There are ghosts with a motor, and ghosts with affectionate names settle in the old radio. Verunchik walks along the streets, squeezed by gloomy Chelyabinsk high-rise buildings, and even the winds part before her. The…
Diddley Dogs – Dawg Days Are Here (2022):…
Covering the work of friends is a hell of a complicated business. It is necessary to maintain a balance between outright flattery and undisguised malice. I'll try to be objective, despite my infernal sense of…
Amanda Shires – For Christmas (2021) Marina Tsvetaeva’s…
Singer, violinist, songwriter, Texas native and Grammy Award winner Amanda Shires presented her first Christmas album to the public in November 2021. The record is interesting primarily for its original material, and the fact that…
Stephane Griebel sings Christmas Songs (2021) – Christmas…
At the end of November 2021, the German label KEiL Records, with which we have already become friends this fall, released a Christmas mini-album "Stephan Griebel sings Christmas Songs" with a circulation of 333 copies.…
Brian Setzer – Gotta Have The Rumble (2021),…
Brian Setzer's first solo album in the last seven years! As in the case of the album by another stray cat, Lee Rocker, the recording of the disc occurred not least due to the widespread…
Dave Alvin – Eleven Eleven: Eleven Lives on…
Dave Alvin, born on 11/11/1955, recorded his eleventh solo album with the characteristic name Eleven Eleven in 2011. In numerology, the prime number 11 is considered very powerful, but we will leave such interpretations to…
Dave Phillips & The Hot Rod Gang (2021):…
The icon of the 80s neo-rockabilly, Dave Phillips, formerly of the Blue Cats, who named his rockabilly band after the 1958 film starring Gene Vincent, is returning. Famous for his collaboration with Mark Harman from…
Imelda May – 11 Past The Hour (2021):…
Ireland is an island green with the magic of the Hill People, full of the manuscripts of great writers. The island of the first slaves of the British Empire, the explosions in Ulster and Catholic…
Rusty Sharks – Sexy Demons (2021): Dr. Caligari’s…
The leaden waters of the Baltic Sea are washed ashore by sprats in cans, the Peipsi tribes by ferries. The Peipsi tribes embark on ruinous raids on the "glass houses" and pubs of the nearest…
In memory of Dusty Hill
This story is as old as a turtle in a New York sewer: in the sixties, walking with long hair in Texas meant learning a cartoon ostrich run from local coyotes. Contrary to the opinion…
Charlie Crockett – 10 For Slim (2021), ten…
Charlie Crockett. This musician deserved an article on our website last year when he released his album Welcome To Hard Times, recorded before the pandemic, but unlike Lee Rocker's post-pandemic work, Charlie's music is much…
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird – These 13:…
Sometimes they come back. A little Corsican sets sail from Elba to bring his Old Guard to ruin. The Ouroboros, imagining himself to be a puppy, grabs his own tail with his teeth. Rotted corpses…
Tom Jones – Surrounded By Time (2021): Sir…
A working-class town in south Wales is a great place to have a decaliter in the pub after a hard day, another local beer parody for the return of King Arthur. A place where Kruner's…
The Meteors – Skull’n’bones (2021): In the terrible…
The children of Perestroika learned the horror of impending capitalism thanks to pay-cable television, which broadcast cartoons about an echid mouse, an anarcho-syndicalist rabbit gnawing carrots and a tired basset hound. Those who had done…
Tami Nielson – Chikaboom Deluxe (2021): The Booming…
"A bootleg full of surprises" is what you can call this boot-shaped island state in Oceania, although some prefer the traditional New Zealand. Maori dance brutally here, Kiwis sneak mercilessly at the worm in the…
Vivita & The Sufferings – Seven Nails In…
It's not easy to find a good witch. In the old days, even the coals did not have time to cool down, as the venerable crowd dragged a fresh charmer, suspected of eating toad broth…
Rolling Camel – Harpabilly Harp’n’roll (2021) harp in…
The latest release of 2021 is Harpabilly Harp'n'roll! Our compatriot Maxim Evseev is hiding under the pseudonym Rolling Camel. Maxim has been playing the harmonica for 10 years and focuses on blues musicians such as…
Lee Rocker – Gather Round (2021), rockabilly appeal…
Lee Rocker's new album Gather Round was released on January 22, 2021. The name seems to be taken from the first line of the famous "protest song" of the main American minstrel. But the album…
Hack Mack Jackson – Low Budget High Convenience…
In 2020, there have been many decent music releases in root music. Here's one of them that really got me hooked. The West German band Hack Mack Jackson from Dusseldorf released a mini-album Low Budget…
Go Cat Go is an American rockabilly legend…
Many music lovers agree that Go Cat Go, which existed for only a few years, from 1989 to 1993, is the most underrated rockabilly band. With this material, we begin the series with a publication…
