rawk Archive
04 May 2018
Album Review: The Rising Storm — Calm Before…
A bunch of prep school boys put together a rock band in 1965. Big deal, right? American teens (mostly but not exclusively males) did that all over the USA in […]
03 May 2018
Album Review: The Remains — Live 1969
The Remains were one of the coolest and most promising r&b-flavored American rock bands of the 1960s. The Boston-based group scored the supreme honor of opening for the Beatles on […]
02 May 2018
Album Review: Jonathan Wilson — Rare Birds
Jonathan Wilson is a son of Western North Carolina. Born in Forest City and raised in the tiny town of Spindale, Wilson came from a musical family. By the late […]
01 May 2018
Album Review: Mailman — Yang Yin
The concept of duality is a popular one in literature and the arts; West Sussex, England-based recording artist Mailman (known at home as Jamie Stanley or “Stan”) explores the subject […]
01 May 2018
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: It’s Better Than Wiping Asses, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Your dad was very close to the band. Can you tell me about some of the lasting ways in which his influence continues to be felt? […]
30 Apr 2018
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: It’s Better Than Wiping Asses, Part One
With a distinctive sound that draws from shoegaze and garage rock, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has spent 20 years building a sizable fan base. The band’s eighth album, Wrong Creatures, […]
29 Apr 2018
Album Review: Steppenwolf at 50
There have been countless Steppenwolf collections. I count more than a dozen best-of’s and similarly-themed compilations. And during the group’s heyday – its years on Dunhill Records – Steppenwolf released […]
28 Apr 2018
Album Review: Philippe DeBarge & The Pretty Things — Rock St. Trop
The Pretty Things never really broke through into the American market. Despite some fine singles and albums, the British band formed by early Rolling Stones member Dick Taylor suffered a […]
28 Apr 2018
Reviews of Three 45-rpm Singles
“We get letters,” as the saying goes. Actually, I get packages. Lots of ’em. Nearly every day. Mostly CDs, occasionally LPs. Once in a blue moon, a cassette. And nearly […]
26 Apr 2018
Khruangbin: Fascinating in Any Language
Crafting a musical style upon a foundation of Thai funk might seem a bit high-concept, especially if you’re a band that makes your albums in a barn in rural Texas. […]