rawk Archive
27 Sep 2016
Album Mini-review: Starling Electric — Electric Company
File next to: Pete Yorn, Bob Pollard, Bob Mould In 2008, Michigan’s Starling Electric released Clouded Staircase, one of the best albums of that decade, and one that almost nobody […]
26 Sep 2016
Yo La Tengo is Still “Murdering the Classics”
Hoboken, N.J.-based indie-rock band Yo La Tengo has long been recognized as much for their selection of cover songs as for their original material. Their sonic approach can recall anything […]
23 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 5
My week-long barrage of brief reviews wraps up with these last five. Look for more soon. Professor Longhair – Live in Chicago In 1976, New Orleans legend Professor Longhair played […]
21 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 3
Cutting a swath through the pile of CDs in my inbox, here I present five more quick reviews. Maynard Ferguson – Complete High Voltage The 1980s aren’t generally thought of […]
20 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 2
Five more quick reviews, presented in random order. The Bangles – Ladies and Gentlemen … the Bangles! This Los Angeles group never got the serious recognition they deserved. Chalk it […]
19 Sep 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for September 2016, Part 1
This week, I’m publishing 25 album reviews, each a tidy 100 words. In no particular order. Asia – Phoenix For most listeners, Asia was a one-and-done proposition; their self-titled 1982 […]
16 Sep 2016
PRIX: The Band that Never Was
In March 1974, Jon Tiven had just turned 19 and was living in New York City. In the next two and half years, he’d find himself deeply enmeshed in a […]
14 Sep 2016
Album Mini-review: The Twilight Hours — Black Beauty
File next to: Todd Rundgren, Ben Folds, Matthew Sweet Minneapolis’ Trip Shakespeare was always a band apart; they never fit into most people’s idea of that city’s sound. Scintillating vocal […]
14 Sep 2016
Album Mini-review: Anderson-Stolt — Invention of Knowledge
File next to: Yes, Flower Kings, Spock’s Beard Swedish multi-instrumentalist Reine Stolt made a name for himself with Flower Kings, a successful attempt at bringing the 1970s classic progressive rock […]
13 Sep 2016
The Record Company: Just Call it Rock ‘n’ Roll
On the group’s 2016 debut album Give It Back to You, The Record Company displays its modern-day take on musical forebears like Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. But […]