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Crawdaddy!, the first U.S. magazine for rock criticism, has returned as a weekly online music publication. In earnest, the magazine aims to maintain the values set forth by the original, while also engaging with the changes that have occurred in publishing and the music industry over the last 40 years.
Paul Williams, widely regarded as the godfather of rock criticism, started Crawdaddy! magazine at the age of 17 from his dorm room at Swarthmore College in 1966. Almost two years before Rolling Stone came into existence, Williams introduced a new, unique form of rock journalism to the American public. The magazine became a forum for journalists to write intelligently about music that helped rock gain its much-deserved cultural significance through verbal celebration.
The newest incarnation of the magazine aims to tread the gap between the multifaceted foundations of rock 'n'roll (think Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, the Beach Boys, the Band) and the sometimes-overwhelming deluge of new rock music today (think Ryan Adams, Art Brut, Wolfmother, Cat Power, the Hold Steady, the White Stripes, etc).

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"This is rock ‘n’ roll recorded poorly, played in a hurry, with sweaty hands and unsure reasons. How it sounds, what it says, who played what, is irrelevant. It feels right. This is my blood." -- Grandpaboy

My Blog

Tickets for Paul Williams benefit on sale NOW!

Hey friends,On Sunday, June 28th, we're holding a benefit concert for Crawdaddy! founder Paul Williams, the father of rock journalism and an influential voice in American letters. He and his family ar...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:31:00 GMT

Mountain Goats - "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" @ Noise Pop 2008

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Category.aspx?... John Darnielle and band perform this song from their then-new album, Heretic Pride, at the Bottom of the Hill on March 2nd, 2008. Fun fact: "Lovec...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT

Roky Erickson & the Explosives LIVE video from Noise Pop 2007!

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Category.aspx?... Legendary rocker Roky Erickson's return to performing and recording is a major triumph: He's managed to surmount the innumerable personal struggle...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Monotonix LIVE video - "Set Me Free" at Noise Pop 2007

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Category.aspx?... This three-piece out of Tel Aviv, Israel has made a name for themselves with their incendiary, acrobatic live sets. Their "Body Language" EP shows...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 17:44:00 GMT

The Rosebuds - Live video from SXSW!

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Category.aspx?... Raleigh, North Carolina pop group the Rosebuds recently released their newest album, Life Like, on the venerated Merge Records label, bringing the...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Sebastien Grainger - Live video from SXSW!

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Category.aspx?... Sebastien Grainger, formerly of Death from Above 1979, now can be found playing a thrilling, danceable style of pop with backing band the Mountain...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Magnet magazine highlights Crawdaddy!

From the Summer 2008 issue of Magnet, here's "Site Inspection: Crawdaddy!" "America's first rock magazine, published on and off from 1962 [SIC] to 2003, was resurrected last year as a webzine that up...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:58:00 GMT

Pagina 12, an Argentina paper features Crawdaddy! in article about Obama

Practice your spanish, kids!el rock indie se define politicamente y arrastra votos para obama
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:46:00 GMT

More press!

City Pages: "Welcome back, 'daddy." http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2007/05/crawdaddy_reviv.a sp San Francisco Business Times: "'Wolfgang's Vault' unearths another aging rock music treasure" http://...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:20:00 GMT

SF Weekly says "Influential '60s rock mag returns for the 21st century"

read the article here: http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-05-30/music/crawdaddy-rock/
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:07:00 GMT