rawk Archive
05 Nov 2021
Graham Parker: The Bonus Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Graham Parker: Donna Summer…I have a Donna Summer record. It’s fantastic! I would much rather put that on a stereo than a punk record any day […]
04 Nov 2021
Graham Parker: The Bonus Interview, Part One
I recently had the distinct pleasure of conversing with Graham Parker. My third time interviewing him (here’s the first, from 2014; here’s the second, from 2018), this time for a […]
03 Nov 2021
Graham Parker: Those ‘Soul Shoes’ Still Fit
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Graham Parker first came to the attention of American audiences during the punk and new wave era of the late 1970s and early ‘80s. As a […]
01 Nov 2021
30 Days Out, November 2021 #1: The Record Company, Cloak, Carolina Waltz, Squirrel Nut Zippers
The warm weather has left us, taking with it the opportunity for outdoor shows. It remains to be seen how the remaining vestiges of the pandemic will affect the live […]
27 Oct 2021
More from My Chat With Bob Mould (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Your current rhythm section of Wurster and Narducy has now lasted longer, even, than Hüsker Dü did. What makes this trio work in ways that others […]
26 Oct 2021
More from My Chat With Bob Mould (Part 1 of 2)
If I had a bucket list, a conversation with Bob Mould would have certainly been on it. And I realized that goal recently when I interviewed Mould (formerly of Sugar […]
25 Oct 2021
Bob Mould Wears ‘Blue Hearts’ on His Sleeve
Listening to Bob Mould’s music – his more than a dozen solo albums, his releases leading Sugar in the ’90s, and especially the run of six albums he made with […]
23 Oct 2021
Album Review: Richie Mayer – The Inn of Temporary Happiness
Richie Mayer is a clearly a student of classic pop. His breezy melodies are irresistible. They sound jut familiar enough to invite comparisons to The Beatles and like-minded artists, but […]
16 Oct 2021
Album Review: Sorrows – Love Too Late…the real album
Here’s a record with a helluva story. After making an excellent melodic rock album in 1980’s Teeenage Heartbreak, Sorrows (no “the”) went to England to record their second LP with […]
09 Oct 2021
EP Review: Lynx Deluxe — Jungleland
Here’s something different. Lynx Deluxe’s Jungleland is a five-song EP that builds its sound around heavy beats. Not the electronic kind, though; this is no hip-hip or electro endeavor. Real […]