rawk Archive
15 Jul 2025
30 Days Out, July 2025 #2: Abacab, U.S. Christmas, Budos Band, Psycodelics, Amanda Anne Platt
The highlights of live music in the coming 30 days Asheville-wise lean in a decidedly progtastic, indiefied and psychedelicized direction, with a bit of country for flavor. Three of the […]
11 Jul 2025
Brown Acid: A Trip Worth Taking (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… “We prefer privately pressed records with a lot of chutzpah,” says Barresi. The central Brown Acid aesthetic, Hall says, is “loud, fuzzed-out guitars. It feels like […]
01 Jul 2025
30 Days Out, July 2025 #1: Glenn Miller Orchestra, Thelma & the Sleaze, Postmodern Jukebox
An act from the distant past, another that takes modern songs to that past, a lesbian Southern Rock band and one of the finest local-based artists WNC has to offer: […]
23 Jun 2025
Five CCR Classics You Should Know
Best friends since childhood, Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford are also among the most celebrated rhythm sections in rock. As half (and after Tom Fogerty left, two-thirds) of Creedence […]
20 Jun 2025
Album Review: Pete Ham – Acoustic
The cache of previously unheard Badfinger-related music seems to never end. And far from that being a complaint; it’s all greeted with appreciation here. But it’s still fascinating that more […]
18 Jun 2025
Album Review: Peter Holsapple – The Face of 68
I’m on record – at least I think I am – that for me, the greatest present-day lyricist is none other than Peter Holsapple. While he’s lent his considerable talents […]
17 Jun 2025
Hundred-(plus)-word Reviews for June 2025: Rock/Pop
I launched my hundred-word review format years ago as both a way to provide coverage to deserving music and as an exercise in concise writing. This go-round I stick to […]
16 Jun 2025
30 Days Out, June 2025 #2: The Aquabats, Mercy in the Mountains, Pleasure Chest, Steel Puls
There’s a lighthearted spin to some of what’s on musicwise in the coming thirty days. But the schedule is leavened with a fundraiser to help locally in the ongoing wake […]
06 Jun 2025
EXTC: This is (Still) Pop
EXTC Retools XTC’s Music for 21st Century Audiences The music of one of the most creative bands of the rock era is back. The band itself is not, but a […]
04 Jun 2025
Hundred-word Reviews June 2025: Powerpop
Four recent releases in a decidedly powerpop vein. For those who enjoy that style, these guys all get it. All are recommended. And they’re available from Kool Kat Musik. Yours […]