rawk Archive
02 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Lita Ford — Time Capsule
File next to: Heart, Poison, Jim Steinman Is there a place for big-guitar power ballads in the 21st century? Former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford certainly thinks so. All of the […]
02 Jun 2016
Album Mini-review: Dandy Warhols — Distortland
File next to: Stone Roses, The Church, Brainticket On the Dandy Warhols‘ tenth studio album, the group engages in truth in labeling. Distortion is indeed at the heart of the […]
26 May 2016
The Sonics: Still Going for the Throat (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… The Sonics‘ song titles were pretty provocative, too. “Those totally came from the fevered mind of Gerry Roslie,” chuckles Rob Lind. “He wrote all those things. […]
25 May 2016
The Sonics: Still Going for the Throat (Part 1)
“We sometimes get questions in interviews,” saxophonist Rob Lind says with a chuckle. “Well-meaning questions. People ask, ‘So when did you guys in The Sonics decide to invent garage rock?’ […]
23 May 2016
Album Mini-review: Guided by Voices — Please Be Honest
File next to: The Who, Hüsker Dü, Sebadoh Robert Pollard‘s various Guided by Voices iterations have released some two dozen albums since their 1987 debut, a prodigious output that can […]
23 May 2016
Album Mini-review: Cheap Trick — Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello
File next to: The Move, Boston, Fountains of Wayne With Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello, the Rockford, Illinois, foursome Cheap Trick sticks to what they know: anthemic, melodic rock. The key […]
20 May 2016
Five Years in the Wilderness: The Return of Black Mountain
Nearly six years elapsed between Vancouver-based Black Mountain‘s 2011 album Wilderness Heart and their latest, the straightforwardly-named IV (like all their, albums, released on Jagjaguwar). “We sort of cautiously took […]
18 May 2016
Martin Barre: Clever and Complicated
“The thing that pleases me is melody,” says Martin Barre, lead guitarist for British folk-progressive rockers Jethro Tull from their 1969 Stand Up LP through the group’s dissolution. “If I […]
10 May 2016
Album Mini-review: Bob Mould — Patch the Sky
File next to: Hüsker Dü, Sugar, Dinosaur Jr. Bob Mould is that rarest of creatures: a songwriter who can write impassioned, heartfelt lyrics, wrap them inside ear-candy melodies, and deliver […]
10 May 2016
Album Mini-review: Japanese Breakfast — Psychopomp
File next to: The Dream Academy, Prefab Sprout, My Bloody Valentine Though the title of this Eugene, Oregon outfit’s full-length might evoke thoughts of the debut album from The Jesus […]