rawk Archive
17 Apr 2024
Twilley Don’t Stop (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Looking for the Magic Meanwhile, encouraged by the success of their first single and undaunted by the problems that sank their first album, Twilley and Seymour […]
16 Apr 2024
Twilley Don’t Stop (Part 1 of 3)
Power pop enjoyed its commercial heyday in the early 70s thanks to enduring music from Badfinger, the Raspberries and similar artists. But during and after that brief period, the style […]
15 Apr 2024
30 Days Out, April 2024 #2: Pylon Reenactment Society, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Primus, Destroy Boys
A whole lot is happening in Asheville during these next 30 days. This time around, I’m featuring four touring groups, all of which I’ve interviewed at one time or another […]
10 Apr 2024
Santa Cruz Latin Collective: Keeping the Music Alive
While the Santa Cruz Latin Collective came together in 2017, its roots extend back to the early 1970s. The Bay Area has a proud history of Latin and Afro-Cuban music, […]
08 Apr 2024
Marnie Stern: Tapping Back Into a Solo Career
The string-tapping method employed by adventurous musicians isn’t new, and it wasn’t devised by Eddie Van Halen. Some 200 years ago, composer Niccolò Paganini used the technique on his violin. […]
06 Apr 2024
Album Review: Wally Waller — Kitchen Rock
Wally Waller first found fame as a member of the Pretty Things; not long after joining, he was instrumental in the creation of the band’s landmark conceptual work SF Sorrow […]
03 Apr 2024
Album Review – R.E.M. – Up
As I’ve noted previously, while I was a major fan of R.E.M. in the band’s early (I.R.S. era) days, by the CD era, I began to tune out. Again, it […]
01 Apr 2024
30 Days Out, April 2024 #1: Alejandro Escovedo, Disco Biscuits, Pretty Little Goat, Flight Attendant
A critically acclaimed artist whose body of work spans punk, Americana and more; a heavy-gigging jam band; a great local group that’s bubbling under; an up-and-coming band outta Nashville about […]
29 Mar 2024
Book Review: All Over the Place
The Rise of The Bangles from the L.A. Underground For a time, The Bangles were ubiquitous. The all-woman foursome from Los Angeles earned the right to be all over the […]
27 Mar 2024
Quick Reviews, March 2024: New Releases
The Incurables – Inside Out & Backwards To the extent that one can make generalizations, it’s safe to say that most of the artists on Big Stir Records fall into […]