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     Dropkick is preparing to release a new long-player, The Scenic Route, (coming February 7, 2020) on the Bobo Integral label and Vodka was honored to be able to listen to pre-releases of all of the tracks from that long player. Feeling Never Goes Away (seen/heard here), is the opening track on that new long-player, and the first single. Lyrically, this is the most positive message of all the tracks contained on The Scenic Route, but that isn’t saying too much. What all of these tracks contain, is the…

     Crazy good melodies, great hooks, fabulous harmonies: Dropkick returns to Vodka with It’s Still Raining from their March 2018 long-player, Longwave. You may remember Vodka’s other reviews of Dropkick, but if not, here’s a look back: Slowdown – (March 2016) Style – (November 2013) Dropkick has a rock sensibility with alt-folk flavor and a pop-rock delivery. Fully capable of delving into retro 70′s style music along with modern influenced pop, they have an easy style that is pleasing and delightfully singable. What’s more, from their earliest days to today, they have consistently…

     Remember Dropkick?  They appeared on Vodka a couple of years ago with Style from the EP of the same name. Since that time, the boys in the band have been busy, releasing Homeward in 2014, which contained Style, a compilation long-player encompassing some of the band’s work from 2001-2008 called Good Vibes Vol. 1, and now (by the time you read this or very soon after) a new long-player, Balance The Light, from which Slow Down comes. The band seems to have settled on a style that is a bit…

 Scottish band Dropkick have a new three-song EP, appropriately titled Style (November 2013) which includes the song Style as the single-and what a single it is. Dropkick shows off their tight melodic hooks and their propensity to harmonize. Formed on the East coast of Scotland in the late 1990’s by brothers Andrew and Alistair Taylor and friend Ian Grier, the band has transformed itself over the years from punk-pop, to power-pop and alternative country after being influenced by the likes of The Jayhawks and…

     Note: Vodka is on vacation and will return to regular posting on January 18th, 2023. Have a great holiday season! Andrew Taylor has several projects that he’s involved in, not least of which is Dropkick, which Vodka has covered before. Here he is with The Harmonizers and a track from this time last year called Life Is Good (and folks, it is good!) The website is currently down, but you can check out the music of Andrew Taylor,…