You could read every piece of paper left from the English city of York in the Middle Ages–every tax roll, every parish register, every will–and almost never see the name of a woman. “The historical ...

“Silver Bullets,” the debut album from Rattle Bones, is “chock full of isolation blues, riff-happy rave-ups, guitar noir, three-part harmonies, bittersweet melodies, and a bitchin’ backbeat,” ...