| There’s
something appaling, and yet so oddly appealing about the things our grandparents did when
we were still learning the alphabet. Swing night at the Elk’s Club, bingo, polka.
Polka? Yes, Chicago-based trio the Polkaholics is ever-so-adamant about making polka rock
your world. With song titles like "Just Say Yes to Oktoberfest," "Polka
Coup d’Etat," and "We Drink ‘Cause We Must Polka," the
Polkaholics’ new album, Polka Can’t Die, is bound to do just that. But
it’s not just polka the Polkaholics are trying to chance, it’s rock music, too.
"We’re trying to bring to Polka a more
modern kind of excitement," Polkaholics guitarist Don Hedeker said in a recent
Associated Press interview. "To rock are trying to bring more fun."
One thing the Polkaholics haven’t brought
to rock music, thankfully, is the accordion. The Polkaholics and other two-steppers like
them have replaced the cumbersome instrument with the tried-and-true electric guitar. The
result is a jolly, infused oom-pah that sounds part old-world, part rockabilly, and is,
for the most part, a hilarious, rockin’ good time.
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