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Not to end up being confused with the Elvis Television particular or Brian Setzer power trio of the same name, ’68 Return rose in the ashes of Ohio’s psychobilly kings, the Gibson Bros., in 1992. Spearheaded right now Memphis-based vocalist/songwriter/musicologist Jeffrey Evans — who’s thought to possess a shrine to …

Oberlin, OH’s own Golden came collectively in 1993 with Ian Eagleson (acoustic guitar/vocals), Alex Minoff (acoustic guitar/vocals), Philip Manley (bass), and Jon Theodore (drums) even though attending an area city college. Among studying overseas and different side tasks, Golden were able to maintain it jointly. An eponymous record made an …

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist T-Model Ford (Wayne Lewis Carter Ford) played a raw-edged, visceral design of blues from your Mississippi Delta, accompanied most of the time by his drummer, Spam (Tommy Lee Kilometers). Ford captured a rest when he exposed on a nationwide tour for Friend Man and his music …

Athens, OH’s Geraldine has bluesy punk inspired by Howlin’ Wolf, the Rocks, the Who have, and NY punk through the ’70s. The group started releasing singles around the Anyhow/Revolver imprint, including 1995’s self-titled 7″, 1996’s Natural cotton, and 1997’s K-Tel Whore. The music group also made an appearance at trash-rock …

When NY retro-funk label Desco shut its doorways, co-founder Phillipe Lehman started up a fresh label, Spirit Fire, that was dedicated to launching only the type of rough, organic, lower-fidelity funk Lehman recommended. Calypso Ruler & the Spirit Investigators were the very first music group to concern a full-length record …

Created by two Auckland, New Zealand, natives who only pass the titles of Dion and Jimmy, both guitarists/vocalists met up because the D4 in 1998 after branching away using their former strap, Almost nothing. Making use of their self-titled, self-released 1999 debut EP, the D4 would catch a ruckus of …

The East Town all-star unit Butter 08 comprised Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Russell Simins, Skeleton Key’s Rick Lee and graphic designer Mike Mills (never to be confused with the R.E.M. bassist of the same name). Created within the wake of the drunken …

Mule’s make of sloppy, whiskey-drenched backwoods punk includes a very similar feel towards the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, though vocalist and guitarist P.W. Long’s affinity for the Southern hillbillies of traditional nation (along with the shouty types of Captain Beefheart) provides him an alternative slant than Spencer’s blues- and R&B-influenced …

The Workdogs includes Rob Kennedy (bass, vocals) and Scott Jarvis (drums), who’ve provided the backbeat for Fifty percent Japan, Velvet Monkeys, and a great many other bands over time (Jarvis also produced and engineered the Beastie Boys’ Pollywog Stew EP and served as their tour supervisor when they installed with …

The LA foursome the Superbees electrify vintage garage grooves using the energy of Iggy Pop, the swagger from the Stones, as well as the raucous attack of Thee Hypnotics. Vocalist and guitarist Dave Wayne formed the music group around 1998 with bassist Dat Ngo, as well as the duo quickly …