Rock
Noah’s Barks pages related to the rock music genre. Combine with other tags for subgenres, e.g. “alternative+rock,” “noise+rock,” and “indie+rock.”
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Cheap Trick – “Rockford”
Cheap Trick has always been a band defined by their peak, which is unfortunate because it creates such high expectations for them. After making four of the best pop rock albums of all time, people naturally had high hopes for their following albums, of which they released many of varying overall quality. Cheap Trick would… (read more)
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The Doors – “Strange Days”
The Doors’ second album sees the band moving away from their blues rock roots into more psychedelic territory. ‘Strange Days’ is The Doors’ most psychedelic album by a good margin. (read more)
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The Stooges – “The Stooges” (1969)
It’s surprising how big of a leap The Stooges made from their self-titled debut to I. Ron Asheton’s guitar freakouts are sparser and not as wild as they would be on the next two albums, underselling the band’s raucous energy that made them such a notable act in rock music of the time. Iggy Stooge is… (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “The Latest”
After 2006’s Rockford, it would be understandable to call The Latest a disappointment. But it would feel somewhat harsh. It’s a solid album, certainly par for the course for Cheap Trick lately, who showed on Rockford they still had quite a stock of catchy riffs and vocal harmonies in store. So why does so much… (read more)
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The Doors – “L.A. Woman”
In ‘L.A. Woman,’ the Doors retreat into blues rock standards, thereby stripping large parts of their act that made them original. (read more)