The American rock ‘n roll revolutionaries from Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray) continue their musical adventures on a third studio album, entitled ‘Midnight Soul Serenade̵...

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The American rock ‘n roll revolutionaries from Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray) continue their musical adventures on a third studio album, entitled ‘Midnight Soul Serenade’ ( released at the end of October). During the recording sessions, they worked with as many underground stars as there are there: New York roots-rock champion Simon Chardiet (James Chance, Bo Diddley) on contrabass, Sam Baker (Lambchop) on drums, and many guests, like Danish rockers PowerSolo, piano virtuoso Mickey Finn and also Daniel Collas (The Phenomenal Handclap Band). The sound is still somewhere between subtle brutality ‘(You’ve Got to Be) Gentle’, the space terror of ‘Isolation’ and the ballad ‘That’s What Your Love Gets’. Or rather, 2 men who sell their roots-rock soul to the devil. ‘Midnight Soul Serenade’ is then also a dark, cask-ripened and thus mature version of Heavy Trash. On every song, Verta-Ray’s guitar knows how to simmer, salve and stab while Spencer croons, shivers and shakes.

Raw rockabilly and old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll from Canada, that's Bloodshot Bill. Usually performs as a one-man band, is no long allowed into the United States, and has his own custom-made hair-gel called ‘Nice’n’Greasy’. The rebellious fifties are back in the form of Bloodshot Bill …