Pat Reyford

The Retro Rose Studio Sessions Vol. One - Cherokee Boogie

(Jeffrey Duck)

Erstwhile Ray Campi colleague Pat imbues these songs with polish; not unctious or cloying, but of home-folks bearing. It's as if past decades' turbulence had never roiled common lives. Prize this as a vehicle for revisiting seasons undisturbed.

Recommended: "Cherokee Boogie," "Blue Jeans," "Chicken Gum Boogie," "Crazy Over You," "Fee Fi Fo Fum," "Glad My Baby's Gone Away," "I Got Stung," "Rockin' With Red," "Slim Jim Tie," "Take My Love In Strings," "That Ain't Nothin' But Right"

Video: "Cherokee Boogie"

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T-Becker Trio

Second Round

(Crazy Times)

With tunfulness ever in mind, this nimble triad lopes through amiable selections. One couldn't ask for greater union. They exude good-natured charm, whether essaying reposeful hillbilly stylings or more frantic cuts. The authenticity is palpable.

Recommended: "I Wanna Bop," "Cloud 9," "Baby Look At Me," "Bop Bop Bop," "Tell Me," "Luckiest Guy," "Why Does She Never Look At Me?"

Video: "Cloud 9" (live)

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Los Gatos Rockabilly

Inadaptado 

(self)

No self-indulgence will be located on this recording. Instead, members emphasize only essential factors. The resultant product speeds past milemarkers in streamlined fashion.

Recommended: "Inadaptado," "Usa Condón," "Pelear," "Me Quieren Casar," "El Calaverita," "Mil Heridas," "Interior Exterior," "Gozando El Boogie"

Video: "Inadaptado"

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Black Hearse Getaway

As Above So Below

(self)

Of less repute than fellow psychos the Meteors and Demented Are Go, Black Hearse Getaway are no less obsessed with their ominous undertakings. Laser attention to accellerated rhythms etch this enterprise, which also incorporates horrific punk-inflected imaginings.

Recommended: "Searching High, Looking Low," "Creatures Of the Night," "Under His Spell," "Vanquished Shadow," "Together Forever," "Blood and Lust"

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The Brains

Hell N' Back

(Cleopatra)

That these psychos improve with each successive waxing impresses all the more, when one considers they began on a lofty plane. It's a jaw-dropping journey. This latest leg attests to ominous bloom unfolding.

Recommended: "Scream For Me," "More Brains," "Blood," "Bones," "No More," "Lost"

Video: "Blood"

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The Malpass Brothers

Lonely Street

(New Day Ent.)

Evocative of bygone country, before corporate pop-rock persuasions infected hand-tooled Americana. The Malpass Brothers stand tall against contemporary market-focused inclinations. They are mindful of the importance of unpretentious folk art, and heft high its banner. Real country endures unmolested.

Recommended: "Paying For the Dream," "The Man I Ain't," "I've Got Her On My Mind Again," "Love Is a Lonely Street," "Sleep When the Party's Over," "Road of Memories"

Video: "Road of Memories"

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Deathcaps

Brain Dead

(self)

An efficacious exercise that balances sinister imagery and rapid-fire dispatch. When those essential elements coalesce in scrupulously measured quantities, quality of presentation ascends beyond the pedestrian.

Recommended: "Braindead," "Barbara Lee," "Freak Wave," "Alien Biopsy," "Snakes," "Vile Repeat"

Video: "Alien Biopsy"

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