetrainrobbers.com/?fbclid=IwAR2zydzSVGueS3RiK6T3jFMbumGh-0NaoJ5SHeFNKjotfiyNYIuXuZsrHt4


https://www.tylorandthetrainrobbers.com/#home-section

https://www.facebook.com/tylorandthetrainrobbers/



https://kgmusicpress.com/tylor-the-train-robbers-press-release

Jersey Swamp Cats
Go Cat Go!
(self)

Dig: Effusive romps that no shark-skinned, sideburned Gleeby could sit out. Eminently solid rhythms buoy swinging guitar and hep voice to hot/cool accomplishment. 

Recommended: "Jump, Jive, and Wail," "Cupcake," "Blue Monday," "Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing," "I Get Evil," "Shiny Gray Corvette"

Video: "Jump, Jive, and Wail"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqMq08_OLI



https://www.facebook.com/Jersey-Swamp-Cats-181307138936305/

https://www.reverbnation.com/jerseyswampcats



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