rawk Archive
28 Nov 2019
Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye (Part One)
On this day of Thanksgiving I’d like to give thanks to Lenny Kaye for creating Nuggets. It’s not hyperbole to assert that Nuggets affected the course of popular music. In […]
27 Nov 2019
Emotional Content is Dream Theater’s Secret Ingredient
Over the course of its three decades, progressive metal band Dream Theater has periodically created albums centered about thematic concepts. 1999’s Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory was the […]
26 Nov 2019
Fifty-plus Years On, REO Speedwagon Keeps the Fire Burnin’
Midwestern rockers REO Speedwagon had been together for more than 13 years before the band scored its first top ten single. That song, “Keep On Lovin’ You” marked a new […]
23 Nov 2019
Weird of Scotland: Jack Bruce’s ‘Songs for a Tailor’ at 50
Sixties supergroup Cream had at least five things that made it special: guitarist Eric Clapton, drummer Ginger Baker and bassist-vocalist Jack Bruce were the three most obvious assets. But producer […]
20 Nov 2019
Your Favorite Thing: Sugar’s ‘File Under: Easy Listening’ at 25
By the time Bob Mould debuted his rock trio Sugar in 1992, he was a well-known figure in music. With his previous group, Hüsker Dü, Mould had been a key […]
19 Nov 2019
Jeff Sipe’s Mystical Vibes
There’s a spiritual, almost mystical quality to the drumming of multi-genre musician Jeff Sipe. A world-traveled musician with an extensive body of work to his name. He has performed and […]
03 Nov 2019
Album Review: Creedence Clearwater Revival — Live at Woodstock
Nobody’s quite sure who coined the adage, “history is written by the victors.” But the inescapable fact remains that nearly every version of history is the product of a subjective […]
01 Nov 2019
Before the (so-called) Beginning: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Then Play On’ at 40
In 1969, eight years before a later lineup of the band began its reign as kings and queens of slick, corporate-approved FM radio soft rock, Fleetwood Mac was still a […]
29 Oct 2019
Gonna Raise Hell: Cheap Trick’s ‘Dream Police’ at 40
Though they had released three excellent albums to date, in 1978 Cheap Trick was still laboring in relative obscurity. The Rockford, Illinois band’s releases – 1977’s self-titled debut, In Color […]
28 Oct 2019
Blu-ray Review: Echo in the Canyon
The creatively fertile and incalculably influential Laurel Canyon scene if the middle 1960s is explored in Echo In the Canyon. It’s not quite a documentary in the sense that it […]