classic-rock

But the group didn't use recorded or pre-programmed tracks onstage, opting for a classic-rock attack that emphasized Alicia Grodecki's vocals and Hill's guitar.

Concert review: Vanity Theft at U Street Music Hall robs punk of its spirit Mark Jenkins 2011

But the group didn't use recorded or pre-programmed tracks onstage, opting for a classic-rock attack that emphasized Alicia Grodecki's vocals and Hill's guitar.

In concert: Vanity Theft at U Street Music Hall Mark Jenkins 2011

Manages that fine balance between classic-rock timelessness and staying fresh as a blanket of newly fallen cocaine.

Mark Morford: The Top 10 Most Awesome Albums of 2011 Mark Morford 2011

She proved the perfect muse for White's crunchy riffs and classic-rock rhythms.

Killing Us Softly With Song Andy Beta 2011

Both he and Mr. Vile take their cues from classic-rock radio, deploying the songcraft of Springsteen and fusing it with Sonic Youth-esque noises.

Rocking the Body, Shaking the Soul Andy Beta 2011

Manages that fine balance between classic-rock timelessness and staying fresh as a blanket of newly fallen cocaine.

Mark Morford: The Top 10 Most Awesome Albums of 2011 Mark Morford 2011

For rock aficionados of a certain vintage raised in the Southeast, the men of Drivin' N' Cryin' are legends—makers of albums and instigators of live shows in the 1990s that seemed to assume storied status in the classic-rock canon but, as time and travels later told, never meant half as much to anyone outside the region.

Having a Sonic Summer Andy Battaglia 2011

Manages that fine balance between classic-rock timelessness and staying fresh as a blanket of newly fallen cocaine.

Mark Morford: The Top 10 Most Awesome Albums of 2011 Mark Morford 2011

But Seattle's Soundgarden entered the classic-rock canon with relative ease.

Garden Grunge, Animals in the Park Andy Beta 2011

How else to explain why the ubiquitous lechery of "Hey Nineteen," the dynamite-strapped character of "Don't Take Me Alive" and the tricky jazz harmonies of "Peg" remain on classic-rock radio after so many decades?

Funk Yards, Beacon Blues Andy Beta 2011