rawk Archive
07 Nov 2023
Grand Funk Railroad: Still On Track, 50-plus Years On (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… The band had one of its first big breaks at the Atlanta Pop Festival in July 1969, a full month before Woodstock. What do you think […]
06 Nov 2023
Grand Funk Railroad: Still On Track, 50-plus Years On (Part 1 of 3)
Note: This is a substantially longer (as in, more than twice as long) version of a feature that first appeared in Rock On Magazine. – bk Grand Funk Railroad is […]
05 Nov 2023
Album Review: The Dark Fruits – Warm Weather Starter Pack
One might not expect quality indie rock to come out of the Yukon Territory. Not that there’s anything non-rock about the Canadian Province, but hey: less than 45,00 people live […]
27 Oct 2023
Album Review: Love Tractor — Around the Bend (40th Anniversary)
Forty years on, it’s too easy to forget just how fertile a creative ground was the Athens, Georgia music scene of the early ‘80s. Sure, everybody knows about R.E.M. and […]
15 Oct 2023
30 Days Out, October 2023 #2: Tennis, Nation of Language, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Graham Nash
Modern-day intelligent pop, homegrown funk, and rock royalty are just some of the highlights of live music in Asheville over the coming 30 days. Artist: Tennis Venue: The Orange Peel […]
14 Oct 2023
Album Review: The Monochrome Set – Radio Sessions
There was time when BBC Radio was the only game in town. From citizens of Great Britain, commercial radio didn’t exist. Notwithstanding the eventual dawn of pirate radio, Auntie Beeb […]
13 Oct 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. – Accelerate
Continuing on with my modern-day takes on late-period RE.M. albums – an endeavor inspired by 2023 vinyl reissues of those records – I’ll be less self-indulgent and only provide just […]
12 Oct 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. – Reveal
Imagine, if you will, that it’s 1984. You’re a serious fan of R.E.M., owning and treasuring their debut EP Chronic Town and the pair of albums they released, 1983’s Murmur […]
11 Oct 2023
Kim & Lee, Part Two
Picking up where I left off with yesterday’s backgrounder, here’s a quick rundown on 11 albums from Kimberley Rew and/or very close associates. All titles credited to Rew unless otherwise […]
10 Oct 2023
Kim & Lee, Part One
If you know the name Kimberley Rew, give yourself a gold star. You’re hipper than most when it comes to tuneful and catchy rock music. And you know, too, that […]