rawk Archive
13 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023 Part 2
Hey hey – it’s time for some more succinct surveys of superb sounds. Hundred-word stylee. Here we go. Ransom and the Subset – Perfect Crimes It’s been nearly a decade […]
10 May 2023
Old 97’s: Turn on the TV (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Ken Bethea says that he’s lost count of how many times he’s engaged in conversation with a stranger, only for the dialogue to unfold like this: […]
09 May 2023
Old 97’s: Turn on the TV (Part 1 of 2)
With their winning combination of rock energy and Texas twang, Dallas-based Old 97’s have carved out a unique place for themselves on the music landscape. Across a dozen albums, their […]
08 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023: Vinyl!
Me, I dig vinyl. I’m happy to sidestep arguments concerning sound quality versus their digital counterparts; while CDs and even streaming have their place, I prefer the tactile, participatory experience […]
05 May 2023
Album Review: World Party — Egyptology
World Party’s fourth album was also its best. Karl Wallinger’s skillful distillation of his influences – a dazzling grab-bag that included Sly Stone, Van Morrison and the Beatles as mere […]
04 May 2023
Rock is Dead? Theory’s Tyler Connolly Says ‘Long Live Rock’ (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Connolly says that “Dinosaur” builds on that kind of thinking. “I was playing on the human emotion of misery and the pessimism of the future things […]
03 May 2023
Rock is Dead? Theory’s Tyler Connolly Says ‘Long Live Rock’ (Part 1)
It’s fashionable in some circles to declare rock as dead and buried. And while it’s true that other styles may have surpassed it sales-wise in the music marketplace, rock is […]
01 May 2023
30 Days Out, May 2023 #1: Vieux Farka Touré, Voivod, Gov’t Mule, Floating Action
Two acts from beyond our borders, two artists we Western North Carolinians claim as our own. Local performances featuring those are some of the musical highlights coming in the next […]
28 Apr 2023
The State of Touring: an Asheville Perspective, Part 2 of 2
Continued from Part One… Quality over quantity Before the pandemic, Bask toured incessantly. In 2015 alone, the heavy rock band based in Asheville played nearly 20 dates on its European […]
24 Apr 2023
It’s a Gas: A Chat with Jumping Jack Flash’s Joey “Jagger” Infante
The Rolling Stones are often called “The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World.” Whether that’s true or not – fans of The Beatles might take some issue with […]