rawk Archive
14 Mar 2016
Album Review: Big Star — South West
Though they were resolutely ignored during their time together in the 1970s, Memphis-based Big Star eventually got both their critical due and some exceedingly belated recognition and commercial success. The […]
10 Mar 2016
Reed Turchi: Back to His Roots
Though these days he lives and works in Memphis, Reed Turchi was born and spent his formative years in Asheville. Nominally a blues artist, multi-instrumentalist Turchi draws from a much […]
09 Mar 2016
Album Mini-review: Brett Harris — Up in the Air
File next to: Chris Stamey, Emitt Rhodes, Pete Yorn You can learn a lot about a musician by studying the company he keeps. Durham NC-based Brett Harris has been a […]
09 Mar 2016
Album Mini-review: The Besnard Lakes — A Coliseum Complex Museum
File Next to: Flaming Lips, Polyphonic Spree, Rain Parade Long song titles, albums with epic names, and a gauzy space-rock vibe are the hallmarks of this Montréal group, newly expanded […]
08 Mar 2016
Album Review: Joe “King” Carrasco y Los Side FX – Chiliando
Those listeners who dug deeper than the commercial pap foisted upon us by Top 40 radio in the 1980s discovered something called college rock (also known as alternative rock). The […]
04 Mar 2016
Todd Rundgren Looks Over His Shoulder, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: At certain points in your career, you’ve made it seem as if writing a hit is the easiest thing in the world for you, […]
03 Mar 2016
Todd Rundgren Looks Over His Shoulder, Part One
Todd Rundgren‘s professional musical career began in the 1960s when he was guitarist for a Who-influenced Philadelphia group called Nazz. That group never found widespread commercial success, though one of […]
29 Feb 2016
Album Review: Arthur Lee / Love — Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)
With the (both critically and commercially) belated realization by the music world-at-large that Love‘s 1967 album Forever Changes is a classic came an unfortunate misconception. That was the idea that […]
26 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 5
This latest week-long dive into my backlog of worthy music for review wraps up with five archival releases. Vulgar Boatmen – You and Your Sister First things first: the album […]
25 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 4
Tuneful rock, pop, and rock/pop is the theme of today’s set of hundred-word reviews. All are recent releases of new music. Hurricane#1 – Find What You Love and Let it […]