Thee Gravemen – Monster Blues: Six Feet Under…
Despite the fact that I don't really like garage rock, I liked the album Grease & Oil, and immediately after listening to it, I went through the discography of the album's author, Lee Thornton, also…
The Shakers – Romantic Fools (2020): Captain Vrungel…
Who is this guy with the Clarkkent glasses? What kind of cheeky trio is with him? The guitarist shows that smile that hangs in the air for a long time after his departure, the implacable…
The Swamp Shakers – Don’t Wanna Miss (2019)…
And let the British think that the greatest detective lived in London, at 221b Baker Street, any thoughtful viewer has long known that the best Holmes in the world lives at 22 Yauniela Street in…
Alex & Diamond Hands – Flyin’ Up (2020)…
The children of the space power dreamed of flying into space. Not because it was rich and prestigious - the children wanted to see the moon up close, they firmly knew that Solaris was only…
3 Legends of Psychobilly – Strychnine, Ghouls, Graveyard…
The night wind mercilessly throws raindrops through the black windows, the branches dance in a frenzy, trying to bare themselves, throwing off the disgusting dresses of foliage. It's like they can hear some other kind…
Dion – Blues With Friends (2020): one hundred…
Paul McCartney is dead. That's what Tim Harper said in 1969. And even Paul found it difficult to get away with it: there are dozens of proofs of this on the cover of Sergeant Pepper.…
Dave Alvin – The Third Mind (2020): Lysergic…
By 1969, psychedelics began to lose ground, succumbing to the onslaught of heavy rock and heavy drugs. Tim Leary, the main prophet and consumer of acid, is running for governor of California with Irish zeal…
Bloodshot Bill – Get Loose Or Get Lost…
Chew! What kind of wild sounds are shaking the old barn on this stuffy night? Did old man Ebenezer's lawn mower finally get to the owner? Or did the Texas Friendship chainsaw run over the…
The Sparks Boys – Upside Down (2019): Rock-upside-down-roll
The night capital... Magomayev sings inaudibly in the ever-fading sky. Leviathans of socialist realism, golems of Zurab Rkatsiteli, temples risen from decay scratch the clouds. Tiny clubs, pubs and eateries bravely lean against the footsteps…
Messer Chups – Don’t Say Cheese (2020): from…
In those alien seas where the rays of heaven cannot penetrate the shroud of sargasso, monsters live in the obsidian-black depths. From the muddy Neva River through the strong "Baltic" they go to these waters…
Billy Don Burns – The Country Blues (2020):…
Bad things happen at night west of the Rio Grande. Descendants of the Aztecs are trudging across the sands of Sonora to Arizona, happy yuppies are returning from their Mexican holidays with "powdered" noses, and…
Girl Over Planet (2020) – in search of…
So, so, today we have "Thank you Yura, space is ours!", April 12 is International Cosmonautics Day. And by the way, there will be a new release from the new Girl Over Planet team -…
Colter Wall – Songs Of The Plains (2018):…
There are a lot of holes in the black tent of the old woman of the Night. Whose greedy little eyes are watching through these gaps for a homeless flock of wagons huddled around a…
Nick Waterhouse (2019): The Canzones of the Caribbean…
It's just cold-and sometimes such cold nights happen... Sleet rushes to warm up, hiding under the collar, but more often, with a cry of "the Russians are coming!", it dies on the sidewalk. The dim…
Unrealizable Grease Dream, rockabilly from the USSR (1987-1992)
The cold wind brings back memories, ruffles the fur on the back of his neck. He whispers terrible spells: glasnost-perestroyka. It's 1987 outside the Delorean window, Teddy Bear is just preparing a sledgehammer for the…
Moscow Beatballs – Jazz Deformation: some information about…
Dark is the best time for dangerous dancing, Moon Dogs! This is what a journalist from a black-and-white film tells you, stubble, gallons of coffee and smoke add weight to his words. Artie Shaw's "Nightmare"…
Johnny Reno – Third Degree (1990), the same…
I 'll testify, it ain't no lie: I saw Elvis in the sky! You'll understand what I mean later, but in the meantime, let me write a few words about Johnny Reno. It seems to…
Mondo Harp: Harp’s Adventures in the Bermuda Triangle
The warm Darkness outside the window gently reminds of baths with virgin blood, dried toads and other pleasant things... Today we have Messer Chups with us, (in the past) people with refined taste and... certain…
Zippers – Would You Love Me (2019), rockabilly…
Sultry blizzard night, Moon Dogs! Prepare the undercoat, today we will go to the Arctic. Norilsk... A city besieged by the stupid walkers of General Zugunder... The strings of the balalaika snap in the cold,…
Ghost Radio – No Time For Fun (2019),…
