rawk Archive
18 Feb 2021
Hundred-word Reviews: February 2021, Part 3
These five are all archival, reissue and/or compilation releases. There’s even a vinyl release here. Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker – Quintet Sessions 1979 I was only recently introduced to […]
16 Feb 2021
Hundred-word Reviews: February 2021, Part 1
The majority among these five lean in a powerpop direction. Rob Fetters – Ship Shake If Fetters’ name strikes you as familiar, that may be because you fondly remember The […]
08 Feb 2021
Album Review: Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks — Lone Ranger of Love
Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks released Lone Ranger of Love in 2016; as good as it was, it quickly went out of print. But Black and Wyatt Records has had […]
05 Feb 2021
The Making of Wilco’s ‘Summerteeth’ (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Jay Bennett had bought a classic Mellotron, Stirratt remembers. The band first came into direct contact with the Chamberlin – a close mechanical relative of the […]
04 Feb 2021
The Making of Wilco’s ‘Summerteeth’ (Part 1 of 2)
An edited version of this feature was published previously in Goldmine. Looking to the past pointed the way to the future Released in 1999, Wilco’s third album Summerteeth represented a […]
30 Jan 2021
Album Reviews: Big Stir Singles — The Seventh and Eighth Waves
Time was, Jordan Oakes reigned as the tastemaker supreme in the powerpop world. His Yellow Pills compilation series shone a light on the very best that the genre had to […]
29 Jan 2021
Album Review: Rick Hromadka — Better Days
Rick Hromadka’s music has gone in a number of directions, and every single one of his efforts has been interesting. In fact, more than a few of his projects classify […]
28 Jan 2021
Album Review: The Fuzztones — NYC
Though they first came on the scene in the middle of the ‘80s garage rock revival, The Fuzztones have endured. And they’ve remained busy this past decade and a half. […]
20 Jan 2021
Album Review: Gretchen’s Wheel — Such Open Sky
On Such Open Sky, her latest album as Gretchen’s Wheel, Lindsay Murray takes a turn that’s both darker and more energetic than what has come before. From the opening strains […]
13 Jan 2021
Kevin Godley: The Consequences of Remote Collaboration (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Submissions took the form of rough instrumental audio mixes. Each time Godley came across one with potential, he took things to the next step. “If I […]