rawk Archive
05 May 2025
Killer Queen: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind (Part 1 of 2)
In 2025, tribute bands are a major segment of the music industry. Fans who perhaps never got to see their favorite classic rock band – or who want to relive […]
02 May 2025
Album Review: Badfinger — Head First
The story of Badfinger – one filled with great, enduring music and tragic heartbreak – has been well documented. The authoritative history of the band, its music, its soaring highs […]
01 May 2025
30 Days Out, May 2025 #1: Atomic Crumb, Future Islands, EXTC, Thee Sacred Souls
Wow. Lots of great live music coming to Asheville, and soon. Let’s dig in. Artist: Atomic Crumb Venue: Oskar Blues Date: Saturday, May 17, 1 p.m. Door: $free (but c’mon: […]
30 Apr 2025
Moving Beyond Surf and Garage, La Luz Shines Brightly
La Luz is a Seattle-based quartet of four female musicians. The group combines surf, garage and other rocking styles, suffusing its arrangements with heavenly vocal harmonies that recall the best […]
29 Apr 2025
Album Review: Springhouse — From Now to OK
Here’s a gem. Springhouse self-describes as shoegaze, and while the first two albums from the New York threesome may have displayed some of that style’s hallmarks, by the time they […]
27 Apr 2025
Album Review: Sleepersound – My Own Dead Love
Milwaukee’s Sleepersound has just released My Own Dead Love, and the album marks a departure – an expansion, actually – from the sound on its earlier albums, specifically In Medias […]
26 Apr 2025
Five Alice Cooper Solo Tracks You Should Know
At the beginning in Phoenix in 1968, Alice Cooper was a band. Though the group would come to represent the vanguard of glam- and shock-rock, in its earliest days Alice […]
24 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #2
More rock-focused reviews, succinct style. The Loft – Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same Imagine Wreckless Eric fronting Oasis, singing songs by The Waterboys’ Mike Scott. That unlikely description hints […]
23 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Rock #1
More hundred-word reviews. It’s rock this time. Ex-Vöid – In Love Again Start with a punk sensibility, write songs with pop values, and deliver them with power, commitment and finesse. […]
20 Apr 2025
Book Review: American Standard
American Standard: Cheap Trick from the Bars to the Budokan and Beyond Backbeat Books by Ross Warner The subject of Cheap Trick is no stranger to book treatment. Brian Kramp’s […]