rawk Archive
23 Jan 2008
King Khan & BBQ: Exactly the Same, Only Completely Different
The King Khan and BBQ Show is the same as other rock and roll acts, only different. They’re a duo, and the only instruments — both onstage and on record […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (full interview)
In September 2006 I talked with Tommy Keene about his early brush with success, his new record Crashing the Ether, his disdain of genre labels, and much more. While it […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (short version)
NOTE: The full text of my 2006 conversation with Tommy Keene is here. It’s like he never left. In fact he didn’t.Tommy Keene’s first major release, 1986’s Songs From the […]
19 Jan 2008
Robyn Hitchcock: Vinyl is Forever
The droll (even by English standards) singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock came on the scene in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, a Cambridge psych-rock group that — depending on one’s […]
16 Jan 2008
Flaming Lips: The Sound of Success
With the charismatic Wayne Coyne fronting the Flaming Lips, it’s easy to overlook the articulate creative expression of Steven Drozd. Steven joined in 1992, ostensibly as their drummer — but […]
15 Jan 2008
The Fever: Through the Present Darkly
Kemado recording artists The Fever set out a spooky, carnivalesque vibe on In the City of Sleep, their sophomore effort. Taking stylistic cues form Angelo Badalamenti — especially his work […]
12 Jan 2008
Dungen: folkrockpsych
Even in the 21st century, the vagaries of transatlantic phone calls are such that bad (or dropped) connections are routine. So it was thanks to some persistence on everyone’s part […]
08 Jan 2008
DeSol: Here Comes the Sun
A couple years ago, Asbury Park NJ-based Latin-rock artists deSoL were signed to Curb Records, a staid, ultra-square label known for being home to Tim McGraw and (shudder) The Osmonds. […]
06 Jan 2008
Interview: Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw is one of rock music’s most underappreciated artists. After a string of critically-acclaimed albums (beginning with his self-titled 1982 debut, right through 2003’s What’s in the Bag?), and […]
05 Jan 2008
Creedence Clearwater Revisited – Keep On Chooglin’
Most people remember John Fogerty, front man for Creedence Clearwater Revival–the group that racked up sixteen Top 40 singles (most of those in the top ten) in the space of […]