Steve Crawford
The Drive-By Truckers, “Let There Be Rock” Reviewed
teens who lean into their love of the arts will probably always be outsiders
Intergalactic Love: Shinyribs, “Who Built the Moon” Reviewed
this song just wrecks me
Hank Williams Jr. Is the Father of the Modern Republican Party
the braggadocios attitude of a professional wrestler with songs that celebrated Dixie
Steve Crawford’s Essential Songs from 1979
a pretty solid starter kit
Steve Crawford’s Recommended Albums of 1979 in Preference Order
my list syncs up pretty well with the 1979 Village Voice Pazz and Jop
The ABCs of 1979 from Tom Waits to ZZ Top
a smart, yet quite arch, young band finding their stride
The ABCs of 1979 from James Taylor to Loudon Wainwright III
legit rock star charisma
The ABCs of 1979 from Gino Soccio to Tavares
clearly aimed at the dance floor
The ABCs of 1979 from Roxy Music to Patti Smith
A Chic album with different singers
The ABCs of 1979 from the Raincoats to Diana Ross
soaked me in happiness
The ABCs of 1979 from Pere Ubu to Rainbow
a very Vegas take on rock ‘n’ roll
The ABCs of 1979 from Mutiny to Teddy Pendergrass
I love “Another Girl, Another Planet” more than I love my dog
The ABCs of 1979 from Mass Production to Anne Murray
slathered in happiness
The ABCs of 1979 from the Kinks to Marseille
class weirdo/hiccupping vocal
The ABCs of 1979 from Gregory Isaacs to the Kendalls
advocates smashing in the brains of fascists – over a sweet, lilting rhythm
The ABCs of 1979 from Peter Green to the Iron City Houserockers
Almost Essential Cut
The ABCs of 1979 From Aretha Franklin to GQ
GQ took this album platinum
The ABCs of 1979 from Bob Dylan to Peter Frampton
a garage rock band fronted by a beat poet
The ABCs of 1979 from Leonard Cohen to Ian Dury
hardcore mixed with Gary Glitter
The ABCs of 1979 From the Buzzcocks to Bruce Cockburn
what the first-generation rock critics pretended the early Who sounded like
The ABCs of 1979 From the Bee Gees to Duncan Brown
Philly soul, ballads, and lively grooves
The ABC’s of 1979 (Alphabetically From The A’s to the Beat)
This column begins my deep dive into the year, which will include capsule reviews of hundreds of albums and will end with a listing of “Essential Songs” for the year
The Best of Ranger Rick
Hey, where’s my Lady Schick?
Creem: So.. What Was It All About, Alfie?
Creem laughed at the world of rock ‘n’ roll and celebrated the music’s spirit at the same time
The Final Issue: Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – November 1988
nobody was punching the clock
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – October 1988 (Volume 19, Number 12)
a singer or band or movement comes along and miraculously saves the world, and keeps saving the world over and over again, but the idea contradicts the anyone-can-do-it democracy at the music’s core
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – September 1988 (Volume 19, Number 11)
Deb Sprague became the Editor
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – July 1988 (Volume 19, Number 10)
The most valuable commodity in American life today is unbridled bluntness
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – June 1988 (Volume 19, Number 9)
If you’re trying to be provocative, you’re doing a shitty job
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – April 1988 (Volume 19, Number 8)
the Los Angeles version of Creem was on life support
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – February 1988 (Volume 19, Number 6)
hearing one side of a very bitter divorce
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – December 1987 (Volume 19, Number 4)
They either don’t know who the hell we are or they absolutely LOVE us.
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – November 1987 (Volume 19, Number 3)
Lou Reed, the Monkees, and me!
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – October 1987 (Volume 19, Number 2)
Tom Cruise dancing to “Werewolves of London”
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – September 1987 (Volume 19, Number 1)
a group of guys who liked each other cutting up and enjoying a healthy amount of alcohol
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – August 1987 (Volume 18, Number 12)
the writing is often much more interesting than the subject
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – July 1987 (Volume 18, Number 11)
My ambition is to go take a leak
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – May 1987 (Volume 18, Number 9 – misprinted as “No. 8” in the Contents Section)
If being ‘offended’ is what bugs you, you don’t love rock ‘n’ roll.
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – February 1987 (Volume 18, Number 6)
a sex and drug starved feral animal
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – January 1987 (Volume 18, Number 5)
It’s a tribute to penicillin
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – December 1986 (Volume 18, Number 4)
You don’t understand our songs at all
Album Review – Kip Loui, “Cold Out There”
one of the best collections of well-written, well-performed songs that I’ve heard in years
Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – September 1986 (Volume 18, Number 1)
I mean, we were PUNKS. We weren’t PUNK ROCKERS.