Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2025 March 28 • Friday

One of the best bands whose mission is to recapture a yesteryear sound and feeling—usually of the 1960s—while still having their own sound and identity is Scotland's The Kaisers.

I picked up their Shake Me! record back in 2002 when it first came out, not realizing that it was actually from 2002 and not, say, 1962. I was kind of disappointed by this until I listened to it. It's fantastic.

I liked it so much I got all the records they had made prior to that, but those didn't hit me the same way.

And then what? Nothing except a CD of unreleased and alternate versions of songs from 1993–2006, Ruff'n'Rare. I haven't heard this. I just found out it existed.

But the invaluable Shindig! magazine alerted me that The Kaisers put out their first new recording in twenty-two years in 2004! Twenty-two years!

It's called More from The Kaisers and it's great. It's right up there with Shake Me!, same great energy, same sonic pleasure and perfection.

Apparently this is the first record they've ever made that's all original material, no covers. They write amazing songs. Their cover of "Just a Little Bit" on Shake Me! was one of my favorite tracks and led me to buy some Magic Sam records.

But damn they have their act together. Every song on this record is a gold nugget. I hope I can see them live someday.

Maybe you want to, you know, hear what all the fuss is about.