rawk Archive
13 Aug 2013
Album Review: Hackamore Brick – One Kiss Leads to Another
I don’t deliberately set out to be a contrarian, but it often works out that way. One good example: like most rock critics, I count myself among the fans of […]
05 Aug 2013
Album Review: Tommy Keene – Excitement At Your Feet
There’s a fascinating thread that has run through my interviews with recording artists over the last several years. Not surprisingly, many of my favorite musicians are also world-class fans. And […]
26 Jul 2013
Album Review: Deniz Tek – Detroit
The American city of Detroit, Michigan has been in the news quite a bit these last few years. The urban decay and financial woes have often overshadowed the city’s proud […]
25 Jul 2013
Album Review: Nektar – Time Machine
In 2013, there aren’t all that many bands making progressive rock of the sort that walked the Earth in the first half of the 1970s. But while the popular thinking […]
22 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Three O’Clock – The Hidden World Revealed
The whole so-called “paisley underground” scene happened during my college years. Like many of my generation, I had expanded my listening experiences beyond classic rock into what would eventually be […]
17 Jul 2013
July Capsule Reviews, #2 of 3
Here are four more capsule reviews that fulfill my twin goal of (a) clearing off my desk and (b) getting the word out about some music you’d almost certainly otherwise […]
15 Jul 2013
July Capsule Reviews, #1 of 3
Once again, it’s time here at Musoscribe World Headquarters for a batch of capsule reviews. The inbox keeps growing, and some worthy titles have begun to gather dust. So to […]
11 Jul 2013
Album Review: Various Artists — Los Nuggetz: ’60s Garage & Psych from Latin America
During the first four or five years of this new century, there existed online a thriving collector/trading community, dedicated to sharing and disseminating obscure, forgotten and occasionally never-known-about-in-the-first place music […]
10 Jul 2013
EP Review: Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ — Songs from the Psychedelic Time Clock
In terms of delivering new music, Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ is employing a strategy not unlike that of Marshall Crenshaw. Instead of releasing an album after a couple years’ wait, both […]
03 Jul 2013
Album Review: Live Kraut: Live Rock Explosions from the Heyday of Krautrock!
I discovered this internet thing about nineteen years ago. Ever since then – more so once I became Editor in Chief for a now-defunct print magazine, and even more so […]