rawk Archive
24 Dec 2021
Musoscribe’s Best of 2021: Reissues and Archival Releases
An impressive batch of reissue, archival and otherwise historic releases has characterized 2021. Even with so many choices, I was able to narrow my own Musoscribe’s Best of 2021 down […]
23 Dec 2021
Book Review: Brian Atkinson — True Love Cast Out All Evil
Though he left this dimension a few years ago, Roky Erickson continues to fascinate and inspire. I was fortunate enough to see him more than a decade ago onstage at […]
22 Dec 2021
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Printed Page’ by Alan Niester
Niester has had a long career, writing for mainstream papers about music; that proud tradition is, sadly, one that no longer exists. Good luck finding a daily that covers live […]
20 Dec 2021
Album Review: Popol Vuh – Vol. 2: Acoustic & Ambient Spheres
In 2019, BMG put together a boxed set of five important albums by krautrock/ambient group Popol Vuh. The Essential Album Collection Vol. 1 featured vinyl re-pressings of Affenstunde (1970), 1972’s […]
18 Dec 2021
The Be Positives – Everything About the Be Positives
This Manchester outfit released its self-titled debut in 2019, and has continued in earnest on a creative path in the months since then. A single, “It’s Easy (If You Try)” […]
14 Dec 2021
30 Days Out, December 2021 #2: Drunken Prayer, Empire Strikes Brass, Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats, Arrested Development, Adam Ezra Group
This installment of “30 Days Out” marks two years since the twice-monthly bulletin has been published here on Musoscribe. Before that, starting in January 2014(!), 30DO was a twice-monthly feature […]
12 Dec 2021
Album Review: NRBQ — Dragnet
NRBQ is an American treasure. Founded in the mid ‘60s, the band has always transcended – smashed, even – genre boundaries. They’re as likely to be inspired by Sun Ra […]
09 Dec 2021
Album Review: Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light and Trees
In early 2020, thanks to the good graces of a kind music publicist, I received a copy of Darkness Brings the Wonder Home, the 7th album from British folk rock […]
03 Dec 2021
Hundred-word Reviews December 2021 #2
Welcome back for another round of capsule commentaries concerning current creations. Onetwothree – (untitled) What might happen if Trio (“Da Da Da”), Nina Hagen and Neu! got together for a […]
02 Dec 2021
Hundred-word Reviews December 2021 #1
Happy December! While I’ve been busy with activities related to the impending publishing of my book Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records and the Rise of New Wave, I’ve found time […]