Good midnight, Moon Dogs! Somewhere south of my domain, but north of the Rio Grande, Chelyabinsk, the city of revived pipes, lurks. This is where the Ghost Radio, Ghost Radio, a rockabilly band unique to…
J. D. McPherson – Socks (2018), the Best…
Do you think Socks is another boring Christmas album? After all, all English-speaking rockers know the old proven recipe - do you want commercial success? So record a New Year's record! That's why I didn't…
Leadfoot Tea – Grease & Oil (2018), one…
Today I listened to a very recent album, released only a year ago, in 2018. I found it completely by accident: it's just that some sly cats on the same website with grease are selling…
Johnny Reno – Full Blown (1985), Sax Maniacs…
I became a kind of fan of Comrade Rino after the Roadracers movie and decided to collect his entire discography, starting with The Juke Jumpers band. And although Johnny's discography is very small, it turned…
Elvis vs. 13 Cats – That’s Alright Mama…
It's been a while since we've written anything about music, and it's time to fix it. Moreover, I have accumulated a certain number of relatively rare records that I am eager to share with you,…
The Sparky Sessions (2019) – and Sparky is…
I was offered to write a review for this release, and agreeing, the first thing I did was to look for information about the artists - Mark "Sparky" Philips and The Hillbilly Moon Explosion band.…
Dirt Daubers – Wake Up Sinners (2011), get…
This is a side project of Colonel J.D. Wilkes from Th' Legendary Shack Shakers. The completely inconspicuous cover hides a masterpiece album. The trio Dirt Daubers from Kentucky produced great material, which was also expertly…
Chuck (2017) – Last Greetings from St. Louis
On this day, March 18th, exactly two years ago, Chuck Berry, one of the true icons of classic rock and roll, left us. I don't think anyone needs to be told about his merits and…
J. D. McPherson – Signs And Significators, Honest…
J.D. McPherson is a heroic guy. For the root music of Americana with a mix of blues and rockabilly, he is like Tom Petty for country rock, embodying honesty and uncompromising. He can be serious…
Top Cats – the best neo-rockabilly from Sweden
If you're a musician, here's a tip for you: put a vintage American car on the CD cover and you'll definitely have one more sale. Because mainly because of the luxurious cover, all four parts…
The Head Cat – Walk The Walk… Talk…
Walk The Walk... Talk The Talk (2011) is a much more interesting album by the super trio The Head Cat than their previous work from 2006, the first album with the simple name The Head…
Peggy Sugarhill – Rockabilly Music Is Bad Bad…
And this story happened not so long ago and it started with a simple request. "Hey, dude, can you listen to this song? I can't make out the words in the second verse." Yes, of…
Wild Angels – Let’s Get Back To Rock’n’roll…
Hey, hello again, John Lennon album. No, I won't write about you again today. Maybe in a week? And today I'd rather write about a great vinyl record by the British band Wild Angels from…
Little Willie Littlefield – Houseparty (1982), Piano party
This is the content that I really want to see on this site! Reviews of vinyl records, with music that no one had posted on the Internet before! This is the kind of website I…
The Gun Club – Lucky Jim (1993), a…
The band The Gun Club from Los Angeles is considered to belong to the punk scene. It's also common to think that punks don't play their instruments well, in particular guitars, and in general, if…
13 Cats – 13 Tracks (2002), and I’m…
Uh, I'm a little worried... We have a group of 13 Cats in the blue corner of the ring. This project is a so-called supergroup, which means that all of its members have been in…
Bullet Proof – Shake The Summer (2018), the…
You know, one of the main problems of the modern world in terms of music is that the rules have changed. If earlier it was possible to record two or three tracks on a record…
Ignition! (2001) – Comeback Special by Brian Setzer
The problem with mastodons like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, BB King and others is that these guys have made too much music, and I don't have much time to listen to it. Fortunately, I've recently…
Blue & Lonesome (2016) – The Rolling Stones…
I think the Rolling Stones are an overrated band. I think the Beatles are an overrated band. That's the kind of terrible person I am. The best work of these two and many other bands…
The Legendary Shack Shakers – Believe (2004), I…
Why is Believe the best album by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers? It's just gorgeous! It has everything from Americana to Swamp Blues. Harmonica passages by J. D. Wilkes. Some keyboards from him. And the vocals…
Kid Rock – Sweet Southern Sugar (2017), album…
Kid Rock's album "Sweet Southern Sugar" is an eclectic mix of southern rock, blues and hip hop with a pinch of electronica. It comes out very naturally in Kid Rock, although it might sound pretentious…