rawk Archive
01 Sep 2020
30 Days Out, September 2020 #1: Alien Music Club, Hard Rocket, Firecracker Jazz Band, Modern Strangers
For this edition of “30 Days Out,” it’s all local acts from here in Asheville. And two of the four shows are (socially-distanced) in-person shows. As in, live in real […]
31 Aug 2020
Album Review: The Hollywood Stars – Live on the Sunset Strip
In the mid 1970s, The Hollywood Stars were charting a musical path not wholly unlike Sweet: super-catchy bubblegum-meets-glam rock. But they didn’t earn success commensurate with the quality of their […]
28 Aug 2020
The Story Behind Jellyfish’s Final Lineup, Part Two
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: How did Eric Dover come to join Jellyfish? Roger Joseph Manning: The whole thing was just weird. In a nutshell, we had put […]
27 Aug 2020
The Story Behind Jellyfish’s Final Lineup, Part One
One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed bands of the 1990s, Jellyfish made a pair of superb albums. But after 1990’s Bellybutton, the band fell apart. Co-leaders Roger Joseph Manning […]
26 Aug 2020
Three is the Magic Number: The Lickerish Quartet (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two … EPs Versus Albums The Lickerish Quartet made the decision not to release a traditional debut album; instead a series of EPs is planned. Threesome Vol. […]
25 Aug 2020
Three is the Magic Number: The Lickerish Quartet (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One … Manning says that the never-made third record would have been a double-LP that showcased each member’s songwriting, one side each. “Like Sloan’s Commonwealth,” Manning suggests. […]
24 Aug 2020
Three is the Magic Number: The Lickerish Quartet (Part 1 of 3)
A new group, The Lickerish Quartet, has released the first in a series of EPs. But the group isn’t exactly new, and its it’s not a quartet. Roger Joseph Manning, […]
17 Aug 2020
Ben Folds Five’s Debut at 25
In 1997, Ben Folds Five’s second album, Whatever and Ever Amen took the charts by storm. By ’90s measures as unlikely an act as could be imagined, the North Carolina-based […]
15 Aug 2020
30 Days Out, August 2020 #2: Jazz Night, Lovely World, Consider the Source, Steep Canyon Rangers
This edition of “30 Days Out” features four shows in or near Asheville. The roundup is a mix of live-in-person and livestream events. For the non-virtual ones, the standard caveat […]
12 Aug 2020
Album Review: ‘Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones’ Soundtrack
There are at least three categories of film soundtrack albums. One is a collection of songs, scores, cues and the like, often by a single composer/artist, music created expressly for […]