Lita Ford: Living Like A Runaway, a Memoir
by Joe Gallo | Jul 31, 2016 | All Stories, Book Reviews, Featured Reads, Popular Stories, Reads | 0 comments
Lita Ford: Living Like A Runaway, a Memoir The Runaways guitarist and heavy metal goddess comes clean on a dirty life. Lita Ford’s Living Like a Runaway is the antithesis of a Beach Boys song. There are no golden-haired honeys waxing up surfboards, catching waves, or...Your New Favorite Letter: A band called E
by Erin Amar | Jul 17, 2016 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Your New Favorite Letter: A band called E Dark, glorious, shattering sounds from the trio behind Come, Neptune and Karate. What does an indie noise supergroup look like? E It’s the single letter moniker that brings together the burning talents of Thalia Zedek (Come,...Their Name is Divine: The Glorious Noise of Divine Weeks
by Erin Amar | May 18, 2016 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Their Name is Divine: The Glorious Noise of Divine Weeks LA's greatest "could have been" band reunite with a knockout new release and live show to follow. We get the scoop from frontman Bill See. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. 25 years ago Divine Weeks were one of...Best of SXSW: Five Fantastic Rockumentaries for 2016
by Scott VonDoviak | Apr 19, 2016 | All Stories, Featured Film & Tv, Film & TV, Film & TV Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Best of SXSW: Five Fantastic Rockumentaries for 2016 Foxy new features about Sharon Jones, Gary Numan, roadies, Austin City Limits and The Broken Spoke all make our cut for the best rockumentaries at SxSW! Given its roots as a music festival, SXSW is always going to...Woodstock Revisited: Barney Hoskyns’ “Small Town Talk”
by Joe Gallo | Apr 17, 2016 | All Stories, Book Reviews, Featured Reads, Popular Stories, Reads | 0 comments
Woodstock Revisited: Barney Hoskyns’ “Small Town Talk” In the small town of Woodstock we meet a fresh faced Dylan, Janis, and Jimi on their way to the top, but reviewer Joe Gallo cautions against judging this book by its cover. Small Town Talk by...Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock picks his best songs
by Keith Valcourt | Mar 25, 2016 | All Stories, Music, Playlists, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock picks his best songs Robyn picks his best, and they're not what you expect! When Rocker recently sat down to chat to Robyn Hitchcock we asked him what he thought his best songs were and he came back with a cool trove of lesser...Robyn Hitchcock: I’m Not Bob Dylan
by Keith Valcourt photos by Dave Kapp | Mar 25, 2016 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Featured Music, Music, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Robyn Hitchcock: I’m Not Bob Dylan Robyn tells Rocker why he's no Bob Dylan, why his songs are like an old house, and why having a band is his most expensive hobby If you are like me (and I know you are) then you discovered the music of Robyn Hitchcock in...The Rat Remembered: 8 True (and Terrifying) Stories from Boston’s Legendary Rock Club
by Erin Amar | Mar 18, 2016 | All Stories, Featured Lifestyle, Life & Living, Lifestyle, Popular Stories | 72 comments
The Rat Remembered: 8 True (and Terrifying) Stories from Boston’s Legendary Rock Club The music, the vermin, the disturbing bathrooms - Rocker celebrates the filth and the fury of the seminal club! From 1974 to 1997 Boston’s Rathskellar – aka...Eytan Mirsky: Funny Money
by Tom Lawton | Feb 29, 2016 | All Stories, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
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?”
by Erin Amar | Feb 9, 2016 | All Stories, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
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!
by Erin Amar | Feb 7, 2016 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Popular Stories | 0 comments
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,...