rawk Archive
15 Oct 2015
Album Mini-review: Hollywood Vampires
File Next to: Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, the infamous A Toot and a Snore in ’74 bootleg The original Hollywood Vampires was an informal early ’70s all-star collective of L.A. scenesters […]
13 Oct 2015
Video Review: Jeff Lynne’s ELO — Live at Hyde Park
Electric Light Orchestra has long held a special, sentimental place in my heart. Way back in October 1978, I attended my first rock concert, ELO at The Omni sports arena […]
02 Oct 2015
Album Mini-review: Tommy Keene — Laugh in the Dark
File Next to: Marshall Crenshaw, Smithereens, Matthew Sweet A dedicated soldier in power pop’s ongoing struggle for critical and commercial success, Keene is at the top of the genre in […]
30 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Jimi Hendrix — Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
File Next to: Cream, Buddy Guy By the time of this historic July 4, 1970 concert – in front of his largest-ever American audience – Hendrix had broken up the […]
25 Sep 2015
Album Review: Marshall Crenshaw — #392: The EP Collection
For better or worse (actually, for better and worse) things used to be different: recording artists focused on their music, and the record company – or at least artist management […]
24 Sep 2015
Album Review: Cary Grace — Tygerland
Depending on the manner in which one learns about Cary Grace, the music on Tygerland may come as a surprise. An American expatriate now living in the United Kingdom, Grace […]
22 Sep 2015
Video Review: The Who — Live at Shea Stadium 1982
In the eyes of most pop music historians, The Who circa 1982 gets a pretty bad rap. With the hindsight of history, it’s not that difficult to understand why. Drummer […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience — I Like Rain
File Next to: The Chills, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits Sporting a playful name (eventually shortened in response to lawsuits) that had less than nothing to do with their sound, this […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Pugwash — Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)
File Next to: Fountains of Wayne, XTC, Electric Light Orchestra This may just be the effort that pays off for guitarist-singer-songwriter Thomas Walsh and his bandmates. The Dublin-based band has […]
17 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: Joe Satriani — Shockwave Supernova
File next to: Buckethead, Steve Vai, John Petrucci A big part of what has always made the music of Joe Satriani stand out among contemporaries is the guitarist’s inerrant sense […]