DC Larson's JUKEBOX JURY

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Rafael Espinoza and
the Rockabilly Railroad
At Sun Studio
(Rafael Espinoza Music)

Fish'n Creepers
The Evil Dead (Dead By Dawn)
(O Beco Estudio De Gravacao)

Bloodshot eyeballs searching the night, claws ready and fangs snapping, it prowls after screaming sustenance. Those trembling souls fortunate enough to have escaped its primordial rage whisper desperate cautions.

But maddened acolytes whirl and crash.

Video: "The Evil Dead (Dead By Dawn)"

https://www.facebook.com/fishncreepers/

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

https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Dead-Dawn-Explicit/dp/B07SQHX9GQ

The Bottletones
Alone and Rollin' (self)

With great stockpiles of creativity -- far too much to respect any solitary genre's demarcations -- the Bottletones fire equally estimably in multifarious aspects. And they impressively meet each demand.

Recommended: "Midnight and Six," "Cold," "T-Shirt of a Latin Bad Ass," "The Wolf," "I Got a Sense," "The Malloys," "A Thousand Roads." "Let's Ride," "See You Next Tuesday," "Hammerhead," "The Dark"

Videos: "Midnight and Six"
"Cold"
"The Malloys"
"Let's Ride"

https://www.facebook.com/bottletones/

https://myspace.com/thebottletones

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thebottletones4#

https://music.apple.com/us/album/alone-rollin/1474195471

https://thebottletones.hearnow.com/alone-rollin?fbclid=IwAR3_hgZwVdi3LJoSTekYOIpt_VjXQ1LowkENAM02uLT0pZmbs_936Q8wIBE

Coffin Draggers
Cemetery Gates single track
(self)

One fetching component of Dee Dee Ramones' songwriting was his unionizing of buoyant melody and crushing dispatch. (One fine example: "Locket Love.")

In similar manner, the Coffin Draggers burst upward from monster-man psycho-soil to shout in anthemic exhortation.

An early Ramones-observer in Creem characterized that band thusly: "as light on their feet as a mayonnaise-tidal wave."

That's an apt descriptor here, as well.

Video: "Cemetery Gates"

https://www.coffindraggers.com/

https://www.facebook.com/coffindraggersofficial/?ref=br_rs

https://coffindraggers.bandcamp.com/releases

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/coffindraggers4

https://music.amazon.ca/artists/B001AJNQ1U/coffin-draggers

https://open.spotify.com/album/20JoKhCF68GrHlqPlwBzMC

The Hadacol Hotshots
and David John Brown
Fishing At the Fishing Lake one track
(David John Brown / Cool and Crazy Records)

The SideBurners
Once Again...Vol 2
(Brent Cashman / Boc Design, Inc)

It's pretty cool, when you think about it: Strapping rock and roll as adept at turn-on-dime stutter-stepping as stomps of the kaboom variety, and all raised up by four guys hip to the tip.

Recommended: "Once Again," "Down the Line," "She'll Tear Your Heart Out," "Trying To Get Over You," "Dead Boyfriend," "Love Faded Away," "Take Me Back"

Video: "Down the Line" (live)

https://thesideburners.hearnow.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheSideBurners/

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

https://music.amazon.com.au/albums/B07V5KK1BK

The Swamp Shakers
Don't Wanna Miss b/w Shake It!
(self)

The compact "Don't Wanna Miss" cruises agreeably, its briskness and amiable melody certain magnets. "Shake It" is of much the same character, though in higher gear. Both benefit from clean vocals and dedicated instrumentation. And each throws a solid
punch that connects.

Audio clips:
Don't Wanna Miss, Shake It!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iLQh2EqJzgGWDs75sfxHA?si=ZlQlPR8QTAyPlNOQf7pCow&fbclid=IwAR27voRdPHT_XQUsLL3HDkZLUZ_nBeId7adeokjTeq4Wjj6nOaItCCTAmZE

Video: Don't Wanna Miss album teaser

https://www.facebook.com/PeteAndersonAndTheSwampShakers/

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/theswampshakers3