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Photo by FishBones Photography The Legendary Shack Shakers are celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary by inviting former members to join them on a new all country & western album. The first single from that album is a cover of the theme song to the television western  Rawhide. Of course, the Legendary Shack Shakers can't just do a straight cover of "Rawhide!," but this does come quite close. It's probably ninety or so percent faithful to the original, except for the bizarre darkness and sense of dread that the cover evokes. It's a fun reworking of the original that is perfect for this group of musical legends. You can watch the video for the Legendary Shack Shakers' version of "Rawhide!" below. Cockadoodledeux (a reference to their 2002 album Cockadoodledon't ) is due out October 8 on Alternative Tentacles. You can pre-order the album in various bundles here . For more on Legendary Shack Shakers, check out the band's website .

Photo via Facebook I've been firmly on team Jello for decades now, and any new music we get from him is a treasure. He's one of the very few aging punk idols that hasn't mellowed in either politics or the ferocity of his music. While many others seem to get more and more embarrassing as their politics drift further and further to the other side, Jello seems to be getting more and more radical with age. Take his newest single with The Guantanamo School of Medicine. "WE CREATED PUTIN" is pretty blatant and unapologetic in its subject matter (Spoiler alert: Jello isn't a fan of Trump), and musically it's as subtle as a shotgun blast to the gut. If you were ever a Dead Kennedys or Jello Biafra fan in your youth and haven't started listening to stadium country and sharing memes about the kids these days, you're going to love what Jello is still up to. Do us all a favor and check this song out. You can watch the video for "WE CREATED PUTIN...

Every now and then we'll come across something that we feel we need to bring you. We're not quite sure if it's good, but there's just something compelling about it. That's the case with The World/Inferno Friendship Society. Their latest single is... interesting to say the least. With a press release stating that their upcoming album "...  scores tales of fugitives, arson, larceny, perjury, drug addiction and freedom with elements of soul, funk, latin, polka, and classical music, as well as World /Inferno’s signature punk cabaret sound," the obvious comparison is going to be Gogol Bordello, which isn't entirely inaccurate. But "Having a Double Life Is So Hard (But Obviously Something You Enjoy)" is both darker and more theatrical than other genre blended punk bands. It's more of a mixture of Gogol Bordello, Charming Disaster, and Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys. Also, I can guarantee that the further you get into the song, t...