rawk Archive
23 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 2
Today’s hundred-word reviews focus on a variety of rock-oriented releases; all are (more or less) current. The Sideshow Tragedy – Capital As a rule – at least to my mind […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Grizfolk — Waking Up the Giants
File next to: Coldplay, The Mary Onettes, thenewno2 Swedish acts from across the musical spectrum have made critical (and commercial) inroads into the North American market of late. Though these […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Brooke Waggoner — Sweven
File Next to: Suzanne Vega, Zero 7, Penelope Houston Waggoner may be an associate of Jack White, but with its tinkling keyboard and pizzicato strings, this expressionistic album feels more […]
17 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: Steven Wilson — 4 1/2
File Next to: Radiohead, Opeth, Peter Gabriel Steven Wilson is possibly the busiest musician of the 21st century. Beyond his leadership of the now on-hiatus Porcupine Tree, he’s recorded and/or […]
16 Feb 2016
Album Review: Game Theory — Lolita Nation
I know people who are way-into the rock subgenre known as power pop. I’m one of those people myself, and I make no apologies for it. And while most aficionados […]
11 Feb 2016
Album Review: Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (SACD)
Dedicated fans of 1970s rock know that Alice Cooper means two different things: there’s the vocalist born Vincent Furnier, and there’s the group he fronted from the late 1960s (when […]
10 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: The Junior League — “Also Rans”
File Next to: Sloan, The dB’s, Minus 5 Indie label Kool Kat Musik has carved out a solid (if exceedingly tiny) niche as a purveyor of power pop, that oft-maligned […]
04 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: The Turnback — Are We There Yet?
File Next to: Greenberry Woods, Foo Fighters, Green Day Big, roaring guitars that recalls Foo Fighters as much as Cheap Trick are the calling card of the supremely melodic sophomore […]
04 Feb 2016
Album Mini-review: The Roaring 420s – You Can’t Get Out Alive
File next to: Elephant Stone, Allah-Las, Fuzztones For The Roaring 420s, everything old is new again. Across the twelve songs on *You Can’t Get Out Alive – their second full-length […]
29 Jan 2016
Hundred-word Reviews January 2016: Compilations
This week-long run of quick reviews wraps up today with looks at five excellent compilation albums. King Curtis – The Complete Atco Singles Real Gone Music swings for the fences […]