Steve Crawford

The Drive-By Truckers, “Let There Be Rock” Reviewed

By Steve Crawford | November 16, 2023

teens who lean into their love of the arts will probably always be outsiders

Intergalactic Love: Shinyribs, “Who Built the Moon” Reviewed

By Steve Crawford | October 11, 2023

this song just wrecks me

Hank Williams Jr. Is the Father of the Modern Republican Party

By Steve Crawford | September 24, 2023

the braggadocios attitude of a professional wrestler with songs that celebrated Dixie

Steve Crawford’s Essential Songs from 1979

By Steve Crawford | September 21, 2023

a pretty solid starter kit

Steve Crawford’s Recommended Albums of 1979 in Preference Order

By Steve Crawford | September 20, 2023

my list syncs up pretty well with the 1979 Village Voice Pazz and Jop

The ABCs of 1979 from Tom Waits to ZZ Top

By Steve Crawford | September 17, 2023

a smart, yet quite arch, young band finding their stride

The ABCs of 1979 from James Taylor to Loudon Wainwright III

By Steve Crawford | September 11, 2023

legit rock star charisma

The ABCs of 1979 from Gino Soccio to Tavares

By Steve Crawford | September 6, 2023

clearly aimed at the dance floor

The ABCs of 1979 from Roxy Music to Patti Smith

By Steve Crawford | September 5, 2023

A Chic album with different singers

The ABCs of 1979 from the Raincoats to Diana Ross

By Steve Crawford | August 31, 2023

soaked me in happiness

The ABCs of 1979 from Pere Ubu to Rainbow

By Steve Crawford | August 30, 2023

a very Vegas take on rock ‘n’ roll

The ABCs of 1979 from Mutiny to Teddy Pendergrass

By Steve Crawford | August 29, 2023

I love “Another Girl, Another Planet” more than I love my dog

The ABCs of 1979 from Mass Production to Anne Murray

By Steve Crawford | August 27, 2023

slathered in happiness

The ABCs of 1979 from the Kinks to Marseille

By Steve Crawford | August 24, 2023

class weirdo/hiccupping vocal

The ABCs of 1979 from Gregory Isaacs to the Kendalls

By Steve Crawford | August 21, 2023

advocates smashing in the brains of fascists – over a sweet, lilting rhythm

The ABCs of 1979 from Peter Green to the Iron City Houserockers

By Steve Crawford | August 17, 2023

Almost Essential Cut

The ABCs of 1979 From Aretha Franklin to GQ

By Steve Crawford | August 14, 2023

GQ took this album platinum

The ABCs of 1979 from Bob Dylan to Peter Frampton

By Steve Crawford | August 11, 2023

a garage rock band fronted by a beat poet

The ABCs of 1979 from Leonard Cohen to Ian Dury

By Steve Crawford | August 7, 2023

hardcore mixed with Gary Glitter

The ABCs of 1979 From the Buzzcocks to Bruce Cockburn

By Steve Crawford | August 3, 2023

what the first-generation rock critics pretended the early Who sounded like

The ABCs of 1979 From the Bee Gees to Duncan Brown

By Steve Crawford | August 1, 2023

Philly soul, ballads, and lively grooves

The ABC’s of 1979 (Alphabetically From The A’s to the Beat)

By Steve Crawford | July 27, 2023

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

By Steve Crawford | May 7, 2023

Hey, where’s my Lady Schick?

Creem: So.. What Was It All About, Alfie?

By Steve Crawford | May 5, 2023

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

By Steve Crawford | May 5, 2023

nobody was punching the clock

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – October 1988 (Volume 19, Number 12)

By Steve Crawford | April 30, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 27, 2023

Deb Sprague became the Editor

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – July 1988 (Volume 19, Number 10)

By Steve Crawford | April 26, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 25, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 24, 2023

the Los Angeles version of Creem was on life support

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – March 1988 (Volume 19, Number 7)

By Steve Crawford | April 23, 2023

pretty blah, blah, blah

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – February 1988 (Volume 19, Number 6)

By Steve Crawford | April 22, 2023

hearing one side of a very bitter divorce

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – January 1988 (Volume 19, Number 5)

By Steve Crawford | April 21, 2023

Is there possibly a God?

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – Creem Close Up Presents: The Best of Creem (Volume 1, Number 2; January 1988)

By Steve Crawford | April 20, 2023

a safe space for Canadians

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – December 1987 (Volume 19, Number 4)

By Steve Crawford | April 19, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 18, 2023

Lou Reed, the Monkees, and me!

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – October 1987 (Volume 19, Number 2)

By Steve Crawford | April 17, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 15, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 14, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 13, 2023

My ambition is to go take a leak

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – June 1987 (Volume 18, Number 10)

By Steve Crawford | April 12, 2023

Lemmy crushes it

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 11, 2023

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 – April 1987 (Volume 18, Number 8)

By Steve Crawford | April 10, 2023

a homely socialist

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – March 1987 (Volume 18, Number 7)

By Steve Crawford | April 9, 2023

dreaming in public

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – February 1987 (Volume 18, Number 6)

By Steve Crawford | April 8, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 7, 2023

It’s a tribute to penicillin

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – December 1986 (Volume 18, Number 4)

By Steve Crawford | April 6, 2023

You don’t understand our songs at all

Creem – America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, Reviewed Issue By Issue – November 1986 (Volume 18, Number 3)

By Steve Crawford | April 5, 2023

my idea of lazy

Album Review – Kip Loui, “Cold Out There”

By Steve Crawford | April 5, 2023

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)

By Steve Crawford | April 3, 2023

I mean, we were PUNKS. We weren’t PUNK ROCKERS.