You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW
You’re Getting Too Old For This Shit: Rocker’s Over-40 Guide to SXSW The finest no-wait bbq, no-line clubs, no-hassle watering holes, and public toilet locations for you dear reader! So you’ve finally made it to SXSW, but you fear you might be too old to enjoy it. No...
Eytan Mirsky: Funny Money
Eytan Mirsky: Funny Money "More sugar than spice" Eytan Mirsky's delicious nice-guy-pop propels his 6th release Ultimately, I’m a rock and roll lunkhead, any critical acuity greatly swayed by something fast, loud and, y’know, cool. These days, with gobs and...
Reissues of note: The Pop Group – “For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?”
Reissues of note: The Pop Group – “For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?” The Pop Group were never as promised on the label. The freaky, avant-garde Bristol punks pulled inspiration and instrumentation from every corner to create an innovative and...
Lunch With Chet: Dogzilla reunites for Chetstock!
Lunch With Chet: Dogzilla reunites for Chetstock! Reunited for one night only, the band raise money for Chetstock! a film tribute to Chet's Last Call. Oh how we love a reunion show! And Dogzilla is one we’ve waited an extra long time for. The wacky, heavy, funky,...
David Bowie: How “Changes” Changed Me
David Bowie: How “Changes” Changed Me Phillip David Raskin turns to face the strange with a tribute to Bowie classic "Changes" It must be a bizarre experience to write the one song about yourself that so precisely articulates not just what you are – but...
Oh, You Pretty Things!
Oh, You Pretty Things! Joe Gallo reminisces on growing up not so Hunky Dory When I was around 11 my sister came home with a David Bowie album and the only thing I knew about him was that he was a gay or a fag or a homo or something like that. I didn’t know exactly...
The Stunning 6 : Rocker’s Favorite Bowie tracks
The Stunning 6 : Rocker’s Favorite Bowie tracks 6 Unforgettable Tracks from the Bowie Vault “David Bowie: Dead at 69.” The headline hardly seemed real. How could an artist who had been through so much, be taken down so unexpectedly by something as pedestrian as...
12 Curious Christmas Classics
12 Curious Christmas Classics 12 hand-selected holiday obscurities for you groove to! ‘Tis the season for Christmas songs done the Rocker way! Get ready for a fun sleigh ride of seasonal sounds as we revive our yuletime tradition, bringing together 2 music fanatics –...
“The Who: 50 Years of My Generation” by Mat Snow
“The Who: 50 Years of My Generation” by Mat Snow In their fiftieth year of existence, how does the latest entry into the Who book pantheon measure up? It should come as no surprise that The Who, a band with some eighteen different “best of” compilations, also has a...
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers: The Saddest Music in The World
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers: The Saddest Music in The World What do you get when you join the talents of one of the most influential hypno-delic guitarists of the 90’s, with the crushed-velvet vocals of one of the former Creation label’s finest? What do you get when...
Old School Trends: Watches Return!
Old School Trends: Watches Return! 'Round these parts we're all about giving the impression that we are responsible grown folks. That being said nothing quite gives off that impression like a good-looking watch and knowing how to wear it. ‘Round these parts...
