rawk Archive
22 Aug 2016
Album Mini-review: Velvet Crush — Pre-teen Symphonies
File next to: The Smithereens, Matthew Sweet, Teenage Fanclub If they didn’t scale the heights of commercial success that some of their contemporaries reached, it was no fault of Velvet […]
22 Aug 2016
Album Mini-review: The Amazing — Ambulance
File next to: The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine In a way, The Amazing can be thought of as a side-project: guitarist Reine Fiske is the lead guitarist in […]
19 Aug 2016
A Band to Check Out: The Struts
The Struts are one of those groups that seem as if they’ve been around forever. Expertly channeling the glammy musical excess of Queen, the Derby, England quartet burst onto the […]
17 Aug 2016
Derek Trucks: No Ceiling in Sight (Part 3 / conclusion)
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: I notice the collaborative nature of the songwriter credits on TTB albums. How does songwriting work in the band? Derek Trucks: This record went […]
16 Aug 2016
Derek Trucks: No Ceiling in Sight (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Your name routinely shows up on “best guitarists” lists. Do you get any satisfaction from that, or is it wholly irrelevant to what you […]
15 Aug 2016
Derek Trucks: No Ceiling in Sight (Part 1)
The nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer and founding member Butch Trucks, guitarist Derek Trucks was a musical prodigy. He started playing gigs before he reached his teens; by 13 […]
12 Aug 2016
Reviews: Five Limited-edition Vinyl Releases
Some recent vinyl releases are more than noteworthy. Herewith are looks at five of ’em. I’m pretty certain all are limited-edition pressings, so get them while they’re hot. Kenny Clarke […]
05 Aug 2016
The Mystery Lights: Straight Outta the Garage
While some of the harder, more jagged sub-styles of 1960s rock are now justly celebrated, back in the day many of those groups languished in obscurity; the popularity of Nuggets […]
04 Aug 2016
Quilt: A Collective of Individuals
Though the group has released three albums since 2011, Quilt has been together since late 2008. Formed in Boston by Shane Butler and Anna Fox Rochinski – then students at […]
03 Aug 2016
James McMurtry: Put Good Lines in the Verses
“The room is the instrument,” says Austin singer-songwriter James McMurtry. Considering that he began playing his original songs live onstage more than 30 years ago, he should know. The son […]