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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Darrel Higham 
and the Enforcers
Bop Machine 
(Foot Tapping)




Darrel's fingers fly atop the fretboard with self-assured familiarity. Each best-friend note has been touched on and fired off innumerable times, in a career spanning years and establishing a solid bridge between the coolness of yesterday and the unfolding promise of tomorrows still grander. 

Plus, given the formidable caliber of men at his elbow, Darrel is able to clutch for and secure new astonishments. 

Recommended: "Bop Machine," "A Game For Fools," "The Brain Freeze," "Rockin' Through the Rye," "The Very Last Knock," "I Knew," "A Dark Sky," "That's the Way"

Videos: "Bop Machine" 
             "The Brain Freeze"
                   "Rockin' Through the Rye"
           

https://darrelhigham.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Darrel-Higham-Music-1426875547608354/


http://www.foottappingrecords.co.uk/


Kitty Rose and the Rattlers
s/t
(Katherine A. Cole / Crackerjill Music)




"Everlasting Love" is cannily crafted roots-treasure. Probably the song of the summer. And the following tracks? All of similar pastoral virtue, with grab-hold rhythms.

Recommended: "Everlasting Love," "If I'dah Stayed Home," "Missing the Train," "Donna Goes To Tiajuana," "Might As Well Be Dead"

Videos: "Everlasting Love"
                 "If I'dah Stayed Home"
                 "Missing the Train"


https://www.kittyroseandtherattlers.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kittyroserattlers/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/kittyrosetherattlers3



https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HivYGShDZSOjMJ8w9yz2x

https://airplaydirect.com/music/kittyroseandtherattlers/




Reverendo Frankenstein
Tic-Tac 2-song single
(self)



The dungeon floor keeps shifting. Lunatic psychobilly cacophonies of unnatural essence blast from all sides. It's impossible to focus. Overhead strobes flash in random sequence. Their sporadic lightning makes visible monsters large and small, hulking and twisted. Lurching. Cavorting. There's the exit, So what?


Videos: "Tic-Tac" (live)
             "O Raio Que o Parta"



https://www.facebook.com/ReverendoFrankenstein/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/reverendofrankenstein3


https://www.amazon.com/Tic-Tac-Reverendo-Frankenstein/dp/B07QH7X4W4

https://music.apple.com/us/album/tic-tac-single/1459783127

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Q4ZdtWaafLYl3pPOMFfrM

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/93202672

https://ar.napster.com/artist/reverendo-frankenstein/album/tic-tac



The Hungry Williams
Brand New Thing
(The Hungry Williams / Rochelle Records)



In the midst of happily tipsy revelry, with hands-upraised, New Orleans/swing/jump-blues thunderation an unstoppably driven force, not a single thing matters but the moment. The glorious moment.

Recommended: "Brand New Thing," "Everybody Loves Me (Why Don't You?)," "Hook, Line, and Sinker," "Baby Don't Do It," "Go On Fool," "For You My Love," "No More Heartaches," "Whip It On Me," "Get Your Hat"

Video: "Brand New Thing"


https://hungrywilliams.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HungryWilliams/

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


https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07R4GXLQP?trackAsin=B07R5H63PM

https://open.spotify.com/album/3x0LX1WJ7RYmp90UZqHbDC

https://music.apple.com/us/album/brand-new-thing/1461815749

https://soundcloud.com/hungrywilliams/brand-new-thing?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook




Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Anth Purdy
Night of the Cobra
(self / Tinstones Records)



A guitarist of high repute ascends anew, combining into formidable manifestation sweeps and ricochet-sparks that burst across everywhere. And ain't it a kick.

Recommended:  "Night of the Cobra," "Alabama Shakedown," "Mad Men," "Let's Go Surfin'," "Hollywood Angel" "Machine Gun Kelly," "Moonshine Shorty," . "Rooster's Rockin' the Barnyard"

Videos: "Night of the Cobra"
                    "Alabama Shakedown" 
                    "Mad Men"


https://www.facebook.com/anthpurdymusic/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/anthpurdy3#



Crown City Bombers
Here Comes the Night
(self)




Vivid, resounding illustration that classic stylizings, well dealt, can shatter the moment we're in to ebullient smithereens. Professional sheen accentuates core devotion.

Recommended: "Rockin' Tomato," "As Long As I'm Movin'," "Here Comes the Night," "Things I Used To Do," "If Only," "I'm the Lonely One," "Tore Up," "40 Cup," "A Big Hunka Love"

Video: "Rockin' Tomato"
                 "As Long As I'm Movin'" (live)
                 "Here Comes the Night" (live at Viva Las Vegas 22)

https://www.reverbnation.com/crowncitybombers?fbclid=IwAR0vOIkRV52ZO0H1YA0n8KCZjSCuMZAbm76xHg6ugjxelLWRxBPr8GXAX_I

https://www.facebook.com/CCBombers/

https://crowncitybombers.hearnow.com/


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



Big Time Lew and the Screamin' Rockets
Let's Swing!
(self / Blue Coati)



Lew is the man the mission demanded: An on-fire 88s-pounder who can throw back his head and roar with neon-baccanaliac command, romping through wee-hours joints to the reeling joy of folks up to good times.

Recommended: "Let's Swing," "Rock 'n' Roll Sweetness," "Big Time Lew," "We're Better Together," "Do the Boogie," "Party Queen," "Karolane"

Videos: Promo (live)
             Promo 2 (live)


https://www.bigtimelew.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BigTimeLew/


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



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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..