rawk Archive
25 Jun 2023
Album Review: Lloyds – Attitude Check
San Francisco of the late 1970s and early- to mid-’80s was home to a thriving new music scene. In those days before the internet, local scenes existed somewhat independently of […]
24 Jun 2023
Album Review: The Mosquitos – This Then are the Mosquitos!
Hey hey, remember the Monkees revival of the ‘80s? MTV rebroadcast the classic ‘60s musical comedy series, and included bumper segments featuring the band (well, Micky, Peter and Davy, anyway). […]
23 Jun 2023
Album Review: Jody Porter and the Berlin Waltz – Waterways
Fountains of Wayne made some of the best melodic pop/rock of their time. The group was active from the mid 1990s through about 2013. They had gone inactive in 2011, […]
22 Jun 2023
Album Review: The Anderson Council — The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon
Album cover art often offers clues to the music contained within. But this isn’t always the case. The latest album from The Anderson Council features a cover that uses tarot […]
21 Jun 2023
Album Review: Bill Pritchard – Sings Poems by Patrick Woodcock
It’s remarkable and noteworthy when a composer-songwriter of great stature decides to make an album featuring lyrics by another artist. Not a covers project, exactly, but a kind of semi-collaborative […]
19 Jun 2023
Album Review: The Salt Collective – Life
In late 2019 I named The Loneliness of Clouds as one of my favorite releases of the year. At the time, the group (not exactly a group, but I’ll get […]
15 Jun 2023
30 Days Out, June 2023 #2: Brothers Gillespie, Eric Gales, Pleasure Chest, Wednesday
Three locally-based acts (at least one of which looks to break out nationally at any moment) and a touring performer who’s beloved here: those are among the live music highlights […]
12 Jun 2023
Take 5: April 1973
In 1973, rock was at its commercial zenith; a good case can be made that it was near its creative peak as well. A look at Billboard’s tally of album […]
09 Jun 2023
Album Review: Robocop Kraus — Smile
Let’s move quickly beyond the band name; it makes no sense to me, but then I’m not German. Robocop Kraus’ latest – their first release in 15 years – is […]
08 Jun 2023
Take 5: Julian Lennon
While it’s true that the listening public probably wouldn’t know his name if he weren’t the son of one of the most famous and important musical figures who’s ever lived, […]